The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1871, Page 5

OUR TARS IN NORWAY. Splendid Reception of the American Squadron at Christiania. Extracts from Local Pavers—Joking Off an Im- ported Prejudice—Rich Scene on Board the Franklin—Norwegian Opin- ion of Americans, CHRISTIANIA, Norway, July 15, 1871. Perhaps nothing but the appearance In our harbor of a feet of Rip Van Winkles of the brave Norse period could have caused more astonishment than aid the arrival of tho United States men-of-war Franklin and Juniata, which dropped anchors here on the 9th inst, Butit must be said that with the astonishment of the good citizens was mingicd admuration, and this they made every effort to dis- play. Cockney literature, through the enterprise of ‘Tauchnitz, 1s widely read in Norway, and the people of course get their ideas of American clvilizauion from an English standpoint, as filtered through Leipsic, When it was announced, therefore, that the strange men-of-war were from the United States everybody expected that scenes of extraordi- mary vioieuce and rufiianism would be speedily enacted in our streets, The Star-Spangled Banner was never before seen in our waters. After Rear Admiral Boggs had paid his respects to the authori- tles and the ordinary civilittes had been exchanged the people seemed never to tire of praising the Americans and MURRAHING FOR THEIR FLAG. ‘The fleet ielt for England after a brief stay—too brief, indeed, for the enthusiastic Norwegian admir- ers ot ships, officers and men. Lenciose extracts from the local newspapers, giv- wg particulars of the visit and some of the incl- dents, which your readers will doubtless enjoy. {From the Christiania Aftenblad, July 14.) ‘The officers of the American squadron paid last Night a visit to the Klingenberg Tneatre, where dl- rector Hafgren had arranged an extra performance and where a very elegant pudiic filled the hall, At the close of the performance the foreign guests were Invited to a nastily improvised collauon, which had ‘been arranged by some of the oMicers of onr navy aud other citizens who wished to spend a few hours in their company. Tne Apolio Salon had accord- ingly been decorated in a plain but very tasteful manner with Star-Spangled Banners, Norwegian and Swedish flags, wreaths of flowers and a trophy ‘of arms placed on the triunein front of the fags. In ue centre of tue hall a richly-spread supper table was prepared, with inviting dishes and botties, with which those present Boon =made acquaintance, while a band of music In the adjoining room was playing differ- ent national meiodies. After Major General Werge- land had proposed His Majesty’s health, First Lieu- Tenant H. Gade gave with the lively acclamation of ‘hose present a toast for the President of the United Btates, “the illustrious General Grant.’ Director Pihi then followed with happy expressions of HIGH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR AMERICA, “the great and mighty America.” Then another ‘toast was given for Admiral Farragut’s gallant com- Mander at the siege of New Orleans, Admiral Wharles Boggs, and for his officers on board the Frankun and Juniata. Admiral Boggs then thanked the company for the attention which had been shown him and the om- ers under his command, proposing at the same time a toast for the United Kingdoms, Captain Parker gave a toast to the city of Christiania, whose kind hospitality they had so fully appreciated during their short stay. Oaptain Luce replied to a toast for the ladies at home of the American guests in a a#hort, humoristic speech, remarking that as Amert- ca—as he was not ashamed of avowing—was a daughter of England, she was also a granddaughter of Norway; he, however, did not intend to propose ‘the health of the grandmother, butor her daugh- ters, the ladies of Christiania, in lively conversation the company spent some hours mM the gardens, enjoying their cigars anda giass of punch, until, a little past mianignt, every- body !eft in the most contented frame of mind and Wel) pleased with the hastily improvised and agree- mbie little sere, {From the Christiania Morglenblad, July 16.) Yesterday, at three o'clock P. M., Admiral Boggs Mvited to a matinée on board his fagship a large company of ladies and gentlemen of this clty, gmong whom were the officers of the Norwegian Motilla of monitors and ali the oMcers of the garri- won, The Admirat sent his barges and small Steamer to the palace pier to convey the guests to his frigate. The immense deck of the Franklin was converted into a magnificent Dallroom, decorated with the flags of all mations. The mizzenmast was enveloped in American and Norwegian fags. When the greater part of tne guests were assembled the dancing com- menced. The American and Norwegian oficers, ‘as Weill as the other guests, took a lively share in the Jefe. On the lower gun deck, astern, where the guns had been removed, the dancing was also car- ried on, STARBOARD—REFRESHMENTS, Punch, wines, beer, &c., were constantly offered, aud at six o'clock a collection of salads, sandwiches, cakes and tces was served, Those whose attention ‘was not occupied by the dancing, either as partici- pants or lookers-on (the latter had an excellent Place on the quarter deck), employed their time in taking a peep at the different saloons, the gun rvom, the officers’ capins, &c., and we had there full op- portunity to convince ourselves that good taste and high cultivation prevailed among the officers on board, Everywhere in the cabins we saw all kinds of objets @art—scuiptures, paintings, engravings, Photographs, antique bronzes, &c.; scientific works, musical instruments. The impression which the visitor here received will certainly be at wile variance with the ideas he previ- ously entertained. Among the less educated People nere are certainly not a few who think of an American as a tobacco-spitting savage, armed with avowle knife and revolver, This the American omicers had heard and had much sport over, and they told us of @ litle farce which they had per- Jormed on board a few, days previous, A SELL ON THI NORWEGIANS. An immense crowd had collected to look at the ®uip, and many of them, men, women and children, gathering round the skylight over the officers’ mess- room, stared down with as much persistency as 1m- pertinence, much tothe annoyance of the oficers ‘who were sitting there. ‘Chey concluded to turn the Joke on the curious public and prought out some cards. Acoupie of them emptied upon the tavie Barge purses filled with gold and silver, sat down and Began to play, while the others stood by and looked on. Soon they began to play like madmen, gold pieces were thrown from one side of the table to the other, and 1t was not long before they began to Wispute, threaten, pound the table and 80 on. The interest of the Norwegians was evidently on the in- erease, and grew stronger yet when each of the parties drew his sword and placed himself for a duel, Meanwhile the other officers apparently in- fertered, the game was continued, until at length wne of the players sprang up and drew f revolver, \At this climax of the farce the spectators drew back ‘with a horrified sirtek, aud only a few individuals, endued with stronger nerves, remained to hear the ringing laughter with which the Americans closed #heir snecessful joke. If many have imagined but little culture in the American navy, they will, perhaps, ve still more as- Yonished at the extraorainarily strict discipline on board, as they may have supposed that the well- known American freedom superseded all duties of Mbedience, no leas among seamen than domestic Pervants. Whatcan we say when we hear that not a@ drop of brandy Is allowed on board either for the oMeers or the crew? And when we hear that all awearing 1s 80 severely Forbidden that the least oath Is suMictent to cause an officer to be put under arrest? As long as the ships remained here the crew never had leave #© go ashore with the exception of a few men From the boats, who nad permission to go up in own while the the boats lay at the pier. The rea- sons given are various, but the fact is significant. Ov Thursday there was a ball on board for the SAliOrH, Who yentorday sajiafed their desire for to NEW YOR amusement by dancing with each other down on the gundeck, where the starboard side was reserved for them. ‘They had the same music as the com- pany on deck, viz., the fagship’s excellent band, consisting of more than twenty musicians, most of them Italians, At eight o’clock the guests left the ship and the boats belonging to the frigate con. veyed them again to land, This morning the ships left our harbor to sail for Antwerp, later to Southampton, and then, perhaps. home, as they have now been absent for three years. We think some information concerning the principal oMcers will be interesting, particularly to those who have bad opportunity co see them during their stay here, FARRAGUY REMEMBERED. Admiral Boggs is one of the vravest, most capable and highly esteemed of Ainerican naval oflicers. He distinguished himself several times during the war with the Southern States, ana the part which he took inthe fight on the 24th of April, 1862, when Admiral Farragut with his wooden ships forcea an entrance into New Orleans, which the Confederates thonght completely closed against them, as they held the forts St, Philip and Jackson, mounted with 70 cannons, @ large tron-clad flotilla, and a drag- chain across the river, Such skill and bravery have given the Admiral particular renown, Concerning his conduct on that occasion, when he as com- Mander (which title answers to Neutenant captain in our navy) commanded the Varuna, Horace Gree- ley relates in bis famous work, “The American Conflict.” ° * * bd 7 bi What increases still more the interest of tms ac- count js that Admiral Boggs on that occasion acted on his own responsibility, without orders, and at last, when he was to leave bis sinking stip and go ashore he came near belng drowned. In apprecia- Mon of his services his native State (New Jersey) voted him a costly sword, with an elegantly mounted Scabbard, which was presented him, with a vote of thanks en vellum, with the State arms, enclosed in a sliver box, He was also the recipient of another Sword from his native city. GLORIOUS TIMES FOR UNCLE SAM’S OFFICERS. The Admiral {s still a man in full vigor, but he 18 sixty-two years old, and, according to the American law, must soon retire. This ts, indeed, easier for him than for our admirals, as he will receive a pen- sion of $3,300, or the half of his present salary, which amounts to $6,600. We may remark here that the under officers are comparatively still better paid—lientenants, for instance, receive $2,500 a year. The captain of the Franklin, Captain Parker, is a wealthy land proprietor, and the captain of the Ju. niata, Commander Luce, 1s the highly esteemed author of several works on navigation and text books. THE ENGLISH ARMY PURCHASE SYSTEM. The Vote of Censure on the Government in the House of Lords—Sides Taken and Bitter Words Spoken—The Government Sustained—Another Libe- ral Victory. LONDON, August 1, 1871. Isend you by tis mail a full synopsis of the de. bate last night in the House of Lords on the recent course of the government in the abolition by royal Warrant of the army purchase system:— Lord GRANVILLE having proposed to postpone the second reading of the Army Regulation vill until aiter the vote of censure had been disposed of, the Duke of RICHMOND expres-ed his concurrence in this arrangement, and rose to propose as a substan- uve resolution that which he had originally pro- posed a8 a “rider? to the second reading. He said that the abolition of purchase by royal warrant, when thelr lordships had not refused to pass the second reading of the Army Dill, but had only asked for Jurther information, was an event which for im- ortanve could scarcely be paralleled in our Parliamentary history, and which imposed upon their lordships a corresponding, respon: sibility to maintain the honor and dignity of that House, Declining altogether to enter upon the merits of the Army Dill, he recapitulated the Parlia- mentary proceedings in regard to that measure, and prehy sketched the joint action of the Exec lve and the Legislature in regard to army pw chase from its commencement. Under such circum- stances the Crown ought not to have been advised to exercise the royal prerogative without reference to any act of Parliament. I the Crown were ad- vised that It was acting under statute, as had been asserted by Lo Granville on the even- ing the warrant was signed, it had been improperly advised, and Her Majesty’s signature had been im- properly obtained. Although it was in the power of the Crown to set up the network of vested Inter- ests created by army purchase, he maintained that te Crown could not alone, ex mero mort, get rid of them, and that it wasa distinct interference with the legisiative functions of their lordships to take thé matter out of their hands while the biil was stall re them, Was that House a delivera- luve assembly or not, or was its opinion only to be taken when it comcidea with that of the govern- ment? He asked their Jordships to enter a protest as strong and as decorous as Parliamentary usage allowed against a course which threatened to render all discussion liable to be arrested by the ‘Sic v2l0, sic jubvo”’ of an unperions Minister. Lord GRANVILLE, after @ pleasant reference to the brighest gems oF the Duke's speech, which he declared to be his quotations from three of the Speeches of his colleagues at tne Mansion Hunse, ex- amined the alternatives before the goverament and declared that the only course open to them was to deal with army porches oy the royal prerogative. The government were asked why, if they had this power, they did not exercise it six months ago; but Would it have been wise to abolish purenase before obtaining the assent of the House of Commons? Feeling that the effect of the resolution agreed to upon the second reading was to paralyze purchase in the army, to disorganize ita discipline and pre- vent the measures necessary for the amalgamation of the line and reserved forces, the government did not shrink from the responsibility of a course which was, alter all, strictly legal and consttu- Uonal. after criticising tie changes made in the form and substance of the besolution now before the House, he adduced various precedents to show that purchase had been regulated and abolished by the authority of the Crown, Again reminding their lJordships of the tcourse taken by the late Duke of Wellington in abstaining from bringing the aifer- ences between the two houses into prominence, but speaking agalust all hope that simtlar wiscom would be shown that night, he impressively pointed out the consequences of the resolution and its elect upon the public out of doors. Lord SaLisBury accused the government of hav- ing committed a grave breach of constitutional usage in having prought army purchase within in having after. Parliamentary Jurisdiction an wards snapped thelr fingers in their lordships’ taces when they were outvoted. Examining ana declaring to be insufficient the pretexts by which the conduct of the government had been justified in calling up & dormant royal prevogauve, he ex- proseed a neler that up te the rejection of the Army ill ‘the government haa not determined to issue the royal warrant, but that in so doing they were ac- tuated by passion and resentment, Lord Granville having given point to this charge by a Parlla- mentary cheer Lord Salisbury recorted that Lord Granville had been made the reluctant Instrument of msulung the order to which he belonged, but that their lordships knew the dictator uader whom he served, After a scathing anaiysts of the ma- jority of tue government in the Lower House, which © asserted was led by its extreme section, he argued) that omder such circumstances the functions of their Lordships rose into peculiar prom- inence, and that it was their duty to remit to the decision of the constituencies measures passed under pressure of this kind. When thetr lordships were told that it was their duty always to agree with the other House he asked’ whether it was worth while to retain their power by uniformly act- ing agamst their convictions, They complained of @ great consututonal wrong and a@ misuse by an imperious Ministry of the prerogative of the Crown. ‘The resolution was Ho uNnpractical proceeding, De- cause If might not be followed by the resignation of the Ministry, and he described the motion as an invitation to the public to jotn them m condemning an act which was @ menace to the independence of Parliament and an insult to the acknowledged and never misused authority of the House of Lords. ‘The Duke of ARGYLL, Who characterized the speech Just delivered as one of tue bitterest and narrowest party speecnes he had ever heard, defended the con duct of the government against the unconstitutional and unreasonable vote to which that House came ou the Army bill. Lord CARNARVON claimed for the majority of their Jordships great moderatiog in having averted many painful collisions with The other House, The radical section of the other House clamored for the suppression of that House whenever their lordshipa differed from them, but thelr lordships’ House aiways iad been free, and when it ceased to be so i ought no lon to exist, Lord RoMILLY stated the reasons whien induced him, with considerable pain, to join the opposition peers in protesting against the violent and oifensive mode in which the government had called upon their lordships fo eat their own words. te ex- pressed considerable doubt as to the legality of the royal Warrant, and inquired whether the opinion of the law officers of the Crown bad been taken before It was issued, Lord PENZANCE believed that the proper law om- cers had been consulted, and that if the opinion of Westminster Hail were taken it would be found that the act of the government Was pertectly legal and a proper exercise of legal powers, Lord DERBY, a8 his speech on the Army bill had been quoted in justification of the anolition of pur- chase by the royal Warrant, said there was a wide difference between potuting out that a certain course was possible and recommending that it shonid be taken. After Caen unfavorably the course taken by the government he finally condemned it as bad in a constitutional point of view and worse as a precedent; and, regretting that the government vy Qoopting it had jnlured @ good caupge, he. heartily. jomed in the vote of cemsure. The resolution might not prodnee # political change, but it would place ‘on record their opinion that astuteness was not statesmanship and that smart practice did not pay wD the long run. The Duke of SOMPRSET thought that the govern- ment had acted wisely in taking Unis question out of the hands of agitators and public meetings. It nal have been bei fa little more time had been taken in issning the warrant, but purchase must go, and no other course than that wiuch they adopted was really opeu to the government. Lord Loncrorp, having voted with the govel ment upon the Arm. stated the reasons whi now induced him to vote with the parcy with wit iy Lord RUSSELL, after a historical retrospect of the acts regulating purchase, readirmed his opinion on the expediency of abolishing purchase, but justified bis vote on the Army bill in the absence of any plan of army reorganization. Their lordstups would also be perfectiy justified in visiting with their con- demuation the undue interposition of the royal pre- Togative, and a course of pene wh tended to the gravest and most mischievous consequences, Lord NokraRRoOK replied to various points raised by Lord Russell and other speakers, Lord Carmys insisted on the unprecedented nature of the course taken by the government, and entered upon a legal argument to show that tne royal war- rant was not issued in the exercise of a statutory rignt. Describing prerogative as a power not con- ferred by statute, he reminded thei lordships that both the Premier and Lord Granville assured Parliament that the warrant was not an act of the prerogative, but a statutory ght, and it was clear that the advice given to the Sovereign was that she was uot making tse of her prerogative m issuing the warrant. The government, there- fore stood convicted on thelr own confession of having through ignorance misrepresented to the Sovereign the character of the act she was per- forming, Which, instead of being a statutory act, was, In fact, an act of the highest and most strin- gent prerogative, Vie time was past lor preroga- live, a3 such, Wo overturow the net of vested Later. ests sanctioned by the statute. The government had advised the Crown to break faith with the officers of the army, and had seriously undermined the digmty and independence of their lordships’ House, and yei had not abolished purchase after all, but only produced a temporary suspension of it. Admitting that he disiked the theory of purchase, and that he should be very glad to get rid of it, be nevertheless first wanted to know ‘What was to do lis particular work. If the abolition of purchase had béen referred beforehand to the liberal party in the House of Commons they would not have consented to see it accomplished by an act of the prerogative, but would have prejerred that it should be decided by our Parliamentary system, 1 discreditable scenes had, as the Duke of Argyl stated, been witnessed in the other House, perliaps the manner in which that House was led hau some. thing to do with It. However this might be, he ob- jected to their lordships being made the victims of a coup d@’état for any such reason. Remarking upon the singular coincidence that the royal warrant was taken for Her Majesty’s signature by a nobleman bearing the title and herein following in the foot- steps of the Viscount Halifax who issued general warrants, he concluded @ powerful peroration by saying that the government would get their bill, but would take with it the censure and con- demnation of the House, deliberately SpeRaged by the country, for having, at a crisis that demanaed the wisdom and forbearance of statesmen, acted with the petulance and recklessness of children, They had obtained an unreal triumph, but they had strained and discredited the constitution of the country. The LORD CHANCELLOR denied that the govern- ment had been convicted, either on their own con- fession or otherwise, of having given advice to the Sovereign which had been unwarranted by the facts, He explained tnat which was really conveyed to the royal ear, and, replying in some detail to the legal arguments urged by Lord Cairns, came to the vote of censure, which, he said, was as little justifed as any vote to be found in tneir journals, Quoting ‘words used by the Drke of Ktichmond in a diferent, sense, he said that defeat was more glorious to the Vanquished in such @ cause than triumph to the victors could possibly be. Their lordships divided, when there appeared— Contents, 162; non-contents, 82, The vote of censure was, therefore, carried by a majority of 80. The Army Regulation bill was ‘then read a second time. CITY IPROVEMENTS, A New Government Slip at the Battery—lts Probable Completion Next Week—The Nege Tect and the Progress of Public Buildings. The many improvements which have recently taken place in this city lead to the hope that ere long We shall have public buildings second wo none im any city in the world. Our parks, which were before a disgrace, are now objects of attraction and beauty to our citizens, Railroad corporations, which before were content with MISERABLE SHEDS AS DEPOTS, have advanced to the conclusion that splendid edi- fices should mark the termini of our railroads, and in this way afew elegant structures have been or are being erected, which, after all, are no more than suitable; though there still remains yet much to be done by the railroad companies. As to our ferries, everybody knows the wretched coverings which ta general mark these places, notwithstanding the often expressea indignation of the public. The effort which has been made by the city government to reconstruct OUR PIERS AND WHARVES has met with universal approbation, and the stone wall which was erected around the Battery was hailed with undisguised delight a3 an earnest of good intentions for ube future in this regard, Tuere is Aol now approaching rapid completing sul! an- other SOLID ORNAMENT TO THE BATTERY, by the making of a slip, constructed on the best principles, and which, as 1t bow appears in almost a complete state, 18 a striking commentary on the miserable shanty which disgraces the Staten Island Ferry Company, beside whose tottering shed it is. ‘This slip has been constructed by the United States government, and is 200 feet long and about 120 feet wide, drawing 14 feet of water at the upper part and 22 feet at the entrance. The wall on two sides is built of immense blocks of granite, as 1s also that part of it which runs by the river. THE WALL IN ITS ENTIRE LENGTH 1s about four hundred and thirty feet, with a thick- ness of fourteen feet at the bottom and five feet at the top. There is a double stairway on one side and two single stairways on another, for the accommo- dation of small boats, emigrant barges, &c. The work on the slip was commenced on the 12th of Au- gust, two years ago. Only THREE STONES REMAIN TO BE FINISHED, and these will be in their places by next Saturday. A. B. Mullett was the arcnitect. On an average from five to nine men have been daily employed on the work from the beginning. It 1s to be hoped that many similar works to this will speedily be ander- taken in this city, There is lots of room for im- provement, and while the city government is ma! ing strides toward the beautifying of the metropolis Wealthy corporations should not be benindhand in hearkening to the demands of the public for suitable accom: jon. At every public place there should pe stractures commensurate with the importance of the city. DANGER IN THE DARK. Shameful Outrage on 2 Young Girl—Perils of Walking Unprotected Through the Streets of This City. On Friday night UMcer Brady, while on post in the neighborhood of Forty-seventh street and Tenth avenue, heard the screams of a woman in distress. He went in the direction from whence he thought the sounds bad come, but, they not veing repeated ,for @ long tme, he was unable to find any one, And this {8 not to be much wondered at; for the nelghborhooa there- abouts is quite lJonely and without any lamps, only = at Men | distances from. each other. After a lapse of nearly a quarter of an hour the screams were repeated with much more vehemence than before, and the officer at once gave pursuit to @ man Who was running towards Fieventh avenae. He succeeded tn arresting him, ard on returning to where he had seen his prisoner start from found a young girl lying on the ground with her hair dishevelled and her clotties torn, Both were taken tothe Twenty-second precinct, where the young man gave his name as John Connolly and the girl gave her name as Emma Lyons, of 118 East Thirteenth street. He was committed to prison, and was arraigned yesterday at the Yorkville Police Court, before Alderman Plonkitt, who fully committed him for trial. ‘To secure Miss Lyons’ attendance as a witness against him she was seat to the House of Detention. ‘She testified that she was on her way to her aunt’s residence in Forty-seventn street and Eleventh ave- nue when she was accosted by Connolly, who threw her down on the sidewalk, and, by placing his fingers inher mouth, thus nearly strangling her, he succeeded m accomplishing his hellish purpose, DeNVER, August 1), 1871. A cold-blooded murder was committed last night thirteen miles from this place, up the Platte River. George M. Bonacina and a Mrs. Newton, his sister, were shot by a German farm haad named Theodore Myers. Bonacina 1s dead and Mrs, Newton will probavly die. Myers 18 still at large, but a consid- erable reward is offered for his arrest, Mrs. Newton thinks that Myers was hired to murderthem, it ap- pears she was married last summer to one Freeden- hall, who owned the property, but who deeded 1t to her after thelr marriage. A quarrel occurring sub- sequently Freedenball left his wife, who nas since lived on the piace with her brother, Suspicion naturaily points to Freedenhal) as the tnatigator of the murder, DEATH FROM OARELESSNESS. Coroner Whitehill held an inquest last evening in the case of Henry Dobson, who was killed on Fri- day by the fail of a piece of timber from the roof ofashed tn conrse of construction at the foot of South Third street, E. D, The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that Mr. Dobson came to his death through tho carelessness of Christian Riedel, who aliowed the piece of umber to fall witn- out notifying those below, and Riedel was last even- ing arrested and locked up in the Morrell street Btatiop op the Coroner's warrant, K HERALD. SUNDAY. AUGUST 13. 1871.—TRIPLE THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET, | The Queen of England’s Ministers and the Foreign Representatives Entertained at the Mansion House, Gathering of Distinguished Persons—Two Hun- dred Guests at Dinner—Speeches on the Oc- casion—England and America United— France Not Forgotten—Peace and Good Will. LONDON, July 21, 1871. tue Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoressof London en- tertained Her Majesty’a Ministers on Saturday night last at the Mansion House, The banquet, which was served upin the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, was a grand affair. Over two hundred guests Sac down to diuner. Prine Minisier @laastone and lady, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Hatherley, Mr. Cardwell and iaay, the Duke de Broglie, the French Ambassador; General Schenck, the American repre- sentative, and a large number of other distinguished representatives Of all that 18 gay, brilliant, thought. Tal and notable in the fashionable, political, army and naval circles of the Britisn metropolis were present on the occaston, The band of the Colds Stream Guards occupied the orchestra, “The Heath of the Queen,” as 1s always the case, Was the lirst toast, and afterwards “fhe Health of the Royal Family,” both of which were drunk with all honors, Then followed the toasts of “The Army,’? “The Navy” and “The Corps Diplomatique.”” When the last-named toast was proposed the Lord Mayor called special attention to the presence of the French and American Ministers, On the part of France the Duke de Broglie responded tn French, and when he concluded his remarks he was followed by General Schenck. THR AMERICAN MINISTER'S SPERCH. The American Minister, who was received with loud cheers, satd he could not forget that though America was divided from England by a wider chan- nel than France, there were a great many things Which connected our country with his, The Lord Mayor had reminded him that Americans were but the ciildren of this country; speaking, therefore, in the presence of his grandfathers and grandmother he felt justiied in saying that he felt closely allied. ‘Though the ocean which separated tne two nations Was 80 much wider than the strip of sea which sep- arated us from France, tt was yet but the pathway ofa commerce which united mutnat interests, and the bed of 8 means of communication which trans- mitted across the wide Atlantic feelings and sympathies which were daily and hourly bringing the two nations nearer together. But there were bonds which knitted us more Closely than even the steel wire and which had transmitred through them sentiments more feeling and more kindly than the electric spark could carry. It would be wise for nim to say nothing more than to acknowledge the relationships between us, but he could not forget this was @ festival to the Min. isters of the conntry, These were they who took charge of our army, navy, treasury and post office, and it was not for him to refer to the manner in which that charge was performed; but, as an American, he could no more forget than any Eng- lishman that this administration, conquering preju- dice, passion, spleen and whatever else happened to separate two countries that ought to be s0 closely united as Engiand and America, had brought about an arrangement which promised to bury all differences and bind the two peoples together in bonds of peace and true friendship for ever- more. His friend across the Channel had reminded them of the friendly claims of France, and on the part of Americans he would remind them that what- ever might be the faulis and virtues of Americans, they derived very much of them both from England and France. While the Americans had in their composition more of the nobility of France than we had, they had at the same time &@ good deal of the solidity and obstinacy of Englishmen, and if the; could only unite the qualities derived from Englan and such as they had in a certain degree set up for themseives during their century of independent ex- istence, if they could only unite the “all right’ of England with the “go ahead” of America, they would probably not easily be resisted py any other combination upon earth. THE LORD MAYOR. Ihave now the privilege and tne honor of pro- posi “Her Majesty’s Ministers.’ Without ap- proaching the domain of party politics we may ten- der our best thanks to Her Majesty’s Ministers for their successful efforts to secure for us the unbroken. blessings of peace. That while, to our great sorrow, we have seen other nations engaged in war an ng its consequences we have ourselves been and anxious oniy to testify our sympathy and offer what help we could to those wno were suifer- ing. And I think I may especiaily congratulate Her Majesty’s government on that treaty which they have negotiated with America—a trea‘y which has for its object the adjustment’ of all differences between nations 80 closely allied aS we are, aud between whom it is so necessary, both for our own interests and character, as well a3 for the common taterests of the civilized world, that we should be at peace, I desire, in the citizens of London, to offer our best thanks to Her Majesty's Ministers for the Jabor and ability they maniest in the discharge of their arduous and im- portant duties, THE PREMIER'S SPERCH. Mr. Gladstone, who was received with loud cheers, said:—On behalf of my colleagues, and on my own betalf, Lreturn to your lordship and this company our grateful thanks, both for the toast which you have been pleased to give, and for the manner in which this toast has been given, and for the man- ner in which it has*peen received, We have had in some senses a stormy and im others a wearisome Session, and It 1s the fashion to speak of it as @ barren one; but it hay not yet reached its end. There is an old saying that no man ought to be pronounced happy will he has reached the final term of his life; so [ will say that no session ought to be pronounced barren tll you have arrived a¢ tne prorogation. Tne distinguished gentleman who has spoken to-night as the representative ot America has referred to that harap, character which he says—and I be- lieve says truly—distinguishes the two nations; and for myself and my colleagues Tcan say as much as this, that we are 80 tur at least Englishmen that, when we think we are in the right, we don't like to be beaten. Our intentions are perfectly plain and understood. It depends upon others at what time they will reach their final fulfilment. One thing [ may venture to add, that the aim of all our attempts, whether in legislation, tn administration, or what- ever other the outward form may be, is the same, and it 1s to extend and to confirm as far as we can the union of freedom and order and of attachment to our ancient institutions, with ue lively desire for improvement which we believe tobe m some de- gree, at least, characteristic of this country. For this we have endeavored to oppose ourselves to fa- yoritism, and to the legislation of favoritism inevery form, and whatever measure we have introduced, whether we may succeed or whether we may fat), it will not be for persons, it will not be for classes, It will not be for places or districts we shail atiempt to legisiate—it will be for the nation at large, and for that upton of the nation tn heart and will upon which we believe the hopes of its future depend. But I am glad, after the speeches we nave heard, that upon this occasion, whatever interest may attach’to the present festival, asa festival held iu honor of the administration of the day, has beeu eclipsed by that higher interest which has gathered round tt from the representation on this special occasion at your board of the diplomatic boay. We have listened with unusual interest to the remarkable addresses of the two distinguished men who come to us from two of the greatest nations of the earth. We have found in the language of the representative of France a model worthy of the great and remarkable country Whose relations with us have borne, and must ever bear, @ special character. We have known her as a formidable foe, aud we have known her as @ faithful friend, We have sometimes shared her triumphs; we have sometimes sympathized with her sorrow; but, come what may, I am persuaded that the sentiments of friendsilp Which upite these two nations have acquired a solidsty that neitier time nor change can sbake, and that at this moment the one and only desire that pervades every heart and every mina in the British nation ts that in emerging from the tremenaoas struggle in whieh France bas been engaged the goverument and the people may be gifted with tue energy anu wisdom necessary for them to choose the best and the wisest mode of re-establishing her prosperity and providing for the happiness of her future. But commanding as ts the merest which at thes moment in particuler attaches to everything connected with the name of France, | cannot place as second to it the other interest with which at Unis juncture the narne of America sounds in every car, We have been by yourse:f, aw Well as by the speech of our distin- guisbes fread the American Minister, called to con- sider for an instant the character of that transac. ton which has just taken place between the two countries. Lshonid detain you long were IL to de- scribe all the sources of satisfaction open to us by the Treaty of Washington, I don’t mean that tt 1s to be regarded in the light of a controversial victory, or merely of a gain to our interest; but itis in ttseil that which must be far more gratifying to ever: honorable mind, It is a great international recognl- tion of those prineipies of equity which are, L trust, now «liscovering some modés for the seriement of quarrels becter than the brutal arbitrement of the sword, and we have been willing to plage in apey- ance our own prejudices and our own determined adherence to our own views our particalar rights and claims for the puipese, in the first place, of securing what we believe to be the safest and the most honorable termmation of diiferences. May I say, In the second place, we aiso hope we may do something—at least, in this one respect of appeal to pacific sentiments rather than to the test of biood—in the shape of setting an kee dy to the world? Itis to me a matter of pecullar satisfaction that in leading this great sates to ita happy termination we have not been depending alone on the agency of party, It gives me pecultar Geren to think that throngn the patriotism of tne leaciers of the opposition, and through the willm devotion of Sir Staiford Northcote, we have enjoye the assistance of his character and ability both in the conduct of a complicated negotiation and, also, \gn placing atrny vatignal character upon the set- SH#K, tlement at which we arrived, That anion of heart, bfood, language and institutions which connects us, botwlihstanding the 3,000 miles of sea which rolls between us, with our brethren heyond the Atlantic Speaks for itself. ‘The circumstances under WI 100 years ago America commenced her career of perfect national treedom and independence—a career in Which we ail wish her the realization of her most sanguine and her proudest hopes—checkered the warut affections winch ought to have prevailed between the two countries with painful recollections and uses of di . The very last of those causes of difference has, I helieve. now been re- moved, and in feeling this we may now look for= ward with reason to a face of perfect harmony with America. We are abie aiso to cast a glance beyond America, aud tw say that at tus moment when I speak England has not a quarrel, & COL troversy, or a@ subject of dite; With one stu nation upon the face of tu . These are © cumstances which ought to cail fori from every mind emotions of thankful satisfaction, My riglit honorable friend near me has said with trath that ia the times in wiuch we live. an?, indeed, in all umes, & great nation ought not to » c Apon living by the forbearance of its netghbors, out ought to live upon lis own resources, and be strong in the confidence of the wise and free use of those resources for the purpose of its deter Most is that doccrine, and never, I believe, i be for gotten, and never will it be neglected in this coun- ty; but It is also much—aye, 1 1s also more than all this—that we look torward as one of tle great sources of our strength to this, that, possibly in a great degree from the situation which we enjoy, we have no real confiict of taierests with apy other people that exist, and there is nothing to prevent us, unless it be our own fanits, from cultivating w one and ail relations, not only of commerce, hut of Miendship and affection. To contribute ever so lit- tle towards the realization of these results duriug the time, be it long or short, for which we may be responsible for the administration of the affairs of the country, as it nas been, so it will continue to be, the fond desire and the constant, steady aim of the Ministry whose healih you have been so Kind 8s to propose, After the Houses of Parliament, the health of the Lord Mayor, the city Magistrates, the Shertif and the ladies were toasted and responded to the ban- quet was brought to a successful close, HOE)! FOR EL DORADO. Also Axes and Spades and Months’ Provisions. “The New-Born Hope’ Born at Last—M. Victor Le Frane Decides to Send the Communists to Arizona—Three Classes of Com- munists—Class “Three” Good Enough for Arizona. Paris, July 27, 1871, The question as to the disposition of the Communist prisoners has at last veen settled, Ex-Delegate Poston, in an interview with M. Victor Le Franc, Minister of Commerce, was told by this gentleman that the Mintstry had decided upon the following solution:— The prisoners are being divided off into three classes— First—Those to be condemned to the public works—the most violent and those guilty of offences punishable as crimes m any country. Second—Those to be transported to a French penal colony—who are really vicious and would render han, impossible anywhere they obtained an upper hand, Third—Those who will receive general amnesty upon accepting voluntary emigration, This last class will have the OPPORTUNITY OF GOING TO AMERICA, via Poston’s Arizona colonization scheme. These men will be alded by the government of France with ‘ansportation by way of the Gulf of California. Implements of husbandry, mining and railroad tools, and six months’ sup- Plies of provisions, with tents, and also such arms as may be necessary for protection against the Jawless savages called Apaches will be furnished, The government expects reimbursement for the large outlay (it may reach $5,000,000) in the in- creased commercial relations with the colonists, who must, if they succeed, replenish tne French exchequer with bullion m payment for French manufactures, THIS SCHEME T know has the approbation and active support of a large number of leading oMictals and some of the most distinguished statesmen of France, It will be remembered that there are large French mining interests in Oregon, as there are also in Cali fornia and throughout the West; and this immense influence has been obtained in the deportation of the prisoners, As soon as the colonists are landed on the banks of the Colorado miniug schemes are to be opened, and there 1s to be a REGULAR AVALANCHE OF ENTERPRISES, Men of great brain, and, of course, of heavy pursea, are here hailing the fame which Arizona will ac- quire from the misery of Paris, and I have no doubt Many of them are signing heavy checks on the intare, Governor Poston 14 sanguine that with the Southern Pacific rich mines aud plethoric fields Arizona will become the brightest gem of THR LAND OF PRECIOUS METALS. In order to demonstrate that the mines described must develop, and rapidly, too, if worked, a glance at the money articles of the London press tells the story. There silver in bricks is sent back by thrifty diggers and enormous quanuties of bujiion 1s poured Into the Bank of England—the production of Eng- lishmen working in the New World to enrich the Old. Thus every colonist but @ miner. While laboring to enrich himself, and while actually en- ricning bis adopted master, America, he senas his earnings, like & good boy, to Mother England. These finer shaaes of coloniza- tion should arouse the sleeping statesmen of Europe who count it as the brightest reality of their lives to translate Homer or to lose the Derby. England has already made some advances. She recently packed off a battalion of troublesome Fenians; gave them money for their pockets and free passage to Canada. Thirty pounds, I learn, was the sum ac- corded to each colontst. It might be propounded as a question of political economy now, for governments ara bound to pro- vice for their surface and DANGEROUS POPULATION BY EMIGRATION, Certainly the state of Europe generally, and that of France, Spain and Italy, would ve much improved, and atthe same time Western North America, by speedi the transit of millions of the crowded laborers who are now herded under the society known as the international. ‘The fruits of such @ bast would leave the labor markets less crowded, politics less feverish, civil wars less lia- ble, while the oppressed would earn compevences in the New World, and the rich and. poor would grow opulent porerett Whereas now the drst pro- gresses and the last retrogrades. Mr. Poston’'s scheme ia being matured, and all the details and estimates of expense are now at Ver- Sailies. The following is the OUTFIT FOR EMIGRANTS:— Handcart for each, $10; tent and equipment for each, $10; Flongit oy each, $10; axe for each, $1; hoe for each, $1: sfovel for each, $1; spade for each, $1; @lx Months’ rations for each, $1; gun aud ammunition for each, $1. THE STREET INSPECTION. The Police Looking Atter the Condition of the Highways Yesterday—Tho Report to bo Made To-Morrow. As stated in the HERALD of yesterday, the Board of Police Commissioners, at a mecting held jast Friday afternoon, ordered the police force to make athorongh and complete inspection of every street throughout the entuwe city and to report to tho Board to-morrow, the 14th inst,, the eanitary condi- tion In which they found them. This inspection Was ordered to take place between the hours of one and six P. M. yesterday, and conse- quently at the hour first mentioned the work commenced. The men went into every tocal- ity Imagimable and = prosecnted their — task with the utmost diligence aud precision. Until the report is handed in to the Board to-morrow there cannot, of course, be anything definitely known as to what the gencral condition of the city 18, bat sumMcieut is already known to warrant the statement that the greater portions of the Second, the Fourth, the Sixth, the Eighth, the Fourteenth and the Sey- ent Wards are in & Most horrinle condition; in | age, Which i SIVe as 10 render the inhaling of a fresh breath of air within their precincts almost & matter of Impossibility. In many places the decaying, putrid corpses of cata, dogs, rats and fowis were found lying In the streets, where they had evidently been for several days. Gutters were found where filth of every description had accumulated until they were one solid mass of putrid, festering offal, and a namber of sewer holes were found completely choked up with this filth. MARKETMEN'S MURMURS Complaints by Long Island Farmers Agninst the Bureau of Permits—A Committee to In- vestigate the Matter. on anit night the Queens County Co-operative Farmers’ Unién had & very spiritéd meoting in Jamaica, Many of the farmers complained that the" New York Bureau of Permits were granting per+ mission to speculators and squatters to occupy places hitherto used by the farmers; that the police “rove the farmers away from the vicinity of these atands, and nad even gone so far as to drive farmers’ teams to the police stations, where the owners were in many Cases fined $10 each, A commitee of three was appointed to investigate the matter, and 4 their report i# contirmatory of the complainis the city Is to be petitioned ior redresa, — THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Charges of Cruelty at Sea. Kefore Commissioner Shields. The United States vs, Smith.—The defendant, whe 1s captain of the American ship Ne Plus Ultra, had been charged with having inflicted cruel and un« usual punishment on the steward of the yeasel. The evidence for the prosecution has closed, and the case was adjourned to Wednesday to enable the acenset to put in his defence. Much of the testimony given yesterday was of a nature to render it wholly unfit lor publication, and if it was true 1 would, to some extent, seem to justify the captain in inflicting punishment of some sort upon the complainant. this is the very question the Commissioner hat and tt would not be proper to antici-~ sion or even suggest What it should be. The United States vs, Wilaam A. Bray.—The (e- fendant is first mate of the ship Comet. He i+ | charged with having inflicted cruel ponishment on Christian Bable, one of the crew, by banging hint up by the hand chaining him to the deck. The Alteged offe ted to have taken place on the recent voyag sei trom San Francisco to New York, d Was held tu $1,000 bail for e The ac examination, COURT OF CENERAL SESSIONS. The Eighth Avenue Ouwage=The Jury Une able to Agree ( Ave Locked Up for the Night. Before Recorder Hackett, The entire session of the Court was spent yestem day in te trial of Edmund Farrell, who was ine dicted for an Indecent outrage upon Mra. Sara Kelly, alleged to have been committed on the night’ of the 19th of Juwy. Full particulars of thi dastardly outrage, charged to have been committed by Farrell and hiss mend, Charles KE, Jordan, who were introduced to Mrs. Kelly at a picnic at Lion's Brewery, appeared in the HERALD at the time and was commented, upon in the editorial columns, Assistany Districts Attorney Sullivan opened the case at length to the’ jury, and then called the leading witness, Mrs. Saran Kelly, who procecded to give a clear and lengthy narrative of the occurfénce, She said that she went toa picnic at the Lion Brewery, in 1100 street, at four o'clock in the alternoon, in company with her younger sister, Minerva, sixteen years be and in the course of the eveaing she was introdu to Farrell ana Jordan, At @ late hour—nearly twelve o'clock—a@ dificulty occurred among the Musiclans, which resulted tn the comparatively sudden breaking up of the party. During the con-+ fusion Mrs. Keily was separated from her sister, and, alter returning irom the dressing room with her shawl, she waited awhile, but not finding her she concluded that she had proceeded home, Jordan accompanied Mra. Kelly for the, purpose of taking her to an Eighth avenue car, and after walking a short distance they were joined b¥ Farrell, When they arrived at the corner of 110i street and Eighth avenue @ car passed, but it was so crowded that they could not get on, and they walked along clght blocks, As there was no pros- pect of another var coming she acceded to the pro position of one of the men to walk through the street to the Third avenue and go home that way.. ‘They went diagonally across 113th street, when Far- Tell said they had gone far enough, and, uttering an oath, told her to lie down on the ground. He then threw her down and accomplished his purpose. She screamed and in every way resisted the assault. Jordan was standing near by, to whom she appealed for help; but he stood still, Farrell threatened to shoot her brains out, and put his hands acrosa her mouth and covered it with her shawl. Jordan came and perpetrated a similar outrage. After this mal- treatment on the part of these brutes she was hardly able to stand or walk, but did manage to stagger along until she saw a mounted policeman, to whom she Immediately told what had happened to her, He arrested the prisoners, and obtained the ata of other policemen in bringing them to the station house. They made no resistance and did not deny the charge Mrs. Kelly made. She was cross-examined at great length, but the counsel tailed to shake the apparently fair statement of the affair, Mrs. Kelly was a well dyessed and apparently respectabie woman, of twenty-four years ol age. The fact was brought out that she wag separated from her husband two years ago ana was now living with her parents on Eighth avenue. Ofticer John Joyce corroborated the statement of the complainant im respect to the muddy condition of her clothing and languid condition of body. Ag Soon as she saw that he was @ police officer sie rau oss, caught hold of his foot in the strrup, and ensed Jordan and Farrell with ravishing her. She could hardly speak and was eXt:austed. They did not deny the charge, appeared to be sober, and were then taken to the station house. Mrs, Kelly was sent home in a carriage, Mrs. Walker, the mother of the complainant, tea- tified that her married and younger daughter went to the picnic in the afternoon, ana ler son, 1 young man of nineteen, was expected to take them Lome, but fatled to go for them. The eldest daughter arrived at the house in an exhausted condition about three o'clock in the morning, and narrated what had occurred to her, Mr, bullivan consented to the reading of certifi- cates of the good character of Farreil sent by his rormer employers. bdmond Farrel! was then sworn and gave his ver- sion of the affair, the substance of which was that Mrs. Kelly voluntarliy proposed to let them tak proper liberties with her, and tater: rs Inent with obscene language unilt fe Assistant District Attorney Suilivan made am eloquent speech in summing up, after which the Kecorder delivered a brief charge. The jury were nnable to agree at a late bour yesterday afternoon, and the Recorder said that he felt it to be lis duty to keep them together till they agreed. AN ABSAULT WITH INTENY TO ROD, Josepn Hogan, who, on the 16th of July, was assoe clated with others ia assaulung and robbing Frank H. Lathrop of a gold watch and chain whe he was Walking through Broadway at naif-past one o'clock in the morulng, pleaded gulity to an assauit with ine tent to commit that offence. “Five years In the State Prison was the sentence. ALARY. Alired Burns, charged with burglary in the secon? degree, pleaded guilty to the third grade of un olfence. On the Zistor July the defendant forced a lock in the dweiling house of George Fiefel, 811 Sixth avenue, and stole $370 worth of clothing, all of which was recovered. His Llonor tmposed the highest sentence the law allowed. James McGovern was tried and convicted of am attempt at burgtary in the third degree. He was caught in the act of trying to break the shutter of Frederick Stetnle’s grocery store, 771 Sixth avenue, On yhe might of the 29th of Cig The prisoner was sent ao to the Stute Prison for two years and six months, The Court took a recess till Monday, the 28th Instant, BROOKLYN COUR’ SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. f The South le Railroad ( ny’s How With the Village of Jamaica. Before Judge Pratt. Tha Village af Jamaica vs, The South Side Raitroa@ Company. —This is an action to restrain the railroad company from changing the location of their track in the village of Jamaica without the consent of the trustees of the village. On the 20th of July Judge Barnard made an tujunction, previously granted, permanent until the final determination of the suit. Mr. Cul counsel for the company, yesterday appeared in ut and made application to have the injunction dissolved, Judge Armstrong, of Queens county, opposed und asked for an adjournmeat, as he desired to obtai amdavit ef John M. Crane. Judge Pratt suggested a reference of the whole matter of difference to three disinterested persone for settioment, and Judge Armstrong said he would advise the village trastees to act upon tt. case Was then adjourned until Saturday next SURROGATE'S COURT. Letters of Administration, &c. Before Surrogate veeder. During the past week Surrogate Veeder granted ministration on the estates of Lawrence an, Frank H. Cutter, Benjamin Gardiner jeUudden, all of Brookiyn. — + Letters of guardianship were granted estate of Joha . the elty of Brooklyn. on the er to John B, Schrooll, of ¢ STABBED ACUIDENTALLY, On Tuesday last David Ackerman, of 242 Eight® avenue, and Frank La Roza, living at 210 Hadson avenue, Brookiyn, both young men about eighteen years of age, lad a trtenaly skirmish at their place of business, corner of Jacob and Frankfort streets, during wric a, Who had an open anife in abbed his friend in the lett wound, Ackerman Was Jentre Street Hospital, where he has his friend, In the meantime, having ed and imprisoned for the assanit, Coroner Young yesterday took Ackerman’s written statement, and as he completely exonerated La 1 irom all blame in the matter the latier was ais- ‘ged oy the Coroner, Ackerman Is in a tay way to recover, DROWNING CASUALTY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, An inquest was held at Mott Haven, Westchestee county, yesterday, bv Uoroner Bathgate, on the body of Christopher Gray, & boy nine years old, who was found drowned In the canal at that place. Deceased had been sent on an errand by his mother the pre- vious afternoon, and, afltng to return, was sought for without success during the entire night. While Some boys were playing near the canal yesterday Morning, however, they discovered the remains floating in the water. AS it Wag d thas the Hittle fellow had fallen into the wi ‘Accidentally 9 . Werdiet to that effect was rendered by the jury,