The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1872, Page 7

= = THE TREATY,- Another Day in Senatorial Executive Ses- sion on the Supplemental Disgrace. Thurman Arraigns the Ad- ministration. lerdiieieedapatioer er CARPENTER DENOUNCES THE SURRENDER, ‘he strange Story of Fish’s Bad Faith. Trembling Tergiversation Plucked Up by tho Roots, THE LOST COPY OF OUR “CASE.” ‘Cumulative Evidence Against Fish. The Administration Betrayed---The Senate Deceived. MWHAT BUTLER’S RESOLUTION MEANS, ont Che Pro and Con in De- bate To-Day. ~ JNO RESULT YET REACHED. WASHINGTON, May 24, 1872. ‘The consideration of the Treaty of Washington in exooutive session of the Senate reached its climax Wto-day. Strangely enough, the chief point of in- jterest in that body was the question raised by Sir tafford Northcote in his speech some days ago, jand previously referred to by Sir Edward Thornton In his littie talk to the St. George’s Society of New ‘York. The resolution which GENERAL BUTLER INTRODUCED INTO THE HOUSE, jand which still hangs fre in that body, contains all ‘the essential features on which the Senate debate on this question hinged itself. In order to get a lolear understanding of the whole matter it is neces- ‘Bary to go back to the beginning of the controversy 4n regard to the demand for consequontial or indi- ect or national damages before the Geneva Tribu- nal. It will be remembered that \ A OOPY OF OUR “CASE” WAS LOST fome time last fall, weeks before the first meeting | lof the tribunal. The book was dropped out of a earriage by Secretary Fish and Mr. William M. Evarta, and its loss was the subject of inquiry by the House, under a resolution offered by Mr. SEuariage, of Wisconsin. Mr. Fish never answered ‘the resolution, and an answer was not pressed for Ahe reason that the sole object of its introduction (vas to PREVENT PREVARICATION BY THE SECRETARY of State on the subject of its loss. The government offered @ reward for the book at the time, in an ad- ‘vertisement published in the newspapers of Wash- Jngton, but the character of the book was not speci- | fed in the advertisement, and nothing was said re- Bpecting it further than that it waslost in a certain Jocal city, The book was never recovered, notwith- | jtanding it was a confidential document, which had movor been sent to theSenate. At the time the State Department was exceedingly anxious to ascertain | AF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD OBTAINED POS- | SESSION OF IT, The feeling among the officials of the Department ‘and the counsel for the United States before the tribunal at Geneva was that this book, which con- tained everything about our case, including the voxed question of consequential damages, and ‘which had been allowed to fall into the streets of Washington by the Secretary of State himself, would not be used by the British govern- | ment in the preparation of the English case without betraying the fact of the possession of the lost copy, if such possession was a fact. It was well understood that the British government was fully pdvised of every species of clahns which could legitimately come before the Geneva Tribunal under | the treaty, socordin to the understanding of its Bodpe by the Comihiasioncrs who had framedit. | IF ANY ALLUSION HAD BEEN MADE ‘The English case, filled at Geneva in December, $o the-claim for consequential damages, it would ve been taken to mean, by our State Department | people, that such allusion had only got into the English statement through the lost copy. Our | government, as well as the English government, so | thoroughly undertood the question of direct losses that each side was well informed long before the tribunal met as to the positions and arguments of | the other. Our amateur diplomats, therefore, | owing to the fact that a copy of our case had been lost were only anxious as to the position which England, would assume on the question of indirect jAamage losses. This was the situation of affairs WHEN THE FIRST BRITISH CASE WAS RECEIVED jt tho State Department, and when thie question ‘was asked whether the British case showed any pvidence that the lost book bad fallen into English | hands, the answer of one of the American counsel ‘ras that it did not. To the next question, what ff00d reason was there for believing that the British government had not obtained possession of the lost ‘oopy, the significant reply was made, because there As a chapter in our case which will be ( A GREAT SURPRISE TO GREAT BRITAIN, 8 surprise which the English could not have antict- pated without showing that they had possession of | fn advance copy of our case. This declaration, made on the authority of one of the American coun- fel, ts in accordance with the statements made by \Earl do Grey in the House of Lords last June and Bir Statford Northcote in the House of Commons dast August, long before any question arose as to ‘the interpretation of the treaty. » In the despatch of Ear Granville to General Behenck on the 20th March, alluding to the debate 4n Paritament on the 12th June, before the exchange Tatifications, he says:— ‘That Her Majesty's government never intended to refer a el ed to arbitration, and that in | tifying the treaty they hever contemplated their oing revived in the a, before the arbi- | ‘trators, must have heen obvious to you | used in the debate | from the Lg dae OY the House of rds on the 12th June, on the mo- ton for an add to the Queen praying Her Maj. | esty to refuse to ratify the treaty. On that ocea- | sion I distinctly stated this to be the understand- ing of Her Majesty's government, and quoted the ‘very protocol of the 4th May, to which I have refer- red above, a8 a pro that these indirect | claims had entirely disappeared. When Lord Cairns, to whose speech aliusion has been made in — the United States Congress, subsequently said that | extravagant claims might be putin and take their | chance t n expression of dissent. | e was met with ai Moreover, Lord Derby, while qritigiaing the neo: | goin, | heat, NEW YORK. HERALD, SATURDAY. MAY xon and terme of the treaty in other respects, tinfteularized the withdrawal of indirect claims. only concession,” he said, “of which I can see any trace upon the Ainerican side is the withdrawal of that utterly si roug demand that we should be responsible the premature recognition of the South as a belligerent Power, in company with that equally wild imagination, which I believe never extended beyond the minds of two or three speakers in Congress, of making us liable for all constructive damages to trade and naviga- tion which may be proved or supposed to have. arisen from our attitude during the war. hone demands would, however, never have been admitted by any arbitration, and We therelore derived no advantage from their with- drawal.” Earl de Grey and Ripon, the first named of the British Commissioner, who negotiated the treaty, replied to Earl Derby's remarks by denying that the course taken by the English Commissioners at Washington had been one of uniform concession to their American colleagues, It was easy to say that the lattor had given up no claim which weuld have been entertained by any arbitratton; but it Was far more satisfactory to hear an express sur- render of those which had been referred to by the noble Earl (Earl Derby). Earl Granville, continuing his Schenck, says :— I observed that you were present tn the House of Lords on that occasion, and you informed me on the 16th of December that you were present durin the speeches of Lord Russell and Lear and tha’ you communicated the next day the full newspaper reportof the debate to your government. Sir 8. Northcote, in the House of Commons, repeated in other words the substance of my remarks on the limitation of the terms of reference, and a8 his speech ia printed in the papers on For- eign Relations recently latd before Congress, it must also have been reported to your government; but neither on the occasion of my peed , nor of his, nor when the ratifications of the treaty were ¢x- changed on the 17th of June, did you call my atten- tion to the fact that a different tnterpretation was placed on the treaty and protocol by Her Majesty's overnment and the government of the United tates, nor so far a8 Her Majesty’s government are aware was their interpretation thus publicly ex- pressed challenged tee be the statesmen or the public press of the United States, The remarks referred to as made by Sir Stafford Northcote on the treaty on the 4th August last are as follows :— The claims arising out of the acts of the Alabama and other vessels were most clearly defined in the treaty. The honorable member for Rich- mond had remarked that the previous con- ventions felt many points vague, and in- troduced a number of claims which - we could never have admitted. They were left 80 vague, indeed, that {it would have been possible, under those claims to have raised a number of questions which tnis country was not willing to submit to arbitration. They might have raised questions with regard to what they called England's premature recognition of belligerency and the con- sequential damages arising from the prolongation of the war, and with regard also to other questions which this country could not have admitted, Instead of this being the case, however, the treaty ag ac- tually concluded narrowed the questions at issue very closely by confining the reference solely to losses growing out of the acts of particular ves- sels, and so shutting out a large class of claims upon which the Americans had heretofore insisted, '¢ contended, therefore, that the Joint High Com- mission had upon this point worked substantial ad- vantage rather than injury to this country. These speeches seem to Justify the recent remarks of Sir Edward Thornton and especially of Sir Staf- ford Northcote. It will be remembered that Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister, in the speech already referred to in this despatch, at the St. George's dinner in New York, where he spoke for both the American and British Commissioners, despatch to took the ground that the presentation of the American claim for consequontial damages was A SURPRISE TO THE ENGLISH COMMISSIONERS AND THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. Sir Stafford Northcote in his Exeter Hall speech last week is reported to have said:— The understanding of the British Commission- er: was that a promise had been given that the ims for indirect damages should not be pre- , but tt was necessary that the American ate should not be placed in a position requiring @ confession that wrong bad been done. This speech was made the subject of General But- ler’s resolution, which, so far, he has failed to have passed by the House. If it passes there will be great trouble at the State Department. Mr. Fish cannot give a straightforward, unequivocal answer, and itis asserted by the friends of the Secretary that General Butler, as a friend of the administra- tion, would not have introduced the resolution If his HOSTILITY TO THE TREATY and his wish for its faflure had not overborne party considerations. It has been well known in certain oficial quarters ever since the dispute began, that the British Commissioners have time and again sug- gested in a private way that they are in possession of documentary and contemporaneous evidence which, though not of an ofictal character, is amply suficient to establish circumstantially the position of the English government that the in- direct claims should not have been introduced into our “‘case.”? The British Cabinet has studiously refrained from officlally or OPENLY USING THIS EVIDENCE up to this time, because to reveal it would fasten the imputation of absolute bad faith upon the United States oMeials, and make it impossible to hold any proceedings with them under the treaty. The knowledge that this evidence existed, or was alleged to exist, has been a source of unremittent anxiety and embarrassment to Mr. Fish through the whole course of the negotiations, DID FISH DECEIVE THE COUNTRY ? ‘This leaves only the hypothesis of lying for the Commissioners on one aslde or the other, and reveals to us the danger that Mr. Fish first deceived the British Commissioners, then the Senate to secure the ratification of the treaty, and finally the Senate and the country in order to secure for himself a re- treat from the endless blundering which characterizes his oficial conduct. And it was this subject which engaged the at- tention of the Senate to-day in executive session Both Thurman and Sherman, the Ohio Senators, took very ° STRONG GROUNDS AGAINST THE WHOLE TRANSAC- TION. Tharman, while not indicating that he would vote against the ratification of the supplementary are ticle, took an unexpected view of the situation, nto the merits of the case as it has already plained in this despatch, and deprecating He denounced Mr. Fish’s di- the entire situation, | plomacy as a series of blunders from the beginning, and if he indicated a disposition to agree to ratl- tion, as itis averred he did, it is tinderstood that he did so only on the ground that these blun- ders have been 80 great and have gone so far as. NOW TO BE BEYOND REMEDY. He thonght that, under all the circumstances, it | would have been better if the Senate bad ratifled the Jolinson-Clarendon Treaty, objectionable as it was, as the country would thereby have escaped the complicated position in which it now finds itself, It would have been a wise act, he said, if we could have foreseen the trouble that has fol- Jowed and the sycophancy which has recenty been displayed, to have accepted tnat convention, instead of progressing IN THE DIRECTION OF HUMILIATION, As we have been doing since its rejection, He was particniarly severe in his arraignment of the ad- Ininistration, quoting from the President's Message and Fish's correspondence to show the advantages which have been gradually gained over us by the superior diplomacy of Great Britain. His speech was followed by one from Mr. Carpenter, who very directly asserted his opposition to the pend- ing proposition, repeating his previous arguments against it and advocating THE PAYMENT BY THE UNITED STATES of all the claims held by our citizens for direct damages, for the purpose of holding them in abey- ance against Great Britain. Mr. Carpenter alluded to the demands of Gladstone as insults, and ear- nestly besonght his fellow Senators to punish such insolence as it deserves, Another Senator, alluding to the State Department interview, at which the Tresident was present, disclosed outside of the Senate that if the determination THEN EXPRESSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, which was to adhere to a settlement of the princl- ple of indirect claims, had been carried out the ex- isting troubies would not have occurred, and the country would have now the prond satisfaction of | appearing in the attitude of consistently urging the solution of a great principle. ‘The trouble about this view is that Mr. Fish and one or two of his colleagues had sacrificed or agreed to sacrifice the principle of consequential damages before the treaty was ratified or even signed. The exposure of this fact and the consequent DEPRAYAL OF THE INTERESTS AND HONOR of lis country are what the Secretary has feared throughout this whole unfortunate con- troversy. His aupevance at te publica | ordinary gravity in the deliberations of the Senate, | The extent of the concession was admitted by them | | flon of the correspondence in the HraLp is mainly due to the same fact, for it exposed him to the risk of the very discussion which took place in the Senate to-day and provoked the Butler reso- lution of inquiry, which it will be tmposaible to an- wer if it passes the House? Sir Stafford Northcote made his Exeter Hall speech on the same day when the correspondence printed in the HERALD was published in England. That speech revealed the line of argument CONTENDED FOR BY THE ENGLISH THROUGHOUT the whole controversy, and showed that he adhered with wonderful tenacity to the position that indi- rect damages were not to be included among the demands of the United States, It has long been a question how ten intelligent men could have been together for weeks to settie questions of the mag- nitude of these presented to the Joint High Com- mission without COMING TO A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING on all the claims under consideration. While three ofthe English Commissioners have declared that the question of our national losses was waived before the treaty was agreed upon at all, none of the American Commissioners, except Mr. Fish, in his oficial correspondence, has uttered a word on the subject. The English do not regard Mr. Fish's correspondence with General Schenck as merely the correspondence of the American Secretary of State, but criticise his declarations §=as the utterances of ® member of the Joint High Commis- sion, It was this view which Sir Stafford Northcote took when he found that his own pre- viously published statement was a lie, if the state- ment of Mr. Fish, aa published in the correspon- dence was true, It frequently has been asked on what authority the British Commissioners assume to speak both for themselves and for the American Commissioners on a point about which there has been so much dispute. The reason assigned is that the British Commissioners are prepared to show by documentary evidence that their public declara- tions are correct and that THE INDIRECT CLAIMS IAD BEEN WAIVED by the American Commissioners: On the other hand, it was asserted some time ago that Mr. Fish had evidence equally conclusive to show that the contrary was the truth. It is reported hero that Northcote’s statement 1s to be supported by tho other British Members of the Joint High Com- mission, and that they will make a complete and circumstantial defence. Further than this it is known that General Schenck repeatedly said during the negotiations that the olaim for indirect losses had been waived by the agreement to refer the direct losses to arbitration. Ina conversation with Senator Sumner, De Grey and Northcote talked the whole matter over and THE SENATOR LEARNED FROM THEM for the first time that the administration had agreed to waive the claim for national losses 80 earnestly contended for by him in his speech against the Johuson-Clarendon Convention. The question as to whether Mr. Sumner represented the views of the administration at the time of the re- Jection of that convention came up in subsequent conversations, and the British Commissioners were assured that if the Senator had not said a word on the subject the convention would have been re- jected on account of THE DINING AND WINING POLICY pursued toward Reverdy Johnson, In view of all these conflicting statements and the tortuous pol- icy of Mr. Fish, it is not te be wondered that he was anxious to save the treaty, and dined and wined Thornton and Gurney in order to fix up a matter 80 dear to him and 80 «hurtful to the people. On the 23d of April, Mr. Gurney, the British Commissioner in the British-American Claim Commission, dined with Secretary Fish, prior to his departure for Europe. Up to that time he had no confidence in the treaty being saved, At the dinner THE SYNDICATE PROPOSITION FOR A BAGK-DOWN was discussed, and Mr. Fish assured Mr. Gurney that this government did not want acent of money, but that the question had been presented simply as a matter of form in order to prevent Great Britain prosenting under similar circumstances a like claim. Mr. Gurney laughed at the sober statement of Fish, aud said if the United States would 80 present that statement to his government that he was sure it would be accepted by the English government, and thus end the unhappy controversy. Mr, Gurney left the resi- dence of Secretary Fish a convert to his back-down policy, and promised that HE WOULD DO ALL IN HIS POWRR on returning to England to strengthen the position yielded by Mr. Fish. On Thursday, April 25, Minis- ter Schenck telegraphed that it appeared too probable that the British government would take such a course as would put an end to the arbitra- tion at Geneva and to the treaty, fully confirming the previous declarations of Russell Gurney. This despatch was read at the session of the Cabinct on the day received, and on April 27 Mr. Fish was authorized to telegraph to Mr. Schenck that we were prepared to back down, and that while England had all along been terrified at our extra- ordinary demand for moncy, we did not mean dol- lars and cents, but merely principle, although on the sum in gross, which included indirect losses, we distinctly asked for INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TEN PER CENT PER ANNUM from July 1, 1863, to July 1, 1873. This despatch was communicated to Granville, and on the follow- ing Thursday, May 2, the objectionable proposition of Granville, prompted by Schenck's instructions, was received. This was read at the Cabinet mect- ing on the 3d inst., and it was then resolved to call together the republican members of the Senate and House Committees on Foreign Relations and Affairs and HOLD A PARTISAN CONFERENCE, the particulars of which were published tn these despatches of May 5. As was stated, the President got but very little consolation from his partisan ad- visers, and authorized Fish to say to Schenck that he was sorry that Granville did not understand the despatch proposing to back down, and that Her Majesty's government had not seea fit to accept the President's WILLINGNASS TO EAT “HUMBLE PIR." On the 10th May, after several explanatory de- spatches had been sent as to what would probably | be swallowed as a sugar-coated pill by the Senate, | came the proposition now pending before the Sen- ate, and which Is recorded as a fitting finale to the blundering diplomacy of Secretary Fish. From the day that the moneyed interests of the country pre- vailed upon the President to save their credit down to the present moment, there has been a gradual | weakening on the part of the administration in | standing by the position assumed in the diplomatic | correspondence, General Schenck, when he tele- | graphed that THE “CASE” SFEMED HOPELESS fully believed that the ‘case’ had broken down, if | i | the demand for indirect damages was persisted, and yet he knew that under all the circumstances | the only way to save the honor of the country, | whatever might become of Secretary Fish, was to | let the treaty fail. The matter was again arranged, | however, and it came before the Senate, with the understanding that we had finally backed down. | The publication of the correspondence in the | HeRALD and the frritation of Northcote prevented | the ready assent to the supplemantal article, | which was expected, and made THE SENATE LIVELY TO-DAY. | The debate was opened this morning by a speech from Governor Morton, who was followed by Sena- tor Conkling, both of whom earnestly supported the passage of the resolution, advising the Presi- dent to proceed with the negotiations on the basis of the article as amended by the Foreign Relations Committee. They argued that the principle of arbitration and the precedent of a peaceful solution of warlike differ- ences between nations is at stake, and that the exigencies of the occasion demand more than | to be ON THE VERGE OF HUMILIATION. But the importance of establishing a precedent of peacefal arbitration ts of greater importance to the interests of civilization than the temporary | chagrin which the present situation may involve, CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE. | down to the water's edge. A GALLANT DEED. The Shipping and City of Marseilles Saved from Destruction by American Daring. ALMOST ANOTHER BORDEAUX DISASTER, An Italian Petroleum Ship, Sur- rounded with Vessels, Catches Fire at Midnight. The Citizens Panic-Stricken with Terror. AMERICANS TO THE RESCUE! IN BOARD THE BURNING SHIP. Twenty Boats in Single File Tow Her Out Into the Bay. THE PERIL OVERPAST. Joy and Gratitude of the People. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Tho Heratp correspondent at London has forwarded us the following special despatch; — Lonpow, May 24, 1872, Full and complete despatches have been re- ceived at last in reference to tho gallant con- duct of the officers and sailors of the Ameri- can squadron at Marseilles in the latter part of last month. SAVING A CITY. Thoy achieved ono of those splendid vic- tories of peace which bring greener laurels than any that aro won in war. By their dis- cipline, skill and intrepidity the shipping in the harbor of that port was saved from certain destruction, and it is more than probable that but for their gallantry tho flames would have also spread to the city, when the horrors of Chicago might have been repeated, sinco French cities are deplorably defective in agen- cies for tho control and extinguishment of fires, BEGINNING OF THE FIRE. The American squadron—consisting of the Wabash, Congress, Brooklyn, Plymouth, She- nandoah, Juniata and Wachusett, under the command of Admiral Alden—were at the time lying inthe Napoleon Basin, surrounded by almost innumerable merchantmen, embracing every description of craft and nationality. Tho night was fine, the sea calm, and there was a little moonlight, Suddenly, just after mid- night, an explosion startled the fleet and the city, and the awakened people beheld, with alarm and dismay, dense clouds of heavy smoke rising from the burning hull of an Italian ship which had just arrived from Philadelphia with a cargo of petroleum and had in some way got ablaze. THE DANGER. With the memory of the great fire at Bor- deaux (which originated in precisely the samo way) still frosh in their minds, the citizens fully realized the nature of the danger that now threatened them. So closely were the mer- chantmen huddled together that it seemed impossible to prevent the flames spreading, as at Bordeaux, through the rest of the fleet and thence to the wharves and city, especially ag the houses come right down to the front of the harbor. Crowds of anxious men gathered along the shores and gazed at the peril that menaced them in panic-stricken, fascinated AMERICANS TO THE RESCUE. But while the Frenchmen were thus para- lyzed with fright the Americans, also sensiblo of the danger, took instant measures to avert the coming disaster. The flames on board the ill-fated ship were spreading with fearful rapidity and illuminated with sinister glare | the shipping, the quays and the faces of the terror-stricken thousands who had rushed When the con- sternation was at its height the bugles on board the American fleet were heard calling away the boats, with the familiar tunes that seemed so strangely out of place at sucha moment. Presently a twelve-oared cutter was seen to push away from the squadron and speed with lusty strokes toward the burning ship; then another and another; then a clus- | ter of ten or more, until twenty boats, almost all that Admiral Alden had under his com- mand, had been despatched on the pressing, dangerous errand of saving fear-wrapped | Marseilles. OUR BOYS BATTLING THE FLAMES. In a few minutes the first boat which put off gained the windward side of the burning ves- sel and, quick as thought, were seen to scramble on board, like cats, and move, as it seemed, amid the very flames. The other boats were soon alongside and the admirable plan of the officers was at once put into execu- tion. Crew after crew of the boats were seen to board the vessel. Others of the boats seemed hovering along the ship's side. On shore there was o dead silence, but through the smothered roar and crackling of the fire could be heard the clear, firm orders from. the American officers in command, succeeded by the blows of axes. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. But the vanic-atricken svgetators on ghore 25, 1872.—TRIPLH SHEET. | stip, ¥4 no idea of the plan by which the dan- j ger was tu” be turned aside, The impossibility of eseape wag ,*2xiously canvassed, and men 7 NAPOLEON. saw in imaginaty.™ the flaming oil floating | His Ex-Majesty’s Exposition of tho away from the doome.? ship and igniting tho neighboring craft, until yhe whole surface of the basin should be covered with blazing oil and burning wrecks. i, YANKEE BRAINS AND YANKEE PLUCK: \ The plan of the Americans was first to avut- tle the ship, next to cast loose the moorings, and thirdly to tow her as far out into the bay as possible before rhe sank. Thjs could not be appreciated at the time by those on shore ; but how admirably American brains and dis- cipline told that night is in the sequel. When it was well assured that the timbers had been sufficiently pierced to insure her sinking the boats were seen to form in single file, lashed securely together stem to stern, A hawser was passed out over the bow of the ship and made fast to the sternmost boat. THE CRISIS OF THE PERIL. The excitement rose still higher as the Italian slowly settled down into tho water till her deck was almost level with the surface of the water. All the arrangements having been completed, the single file of American boats, lashed stem and stern, were seen pulling bravely away, and as the line straightened the burning ship also slowly moved out towards the bay, towed irresistibly forward by 2 sturdy American oars. ° SAVED. It was clear now that the peril was over, and an immense cheer of delight and gratitude broke from the assembled citizens. Tho Americans kept on rowing until the burning vessel sunk, and though there was hero and there a little pool of flaming oil upon tho waves, no further disaster occurred, owing to the distance between the fire and the vessels, JOY AND GRATITUDE. The noxt day the Americans were tho reoip!- ents of the warmest praise from all sides. Tho people expressed at once admiration at the ingenuity and daring of the plan of action adopted and gratitude for the relicf it had brought them. SPAIN. Amadeus’ Cabinct Difficulty Continued—His Ma- jesty’s Trouble in Finding a Premier— The Carlist Agitation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK RERALO. Maprin, May 24, 1872. Thero is no change in the ministerial situation. The members of tho present Cabinct insist upon their resignations. Sefior Zabala, who was called upon by King Amadeus to form a new ministry, has declined to do so, owing to ill health. His Majesty has now requested Marshal Serrano to undertake the task. Carlism Active at Certain Points. 4 MADRID, May 24, 1872. Numbers of Carlists continue to surrender to the government troops, In some of the disaffected provinces, however, fresh bands of insurrectionista have appeared within the past few days. Though small, they are very active, and have cut the telegraph wires in various directions. ENGLAND. Condition of the Crops and Prospects of the Har- vest—American Trinmph in Opera, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, Lonpon, May 24, 1872. The weather throughout England ts fair, but un- favorable to the crops, THE AMERICAN PRIMA DONNA IN OPERA. Miss Kellogg mado ber fourth appearance last night at Her Majesty's Opera, Drury lane, in the role of Lucia di Lammermoor, The house was crowded and the lady was enthusiastically ap- plauded. The critics continue to praise both the acting and the singing of the American prima donna, DEATH OF AN AGED SOLDIER. General Greaves, who was present at the battle of New Orleans in 1815, is dead, QUEEN VICTORIA. Her Majesty's Birthday—Anniversary Colebra- i tions. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, May 24, 1872. The anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday was observed to-day at Windsor with suitable court festivities, The celebration in this city will take place on Saturday, June 1, by which time the Prince and able tojtake part in the festival. born May 24, in the year 1819. Embarkation of the Musicians at Havre. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, May 24, 1972. The band of the Garde Republicaine, which is to assist at the World’s Jubilee at Boston, sailed to- day on the steamship St. Laurent from Havre for New York. THE ATALANTAS. The Day of Contest Fixed—The New Boat—River Practice and Splendid Performance. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, May 2, 1872. The Atalanta and London crews have agreed upon the 10th of June as the day for the race and half-past four o'clock P, M. as the hour for the start. The new boat ordered by the Atalantas is being day next. The Pall Mall Gazette says the American crew now pull in a style which is simply perfection, and that between it and the Londoners’ the difference 18 plainly visible, AFFAIRS IN MORMON LAND. Saur Lake O1ry, May 24, 1872. Morial to Congress against the aga State and against the domination of the Mor- mon Chureh. , veral unfortunate persons who nave fe odiee cred ta mow, avalanches during the recovered. Winter te ton of interest is manifested in the ap- roaching Democratic Convention for the election i cy ‘tea to the Baltimore Convention. Ap- of arnnees indicate that the Gonygntion wlll oppose Breoloy ond Browge ee Princess of Wales will have reached home and be | ‘The Queen is fifty-three years of age. She was | THE FRENCH BAND FOR BOSTON, | made by Bin, and will be completed by Wednes- | women of Utah are preparing another me- | Maaco admission of Utah | Surrender at Sedan, Heroism of the French Troops and Tervible Losses of the Army—The Immolation of the Whole Force Could Not Save France—A Sove- * reign’s Truce, with “Broken Heart but Trangnil Consciencg,”’ Tevecna TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ¥ bl PARIS, May 24, 1878, - Tho GanXots publishes a tettér from the Kmperor’ Napoleon, daYed Chiselhurst, May 12, and addressed to the generals\and commandants of the French: army. In this communication’the Emperor makes the following acknowledgment:—‘I am responsible for Sedan. The army fought lIteroically, with am enemy double its strength. After 14,000 had beem killed or wounded I saw that the contest was merely one of desperation. The army’s honor having been saved, [exercised my sovereign right and unfuried the flag of truce. It was impossible that the immolation of 60,000 men could save France. I obeyed a cruel, inexorable necessity. My heart was broken, but my conscience was’ tranquil,” FRANCE. Tho Specie Supply—Miss Nollie Grant's Visit, TELEGRAM TO THE EW YORK HERALD. Panis, May 24, 1872, The specio in the Bank of France has Inorcased 3,600,000 francs during the past week. MISS NELLIE GRANT IN THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE. Miss Nellio Grant was among the visitors presen¥ in the gallery of the French Assembly during the debate Wednesday. "AUSTRIA. The Emperor's Mother Dangerously Ill. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, May 24, 1872. The Archduchess Sophia, mother of the Emperor Francis Joseph, is dangerously ill with typhoid fover. The latest bulletin reports that she ia rapidly sinking. The Archduchess Sophia was born on the 27th of January, in the year 1805, and was married to the father of the present Emperor on the 4th of Novem- ber, 1824, A Sure Relief for Asthma—Whitcomh’® REMEDY. A.—The Fashion of the Season in Gen= TS s introduced by ESPENSCHIED o@ day the llth inst. New York and the Union have for many years accepted the quarterly issues of ESPK SCHIED do the governing style of the day, and hig sum, mer hat for 1872, will be found to possess the highest Clafmg and the admiration of men of taste and judgment. ESPENSOUIED, Manufacturer, 118 Nassau street. Bell Schnapps.—This Celebrated Bever= age and Tonic is sold by all grocers and druggists, A.—Herring’s Patent OHAMPION SAFES, 251 and 252 Broadway, corner Murray stroot. AAA MOUNT FLORENCE ESTATE—Nearly haifa million of first class property at Peekskill, on the Hud only $1 cach, with a fund of $35,000 in casi ugust 1, 4 be obtained at ‘on which are 2 buildings. All to be’ distribute the shareholders, asa majority may direct, Thurs- 1872, Shares, circulara, views, " _ i ure de., cain ne office of the manager © SOHN A. LEFFERTS, 693 Broadway. A.—A.<Housekeepers Arc Benofittingy while dealers are complaining of our selling good: at retail than tl n buy at wholesale. For in Complete Sets d Engraved Glass, $82; Fine ¢ lots, $€ dozen; Beta 11 pieces, $39) white and 8: decorated ; Silve ed Tea Bets, 3 ‘Table Spoons and Forks, heavy plate, $6dozen, NICOL, DAVIDSON & CO., Tinporters and Manutacturers, 686 Broadway. A Broadway Dress Cassimere Hat, §5.<0 Don't be backward incoming forward at HEBBERD'S, 419 Broadway, nee A.—Herald corner of Fulton avenue, Open from 8 A. ranch Office, Brooklyn, d_ Boorum street, M. to3 P.M. A.—For a Stylish and Elegant Hat at popular prices go to DOUGAN, 102 Nassau strvet, corner of Ann street. A.—A.—New Lamps for Old, or Ten Dol- lars’ worth for Seven.—It 1s surprising how NICOL DA- WDSON & 00.. 680 Broadway, can afford to soll $10 worth of FRENCH CHINA, GLASS or CROCKERY for $7, but fo long as they do St the publie will profit by it. ime od DINNER PLATES at $l per dozen, CHIN, Sat $2 per dozen, and large Ines of ottier goods in provortion. A.—Hats.—Warnock & Co.’s Silver Pearl HAT, only five dollars, Quality superior to price. 519 Broadway. , the Mother's Mitk Substitute, Recommended by eminent physician: A.—A.—Be No Longer Decetved—Use Only the Egyptian Hair Coloring. Pertectly safe. Free trom metallic polsons.. Try i Accumulating Testimony.—Watts’ Nera VOUS ANTIDOTE, cur daughter of St. Vitus? Dane ©. W. LAKEMAN, 0 Tillary street, Brooklyn. A Wreath for the Poct anda Knox's CASSIMERE HAT for all who love comfort and appre- ciate elegance. your Hate at KNO. 212 Broadway. A.—Royal Havana Lottery.—Prices Re- duced J. B. 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