The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1873, Page 7

& ~ PRINOE NAPOLEON. The Leader of the Bonaparte Republican Alliance. Prince Jerome Napoleon, His Character, _ Achievements and History. MEANING OF HIS NEW DEPARTURE. Brilliant Pen Portrait of the Prince. Parts, Oct. 8, 1873. Prince Napoleon Charles Joseph Paul Bonaparte, avho has recently distinguished himsely by suggest- ing that his party should make en antl-royalist fasion with the republicans, is one of those bus- tiling princes who never seem happy unless the pub- Uc tongue is wagging about them, From the year 1845 up to the present moment the world has been accustomed to hear of him in connection with something startling once or twice every twelve- onth; and, though he has achieved nothing of onsequence, never set his name toan act which then would care to remember, yet he has talked 50 ‘often and so loudly that people have come to look for his utterances as for those of a noisy bell, which fills the air with sound at regular intervals, His sayings, however, have seldom been insignif- cant, but often shrewd and occasionally eloquent, so that were he to die at this juncture the epitaph ‘written for Charles IL. of England might well be Fevived in his favo#thus modified :— The wordy son of idle king, His word no man relies on; He never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one, But Prince Napoleon has no thoughts of dying just ,yot. He is in his fifty-first year, which is full flood ‘time in the lives of ambitious men, and many cir- cumstances tend to show that his active career as @ disturber of the peace is only just beginning. All those who know him intimately—and the writer of these lines, without ever having been one of his familiars, has had severalopportunities of person- ally judging of him—are agreed that there is much more in him than appears on the surface; and that had he been a private politician or a ‘crowned monarch he would have tidented yhis name on the pages of history in no Jight characters, But hitherto he has been handicapped by the fact of his high rank on the one hand, and, on the other, by his absolute de- pendency on his cousin, the late Emperor. Now fuat Napoleon III, is dead, and that there 1s but one delicate exiled boy of seventeen between tho ‘Prince and the headship of the Bonaparte family— Phe promoter of the republico-imperialist alliance stands in 9 new position, and may set up asa pre- tender on his own account, without having any- thing to fear from such a course. He cannot be Aeprived of official dignities, for he holds none; his wealth cannot be forfeited, for that is securely Anvested in foreign stocks; but he can become a ‘Sonspicnous somebody—a briluant, revolving planet in the political firmament; and, as every- thing 1s possible to a diligent plotter, he may end by climbing to the throne over the shouiders of his young nephew, as Lous Philippe did over those of the little Duke de Bordeaux, or he may be guil- lotined by his neo-associates, a8 was Louis Philippe’s father Philippe Egalit. Let it be noted that Prince Napoleon is precisely one of those men whom factious parties like to get ‘old of as their nominal leaders. He bears a name which must always be a tower of strength to French oppositionists, He is plausible enough to make many friends and unscrupulous enough to ‘gign any programme or pledges which these friends ‘may suggest, but he also possesses the great art of Shamming stupidity when he pleases and of com- mitting, now and then, some apparently egregious plander which would lull his adherents into the belief that he was a mere tool in their hands and might easily be disposed of in the day of victory. Buch astute fellows are not rare in political rec- ords. The Emperor Tiberius, Pope Sixtus V. and Napoleon I, to mention only the best known, were all helped to power by their repute as boobies; and, when the time came for throwing of the mask, their ex-followers were startled in a manner they had not anticipated. If Prince Napo- Jeon ever leads a successful coalition of democrats it 18 already safe to prédict that he will not be the dupe, but the duper. That is why it is well worth ‘While taking a short survey of the man’s past career, beginniag with HIS CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION. Prince Napoleon is the second son of Jerome, King of Westphalla, and the Princess Frederica of ‘Wirtemburg, and he was born at Trieste in 1822, If the laws which bind private persons controlled the acts or consciences of princes the marriage ‘with the Princess Frederica would have been ipwalid and all the children of it illegitimate, for Jerome had been previously wedded to a Miss Elizabeth Paterson, daughter of a merchant at Bal- #imore, and this union was so regular in every re- spect that Pope Pius VII. refused to quash it when requested, or rather ordered, to do so by Napoleon. But the Emperor had 4 high-handed way of sur- Wounting obstacies when they interfered with the greatness of his house, so the Council of State did for him what the Pope had refused, The marriage ‘was annulled, and young Jerome, promoted to a ‘Kingship, was solemnly remarried, whilst the American lady to whom he had plighted ‘Rig faith was still alive. This righteous union bore three children, the first of whom died early; but Napoleon, the subject of our notice \@tew up to be @ healthy boy, strong and wilful, {though wonderfully cool-headed. He was capl- ‘ally educated—first at Rome, under the direction pris grandmother, Mme, Letitia; then at Geneva, ‘and finally at the military school of Loulsberg, whence he issued, after am examination which uld have entitled him toa commission in the Wustemberg army, had he chosen to accept it. ‘But, full of tha glories of his French name, he de- plined to serve in any foreign State, and spent the first five years of his manhood visiting tho aimerent ouhtries of Europe and giving himself out every- ‘sWh@re as the heir apparent to the Bonaparte nghte, Mo explain this essumption, It must be remembered that until Napoleon IIl., by hia clever and perse- vering tactics, got himsolf popularly acknowledged ja chief of tho family, the other Bonapartes wero /Very loath to admit that he was one of their kin “at all. ‘The rumote of scandal asserted him to be the son of the Dutch Admiral, Verhuel, for it’ was notorious that Ring Louth eng Queen Hortense had resided part “NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1873+TRIFLE SHEET. daring most of thetr wedded lives, and that Adm!- ral Verhuel, on the contrary, was Queen Hortense’s recognized favorite both during her satay in Hol- land and for awhile after it. If King Jerome had managed to secure the throne of France instead of his nephew it is probable that this little bit of fam- ily romance would have been investigated in a court of justice, and 80 decreed upon as to put Prince Louis Napoleon forever in the shade; and should Jerome’s son ever become emperor we may confidently expect to see the pleasant story raked up again 80 as to cripple the claims of the present Prince Imperial. But, however that may be, Prince Napoleon started on his voyages with the settled conviction-that his father and he were the only rightful heirs of the imperial dynasty (for, it Will be recollected, the children of Lucien Bona- parte, Napoleon the First's elder brother, were de- barred by the fact that their father’s plebeian mar- Tiage had never been officially sanctioned), and such was the impression he tried to spread about him when he first came to Paris in 1845, and took society by surprise as it he were the ghost of Ceesar resuscitated. RESEMBLANCE TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON, For his resemblance to his uncle, the great Em- peror, was really marvellous, It was @ resem- blance of look, voice, and even of manner; for, being conscious of the likeness, the young Prince strove to imitate the Emperor's abrupt speech and ges- tures, his deliberate gait, the trick he_had of folding his hands behind him or walking medita- tively with one hand thrust into his waistcoat. Those who have seen recent portraits of Prince Napoleon know how well he has preserved his Cssaric lineaments despite portliness and early wrinkles; but one may imagine the sensation he caused when he came, with his fresh face and dark eyes, playing the part of Napoleon, as an actor might, in a city which had been lately conyulsed by the return of the Emperor’s ashes from St. Helena. It 1s said he went the length of sporting a gray top- Coat Uke that famoug one of Austerlitz and Jena, and the first 0 be visited the Invalides in this disguise old soldiers clus: tered weeping round him, kissed his hands and hugged him. To crown all, this darling Owsar re- Gtvivus professed sentiments of the most advanced republican type. He swore only for the people and by the people, and had built up some attrac- tive theory about the First Napoleon having estab- lished “equality (apparently by hatching all those novel dukes, counts, princes and barons) and the Second being destined to fonnd liberty. The re- publicans, who were growing dispirited by the non- ending reign of Louis Philippe, swallowed all this like new wine with spice in it—what could be ex- pected of a people who took such a garrulous Donentity as Louis Blanc for a Franklin f—and conceived the fine scheme of stumping the young Prince about the country to inflame the minds of rural electors. The go-ahead spirits of the party would have done more, and proposed that the Prince should actually be presented to the rustics as the old, original Napoleon, who had escaped from British clutches after being falsely reported dead, and was now come home to abjure his des- potic theories and to implant free institutions among a regenerate people. But Prime Minister Guizot and Louls Napoleon became alarmed at these vagaries, and put a stop to them—tho former by ordering the Regenerator out of the kingdom; the latter by breaking away from the prison of Ham, where he had been confined since 1840 for his escapade at Boulogne. It was much rumored at the time that Guizot had abetted Louis Napoleon’s fight, actuated partly by the wish that the two pretenders might fall foul of each other, and, if Providence willed it, effect a mutual extermination. Bat it has been ascer- tained since that Louis Napoleon truly took French leave of his penitentiary, though, being a fatalist, who honestly believed that the hour of his deliverance would sound as soon as France was ripe for his hand, he would scarcely have hastened that deliverance as he did, had he not felt the necessity of counteracting his cousin’s mancwuvres, Documents were brought to light at the pillage of the Tuileries in 1870, which prove the misunder- standing between the kinsmen to have been most serious at this period; but Louis Napoleon had the advantage over his cousin in point of age, experl- ence and worldly relations, which meant also com- mand of money. He played his cards very well, and, curious to relate, used his cousin’s likeness to the First Emperor as the chief means of discredit- ing him with the republican party, “for,” said he, spectously enough, “a man who hase face like my cousin’s ‘WIL& WANT TO STAMP IT ON COINS, He is @ pre-ordained despot, whereas 1, who have nothing but my birth and soundly democratical opinions to recommend me, I shall never be able to stir up old soldiers by the sight of my features, and republican institutions will consequently be safe in my keeping.” This argument—asserted by private subsidists to various influential but needy liberals—so far damaged Prince Napoleon and his father Jerome that when the pair of them implored the Chamber of Deputies in a somewhat servile petition to readmit them on French soll M. Guizot acceded to the request, for a reason similar to that which had prompted the Prince's expulsion— namely, the desire that these two should counter- balance the occult influence which Louis Napoleon had begun to wicld anew since his escape from prison, Jerome and son, accordingly, had the Ton of Paris (with detectives dogging them) for three months in 1847, but they gained no ground; and when, on the outburst of the revo- lution of February, 1848, Prince Napoleon hurried over from abroad and placed himseif at the ser- vice of the Provisional government, he found a settled determination among these patriots to keep the Bonapartes at arm's length altogether, “We used them as a ladder, but now we are on the roof they would only take us up into the clouds, which is aneagle district,” sald Ledru Rollin to fmasy, short-sighted lUttie Louis Blane, who has never been able to see beyond his small nose in politics, and who then was hot and strong for bringing Bonapartes of all shades into the fold; and the result was that Prince Napoleon was enjoined to go his way and mind his p’s and q’s, From this time Jerome and his son saw that their only chance was tocastin their lot with him whom thoy had nicknamed “Dutch Louis” and to PLAY SBOOND FIDDLE, “Dutch Louis,” indeed, bad several valuabio friends, to wit:—Miss Howard, his mistress, who lent him £40,000; Marshal Narvacz, of Spain, who lent him £20,000, under promise of political help in his (Narvaes’s) intrigues should Dutch Louis ever come to powor; three English peers, of whom ono was Lord Olarendon, who lent him between them about £100,000; the late Duke of Brunswick and the banker Fould, each of whom opened him an almost Unlimited credit on their exohoauers, With euch sinews of war it was easy to outpace Jerome and son, Who had never inspired moneyed men with much Confidence. Dutoh Louis bought or brought over to his side the principal red republicans, and, in fact, all such republicans as, having obtained no posts of emolument under the new Republic, were beginning to think that the revolution of 1848 had done much leas for the good of mankind than it bad promised. He further organized a formi- dable Bonapartist propaganda by means of tracts, songs and pamphiets in the provinces, and, in the upshot, as we know, was elected President by 5,000,000 votes, It is unnecessary to follow Prince Napoleon through his altered phases of conduct from this time till the proclamation of the Empire in 1352, Suffice it to remark that all he said and ‘did was at his cousin’s instigation, and that even when he seemed to be acting in opposition to the President’s policy he was but faithfully obeying secret orders. In @ letter written to Prinee Napoleon by the President’s secretary, Mocquard, on the 20th of December, 1848 (letter since found, with many others equally curious, at the Palais Royal under the Commune), the whilom restive cousin was thus significantly reminded of his duties:—The Prince-President desires me to explain to you that he will admit of but one will in his family, and that you have the alternative of co- operating with him cordially or of taking up your position, once and for all, with his enemies. The Prince is ready to forgive the past, but with respect to certain rumors affecting his legitimacy, which you have been the means of industriously circulating—no doubt unmeaningly—he directs me to point out that even if these rumors were true— which you well know they are not—it would be less easy for you to impugn the Prince's parentage than for him to prove that your father’s marriage with the Princess Frederica of Wtirtemberg was illegal.” Prince Napoleon took the hint. Dutch Louis, being now in possession of the State archives, coula prove what he pleased, and common prudence suggested the most absolute gudserviency to- hig wishes. So Prince fapoleéh, b belug “ected Deputy for Corsica, set himself to play the part of wire-puller to the moderate repub- licans, whilst his cousin, Prince Peter Bona- parte, son of Lucien (the same who, in 1870, slew Victor Noir), discharged similar tunctions among the red republicans, Both these Bona- partes used to go whispering about the lobbies that the President had not the slightest intention of overthrowing the Republic, but was anxious that all liberals should join with him in keeping back the royalists of both branches. They invited republicans to dinner, voted with them, flattered them, bribed them, bamboozled them, ana, in @ word, wrought so diligently in their cousin’s interest that when the Empire was restored each reaped his well-earned reward, Prince Napoleon was created a prince of the blood, a general of division, @ senator and @ Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, and received, he and his father Jerome, £150,000 between them, as well as the revenues of the Palais Royal to support their dig- nities, At this date commences tho third stage of Prince Napoleon's career as THE MECOENAS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. A stout, Jotly- -humored | man, fond of good wine, convivial suppers and pretty women, he divested himself of bis Cwsaric manners and set up as a bon vivant and patron ofthe arts. But, as it was essential that the imperialists should have a foot and aneye in every camp, it became Prince Na- poleon’s special province to feast and encourage such men as the Emperor could scarcely have re- ceived at Court without attracting unpleasant comments—that is, free-thinkers, crotchety phi- losophers and propounders of socialist schemes. Prince Napoleon gave himself out as a downright atheist, and gathered round him Ste. Beuve, Ernest Rénan, Havin, editor of the democratic Siecle; Gueroult, editor of the Opinion Nationale; Edmond About, Emile Augier, Emile de Girardin, Louis Jourdan, and @ multitude of others, ejusdem Jarine. Most of these distinguished per- sons would have remained radicals had not Prince Napoleon’s hospitality afforded them an agreeable excuse for being imperialists, Both at the Palais Royal and at the sumptuous Pompeiian villa he built in the Avenue Montaigne, the Prince caroused with those whom the clerical writer, Louis Veuillot, called his ‘conclave of infidels;” and, the better to mark thejr anti-Papist senti- ments, they loved to choose fast days, and espe- ctally Good Fridays, for their unhallowed banquets. The religious papers shrieked, bishops remon- strated with the Minister of Public Worship, the Empress would look grave when her cousin's doings were bruited, and the Emperor would oc- casionally mutter some observation implying dis- approval of the Prince’s proceedings; but at vot- tom it was an understood thing. The Bonaparte Mecoenas would tell bis guests that, in his heart of hearts, the Emperor was a sceptic too, but de- barred from confessing it by @ regard for the clergy and the morals of i his people; and the guests would laugh at both clergy and morals, as they drank in cham- pagne to the propagation of Messrs, Darwin and Littre’s theories concerning our first ancestors, the tadpoles and babboons. Not a doubt of it, they were a merry set; but it must not be concluded from this that the Prince scattered his money in large handfuls, On the contrary, he was ever prudent with his disbursements, which accounts for his immense wealth at the present moment. It was a maxim with him that no man really wants more than 6,000 francs ($1,200) & year; therefore, when he had placed any needy soul in a way of earning that much he washed his hands of him thenceforth, As to women, the Prince's name was Mentioned throughout the Empire in connection with a variety of scandals too numerous and delicate to repeat; and it is no secret, for instance, that he was the first dis coverer and launcher of the notorious Cora Pearl, But he was never accused of wasting his substance in buying too many diamonds, and itis stated that his generosity most frequently took the form of government contracts (tobacco oMices), or State secrets, which he could have for the asking, and which he retailed to his fair hear- ers in time to admit of their profiting thereby in Stock Exchange speculations. Altogether the re- spectable portion of the public viewed him with a cool and careful eye, and their mistrust of him was heightened by the BNIGMATICOAL PART HE PLAYED IN POLITICS. This part is fresh in tho recollections of all read- ers, From 1862 to 1859 Prince Napoleon chiefly signalized himself by the part be took in tho Crimean war and by his short-lived ten- ure of the Ministership of Algeria. Hav. ing left Sebastopol somewhat precipitately, at ‘the moment when the trenches were Opened, Prince Napoleon was branded by the public. Who Judge of things guperdolallz. with the charge of cowardice. The charge was absurd; for the Bonapartes are not cowards, and Prince Napoteon had really conducted himself well at Alma. But the true secret of the business is probably this, that, Itke the Dukes of Orleans under the old monarchy, Prince Napoleon was very shy of acquiring a military reputation, which would have rendered him an object of suspicion to bis cousin. Emperors have always been very averse from seeing their cousins on too good terms with the army; and Prince Napoleon, as we have seen, had every reason for not quarreling with hig relative. For all that, the latter part of the second Empire, dating from the Italian war and the Prince’s marriage with the Princess Clotilde of Savoy, was passed by the “Red Mecenas’” in a ceaseless round of voyages. People said he was in disgrace, for he was ab- sent for six or eight montha of every year cruising about the world on board his yacht and when he perchance returned, it was, as ip 1866, to make some such flamingly democratic specoh as the one at Ajaccio, which drew down on him a sharp public rebuke from the Emperor and caused him to resign his Vice Presidency of the Privy Council. Others alleged that the democrat- ical speeches were always prepared in the Empe- ror’s own study and that they were intended to give the government a pretexs to buffeting the entire liberal party in the Prince’s willing person at times when the said party were growing too rampageous, The upholders of this last version contend that the Prince’s voyages were all diplo- matic missions under cover of pleasure trips, and that the Prince virtually steamed about in search of aliiances.. If so never were excursions more unproductive, for though the Prince visited America and Egypt, England and all the States of Germany, he never managed to secure a single ally toserve France in time of need. Parisians, of course, laughed at the Prince’s wanderings, as they do at everything, and as the Fring A889 1 Ul-advised as to decline a challenge from the Duke of Aumale in 1861, after having virulently assailed Bis Royal Highness in print, songsters and punsters called the Emperor's cousin “Brain-Plomb” (gear-lead), and by contrac- tion “‘Plomb-Plomb.” Some day or other the mys tery of the Prince’s attitude under the Empire may be cleared up definitely, but for the present it is enough to observe that Plomb-Plomb was always at his cousin's beck when required, and that con- sequently the differences of opinion between the two can have been neither very deep nor very last- ing. On the other hand, it is a certain fact that the Emperor never wholly trusted the man who had sought to crush him in early life; and the Empress, from religious as well as from personal motives, held him in peculiar distaste, ‘The best part of Prince Napoleon is his wife,” she said one day to Princess Metternich; and in this she was to some extent right, for a gentler, nobler and more pure-hearted lady than the Princess Clotilde never breathed. Unfortunately the Prince had never been much influenced by his better half, and her gentle, womanly counsels are not likely to deter him from the course on which he now seems to have embarked. Prince Napoleon ts unquestion- ably fated to be the firebrand of France for the next ten or twenty years. He has unfurled his flag, and will flaunt in the face of established order, whatever he may be, until he carries it in triumph to the rebuilt Tuileries or get swept along with it into the limbo of ambitious but unsuccess- fal adventurers, FRANCE. President MacMahon’s Exposition of His Political Principle—A Soldier and a Conserva- tive, but Not a Placeman. TE\ECRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, PaBIs, Oct, 21, 1873, President MacMahon’ to-day received a deputa- tion of members of the Assembly, who wished to ascertain ifthere was any truth in the reports of his intended resignation. He informed them that he was always at the ser- vice of his country as a soldier. Asa politician, however, “he repelled the idea that he might hold on to office under any or all cir- cumstances,” He added that “he shoula never separate himself from the conservative majority of the Assembly, which had appointed him to power.’” PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. Electiong to fill vacant seats in the Assembly have been ordered in the Departments of the Aube and Lower Seine. Caucus of the Members of the Left. Paris, Oct. 21, 1873. The Deputies of the Left have resolved to meet daily until the crisis is past. MARSHAL BAZAINE. Progress of the Trial of the French Comman: der—Marshal Canrobert’s Testimony—‘No Aszistance Whatever” in a Moment of Battle—“Fall Back” at a Decisive Hour—What Ladmirault and Bourbaki Allege. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. PARIS, Oct, 21, 1873, Before the Bazaine court martial to-day, MM. Schneider and Rouher both testified that Bazaine never solicited the chief command. MARSHAL CANROBERT’S TESTIMONY, Marshal Canrobert gave most interesting testi- mony concerning the battle of St. Privat. Although he was told that the Imperial Guards would be sent to his aid at noon, and twice asked Bazaine for ammunition, he received no assistance whatever. The Prussian Guards lost 8,000 men in this engagement, but he was compelled, neverthe- less, to retreat by the enemy’s overwhelming artil- lery. He could bave held his position at Mars-la- Tour on the 16th of August, but abandoned It by special orders from the Commander-in-Chief, MARSHAL LEBORUP'S TESTIMONY. Marshal Leboouf deposed that his corps achieved adecisive advantage on the 16th of August; but Bazaine ordered it to fall back, fearing a failure of ammunition and provisions, GENERAL LADMIRAULI'S TESTIMONY. General Ladmirault testified that he received only on the evening of the 13th Bazaine’s orders to cross the Moselle on the 14th. He gave a detailed account of the subsequent operations, and declared that he believed it would have been possible to cross the river on the 17th. GENERAL BOURBAKI’S TESTIMONY. General Bourbaki stated that he was not ordered to go to the assistance of Marshal Canrobert on the 18th of August, OITY HALL. A Dall Day in the Municipal Depart- ments, Yesterday was devoted to the merest matters of routine in the city offices. Neither of the Boards held a session, The Mayor devoted himself mainly to countorsigning miseelianeous warrants, varying the monotony byperforming the marriage ceremony in Lote A A fh on who pro} toretrench expenses in gency, It was said about the Hall that an was made to ieee ea Honor to withdraw the nominations for ollce or tbe the wi garetts, Bd SPAIN. Intransigente Naval Plunder Of the Har- bor of Valencia—The City Tranquil and Government Aid to the Burghers—Car- list Movement in the Field. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Maprm, Oct. 21, 1873, A despatch from Valencia says the Intransigente Vessels remain off that harbor. They have captured and plundered geveral ad- ditional Spanish merchantmen. ‘The city of Valencia ts tranquil. Spanish troops are arriving here and all neces- sary measures are being taken to put the city in a@state of defence againt the expected attack. SPANISH REPORT OF A RADICALIST SURRENDER, There 1s arumor tn Madria that the insurgent frigate Tetuan has surrendered to the republican authorities, but no confirmation of the report has been received by the government, French News of a Carlist Triumph in the Field. BaYOnng, Oct, 21, 1873, It is reported here that the Carllst force under Lizarragh has again defeated the republicans, GERMANY. Prince Bismarck st Audience in Vii Question of the Papal Suecession— William’s Hope for Peace. aa—The TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, Oct. 21, 1873, * Prince Bismarck had an audience witn the Em- Deror of Austria to-day, and subsequently held con- ferences with the Premier, Count Andrassy, and the Italian Minister. It is reported that at these interviews tne Prince pressed the subject of national ecclesiastical legislation, and urged identical action on the part of Austria and Germany with reference to the Papal election. KAISER WILLIAM TO THE GENIUS OF PEACE, A farewell banquet was given at the Imperial Palace to-night. The Emperor William, proposing a i to the health of the Emperor of Austria, said, “The friendly sentiments exchanged at Viewna are @ pledge of peace for Europe.” ENGLAND. Specie Moving Outward for America—Discount On 'Change and at the Bank—A Steamship for New York Daily. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 21, 1873. One hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars in Specie was shipped from Southampton for New York to-day by the steamship Weser. The steamship Nestorian, from Liverpool for Quebec, took $195,000. BULLION TO THE BANK. The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-day is £10,000, DISCOUNT. The rate of discount in the open market for three monthg’ bills is 6% ver cent, or % per cent below the Bank of England rate. A Steamship Daily to New York. Lonpon, Oct. 21, 1873. The Cunard Steamship Company has determined to withdraw its vessels from the West Indian service atan early day and to establish a daily line between Liverpool and New York. THE ENGLISH TURF. Racing at Newmarket—Contest for the Cam- bridgeshire Stakes, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ONDON, 1, 1973, The race for the” Cambridgeshire Stakes took place at Newmarket to-day, and was won by Montargis; Walnut came in second and Sterling third, There were thirty-seven starters. The final betting was 50 to 1 against Montargis, 13 to 2 against Walnut and 30 to Lagainst Sterling. Tne following is a summary :— CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES, Of 25 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and only 5 if declared, With 100 added; win- ners extra: the second horse to receive 60 sovs, out of the stakes. Mr. Aumont’s ch. c. Montar; by Orphelin, hn of Woman in Red (bred in France), 3 years ; Old,.... 2006 hur. John Foy's ch. c. Walnat, by Nutdourne, out of Malpractice, 3 years old. 2 yy Oxford, out of Mr. F, Gretton’s b. Helen oA 2 ao lence, 5 years 3 Whisper, by Flatcatcher-Si CUBA. Insurgent Assault on a Town—Severe Fighting and a Retreat, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK KERALO, Havana, Oct. 21, 1873, Five hundred insurgents, under Maximo Gomez, attacked the town of Baive on the 17th inst. After four hours’ fighting they drew off, witha loss of four killed and thirty wounded. HAVANA EXCHANGE. Exchange quiet, On United States, curroncy, short sight, 61 a 62 premium; sixty days, gold, 654 66 premium; short sight, 74 premium. On Lonacn, 83 @ 85 premium. On Paris, 61 a 62 premium. Spanish gold, 69 9 60 premium. SOUTH CAROLINA PINANOES, CoLumBrA, 8. 0., Oct, 21, 1873, The Legislature met in extra session to-day, Governor Moses sent in a lengthy message. He represents the funded debt at $15,027,503 and the floating debt at $5,306,307, He presents the fol- lowing plan:—The State being unable to pay the interest on the debt as it stands, he proposes that the bondholders be induced to agree that the debt be reduced in volume; all bonds for which the State is ona Mable, except $38,000 of State Capital bonds of fag! the conversion bonds, Lepper to ager coupons upon the bonds, pay carte os pa payable, sc serip and other evi- Rehoos of seats te indebtedness, to be returned to the State Treasurer, who shall issue instead other bonds or certificates of stocks equal in amount to the face value of such bonds coupons and certif- cates. He concludes with an argument in favor of higher taxation, saying that the rate of taxa- tionin South Carolina is much lower than the average of the thirty-seven States of the Union. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE DEDICATION, “Baston, Pa., Oct. 21, 1873, Pardee Hall, the building erected for the use of the Pardee Scientific Department of Lafayette Col- lege, was formally dedicated to-day. The event haa been one of the greatest in the history of the town, ” All business was suspended and tho citt- zens of the borough joined in the ceremonica, Ex- cursion trains were run on the different railroads, and hundreds of people poured into the town. The Synod of go ge arrived in Easton on a special train, Members of the Synod of New Jer- sey and other synods were present in large num- bers, There was @ grand aeaee. of distinguished oficials and educators, and the college ands were crowded with a The new ponaine has D Mr. jee, of Hazleton, the $260, Py, Ario founder of the Pardee Scientific Department of the College, Whose benefactions to the institution amount to 000, It is built of Trenton brown stone, with trimmings of tee Ohio sandstone, and presents a pleasing architectural effect, THE TRIAL OF OAPTAIN OLARKB, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, 1873, A jury was obtained to-day in the case of Captain Clarke, of the ship Sunrise, and the testimony on bon part of the peveeeeeen age ee a wit. onees tontifed £0, ‘the ore orew, eres ther nuimoer “Francs Seine |§ fae < NEWARE'S CHAPTER OF BLOOt SHED. ——__—— vonviction of Alexander Birrell for Slay. ing His Brother—Other Violent Cases Before the Courts. Though there is no out and out murder case on the docket, the present term of the Essex county (N. J.) Oyerand Terminer is unusually fall of man- slaughter and other violent cases of bloodshed, Yesterday was brought to @ conclusion the trial of Alexander Birrell, who was indicted for many slaughter, in having killed his own brother James The evidence, as produced in court, was & substantial corroboration of the details as Printed in the Heratp the morning following, the tragedy, which took place on the evening of July 29. The two brothers, James and Aloxander;, both over forty years of age, lived with their aged Mother. On the night in question the two men got eae ® quarrel because one man had eaten the’ other's share of some veal Blows followed,’ and finally dames ees oduced se MAKER'S KNIFR and threatened to * cut the God damned heart” of Alexander, Alexander succeeded in wrea' the knife from his brother and then without mot ado plunged itinto James’ breast. It penetra! ths heart and James roiled over a corpse soon afte! knife was Dever found. On the trial Alexant tyed all this, but putin the plea of self defence. James, he declares—and truly, for he was @ very Rowen man—could have pounded him to: death. In ol ‘ing the jury Judge Depue dwelt’ i this atone ‘he question for the jury to decide as simply was the prisoner in such danger of hie ite re Ar ity fl jury oie it was necei 80, he should be acquil tod Irnot,t Say should te fpane guilty. The prisoner’ gounsel, Mr. W. B. Guild, dr., made a powerful and eloquent appeal to the: as "put it was of no avail. After being out about five Hours or so they returned: with A VERDICT OF GUILTY in manner and form as indicated. The announce’ ment complete! apaceye? “Aleck,” who, together With his frien arene an entirely’ different verdict, more probably because they wished i¢ than from any hope held out by the trial. Tne record of the Birrell iamily is bloody. James, Alexander and another brother, named Je Served in the army, David was killed. th the others were badiy wounded, Some sean ago sariee killed a man who had abused Alexander at @picuic. For thia he went to State Prison. Now Alexander will go for killing James, Frederick Schonewolt,.who KILLED A MAN WITH A BLOW OF HIS FIST, one Jacob Linthle, was arraigned yesterday for trial. Through his counsel he withdrew his former lea of not guilty and put in one of non vult con- Fendere. It was accepted, the Court adding that i¢ would examine the Coroner’s evidence and see if suet of guilty to assault and battery was admise 8. GEORGE RORKE, THE PRIZE FIGHTER, Tas made a deadly assault with a sabre, a shdte arent on one Richard. Bradshaw, laying. open the ad oF the la Hs 00 fas Ne 8 critical to tion, eras to be admitted to bail. It wag fixes ¥ SS which will probably keep George out of harm’s way in the meantime. Two bars ial tordee. of an atrocious character come up for THANKSGIVING DAY. ALBANY, N, Y., Oct. 21, 1673. Governor Dix has issued a proclamation recom mending Thursday, the 27th day of November, as @ day o: of thankagiv ing and prayer. as MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Nevada will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMce “at half -past twelve o'clock P, M. Tue New York HeraLrp—Edition for Europs— will be ready at half-past nine o’clock in the morm- ing. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents. A.—For a Suberb Dress or Business Hat ¥, direct to the manufacturer, ESPENSCHEID, US jassau street. Physical Agony and Pain From anys am square, 181 C! Soa VRLEDEREVP i A—All Varieties of tay! and Band Trusses have wie i to the NEW ELASTIO ake a 2 683 Broadway, which retains r ere comfortably, nig! and day, tll permanently cure: As a Standard Remedy for Coughs and Colds, PORTER'S COUGH BALSAM ts acknowledg: ged 4 all who have given it atrial as the most reliable; it Particularly adapted to afections of the throat and lang A Single Bottle of Kearney’s Bachu fives immediate relief in Bright's Pisoaso, Gravel, Dia- Fetes, and complaints of Kidueys, Bladder ‘and Urinary Far superior F 20 at “Golden” Oj rtunit, Tt vat ec Who ade % Tad exy mpress-it’ by th ‘ht in the fall of ang) Organs. pre of KNOX'S clerant, # styiish a fad finhtontle iis stores are at No. 212 Broadway, in Howe, and in the Firth Avenue Hotel. Acne (Pimples, Blackheads).—Sym; tom: rd, small pimples, with Lees ee et th foreh« cheekgand Hoses of both ge: e and ali: — diseases cured by Dr. VAN DYKE Sees vo ie , Thursday and Friday), West stree! 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Yand’s new nove “Jessamine,” Hunieweek, GcTENCE OF HEALTH. TERER MONTHS, 2 CENTS. Y INE.—THR NEW NOVEL BY MARION asd J Baud is ready this week. AND BERT wovan, | ating eas vee ores pee, ganzauere crane 1873 Ha AN, AE or MARctS ae