The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1872, Page 8

EUROPE. Sea [resident Thiers and the Duc dAumale in Conference. WHAT COMES NEXT? Whe Sway of Absolutism in the German Empire. ae ®ISMARCK’S RUSSIAN POLICY. The Pope’s Allocution to the For- eign Colleges in Rome, ~—S—roo @HE TICHBORNE TRIAL ‘The Cunard steamship Algeria, from Liverpool 234 lt. via Queenstown the 24th, after a most tempes- ‘uous passage, arrived at this port yesterday morn- ‘275, with mails up to day of sailing. FRANCE, Who's the Duke at Versnilies (The Govern- ment Afraid to Try Rauc—Moenarchy “ Koocking at the Door.” Paris, Dec, 22, 1871, Seeing what Is going on around us, one ls greatly Snolined to ask as the Figaro in the comedy, “ Qut at-ce quion trompe ici ?” M. Thiers and the Duc @Aumale either do not know themselves what they @re about, or play most skilfully a comedy calculated ®o deceive every one. A few days ago they hada (most unfriendly interview, of which you have had @iready a report, and during which M. Thiers @eemed almost to accuse the Duke of dishonesty, 4m less than forty-eight hours after that interview ‘she Princes took their seats in the Assembly, in the sence of M. Thiers, A complete split seemed to ave taken place between the former great sup- porter of the Orleans dynasty and the representa- ‘$ive of that house. But on Thursday (the 20th) @nother interview took place at the Prefec- sure of Versailles now tranformed into a President’s house. The Duke arrived in & modest brougham at the back entrance of the Rue St. Pierre, was met ‘py M. Barthelmy St. Hilaire and introduced to M. ‘Thiers’ Cabinet, ‘The President received him most Mectionately, talked for more than half an hour in private, and on taking leave of tne Duke in the ®utercom said, in presence of several persons, “MY CAREER 18 FINISHED, seems to me as if 1 had already lived several cen- ries and that the dust of those ages Is lying upon my heart; while you, my dear Prince, are still in the pears of enthusiasm. You have atill these centuries 20 live.” The Duke pressed warmuiy the Presidenvs id and went out. This rosy view of the Duke's position is, nowever, not quite shared by other people, Whe Duke Is regarded as too vacillating in his ac- Mons and too speedily passes from apparently great olaness and resolution ta a state of dejecuon tnar htens his friends, On the same Thursday he paid a visit to Gencral Ducrot on his way from M, Whiers’ residence, and had to listen to quite differ- ent language. The General rather rudely remarked Bo the Duke that nis dlans wrreguliers el passionnes” ‘Were quite irreparable mistakes, DUCROIS BLUNT SPEECH, “We must not Indulge ourselves in any illusions pdout the value of Assemblies, We must not forget that the very same Assembly that executed Robes- pierre applauded him on the previous day; that the Chamber which abandoned Charles XK. and Louisa Philippe in the moment of danger was loval nd humble enough on the eve, just as the Corps Législatif which played the coward and traitor to theempire on the 4th of September was at Napo- Jeon’s feet on the 8d. There are really only two Sorces in France—revolution and despotism,” 4 STORM IN THE ASSEMBLY. While M. Thiers, the Duke and General Ducrot were tnus engaged in exchanging mutual compl. ments and th oughts avout French things in general iM. Raoul D uval provoked quile a storm in the As” Bembiy with reference to the exceptional Indulgence wbown by the judicial authorities towards M. Rance, mow a ember of the Municipai Council of Parts, one pf the editors of the Kadicat, and one of the best ‘known figures of the ultra republican party. M, “Rance has served under the Commune as a soldier, ‘was subsequently raised to high positions in the de- partments of Justice and Foreign Aftairs, and weveral decrees of the Commune were issued over bis signature. Yet he has nelther been arrested nor brought before the military trivunal in any other fapacity than a mere witness, Consequently as eariy gs the 17th of August, M. Raowl Duval, one of the @onservative Deputies, asked what was the reason of tuis favor shown to M. Ranc. The War Minister answered that the prosecution of all the Commun- ges Was entrusted to milliary courts, which were ‘Quite independent in their actions, and which wouid, Bo doubt, take all measures that none of those guilty should escape justice. Four months bave passed @ince; M, Ranc remagms suili at large enjoying all the privileges of Parisian life, occupying a nigh ition in the city administration as well as society, to Which his considerable fortune gives im accest. M. Duval thought it therefore proper $0 raise this question again, A stormy debate en- sued, in Which several speakers took part, including a. Dulaure, te Minis of Justice, and General Cissey, the War Mink without any otler result having peen arrived at tian that the Assembly was satisfied with the explanations given by the Munisiers—will expect equai administration of jus- Bice to all—and passes to Otuer business, The ex- Janations given consisted on the part of the Minis+ rs of Justice In the statement that the Assembly ad nothing to do with the administration of justice, ‘Which must be left invependent in tue bands of the Bxtraordary Commission to which it tas been enirusted, while the War Ministers argued that M, Ranc appeared afew days ago betore one of the Special tribunals, but that tribunal did not tind sat. | joient reason to arrest the geniieman, wea) explanation of the fact ts that M. KANC [8 PROTECTED BY M. THIERS, M. Jules Favre and Ernest Picard, with ull three of who he had transactions durlug the Com aud whose le ters on the subject he presery &. Rane did not remain jong with the Commune. He gave in pis resignaiioy consequent on (is- ‘agreement Wilh fis fellow members, on the 6th of April, When be went to Versailies, haa several inter- WH wiih the President, and Was entrusted with a ‘Written proposal of recoguiving the solduters of the Commune as belligerents, should tne revolutionary uthorities undertake certain negotiations with M. biera, M. Ranc went back to Parts with this pro- \d had a conference at tie Vafé de Madrid with and Delescluze, Who rejected the proposal to enter ito any negotiations with M. Thiers, several ther attempts Were Made on the part of M. Rane to ring Paris and Versailies to some understanding, ‘Dut all falted, leaving iu lia hands various docu-. ments Which seem to show that M. Thiers did not giways hold regarding ie Communists the same views he holds now, when he bas vanquished them. AL all events, au oficial Written proposal to recog: nize them as belligerents would exclude all justit- ation to shooting any of them, and since M. Rauc ean produce such a uocument tn the course of his trial, the government of Versailles seeins to preter mot to ivy lim at all, after the numerous summary executions that huve taken place, A WARNING, The celebrated repudlicau phliosopher and histo- fan, Edgar Quinet, now Deputy of the Seine, nas nddressud a letter to his electors, in which be warna them of the approach of mouarchy, saying that it was “koocking at (he door, and that France would, tm case it answered the knock, fall to the jask rank of pations—lower tuan Spain aud laly bave fallen.” ‘ ROSSEL'S GRAVE. At Nimes, where te body of Rossel bad been re- moved after execution apd buried, large crowds as sembled daily depositing crowns of owers, The overnment has given orders to lock up the ceme- ery and to put sentries to prevent any further de- monstrations of tis sort, and these orders are ex- Fee to-produce consiueravie discunteut If nol ace ua! disturbances, DESsrorism, Similar violence on the part of the government has been shown towards two magistrates oi Bor- Geaux, M. Delvoy, member of the Comncil Général, ud, M. Pachy, member of tie Council Municipal, areas en — and Sree up for eof ied ‘ches of & radical character In @ PUUIIC as- #embiy of their city, 4 M. GONTANT DINON Ye the new French Ambassador at the Imperial Court of Germany. He ts already making hia fare- @reil visits and is expected to leave Paris for berlin In a few days. The new Austro-Hungarian Ambas- dor at Paris, Count Apponyi, must arrive shortly. le has alr Tepreseuted tue Austrian monarchy in France during twenty years—irom 1629 to 1840, le WHa also at different Lines Ambassador at Lon- don, Florence, Rome and Berlin, The new amvas. goder Lay iwiimated bie Iwteguion Of wreperving io Now, the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, mee oll the subordinates of his predecessor. mince Metternich, GERMANY. Sway of Absolutism—Thoe Prussian House of Lords—German Patience—Bismarck’s Rus- sl Policy=—The Census in Lorraine—Eda cation of Deaf Mutes—Germany and Brazil. BEBLIN, Dee. 16, 1871, If it could be said that the Prussian or German people have ever had a willof their own—a propo- sion we most thoroughly deny—at least that will has been radically blotted out since the late war against France. The few liberals who braved the intoxicating influence of self-giorifying and aggran- dizing—a spirit which has been exuberantly grow- tng since the formation of the realm— find themselves deserted and sneered at by their former colleagues, While @ con- stitutional form of government in Prussia was suffered to exist more nominally than other wise, having never been bona Jide accepted by these 4n authority, the last vestige of itseems to have dis- appeared under the new condition of things. Tho empire has been, as it were, the tomb of liberalism among the representatives no tess than among the people. AS in times of yore the prophets were despised and even stoned for daring to speak the truth, so now any one who does not join in crying down the vanquished enemy or attempts to oppose tron rule and plead the cause of liberty is reckoned well nigh asa traitor to his country. It is painful to behold a nation voluntarily returning to absolutism, which it bravely fought twenty years ago, and which, though not successful in shaking off, it curbed and compelled to assume the defensive, We can readily imagine that German-Americans on your side of the ocean, whenever Fatherland be- comes the topic of conversation, are prone to in- dulge in unlimited boasting. We can simply say to them:— Don’t brag; rather be grateful for being where you are, enjoying the privilege of seli-govern- Ment and laws granting equal rights to all.” THE PRUSSIAN HOUSB OF LORDS, We have recently alluded to the fact tnat the Reichstag had become a pliiant tool in the hands of Bismarck and bis Cabinet, and mentioned its unceremonivus dismissal after having voted at his bidding. Precisely the same spectacle will be offered by the Prussian Diet. It has just commenced its session, the Lower House having elected as President Herr von Forchenbeck—tne same who led the agitation for the three years’ extension of tho military budget—and the Upper House the ultra. conservative Count Stolberg-Wernigerode, one of those aristocrats and implacable royalists, who look upon Bismarckian consuitutionalism—heaven save the mark!—as treachery of the blackest dye, Allow us to give you a sample of the re- actionary disposition prevailing in this House of Lords, the majority of which, under te leadership of Count Zur Lippe (ex-Minister of Jus- tice) form a party opposing ismarck, One of their organs, the Deutsehe Wacht, published in Pome- Tania, says:—I'ne Acepest sorrow and afiction of ‘the human heart is to be decetved in a man whom we honor and respect, whom we sincerely ana fer- veuuly love from the depth of our soul, Such is the fate brought upon nota few Prussian hearts within this old provyimee of Prussia—we acknowledge 1t with deepest pain—oy the course of Prince Bis- Marck. That which the much venerated man laid claim to and gioried 1n in lis recent remarks to the Reichstag—viz., that after each war he had become more constitutional—is, In our opinion, no- thing to giory in. ‘¥o chacge and abandoa princl- pie for which one has fought many years with all is might, at the risk of life and property, and to go over to the enemy’s camp, 13 no object for self- glorification, And what will be the consequences or deserting the old, firm and well tried Christian conservative principles of Prussian rule, the solid planks of the Kingdom by the grace of God, and of pouring upon the new realin ‘libertes’ and laws which must necessarily dorange and destroy its in- ternal organization and dissolve tne moral and reli- gious ues of the social body ?” GERMAN | PATIENCE, The rushing manaer in which the government closed the late session of the Reichstag has dis- pleased even some of the national liberals, who now complain of the accelerando movement at which business was transacted and the final pres+ tissimo discussion of the budget, As for the mill. tary Ctat it was an aitaced subito, oud—says the national liberal organ—the adjournment, by Presi- dent Delbrick, came as a “ihlef im the night.’ “The governuient must have known that it had to deal wiih @ reimarkably tractabie and submissive Reichstag, to manage which ,was an extremely easy ask, Why, then, ths abrupt treatment, without noticed or warning, resorted to in the previous anu =the late season? Mutual interest requires that the Reichstag lose not its dignified position in the eyes of the people; and, moreover, German patience, even, has its limits,” Quite @ nonsensical and post festum ebullition on the part of the national liberals, for 1 they had the moral courage they would have voted a referring of the high-handed bill to a com- Tolttee, and so galned time to outdo General Roon in his caiculations. But they themselves desired | Immediate discussion in plenum, As for the “limits | of German patience,” if the ailusion 13 intended to sappy to the members of the Reichstag, such threats wilt simply tickle the risibility of Bismarck. But if it be meant to allude to the patience of German voters, though they are now tied hand and foot ull 1874, we may say, Who Knows what grave changes may take place in the course of three years? BISMARCK’S RUSSIAN POLICY has of late made a complete somerset. His Aus- | trian and Oriental sympathies had, of course, es- trangea the Ozar and Prince Gortchakody, and after the latter’s visit to this city and the long stay of the Granda Duchesse Helena all eyes were studying the political barometer, the mercury of which indicated “variable and stormy.” The situation re- mained thus for @ considerable tme; everything was clouded in profonnd mys- tery, From St. Petersburg it was reported that the Russification of the German inhabitants of | the ‘Baluc provinces would commence the 1st of January. This, certainly, looked warlike, but alt atonce the sun again shone in great brightness. Explanations given and receivea had entirely changed the aspect. Invitations were extended to the Prussian Court and a number of generais to at- tend the feast of the Knights of Si. George av the Russian capital. The enlente cordiale 18 now as ood as before, and this should not surprise any- jody Who considers that Emperor William was educated in Ktussian policy. As for the friendship to Ausiria, that, necessarily, must cool off a little, botwithstanding the very (riendiy assurances which have been given co Count Andrassy, whose cir- cular note to foreign Cabinets Is commentea Gpon by the Berlin official organs in such flatering terms that one couid readily inter that the temple of Janu was ciosed forever, Says the Ministerial organ, “Inasmuch as Count An- drassy pledges himself not only to & sincere and unchangeavie peace policy, but also to @ strict ooservance ol the poilcy of his predecessor, his ap- pointment as Premier of the Austro-Hungarian empire 13.8 new guarantee of tue continuance of those really cordial relations which have veen vist- bly strengthened of late between the German realm and ita southeast neighbor. An adherence to this ie eta watrantcd by the autecedents of he hly respected and renowned incumbent of the Austrian Premiership. Fine words these and ull of ineaning —as long as circumstances will per- ‘ mit. The cerms “sincere and unchangeavle” are | ever in the mouths of dipiomatists, though, like | dreams, they shouid always be interpreted to the \ contrary, THE CENSUS IN LORRAINE has enconniered considerable opposition. Only three natives of the whole province have voluu- larily acted as agents, General opposition to the vensts arose from the pretext that each inbabitant {ascribed would henceforth be a Prussian and must become @ Lutheran and @ Freemason. The teach- ers, ip) in many instances, acted as agents io behait of the government, suffered much irom this rejudice. ‘What do you want of me’? said a good Lorrainer, “Aren't we Prussian enough already without being put downon paper? 1 shan’t an- ewer you.” Anvther said, “What meolence ! to ay US down on 4 list to deliver us over to Prussia.” n reply to the question regarding bis nativity he gave several incorrect answers, aud finally added, th a sueer, “Lamm irom Graveloue, where the Prua- na got itcked.” A plous old lady vociferated, @ Will not be sold to the Freemasons; we will keep our faich; and the daugater chimed in ‘Don't give your name; they Wantto make Luthe- | Tens of us.” Such was the cordial reception given the agents in many instances, which does not speak | vory highly for tue intelligence ot the imuavitanta, even if it be wue that the priests did their best to Insti distrust in the government and antipathy to the ceusus agents. TUE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. The humane efforts of Various nations in behalr of these unfortunates have lately been made knowa in @lecture by @ teacher of the Royal Institute in Us piace. In some States the existing asyluins are Bulticient Lo accommodate the applicants, viz.:—in Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Saxony anda few other small German States. Wurtemburg and tne United States of America come weli-nigh afford jug instructions to more than one-half of their deat and dumb, Prussia, Great Britain, France, Switzer- land, Bavaria, Baden and Videnbug instruct but one-third, Austria and Italy, about one-tenth; and Spam and Portugal only one ina hundred. Por ita 17,000 deaf and damb Prussia has bat thirty-six ins oe accommodating less tuaa one-fourth of in the province of Brandenburg, with 1,725 deaf and dumb, there exists but one asylum, which ac- commodates 140, Little Is done for the educating of Veachers, and those temporarily seut to tue Berlin Asyium se.dom remain longer than six weeks, which cannot sufice to prepare them for the dis« ‘harge of such duties. Tne lecturer himself, Herr nh, though oine months actively employed in the Royal Instiiute, deciared that he waa yet far from being a competent teacher, Here aguin we see Prussia oot marching alto- ether at the head of civilization, and we {eel con- Ndent in stating that unis will still be more strik. ingly provea when the new German Census affords further matetjal for comparisons, THR GERMAN BRAZILIAN FIZZLE, The German government 13 somewhat embar- rassed about the eee it has been brought into by lie hot-blooded fiends who wished to make the beor uouse Aight ia Kiy ap act of German berojem, and who began to cry out fora confiict between Germany and Brazil; and the reports of the offictal journals of the Brazilian government now before us 3s not adapted to lessen the embarr: Ac- col to these accounts this whol arose from the fact that German sailors were enjoy! company of the women in fame, and cast out of doors Por course the police- come to quell a disturbance, man called for aid, and since this did not suffice ‘the fight took on ater di and was oot mensions, put down until a Heutenant with bis men made his a@ppeurance upon the ground. Since, besides this, the arrested sailors were set at liberty on the tol- lowing day, there is not the least ground for the intervention of the government. We are curious to k now how those journals that began to blow on tho ig horn wil effect a decent retreat. Allocution of His Holiness Pius IX. to the Delegations from the Foreign Colleges at Rome. The Church has been persecuted ever since her birth, She found society unbelieving, ignorant, filled with vice, and she led it back to the way of Justice, truth and holiness, But that could not be accomplished without resistance, and thatis why, thenceforth, persecutions commenced, A short time ago, reading the work af a savant, who ts not an Italian, 1 became convinced that the present per- secution is by far the most terrible of those the Church has suffered. Do you wisn to kaow the rea- son? Filioli mei levate oculos vesiros in circuitu. Lift up your eyes, my dear children, and look all around you. Look at society; seo what it is, and you will find that it is mot blind, as it was in ancient times, out apostate. And that is why it 1s more diMcult for 1t to listen to the voice of God and the Church; because, of all sinners, the apostate ig the moss reprobate in the aight of God. But then if itis 80, it those who govern 80+ ciety are in the hands of Satan, if they are animated with hatred of Jesus Christ, you see what strength, what vigor, what zeal, what an exemplary life and What solidity of doctrine are necessary jn order to conyert those who allow themselves to be deceivea by those periidious illusions which prouuce such a condition of society. And that is why, my aear children, 1 exhort you to prove yourselves more and more fervent and each day better ecclesiastics, in order to confound our enemies by holiness of ture, that they may find themselves constrained to re- spect virtue in priests, even though being enemies. Persevere, then, in charity and zeal, and prepare yourselves to combat error, God, who is so good, will Himself put ideas into your minds, words upon your lips and courage into your hearts to defend the laws of God and His Church, so feariully outraged. It is the subject for meditation which 1 give you this morning, and which God, I trust, willimpress strongly upon your souls, in order that He may make of you worthy ree of His holy Church, For the obtaining of hose graces may Goud cause to descend upon you those blessings which dJllumine the mind, excite the courage and fortify more and more in prayer, 50 necessary in all circumstances, but especially at the resent time, May God the Father biess you out of 13 all-powerfulness, the Saviour Jesus Christ with His wisdom, and the Holy Ghost with His grace, in order that you may worthily Lullil the duties of your holy minisiry, Benedictio Dei Omnipotentis, &c. IRELAND. Extraordinary Quarrel Between the Lord Mayer and tho Corporation of Dublin. DuBLtn, Dec. 22, 1871, ‘A dispute of a very novel character has arisen between the Chief Magistrate of this ancient city and tne corporauon of Dublin, it appears that the present Chief Magistrate, who succeeded to the Mayoralty in July last upon the death of Mr. Bulfin, expected that his brother Aldermen would do him the honor of re-elecuung him to the same distin- guished oMice for the year 1872. The Corporation, however, toa man failed to recognize in the Lora Mayor that peculiar fitness for the office which, un- doubtediy, the Lord Mayor recoguized in himself, and without the slightest regard for his private convictions on the subject, proceeded to elect his successor, The little great man was highly in- censed at thus being passed over, aud vowed to have his revenge. The civic year is always brought toaciose by a banquet ona great scale, to which ol] the local magnates of Dublin and several dls- tinguished personages from the country nave the JANUARY 13, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, vant of Tichborne in South America, had ar- rived in this country at his own expense to give evidence in ing caetes kay it Was necessary tO say inion ti would be much more advisable if the newspapers abstained from publishing matters bearing on the case, Which, infact, they were not legally entitled Yodo. The Court then adjourned to the 15th of The War Between Spain and Caba. The London Times remar ks that ‘the King’s gov- ernment is only repeating the part already played by Prim, Serrano and their colleagues during the interregnum, King Amadeus declared in full coun- cli that he only wished he was allowea to sail for Guba, in order himself ¢o conduct the war. It is the very wish expressed by Prim two years before, witn all this, tuere 18 no doubt that w.se Span- lards only long to be rid of Cuba on apy terms. Marshal Prim Openly avowed his conviction that the loss of Cuba was for Spain only a question of time. There is no doubt, also, that the offers of agents who proposed to negotiate a sale of Cuba to the United states were seoretly listened to by that cool-headed soldier and statesman, Both sagasta and Zorilla were at that time in Prim’s Cabinet. Prim’s former colieagues—Sagasta, Zorilla, ‘Lopete, Serrano and others—are at this very moment con- tending for the high places in the King’s Cabinct; and We publish to-day the result of a Ministerial crisis, which has followed close upon other crises, and which will certainly be followed by new crises almost from month to month. That the first article in the programme of every Cabinet will be ‘Cuba must not be lost’ we have no doubt; yet it seems incredible that no patriotic Minister should ever rise to proclaim that Uuba is being lost day by day. The Spanish statesman wiil deserve well of his country who suggests that since, as Prim acknow- Jedged, the loss of the island is only a question of time, 1 would be good policy to take time by tho le which, while it dest ‘s Cul utterly exnausts Spain.” y BEN BUTLER’S BETE NOIRE. Dr. Loring Trying to Outflank the Essex Statesman. A Deep-Sea Philosopher Wants Protection for Home Fishing—Meeting at Gloucester Congress Asked to Re-enact the Bounty Law—No Opposition to the Washington Treaty. GLovoESsTER, Mass., Jan, 12, 1872 The old struggle of General Butler versus Dr. Loring, which was fought out and seemingly divided the republicans during the last gubernatorial cam- paign in Massachusetts, or rather before the meeting of the State Republican Conven- tion in Worcester, during September last, has been revived again in this locality, Inasmuch as Dr. Loring relinquished his claims for the gubernatorial nomination to General Butler, on receiving the latter's assurance that the Doctor should be granted the succession to Butler in tho Fifth Congressional district, aud that the defeat of General Butler involved also the failure of Dr. Lor- ing to achieve success, such @ result as that which I have now to chrouicle may not seem surpris- ing. General Butler was whipped § at Worcester, after one of the most gallantly con- vested fights that the State ever saw, and was, per- force, compelled to content himself with his position a3 @ member of Congress. This rendered him no worse off than before, but it exercised a vastly dif- ferent influence upon the prospects of the Doctor. He communed with himself stiently and found that he had relinquished “the bird in the hand for two in the bush;” that the two in the bush nad gown away before he could get ut them, aud that he was iteraly ¢ LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. Naturally enough, he did not cherish the strongest Possible sentiments of affection towards General Butler, deeming him, probably, the author of his misfortunes, He has therefore set himself about the honor to be invited. ‘The present Lord Mayor—who 1s very Wealthy—proposed to end his year of office by a dispiay of hospitality which wouid not be for- gotten in the Irish metropolis tor @ generation. It Would have taken place ere this only for the illness of the Prince of Wales. The Lord Lieutenant, the Chief Secretary, the Commander of the forces, Car- dinal Cullen, the Lord Cuanocellor, the Judges, and all the other great public oilicers and men in Dublin were invited; but the members of one most distinguished body, who had a pecu- liar right to be present, were not included tn tho list of invited guests, ‘he members of the Cor- poration, to whom the Lord Mayor owes his position, were, strange to say, passed over, because they did not think It their duty to place Alderman Campboll @ second time i the civic chair, ‘The Aldermen of Dublin, as soon as they heard of utts strange con- duct on the part of the Chiel Magistrate, were very wroth indeed, and made up their minds to have thelr revenge. Last night they had their banquet, which may be regarded as a demonstration against the Lord Mayor, wio was present at Mr, Belews reading at the Gaiety Lheatre, This petty quarrel has occastoned great annoyance to many, but is a source of much amusement to others. For tae present it is the talk of the town. ENGLAND, The Tichborne Trial—Further Identification The Plaintifi’s Case Closed Until the 15th of Jenuary. ‘From the London Telegraph, Dec. 22.) At the outset of the case yesterday Lieutenant Colonel Mackinnon was again questioned in cross- examination, and stated he did not know that at the time he had spoken of as having dined at the mess of the Carabineers at Cahir Roger Ticnborne ‘was not there; nor did he remember Colonel Hay’s servant, & man named Barry, Who was a witness in this case, and with whom the claimant had an in- terview at Leeds in 1867. The tres which were seen on the occasion referred to turned out to be @ sort of hoax, and the matter was the subject of general conversation at Canlr at the time, Witness did not visit Colonel Lushington with the object of seeing the claimant. As to the matters which claimant haa forgoiten, they were the names of some non-commissioned oMlcers: in the regiment of witness’ owa troop, Oae of them, @ sergeant, had been discharged as a de. faulter. This was notortous im tne regiment, about the tne that Tichborue in the regiment, but the claimant did not recollect it. it waa’ im- pressed On Witness’ mind, because he had to pay the money made away with, aud he thought ita likely thing for Tichborne to have remembered. Mr. Sergeant B: tine then called Mrs, Radcliffe, on & subpwena duces tecur, to produce all letters in her possession from Roger Charles ‘tichborne up to May, 1554. It was stated, however, that 1 had been arranged that that lady should be represented by Mr. Dobiuson, the solicitor to the defendants: and this by the autnority of the Attorney General. Nevertheless, there ensued some rather dis- putatious conversation between the Juago and the counsel for the plaintiff! as to the form of proceaure; but eventually Mr. Dobin- son was called to produce the letters Tae Attoracy Generai, however, interposed and said that every letier in Mrs. Radeclifie’s possession was in his hands ana would be produced and placed in the custody of the officer of the Court, except two, which would be produced hereafter. This was at once accepted by Mr. Sergeant Bailantine, and all controversy ceased, It was stated bythe Onef Justice that Mr, Davis, the Chief Clerk to the Asso- ciate of tue Court, had prepared on elaborate index to all the letters and documents which had been put in, which His Lordship would place at the dis+ osal of the counsel and the jury, The Attorney General sald tat he felt bound to express the thanks of the counsel in the cause for the careful manner jn which Mr. Davis had arranged and dealt with the documents, so that they were pro- duced with @ promptness when required which he had never before witnessed. Mr. Sergeant Bailan- tune fully concurred In tiis statement. Attatement of Ronse, giving an account of his and Mr. Baigent’s visit to Captain Fraser at Col- chester, which had been referred to but not for- mally put ip, was read, as the orlgiual document was not forthcoming; and it was agreed to take it from the brief of one of the counsel, - It also relatea to an Interview between the claimant and Captain Fraser, and detailed circumstances connected with endeavors to bring the claimant to Captain Fraser's mind: but this did not result In his recognizing claimant as Roger Tichborne. e afidavit of @ Mr. White, of Hull, who bad ied, was tendered for the plaintit, objected to by the Attorney General, but received by the Judge, subject toa bil of exceptions. Ihe allidavit stated ‘that the deponent was acquainted with the neigh- borhood of burton Constable, Fhnd that oa a particular occasion he was saved from being injured by the kiok of horse by the intervention of a young «entieman who siated his name to be Tichborne, ‘This circum stance fixed the geutieman’s appearance on the de- ponent’s mind, and, having seen the claimant in 1868, he at once recogni: him as the same person, And lus secoguition was coatirmed by subsequent conversation With (ie claimant, in Which he showed peraonal knowleuge of the locality of Burton Con- Btable Which must Nave been obtained long ago. Tho aMidavit of George Coie, a miller, of Romsey, and algo @ teuant on the Tichhorne estate, was then read. Knew ail the family and Mr, loger Tich- borne in particular, and had reason to remember nis at r30ual appearance. jomsey with claimant, bin, and subseque formed his opinion Jn 1864, at an interview he instantly recognized it iiarviews had con- 4 o the identity. Mr. Sergeant Bailantine then announced” that the piatatiil’s cage was now finally closed. It was then stated by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine that in the London Zimes of Batarday i was published that & person named Jules Barrant, Who Wag a sei* work of injuring the latter so far as possible in the districts where Butler possesses the strongest ele- ment of strength. These were and are now per- haps on the sea coast of Massachusetts, General Batler has always strongly championed the interests ofthe fishermen, and, in fact, owes his Vongres- sional position to their efforts; for his hgbitatiou is in a different direction to that which h@represents at Washington. It was here, then, and on Cape Ann that Dr. Loring decided to commence the struggle which may result in the overthrow of his opponent. ‘Yhe inception of the affair occurred at Harwich the other day, where @ strong meeting of fish deaters was held in the Ex- cuange. A reference to the published re port of the proceedings of that meeting ‘Will show that the fisnmongers of Cape Ann entirely reprobate General Buticr’s idea of resisting the rati- fication of the Washington Treaty, and say that they are willing to abide by its enactments, Of course they claim that thelr mterests will be damaged thereby, their commerce will be im- poverished and their families made homeless. The speakers stated that they should receive compensa: ton from the national government for this calamity. A re-enactment of the law providing a fishing bounty would act a3 @ sort of panacea for their troubles. Now they are subjected to the payment of taxes on everything Which they use, and their disinterested labors in providing seamea” for the United States Navy go entirely unrewarded. Such ave the arguments wich are being brougut before the public py THE OPPONENTS OF GRNERAL BUTLER, They were received, read, and brought forth in reply from the hero ot New Orieans in the shape of @lormal and somewhat bitter speech at Province- town, in which ue cast many flings at the Harwich meeting. ‘ro the mustec of a band last might Dr. Loring has firec his second shot Into tne ranks of the enemy, A meeting of representatives from ail the shipowning firms of this town was held at the rooms of the Cape Ann Mutual Fishing Insurance Company last evening, under the direction of Mr, Joseph O, Proctor, At ieast thirty of the most promi- | pent gentlemen of Cape Ann were assembied here togetier to take counsel as to the situation, The | speakers, of whom there were many, united in the general statement that the valuation of Glou- cester on the ist day of November, 1570, was $2,188,000, and on the — ist day of November, 1871, this sum was decreased to $440,000, lille the ordimary Wear and tear of fish- ing vessels was but trom five to ten per cent in each year. Throughout the New Ragland States it was asserted that there were from sixty to seventy thou- sand men engaged in the fishery business, employ- ing @ capital of $4,000,000, and if the Washington Treaty was ratifiel these men would eitner have to abandon their present method of ov- taming a livelinood or else starve to death in almshouses, Boston, it was sald, wanted une treaty ratified, but because then it could conirol the trade. The dealers in the big cities are middie men, and not producers or con sumers; they want to swallow up all the profits themselves, and if the treaty 18 gotten through with, all right—they have a good cance to do so, About THE COST OF MATERIALS there was a general concurrence of opinion that vessels costing $4,500 before the re- bellion would cost $7,500 now. It can thus be seen that there is no profit in a continuance of the business. - Its interests have been sacrificed for the benelit of the pubilc at large and there should be @ recompense therefore. An Hlustration of this fact was given by one of the speakers, who produced figures to show that if the duty on cotton, iron and leather were removed all the manufactories of these articles in the Ualted States would be shut up, Real estate in Gloucester has depreciated twenty-flve per cent since the loss of protection for the fishery interests; therefore, 1b was A GOOD TIME TO COMMENCE to effect a reform. Messrs. Nehemiah I, Cunning- ham, W. F, Merchant, D. C. Babson, Charles iM. Pew, Alfred Mansiflelad and other speakers repre- sented these to be the present sense of the meet! Their remarks were approved by all presen' Alter considerable discussion = commit- tee, consisiing of Measra, J. 0, Proctor, Charles H. Pew, Syivanus Smith, Alfred Mansfie!d and Wiliam Porsnns was appointed to co-operate with committees from other localities §n an endeavor to obtain from Congress some legis- lation granting a bounty on tonnage or relief in some otier form from the great injuries which must result to the fishing interest from the ratification of the Washington Treaty, The committes was en- Hore full power, and wie Convention ac- journed, DISPOSING OF A DEAD BODY. About four o'clock yesterday morning George Bowe, an Italian, living in the tenement house No, 85 Mulberry street, and one of his country women, were seen on pier No. 14 Fast River, she having a shovel in her hand, while ne carried under his arm @ box containing the putrid corpse of @ stillborn child, ~ This couple — evi- dently had been looking for @ small patch of earth in which to dig a grave for the reception of the remains, Both parties were taken to the First precinct station house, and subsequently Coronér Schirmer investigated the case and found that Bowe and his female friend Intended violating no law, but only wished to bury the body for the poor absent mother, who was unable to be at the expense vf a decent interment. The fact that the body could have been buried by the city seemed not to enter thelr minds, As nothing wrong was intended man ana Woman wore disgharged by Coroner Sohirmer, OCEAN TRAFFIC, The Atlantic Steamship Lines. of 1871. pe rnnnnnnnn The Enormous and Profitable Business Done by Them Last Year—The Vessels Employed, Voyages Made and Passengers Carried Between New York and Eurone— Might Not an American Line Live if Properly Managed ? Now that earnest and influential citizens of the United States are once more making an effort to obtain @ “foothold on the ocean,” and are petition- ing Congress to pass such enactments as will ala them in the endeavor to regain @ portion of the nation’s lost commercial supremacy, and that with Some chauce of ulumate success, it may not be amiss to give a synopsis of the vast and important trade that is being carried on ‘between this country and Europe. ‘The business 1s of the most enormous nature, and increasing, and tie pecuniary returns therefrom go into the pockeis of foreigners, who recognize with no little satisfaction that the longer the Jegisiators at Wasaington are blind ‘to the intere ests of tho American people in this respect so !ong will the monopoly of the Atlantic steamship trade be retained by them. wuring the past year ten Tegular European companies plied tneir vessels to and from the port of New York and the ports of that country. Each and all of these steamships are maguificent ana ‘complete. productions of naval architecture and mechanical skill, ranging from 1,000 to nearly 6,000 tons burden, and year by year since the merchants of this land were driven from the Maritime arena by the terrible clouds of civil war have been added thereto, until the combined feet of 1871 represented 118 steamships, These Ines all closed the year with large profit, and so enticing is the trade with this country that their owners are causing other like vessels to be built and are adopting measures to start additional lines on @n extensive scale to connect with Atlantic ports, which projects are likely to materially decrease the chances of any American company that may have the courage to inaugurate a line wholly under the Control of citizens of the Union, Yet the attempt is worth being made to restore our navigation interests, and mayhap the subjoined particulars of the important trade done by foreign bottoms in the twelve months just passed wilt open the eyes of intelligent and representative men in such @manuer that they will use increased exer- tlous todo something, that yet once again Amerl- can Steamships may be seen at ow wharves, and going to and fro, asaid our renowned clipper ships ‘Weave the unseen threads of gold that link together nations widely remote in a community of taterests. The extended particulars of the ocean trafic of the year 1871, a3 given below, may be relied upon, They embrace the vessels employed by each line, number of voyages made from and to New York, the cargoes carried either way, their character, number of passengers, cabin and steerage, from and to Europe, together with such other items as naturally command attention. It was a year of many severe storms on the ocean, but, happily, there was no terrible calamity to chronicie, Unlike the preceding year, when a gallant steamship sailed away trom this port in the mists of the morning and the shadows of night and never more was heard of, and still another that left us with a gallant crew, noble passengers and valuable cargo, that was wrecked at the moment of making the land, there were no disasters during 1871; but the several lines were full of prosperity and exceedingly well man. aged, Inthe latter particular any American com pany hereafter formed may well take pattera. NATIONAL LINE—NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. Though but elght years old this line has actkeved ® wonderful standard of excellence among the rival companies that do the great carrying trade of the Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Bu- rope, Its fleet ofsteamships are wondrous produc. tons of naval architecture, ail of iron, full powered and the largest in the Atlantic trade. Two of them, tue Spain and Egypt, are the monster passenger craft of tne world, while comfort, convenience and safety are observable in every portion of their con- struction, ‘Tke government of the line and the direction of its vast interests speak of energy, enter+ prise and forethought. Twelve vessels were em- ployed during the past year. Their names and net registered tonnage are:—Spain, 4,850 tons; Egypt, 5,150 tons; Italy, 4,840 tons; France, 3,700 tons; Hole land, 8,860 tons; Denmark, 3,759 tons; The Queen, 4,470 tons; England, 3,450 tons; Hélveua, 4,020 tons; Erin, 4,040 tons; Pennsylvania, 3,000 tons, and Bet ta) ¥,000 tons, making a total ton- nage of 47,020 tons. These made the large nuinber of 182 trips across the ocean, tue quickest of which are accredited to the Spaia aud Egyp' both of them having proved to be very fast, an during the very severe weatier tat prevailed re- cently on the ocean were not beaten by any steam- ships coming this way, ‘Tle cargoes carried pe- tween the porta of sailing reach the enormous quantity of 409,775 tons, being divided in wheat corn, tobacco, cotton, bacon, cheese, lard, peef ai pork, from New York to Liverpool, to the figures of 285,432 tons, and froin Liverpool to this port in steel raus, box Uo, Wire, fruit, such as lemons and wal- nuts, brandies, wines of all kinds trom France and Germany, sardines from Bordeaux, dry goods, con- sisting ot linens, silks, Dundee fabrics, &c., to the ount of 124,343 tons, In the twelve months there were on the several trips outward and inward 86,035 passengers. The National line are still mak- ing important additions to tuetr deet, as there are at present in course of construcuon on the Clyde two enormous vessels, tue Canada and Greece, each of 4,600 tons, that will be abie to accommodate pleasantly, as do the largest of thelr present steam- ships, nearly 200 Arst class aud 1,200 to 1,400 steerage passengers, Tue health of the emigrants carried in these vessels is rigiliy looked aiter, and their situation made comlortable in stormy as well Qs pleasant weather, by spar decks, flush Tove and at, while the saloon passengers have at their com- mand all the luxuries and conveniences of a first class hotel, As an evidence of tha expansion of tue business of this line they have been compelled to increase their facilites for handiing freight, build- ing another dock, No. 44 North River, which, with the regular one, No. 47 Norim River, gives them just enough “elbow room.’” ANCHOR LINE—NEW YORK TO GLASGOW. This line in a few years has become one of the most important in number of vessels and chavacter of trade running from this port, During the twelve months just passed there have peen in employment thirty-four ocean steamsnips, all weil constructed, and the majority fitted up and appointed with every comfort and conventence which long experience could suggest and liberality obtain. Their names are the Anglia, Australia, Columbia, Europe, Alexan- dria, Trinacria, Venezia, Livorno, Napoil, Scotia, Olympnhia, Italla, Acadia, Britanula, Dacien, India, Ismailia, Trojan, Dom Pedro, Macedon, Roma, Spartan, Calliornia, Assyria, Caledonia, Dorian, lowa, Sidontan, Tyrian, Genora, Messina, Scandina- via, Valetta and Victoria, They are from 1,000 to 8.600 tons burden. The route of these vessels is from New York to Glasgow, culling at Londonderry to land and embark passengers, In connection with the Glasgow traffic there are branch lines to various ports in Europe. By one—the Northern Scandinavian—there are despatched two or three steamers montiily, connecting on the arrivals from New York, with the several ts of Granton, Christiansand, Caristiana and Gottenburg, Anotier of the company’s branch lines is that between Gias- ow and ports in the Mediterranean, which main- fans. on. wn average a weekly communication with New York, bringing with them as cargoes great quantities of the rich fruits and productions of Southern Europe. The above steamstips durin, 1871 made 113 trips to New York and the correspond. mg number of aepartures, in all 226 voyages, Many of the passages have been made in excellent time, but the quickest of the year was the Anglia’s run in Jaly, from New York to Glasgow, in nine days ten and @ half hours; this fom tand to tand being accomplished In a little over eight days. ‘The cargoes carried to Glasgow aud received from there tn twelve months consisted principally of grain, lard, cotton, flour, provisions, topacco, tallow, rosin, dyewoods, cavese, stuves, &o., 10 the amonnt, outward, of 169,500 tons, and Lnward about 125,000 tons. ‘The year’s work in passengers consisied of 24,456 cabla aud steerage brought vo this port, ana 7,198 satied therefrom, ‘Tne Anchor line are suil auding new and fine steamships to their already enormous fleet, those now under construction, four in number, being larger and more powerful than auy preceding them. ‘Two of these will be 4,000 vons burden each, and have as their builders the successinl firms ou tite Clyde, Messrs, Robert Dun- can & Co, and Messrs Alexander Stephens & sons, The neaith and comfort of all passengers carried by this line are proverbial, and need no mention here. The percentage of deaths among the stecrage pas. sengers 13 exceedingly small-proof of their being well cared for. OUNARD LINE—NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL, Although the oldest the Cunard sttil maintains tts great position among the various lines that cross and recrogs the Atlantic, ‘The steamships employed are built in the most substantial manner, and are among the largest as woll ag completely and luxu- rlously fitted and appointed. this the occan travellers know well. ‘Tne vessels that made up tho fleet of 1871 are Abyssinia, Algeria, pieEo, Bee yia, Calabria, China, Cuba, Heela, Java, cedar, Malta, Palmyra, Porthia, Russia, Samaria, Scota, bora, Sidon, Tarifa and ‘Tripoli, comprising an aagcegate tounage of 65,000 tona, These made the easvagriivary pywmber ps Jy vVoyamep PAOD WAY carried New York they 13,117 passengers, divided:—Canin, 7,7 age, 5,411; the total namber transf and steer fer! each way being 61,617, @ goodly exhibit, indeed. The Sco! of this line, one of the most succs ships . ever crossed the Atlantic, it is well to remark, is ii Sidewheel vessel. This company have in conan the ego, to y w thi They will be added to the fleet early in the INMAN LINE—NEW YORK 70 LIVERPOOL, Among the important and longest established of the Atlantic stearuship lines is this, They employea during the year thirteen vessels, as follows:—City of Brussels, 3,069 cons; City of Brooke. 2,911 tons; City of Paris, 3,081 tons; City of Antwerp. 2391 tons; City of London, 2,765 tons; City of Baltimore, 2,367 tons; City of Washington, 2,806 tons; City of New York, 3,000 tons; City of Dublin, 2,008 tons; City of Limerlox, 2,400 tons; City of bristol, 2,700 tons; City of Halifax, 1,000 tons, and City of Durham, 1,200 tons. Tnese made eighty-elght voyages cach way, bringing to New York !rom Liver pool in cabin and steerage 60,000 passengers and carrying outward 10,000 passengers—a total of 60,000 persons. These figures are Dot exact, but are near as could be ascertained from the oMeers of line. The cargoes to Europe, comprising cheese, grain, bacon, lard, cotton, pork, beef and flour, averaged during the twelve months 1,000 tons per voyage, while those trom Europe to New York were made up with dry goods, steel, tin, wire and iron, The quickest of the 166 voyages were made by the Ctty of Paris, in December, going irom New York to Queenstown in eignt days and six hours, and by the City of Brussels, in November, sailing from Queenstown to thts port in eizht days, seven hours and flity minutes. The Inman line nas three steamships in course of consiruction, These are the City of Chester, City of Richmond and Oity of Montroal, ent. or lorge sonnage ane Grolgney ee miticently appointed. ‘The business of this lin is extremely welt conducted. HAMBURG-AMERICAN PACKET COMPANY-=NBW YORK TO HAMBURG, This line, so sadly interfered with during 1870 by the war between France and Germany, succeeded in assuming some of the old regularity last year, and ran to this port seven preecan ies ‘Viz. :—Alle- Mania, Captain Barends; Cimbria, Captain Haack; Hammionia, Captain J, Meyer; Holsauis, Captain B: Meler; Westphalia, Captain Schwensen; Stiesla, Captain Trautmann, and Thuringia, Captain Ehlers. Each of these 18 about three thousand tons bur: den, The steamers Germania, Captain Hapich; Vandalia, Captain Franzen, and Saxonla, Captain Winzen, of the Hamburg-New Oricans route, occa. sionally, during summer and autumn, plied to New York When the trade demanded it. These vessels during the twelve months made forty-six regular and six extra tripa. The voyages from Burope were partly from Hamburg direct, these being made before peace was fully restored, but, that ac- complished, they touchea at Havre, as in times gone by. The average length of the voyagea was equal to nine days and thirceen hours from Queenstown, While those from New York to Plymouth were made in tne average time of ten days and two hours, which 1s equal to nine days and eight hours to Queenstown, ‘The Silesia and Cimbria each made a passage to Plymouth in nine days and six hours, wiuch 1s doing excellently, ‘The passengers brought by these vossels to New York last year were 28)660; divided, cabin, 4,195, and steerage, 24,471. From New York they carried 10,371 passengers, 3,0i1 being cabin and 7,360 steerage, the total work of this character being $9,037 persons, The cargoes vrought to this port during the same time, consisting of cotton, woollen and silk goods, wines, metals, herrings, &c., amounted to 50,000 tons, while there were taken from here 65,000 tons, chiefly grain, clover seed, lard, bacon, rosin, logwood extract, cotton, sewing machines and agricultural implements. ‘The exten- sion of the trade of this line to New Orieans from Hamburg speaks well for tnetr enterprise, and the formation of the second branch from Hamburg via Havre to St. Thomas and Laguayra, Puerto Cabello, Curacoa, Aspinwals and other poris thereabouts, demonstrates that whenever an opportunity offers the company lose no time in accepting it. The vessels for the West Indies trade are the Borussia, Batavia and Teuto- nia. They have been provided wita new engines aud otherwise adapted for the route... There are in course of construction by the company for the New York lige two large steamers, the f'risia and Fomne- rauia, while a third of equal size 1s intended for tne New Orleans and West Indies trade, WILLIAMS & GUION’S LINE—NEW YORK TO’ LIVER POOL. Yet a young line in the Atlantic Ocean trade, it has become a fixed institution, and deservedly 80. It employed during 1871 seven steamsbips—the Wyoming, 3,430 tons; Wisconsin, 3,229 tons; Colo- rao, 4,015 tons; Nevada, 3,125 tons; Idaho, 8,132 tous; Minnesota, 2,963 tons, and Manhati 2,965 tons, ‘These steamers are stanch, comiortable and. make their voyages with commendable regularity. Sixty-two trips were made each way during the year, bringing to New York 1,544.cabin and 26,002 slecrage passengers, and taking therefrom to Eu- rope 1,421 cabin and 4,057 steerage ngers, the Work Of the twelve months in Unis respect footing up 33,623 persons, The cargoes Carried from New York, consisting of cotton, wheat, corn, provisions, &c., amonnted to 103,381 tons of 2,240 pounds, and from Liverpool to this port 88,689 tons in weight ana measurement. The latter were mostly railroad tron, ary goods, silks and [ruits, NORTH GERMAN LLOYD—NEW YORK TO RREMEN. ‘This line during the year employed thirteen steams slips, there being the Bremen, New York, Hansa, America, Hermann, Deutschiand, Weser, Rhein, Main, Donau, Hanover, Frankiort and Kodin, avers aging 3,000 tons burden and having engines of 700 effective horse power, Sixty-elgot voyages were made each way by these vessels, the shortest west- ward being by the Rhein, in August, occupying nine days and twelve hours, aud eastward by the same steamship in eight days and fourteen hoars, From New York to Bremen via Southampton they 10,089 passengers and about 80,000 tons cargo, consisiing of - cotton, to- ‘bacco, breadstufts = aud provisions; and Jrom Bremen via Southampton to New York, they brought 39,541 passengers and 63,000 tons of cargo, mostly dry goods, hardware aud wines, The North German Lioyd also maintain a regular line from Bremen to Baitimore, four steamers being em- loyed, These are the Ohio, Berlin, Baltimore and ipag, making fortnightly trips, It need hardly be added that these vessels are well consiructea and appointed. WHITS STAR LINB—NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. Yet among tne youngest of all the lines engaged in the European trade, this gives evidence of rapidiy reaching a point that will make it one of the most successiul. Since March last the company has em- ployed three steamships—the Oceanic, Atlantic and Baitic—all iron vessels and construcied by eminent builders. Tue Oceanic has made eight voyages during the year; the Allautic trst crossed tne ocean in June and made six voyages. The carried of Baltic made her first wtp to this port im September, in eight aays, fificen hours and forty minutes apparent time, and returned to Queenstown 10 eight days, fifteen hours and thirty-eight minutes mean ume, The Oveanio, joneer ship of the line, on her second voyage to Rew York made the run in eight days, seven hours aud twenty-eight minutes, Tiree sicamships are in course of construction for this line, thetr names be- ing the Celtic, Repubiio and Adriatic. ‘hey wii i as thoroughly builc and well appointed as are tho: now runaing. BALTIC LLOYD—NEW YORK TO STETTIN. This line having for its route, bolu ways, around the North of Scotiand, stopping at ‘Onristiansand, Norway, and Copenhagen, Denmark, and Stecun, Prussia, commenced running to tals port In June last, and since then has employed tivo steamers, the Humboidt and Franklin, each avout two thousand ton burden. ‘Their business has been 50 successiul, however, that the directors have recoguized tae Necessity ol a reguar communication at sport Intervals between the Baltic ports and New York, and, as aconsequence, there are building for the line three adaitional steamers, on a larger scale and More poweriul than those now running. Five voy- ages Were nade during te year, the number of pas- sengers brought to New York being 2,635, and those carried ouwward 150, The cargoes Outward were chiefly lard, rosin, grain, lopqood extract, cotion, tobacco and general merchandise for Germany; sewing machines, ammunition, hardware, £o., tor Russia, and grain, lard and tallow for Denmark. Those to this port embraced drugs, cement, liquors, cloth, lead and general merchandise. The average voyage to Stettin has becn seventeen days. The new steamers will be named Adolph, ‘Thorwaldsen and Wasbington. GHNERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY—NEW YORK TO HAVRE. This line employed during the year past the Pereire, 4,014 tons; Ville de Paris, 3,014 tons; St. Laurent, $,000 tons, and Washington, oe tons, all of old measurement. Owing to the ange: Er the sian war their business was freatiy aera: the trips trregularly made until June last, : steamers resumed running at the ordinary ster, vals; since Which time nineteen passaces Ly ne made each way, the quickest being those OF the Poreire, Which vessel in four vovaxes to én ward recorded from eight days and eleven hours to - eight days and fourtcen hours, This year tt 1s ex- pected that this line will be considerably enlarger. RESUME, necessary to ald anything to these actatls anoae Mlupdred and eigiteen foreign stean- ships made between New York and ports in Europe during tue past year 1,188 voyages, carrying to and fro 325,777 passengers and the chormous quantity of 1,801,065 tons of ireight, Might not au Americau line live if properly managed? A SINGULAR FATALITY, A Weer Barrel Explodes in a Brooklyn Brewery and Blows a Man’s Heoud OM, Arather remarkable explosion occurred at nine o'clock yesterday morning in the Long Island Brewery, 1 Third avenue, near Kergen street. It appears it is the custom in the brewery to purify the beer barrels by giving the tnside a coat of slack- ened lime, The lime and some water Is put into the barrel and it 1s then shagen. Yesterday morn ing Frank Gilirain, who resides at No, 64 Union sirect, and Michael Quain were Mid anton @ beer barrel iu this manner, When the generated gas in side caused it to explode with terrific force, A por. tion of tie heading of the barre) cat Gillrain’s bead of and pearly cut a beam in two in the brewery, Main Was UiroWN @ considerable distance aud roue ered Insensibie, He will recover, ‘fue Coroner was notified, and will bold an jy. |,onegt Over Uilirain to-day. ,