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6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. oe Volume XXXVII. +eo-No. 318 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st and Eighth av.—Rot CaRorrE. N SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway. between Thir- Ry ad Fourteenth etreets.—AGNES. MPIC THEATRE, and Bieocker sts. —ALaD! WOOD'S MUSEUM, Bi r Burrato Bu, Atternoon and Evening. FIFTH AVENUE THEATR:, Twenty-fourth street.— Brtias Steatacem. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway ama Thirteeath street.—Our Amzaican Cousin. Broad) . between Houston ‘tae BUCOND. Matinee at 2 On THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Azappix No. (x, Matinee at 234. enty-third streot, corner Sixth avenue.—Kerrr—Jxssiz Brown. ACADEMY Orana—La T OF MUSIC, Fourteenth stieet.—Itauian RAVIATA, * @BRMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Third ev.—Lesrxctor Buarsia. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—CountTeaveit; 08, Truz ann Fasn, MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Sanatoas. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE. Twenty-third st. corner (th av.—Nxaro Minsraeusy Kccenraicrry, &c. 718 BROADWAY, EMERSON'S MINSTRELS.—Granp Exmiorian Eccuntricitixs. WHITE'S ATHENAUM, 585 Broadway.—Necro Min- ernzisr, 40. Matinee at 23. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Granp Variety Enrentaument, £0. ——. RANCISCO MINSTRELS, St. James Theatre, eae orn st. and Broadway.—EtiioriaN MINSTRELSY. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth st.—Concerr or Caam- pun Mosc. BAILEY’S GREAT CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE, foot ol Houston street, it River. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, Third ay., between 63d and Géth streots, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— ECIRNCE AND ART. TRIPLE SHEET. New Yerk, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1872. = re THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘Wo-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “PRESIDENT GRANT AND HIS FUTURE POLICY! THE CUBAN QUESTION AND SLAVERY”’— LEADING EVITORIAL—SixtH Par. BOSTON PLUCK! REMOVING THE DEBRIS OF THE FIRE: SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SES- SION: MAYOR GASTON AND CHIEF DAM- RELL ON THE DISASTER: BUSINESS RE- VIVING: INCIDENTS—TuiRp PaGs. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA! THE HERALD COMMISSIONER IN THE CAMP OF AGRA- MONTE: DANGERS EN ROUTE AND SCENES AT INSURGENT HEADQUARTERS: AGRA- MONTE SUSPICIOUS—SzvENTH PAGE. RUSSIA IN ASIA—LIVINGSTONE AND STAN- LEY—THE EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE— THE AMERICAN FLEET ABROAD—ART MATTERS—SEVENTH PaGE. NEW YORK BUSINESS AND THE BOSTON DIS- ASTER! BUT TWO INSURANCE FAILURES AND THE CRISIS ALMOST PASSED! FIRE UNDERWRITERS’ MEETING: MANSARDS: ‘ FOREIGN LOSSES HEAVY: PROPOSED IN- SURANCE-RATE INCREASE—Fovrtu# PaGE. PERIL OF THE STEAMSHIP HELVETIA! WITH BROKEN MACHINERY, HELPLESSLY DRIFT- ING ON SHORE! SAVED BY A CHANGE IN THE WIND—SgveEntH Pace. CABLE NEWS FROM EUROPE AND ASIA! LONDON LO! BY THE BOSTON FIRE: SESSION OF IE PRUSSIAN DIET: THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY: CARLIST OUTRAGES— SEVENTH PAGE. EMBEZZLING FROM THE GOLD EXCHANGE BANK! THE CASHIER POCKETS $15,000 AND THE BANK POCKETS THE LOSS: STOCK GAMBLING AND FAST LIVING— NintH Page. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL—MEETING OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION—THE AMERICAN GEO- GRAPHICAL SOCIETY TO RECEIVE STAN- LEY—SEvENTH PaGE. SOUTH AMERICA AND CUBA: SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT BETWEEN BRAZIL AND THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC—SEvENTH Pace. REACTION IN WALL STREET! STOCKS GOING UP: GOOD TIDINGS FROM LONDON: COIN AND OURRENCY SHIPMENTS: RAILROAD BONDS RAMPANT: HERALD PROPHECIES— EIGHTH PaGE. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS! THE JUMEL WILL: BANKRUPTOY: STREET PAVING: INTER- ESTING SHOOTING CASE—Firta Pace. DEFENDING THE SHAMROCK! FATHER BURKE FIGHTING ANEW IN THE BATTLE OF SEVEN CENTURIES: HONORABLE BASES FOR IRISH HISTORY—Firtn Pas. HARLEM COURT HOUSE JOBS: MODUS OPERAND1 OF GETTING ANY DISBURSING MONEY—DANGERS OF TARGET FIRING— SUICIDES—Ninta Pace. BROOKLYN—THE STROUTMAN HOMICIDE—THE FIRE AND OUR CITY TRADE—EicuTa Page, ELECTION CONSPIRACY—J. STUART MILL AND THE INTERNATIONAL—GRAND TEMPER- ANCE DEMONSTRATION—THE UNION CEN- TENARY—Fovnra Pace. Tae Scramptze ror THE Tnedsuny.—-The seramble for Mr. Boutwell’s boots by Mr. E. D. Morgan and Mr. Henry Clews promises to be a lively one. Although Mr. Morgan is backed by the Cockney New York organ of the republican ‘Ring,’ Mr. Clews is said to have the best of the ex-Senator. As the gen- jeral opinion of the merchants and financiers of New York is that the boots are too big for Aoth of these aspirants to Cabinet honors, the probability is that when Mr. Boutwell takes them off neither Mr. Clews nor Mr. Morgan /will be allowed to put them on. Tae Sreamsure Hetverta Sare Arter Garat Danxozn or Waeck.—The steamship Helvetia, of the National line, which sailed from New ‘York for London on the 23d of October, was into the port of Falmouth, England, Yesterday in a disabled condition after having ‘escaped great peril of wreck. She encoun- ered severe weather during the period of her Airst regular approach to the English coast, and, on the 8th instant, broke her machinery awhen off the Isle of Wight. She became un- Manageable almost immediately, and com- menced to drift towards the French shore amidst a scene of alarming excitement, as will ‘be seen by our cable report of the disaster and its consequences, A friendly and timely tow took the Helvetia up and conveyed her into port at Falmouth—a fact which will bring joy to the homes of very many readers of the “ NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1872.—TR end His Fatere Question and Grant Policy—The Cuban Slavery. Although no person would attribute to President Grant the character of a politician, in the general acceptance of the term, he has nevertheless certain qualities which supply the place of political experience and sagacity, and enable him to meet political strategists without disadvantage on their own battle- ground. The country had evidence of this during the last months of tho rebellion, when the Union leader firmly and successfully resisted that unwise ‘interferonce of the Washington politicians with the army in tho field which had served to prolong the war and had go frequently brought disaster upon our arms. It was shown in his effective rebuke of the same intermeddlers when they proposed to ignore the parole extended to General Lee and his officers, and to arraign thom as crim- inals in a court of justice; in bis famous report on the acceptance of the situation by the Southern whites; in his protest against the immediate enfranchisement of four millions of ignorant freedmen in tho South, and in his general recommendations to Congress in the early part of his civil career. We have confidence, therefore, that President Grant will fully comprehend the lesson of his recent magnificent victory at the polls, and will appreciate the suggestions offered by the independent press in regard to the future policy of his administration, His natural shrewdness will enable him to detect at once the object of those politicians who are already combating the idea that the election was won on the personal morits of the leader of the Union armies, and claiming the result a4 due to republicanism alone. They desire to retain in power for another four years the “rings’’ which for the past two or three years have re- volved about the Presidential office, borrowing from it their light and life. But the very argu- ments which their stipendiary organs advance in support of this theory effectually destroy it. The republican nominees for local and State officers, they say, run nearly or quite up to the Presidential ticket, and from this they reason that republicanism alone elected General Grant. In every State in the Union, we be- lieve, the Presidential ticket will be found phead of the State ticket, and hence the conclusion is irresistible that General Grant. dragged the local candidates after him to victory through the strength of his own name. Indeed, in the case of the defeat of Judge Settle, in North Carolina, the President of Republican Convention, we have a proof that without Grant republicanism was powerless. Had the North Carolina State election been held in November Judge Settle would have been carried to success in the wake of the Presidential ticket. The State votes in Indiana, Pennsylvania and other States which held their local elections before November, as compared with their Presi- dential votes, are positive evidence that the personal merits and popularity of the Nation’s Soldier were the key to the recent victory, and that the President saved republicanism, instead of republicanism saving the President, General Grant is quite politician enough to grasp these points, and when an English- edited organ of the ‘Ring,’’ which knows little about America or Americans, impudently tells the conqueror of the rebellion that he would be ‘‘as unceremoniously dropped by the people” if he should “turn traitor to his party’ as were “Sumner, Schurz, Trambull or Greeley,’’ General Grant will understand that it is only a threat uttered to remind him that he is expected to renew the lease of power of those who claim to represent the republican party aud who have surrounded his adminis- tration during his present term of office. The Heratp has already insisted upon Gen- eral Grant’s independence of these scheming politicians and of the Hessians who draw rations from them, and has called upon him to shape the future policy of his administra- tion in accordance with the evident sentiments of the people, whose President he can now emphatically claim to be. When the republi- can party was demoralized and shattered he was taken up on the shoulders of his country- men and carried to triumph over all parties and combinations. The very organ which now impertinently tells him that he had no strength apart from republicanism was a few weeks ago pleading with ‘‘honest democrats,’’ the ‘commercial interests,”’ the ‘independ- ent masses,’’ the ‘‘brave soldiers,’’ the ‘intel- ligent Germans,” and every conceivable power in the canvass, to give their votes to the repub- lican candidates ‘independent of politics.” The appeal was answered, and General Grant will enter upon his new term of office as @ President chosen on his own merits alone; as a President in whom the great body of the American people have per- sonally reposed confidence. He will have before him an opportunity such as no former Chief Magistrate ever enjoyed to render his name as famous in peace as it already is in war. Striking off the trammels of party, he can pursue a popular policy, that will place our government in a higher position than it has ever before occupied, both at home and among the nations of the world. The settle- ment of the Southern question on a broad, generous basis of constitutional freedom for every State in the Union, leaving the negro problem, like every other, to be solved by local laws and local interests, will raise him in the South almost to the level of the Father of his Country. He will at least take the position of the guardian and preserver of the liberties of an important section of the Union. The settlement of the Cuban question on a basis of humanity and freedom will raise the nation in the estimation of all foreign Powers, and will teach them the extent of the influence and strength of the Republic. A complete change in the Cabinet will of course be @ necessary step in this patriotic pro- gramme, and minor reforms, such ag the purification of the civil service, the protec- tion of the shipping interests, and a general improvement in our foreign policy, will follow naturally in its wake. But the two now un- sightly blocks out of which President Grant can carve if he will a magnificent monument to his own glory and the glory of his country are the oppressed Southern States and en- slaved Cuba. If the people of the United States had no other cause for sympathy with those who for more than four years have been fighting the battle of independence in Cuba, a sufficient one would be found in the fact that upon the final success of the revolutionists depends the continuance or the abolition of human servi- a = tudo on the island. The Cuban Republic means freedom for the slave; the enforce- ment of Spanish rulo. means his continued bondage. At an immense sacrifice of blood and treasure, endangering at one time the life of the Union, the American people wiped out the blot of slavery from their constitution for- ever. The hideous form of the wrong is no longer seon at our own firesides, but while it exits in Cuba it still hangs about our gates to our scandal and aversion. Wo fool that ina moral point of view our duty is not ful- filled and tho cost.of our terrible war ia not requited, so long as the fetters of the slave are worn by human beings on an island lying in our own waters and within reach of our hands. The exploded:cant of non-interference with the affairs of other nations does not excuse us for suffering a continuance of the reproach. Slavery in Cuba means slavery in its most aggravated and repulsive aspect. It means all the horrors of the Red Rivor and the Florida swamps extended over the whole island. ‘The census of 1862 shows that the population of Cuba comprised seven hundred and sixty-four thousand whites and five hundred and ninety-four thousand blacks, of whom nearly four hundred thou- sand wero slaves. With a colored population numbering nearly one-half—over three-sev- enths—of tho inhabitants of the whole island, and with two-thirds of these held in bondage, it cam readily be understood that terrorism and brutality must be depended upon to sup- ply the place of physical superiority in enforc- ing obedience to the master. The whipping- post, the bloodhound, the revolver, even tho fagot and the stake are the means by which the right of property in man is enforced, while our government stands idly by, and tho republican party, built up on the basis of froodom for the slave and pushing abolition at home to the extremity of a cruel civil war, shuts its eyes to the horror, and wreathes its lips in civil smiles for the blood-stained tyrants of an effete and bastard monarchy. There are two methods by which the Ameri- can government can be instrumental in secur- ing the abolition of slavery in Ciba: the one by aiding the people of the island to secure the independence for which they have so long been battling single-handed; the other by compelling the emancipation of the slaves by the Spanish government. The first we believe to be the true mission of General Grant if his administration is to fulfil the hopes and expec- tations of the people who havo elected him, and to make its mark in living brilliancy on tho history of the world. The Cuban patriots, from the earliest period of their present strug- gle, have adopted universal freedom as their slogan. Inthe declaration of independence, mado in October, 1868, at the first rising at Manzanillo, the then handful of insurgents de- clared in favor of the emancipation of tho slaves, with indemnification to the owners, and demanded ‘“‘a religious regard for the inalicn- able rights of man as the basis of freedom and national greatness."” In December, 1868, Carlos Manuel Cespedes, then Captain General of the Eastern Division for the provisional government, issued a proclamation declaring the absolute emancipation of thé slaves in that division on behalf of the independent gov- ernment, which ‘having been proclaimed in the name of liberty,’ could have no part with human bondage. Shortly afterwards the mil- itary authorities of the revolutionary army decreed the abolition of slavery within their lines. Early in March, 1869, the Revolution- ary Assembly of Representatives for the Cen- tral Department issued a decree absolutely abolishing slavery, providing for the future indemnification of patriot owners, and leaving the freedmen at liberty to become sol- diers or to remain cultivators of the soil, as they might desire. At a later date, in April, 1869, the constitution adopted by the Consti- tutional Convention, and approved by the Cuban Congress at Guimaro, the provisional capital of the Republic, confirmed and finally established abolition, and declared in one of its articles ‘‘All the inhabitants of the Repub- lic of Cuba are absolutely free.’’ That this action was not taken on the ground of expe- diency alone is sufficiently proved by the voluntary emancipation of their slaves, with- out compensation, by a large number of the most wealthy evolutionists. One after another they proved their devotion to the cause of universal liberty by giving freedom to those they had themselves held in bondage. Only recently the Spanish Minister of the Colonies officially announced that ‘the property belonging to Cuban insurgents and their ‘sympathizers (including slaves) could not, under the Spanish constitution, be confis- cated, but must be held until the close of the war.” Whereupon M. de Aldama, one of the leading revolutionists, whose slaves, number- ing some three thousand, had been seized, has sent in to the Spanish Cortes, through the abolition societies of Europe, a deed of liberation for the whole of these slaves, giving them their unconditional free- dom. Thus, both by the decrees of their government and by tacir own voluntary acts, the struggling Cubans have proved their sincerity to the principle of lib- erty for all men of all colors. We have not space in the present article to show what we have done towards securing freedom for the Cuban slaves through the action of the Span- ish government, and how little prospect there is of accomplishing such a result by peaceful diplomacy. We shall examine that branch of the subject hereafter, and shall point out the means by which we may enforce our demands upon Spain should it become desirable to doso, At present we desire to direct the attention of President Grant to the fact that independent of the approval and without the aid of political rings he can do much towards freeing the slaves in Cuba and giving independence to the island at the same time. A friendly attitude towards the struggling patriots—the recogni- tion of their Lig cae tawhich four years of war emtitles them—would pronounce the doom of Spanish rule in the island. If General Grant is true to himself and to the American people, before another Presidential election rolls round the last Spanish heel will have left its print on a Cuban neck and the last fetter will have dropped from the limbs of a Cuban slave, Tae Prussian Leotstative Drier reassem- bled in session in Berlin yesterday. His Majesty Emperor William was not present. The speech from the throne was read by a member of the Ministry. The royal utterance indicates a governmental inteation to adhere to the pres- ent system of home policy in Germany, par- ticularly in the point of relation to the Church, and as such it was im endorsed by the Parliamentary which was cast for Prosident of the Chamber, News from the Camp of the Cuban Insurgents. The Heratp commissioner in Cuba, a8 we learn by special cable despatoh from Havana, visited the camp of the insurgent leader Agramonte on Thursday last. Ho left Vista Hermosa accompanied by two guides and without arms on the 9th instant. After travel- ling six miles he fell in with Enrique El Americano and other insurgents, who, after hearing his story, separated him from his companions and led him alone to the head- quarters of Agramonte. Three miles in advance of the headquarters he met a picket guard of eight white men and about one hundred nogroes, The former were dressed only in pantaloons and the latter were for the most part inde- pendent of even that article of clothing; but whether for comfort or from necessity does not appear. At the headquarters our com- missioner was received with some evidences of suspicion, the explanation for which is said to be that tho reyolutionists did not like the prospect of Genoral Grant's re-election. They evidently regard the action of the administra- tion up to the present time as unfriendly to their cause, and were looking to advantages from a change in the federal authorities. Although disappointed in this, it is probable that they may yet find reason to rejoice at the success of General Grant in the light of his second term of office. The caution of the revolutionists probably prevented our commissioner from gaining any full intelligence of the movements, condition and prospects of Agramonte’s army ; but from the picket guard he learned that the horses and equipments were in a fair condition, but that ammunition was scarce. The food supply is ample ; meat, vegetables, and oranges and lemonsin abundance. They have no coffee, however, and are compelled to console them- selves with hot water, sweetened with honey, as @ beverage, which they render pal- atable by bestowing upon it the name of “Cuba libre.” No doubt they drink in it confusion to the Spaniard and long life to the Republic, and make ‘up in enthu- siasm what their beverage lacks in strength. From these few facis we can form some idea of the spirit that animates the brave men who haye been for over four years struggling for their freedom and holding out, through all manners of trials and sufferings against a well-organized and thoroughly equipped ormy. It js nob ip.guogess, but, in adversity, that the fidelity of men to @ cause is the most thoroughly tested. The Cubans deserve their independence, and a nation resolved to be freo cannot be held in subjugation. The further proceedings of our commissioner will be watched with interest by the American people. The Lilness of Mr. Gladstone. Fears are entertained that the illness of the English Prime Minister may have serious results, and considerable uneasiness is felt, lest fatal results should ensue, in politi- cal circles in London. The death of Mr. Gladstone at this juncture would be an irre- parable loss to the liberal party in England. No man in Parliament could take his place in carrying out the peaceful, progressive, policy that has marked his administration. Although not a great or an original thinker, he has the quality of adopting the popular ideas of the hour and making himself their exponent and defender. Beginning life as a Tory Mr. Glad- stone has risen to power in advocating doctrines that his old conservative allies have been accustomed to denounce as revolutionary. It is to his credit, however, that the constant change of his opinions is due to a nature that combines strangely sympathy and sternness. It would not be, perhaps, just to blame too severely the mental organization which adopts the ideas of the moment as_ the expression of a popular will which it is the duty of statesmen to obey. This habit of thought has the advantage of recognizing the people as superior to the Par- liament, and is a tacit recognition that all power lies with the people. It is by his efforts to apply the liberal theories to the benefit of the masses and to reverse the oppressive Eng- lish policy in Ireland that Mr. Gladstone will principally be remembered in the future. He undoubtedly recognizes that the reign of class rule is at an end, and his aim has been to edu- cate the people to the use of the liberties he saw could not long be withheld from them without incurring the danger of revolution. Like all changes at a critical period it is not possible yet to judge whether he has not in- creased instead of lessening the danger he sought to avert. It is pretty generally con- ceded among political thinkers that the present system of government in England must undergo radical change, and it remains to be seen whether the masses will be content to wait the issue of Gladstone's slow process, or, feeling their strength, will attempt to seize by violence the power that lics within their grasp. In either case the present government of the aristocratic classes is doomed, and will owe its overthrow to no one more directly than to that same William Ewart Gladstone, whom years ago Macaulay described as ‘‘the hope of the stern and unbending Tories.”’ Tux Roveus anp Rowpres at Bosrox,— As the eagle scents his prey from afar so do the professional thieves see in the misfortunes which a great disaster brings upon the honest and thrifty their field for spoliation. They do not lack in the enterprise requisite for gathering the harvest which the conflagration prepares for their ready fingers. Before honest men found the ruins of their warehouses cool enough to permit the search for the chance savings from the fury of the flames, roughs, rowdies and thieves from New York, Phila- delphia and gther cities had made long rail- ‘way journeys to be on hand to steal from those whom the fire had despoiled. Only by the utmost firmness of ntilitary discipline can they be properly in their fiendish attempts for plunder, General Sheridan last year at Chicago found it necessary to use arbitrary measures. He baffled the thieves and earned the gratitude of the Chicago sufferers. Boston's ‘authorities should not hesitate for trifles in fencing out the roughs of their own city with their reinforcements from every quarter. Public sentiment will bear them out in using whatever force may be found necessary to protect the rights of her suffexing merchants, IPLE SHEET. The Beston Fire-The Latest from “the Afflicted City. The full, graphio and reliable despatches from Boston, which have given to the readers of the Hznaxp tho earliest and best intelli- gence from the scene of the great calamity from the breaking out of the fire up to the present moment, are continued in our col- umns to-day. They contain more interesting details of the events of the fearful hours when the conflagration raged in all its fury, more particular accounts of the losses, and bring the story of the drama down to the hour when all fear of further misfortune had happily ceased. A heavy rain storm set in at eight o'clock last evening, following a day of driz- | aling mist, andthe welcome visitor speedily quieted the apprehensions of the timid and gave relief to the worn-out watchers of the subdued but scarcely conquered enemy. The bright flames which continued to rise threateningly from the ruins, as if only awaiting o little aid from the friendly wind to spread further devastation, were beaten down and extinguished ; the showering sparks went out one after another, until along the smoul- dering mass all was blackness and smoke. There is no longer any danger of a renewal of the fire, As in Chicago, the military have proved of great service in Boston in preventing robberies and preserving order. Thousands of thieves hastened to the city to take advantage of the confusion and terror in their peculiar fashion. According to all accounts they have been pre- vented from plying s profitable trade, Tho military and civil authorities have wisely acted in perfect harmony, and there have beon no cross-purposes and no conflicting orders to add to the confusion, Although tho city has not been under martial law the good effects of martial law have been felt, and strict military discipline has prevailed in all the ar- rangements. The merchants who have been burned out are locating themselves temporarily in other parts of the city and proceeding with their business, and the property owners only await the laying out of the contemplated new streets over the burned dis- tricts to commence the work of rebuilding. The condemned Mansard roof receives no mercy from the press, and it is probable that the tasteful finish will be religiously discarded in all Boston buildings for the future. Tho people are again cheerful and hopeful, and there is every prospect that the city will speedily rally from the shock it has received. The ingurance offices appear to be likely ta weather the storm gallantly. Only two sus- pensions in this city are yet announced—the Humboldt and the International—and but few more failures af@ Ahiclpated. Tho Yosses of the New York companies are not heavy considering the amount of prop- erty destroyed, being only five millions in all. The foreign companies lose some- what heavily; but they are rich, substantial and can afford to stand tho loss. A proposal to increase the insurance rate has been made asa means of relief to the companies; but this would be a step of doubtful expediency, and we do not believe it will be taken. Alto- gether the severity of the shock of the great Boston conflagration may be said to have passed away, and the people are beginning to console themselves that the solid wealth and prosperity of the country has enabled them to meet it so well. Father Burke on Froude. The wisdom of the English Chancellor of the Exchequer in expressing to Mr. Froude his belief that the mission of the Eng- lish historian to America would fail to produce the wished-for result of con- verting Americans into admirers of English policy in Ireland will, in all probability, be justified. We have, when commenting on the lectures of Mr. Froude, pointed out that his theories were based upon arguments of brute force, which, as freemen loving justice above all things, we could neither accept nor applaud. After all the skilful pleading of Mr. Froude we felt that he had no grounds upon which he could justify Eng- lish rule in Ireland except the questionable one of the right of the strong to oppress the weak. Such an argument, being opposed to the fundamental principles of our government, can never be accepted by an American audi- ence. On the contrary, the picture of the weak battling for freedom and right must ever command our sympathy. Father Burke last night undertook to overthrow the pretence upon which the right of a to con- wer Ireland wag founded. lo began by showing that Mr. Froude, notwithstanding his professions of kindly feeling for Ireland, was, like most Englishmen, incapable of com- prehending the feelings or aspirations of the Irish people. While allowing him to be in- fiuenced by the best intentions, Father Burke asserted that his judgment was warped by native prejudice, and in support of this theory made some apt quotations from Mr. Froude’s works, which gave strong color to the charge of disingenuousness that was levelled against him. The peculiar feature of the defence mado by Father Burke was, that all the suthorities by which he disproved the statements of Mr. Froude were English, and, in many instances, the very same men whom Mr. Froude had called to his aid on the other side of the question. It is due to Father Burke to say that the discussion was carried on with marked courtesy, and that everything like personality was carefully avoided. In the dexterous denial of the bull of Adrian the fervor of the priest was, perhaps, apparent; but, if we except this delicate passage, there was more of the soldier than the priest in his eloquent defence of the Irish cause. There was in the lecture the same defect that was visible in the treatment of the Norman Con- quest by Mr. Froude. Neither gen- fleman treated the subject exhaust- ively. The Dominican devoted him. self to a defence of the Irish society of the period, and showed clearly that the statements of Mr. Froude were contra- dicted expressly by distinguished contem- porary authority drawn from English sources. He demonstrated that the Irish were by no means the degraded orinsubordinate race that Mr. Froude had pictured them. He admitted that society in Ireland had been disorganized by three hundred years of warfare against the Danes, but claimed that they were rapidly re-establishing order when the Normans, urged by the thirst of conquest, appeared on the scene. Taking their. own records as his authority, he presented a terrible arraigument against ‘the Norman civilizers.” If we may President Thiers and the Political the line of inside party reconstruction. Gen- eral Chanzy resigned the Chairmanship of the party of the Left Centre, and a rumor prevailed in Paris to the effect that the formation of a new politico-legislative combi- nation is very immediately probable. The members of the Left Centre will, it is thought, effect a rupture with the extreme Left, and subsequently fuse with the men of the Right Centre, It has for some time past been the general! expectation that on tho occasion of the re- opening of the Assembly some decided action would be taken by the government or by the majority in the Assembly, which would have the offect of foreshadowing with some distinctness the immediate future of the nation. The opening of the Assembly, however, seems to have been a very uninter- esting affair, and quite as uninstructive as it was uninteresting. The Deputies, it is said, wore present in full force, and conspicuous among the crowd were the Duke d’ Aumale and the Prince de Joinville, M. Leon Gambetta and other prominent party leaders and repre- sentatives. President Thiers was lustily cheered when he entered. It does not appear, however, that anything of a practical charac-~ ter was done by the assembled Deputies. Ata preliminary meeting, or, as wo should call it, ‘‘caucus’’ of the republican Deputies of the Left, held on Sunday, an expression of sentiment was elicited which more clearly reveals the situation. At this meeting it was stated that there had been a steady growth of republicanism among the French people of all the departments, while it was admitted that the prefects and magistrates all over the country had become somewhat alarmingly tinctured with anti-republican sentiments. It was re- solved that the Deputies thus assembled in fh ’ should wait upon, President Thiers Fi ee im with the condition of affairs, requesting such official action as will bring the people and their representatives in the legislative body into closer relationship. It was also resolved to oppose by all means in their power, and as strongly as do tho’ monarchists, the adoption of aby constitu- tional reforms by the present National Assem- bly: : To aS ate sce ae Phere is but one other piece of news which’ gives us any insight into the actual situation. The Right is composed mainly of monarchists, with a mixture of conservative republicans. M. Grévy, although a man of moderate opin- ions, has always been an undisguised republi- can in principle. It was natural to suppose that the Right, especially that large section which is in favor of the re-establishment of the monarchy, should prefer a man more in harmony with their views at the head of the Assembly than is M. Gravy. M. Marc Girardig, whose name was mentioned yester- day in connection with the Presidency of the Chamber, is not to be confounded with M. Emile de Girardin, the once well-known and distinguished editor of the Presse; but it is reasonable to conclude that ho is not a pronounced republican. Looking at the whole situation as so pres sented, itseems not unjust to conclude that President Thiers feels his movements are fet- tered, and that with the Assembly as at present constituted he can do nothing but preserve the provisional government. The outside ques- tion which the nation will force upon the gov- ernment is whether the present Assembly should not be dissolved and a fresh election ordered. If it be true that the people are not in harmony with their representatives in the legislative body a general election should be ordered at once. For our part, we can see no solution to the abnormal and unsatisfactory state of things now existing in France but the immediate dissolution of the Assembly anda direct appeal to the people. There is but one objection to this. It is that the war indem- nity to Germany has not been fully paid, and this fact may keep M. Thiers in power with the present Assembly. Were ty Rosstan Inrerests mm Centra Asta.—The imperial Russian government is about to con- clude treaties of commerce with the Central Asiotls Pisteg ot Kbokan, Bokhara and Kash- gar. ‘the relations between Russia and Khiva’ cannot, as we are told in our telegram from St. Petersburg, ‘‘be maintained,” and, it is added by the official journal of the Ozar’s Cabinet, that ‘the safety of the Russian bor-' der depends upon the relations with Khiva.’” This is true to a very considerable extent. It is equally a fact that the material interests of Russia, her commercial profits particularly, demand a diplomacy on her part such as is indicated in the Heraxp telegram. This po- sition is made quite apparent by the facts which we append, illustrative of our news to- day, and from which it will be seen that the Muscovite intent of Central Asiatic advance and progress contemplates the carrying of the eagle flag to the very border line ot British India, Tae Same Oxp Srory.—Another bank cashier has turned up a defaulter to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars. This time it is the New York Gold Exchange Bank which suffers, and as it makes good the loss and lets the offender off scot-free the affair, as Mr. Toots would say, is ‘of no consequence.’’, The defaulting cashier, when confronted by his President ond asked tor an explanation, owned the truth and said, ‘It's the same old story. I’ve been speculating in stocks, and that’s how the money has gone.’’ What a volume of warning to the victinis of “tha street’’ is conveyed in these fow words ! Tue Warp’s Istanp Lonatic Asyium.—A card published by Dr. Echeverria, late medical officer of the Asylum, contains allusions to the grossest mismanagement of an important pub- licinstitution. The Hznap first called attention to this matter several months ago, and since then the Coroners have had occasion to inves- tigate several deaths under circumstances which strongly pointed at the condition of the unfortunates confined in this charity, as cers