The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

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IT was alleged In Dye idialatryh Review; that the ferocious loyalty . of Sorntril birthday odes was the unchanged sprit of Jacobiniam of his early days, raanifested and expressed in new forms and words. The hypothesis will appear plausible enough to those who take the trouble to compare the juvenile and senile effusions of the laureate. Nor is his case of real identity amid seeming change a solitary one. There is, for example, the Editor of the Tab'et. whose tirades not unfrequentle suggest the idea of GrostbE Fox masquerading in habit of a Dominican. To illustrate our meaning, we need go no further than the notable piece of railing against the Arch bishop of ('Ax rvitia;KT, which we quoted in our yes terday's publication. In a aeries of lengthy and in volved sentences, that venerable prelate is first de :WA of his archiepiscopal title; next his claim to the title of doctor of divinity is called in question ; and lastly, it is more then hinted that his Christianity is of rather a dubious complexion. Nor does the inge niona editor stop there. From the exeledastical titles of the archbishop he proceeds to his civil title., and deals with them quite ns unsparingly. lie admits, Weed, that as n number of the Pnvy Council the prelate may he called "The Eight Honourable" hymen of the wool Id ; but he maintains that in his editorial eyes " plain Mr. tit MNER " is a much more correct olcaignatiom; and he evo n avows a strong inclination to call him simply JollSO lttsu SUMNER." How difficult it is to {pet rid of early habits: the fiery pro selyte who lalsiurs to make up for lost time by crowding more than the zeal of a whole life into the polemical effichs of his post-conversion yeara, unrols the' man, the featherless biped, from the ligaments of titles, civil and ecclesiastical, as antiquaries unrol a warmly from it, yen meat*, with as much gusto as NATI.EIt himxlf CORM have done. Nor is it alma in this disposition to mock at and trample upon titles of dignity, civil or ecclesiastical, that we reeognise the unchanged and unchangeable spirit of Quakerism. The Editor of the 'Tablet, to the sore dismay - and annoyance of his spiritual direc tors, has carried into a church which inculcates ice ylted deference and submission to the priesthood, all his original sturdy habits of asserting the right of private judgment. There is, indeed, at times some thing unutterably ludicrous in the selfeomplacency ;with which the neophyte instructs his reverend teachers in the recondi e mysteries of their own faith. The Ohl adage about teaching one's grandmother to sock eggs conveys hat a faint notion of his pragma tical airs of assumption on such occasions. Nothing earthly can he command with him—unless, in deed, it be Mr. Ultlll'llANT instructing good Illsoculmans in the dogmas of their own religion, us be is presented in some of his own books. It will easily be believed that this amiable peculiarity of the editor of the 'Edda does not tend to make him a favourite with the priesthood. little more than a month liar elapsed since it involved him in a public controversy with a priest, who rated him in good set term. fur his preaumption in taking upon him to expound and champion the faith, seeing that he bad taken none of the vows, had received none of the ardent, and had nut even the tonsure to show us a visible sal of his in'ission. And we have heard that eves baton• the scene of the Tahiti's labours was transferred to Ireland, there was much muttering and murmuring among the ultra-montane priests about the anomaly of the organ of their church in the news paper press being edited by a layman. Hut the ultra- montane priests are too wise in their generation to reject se'rv'ices because they dislike or distrust the permit who offer. them. They have unlisted the championship of the Editor of the Tab'et under pro toad. They have repeated so often their diaupproba titm of a layman's presuining to speak, as it were, ex cathedra on matters of discipline and doctrine, that dal feel coontident they can disavow him whenever it becomes neetswary ; and, fortified by this convic tion, t h ey allow him to prattle on uneheeked as long as it suits their purpone. At present they appear to he using bins as what SYDNEY Sault would have called a tisohonteter.—a gauge of their fool:invent' capacity fur swallow. They etwewdly suspect that with the educated class of Roman Catholics it may be going a little too far to speak of the papal aggression controversy as a " ques tion at bow between Heaven and ;" or to lay down as an article of faith that, " it is nearly as cer tain as that Goo is in !leaven that Cardinal WISE MAN is A relibishop of Westminster." They have their misgivings that this mixture of ribaldry and blasphemy may shock the ficlings even of amerce but intelligent disciples of their church. 'They are, however, not unwilling that their flocks should be brought down to a standard of intellect and taste that may find such trash palatable, and they allow the Editor of the. Tablet to hold forth in this strain, prepared to avow or disavow him, according as it turns out to be acceptable or the !cense. In short the worthy Editor of the Tablet, who is as sincere in his way as great ignorance• and im mense conceit will allow a man of slender intellect and enormous vanity to he, is used by the directors of the Impel aggression much in the same way that TAILLEVER appears to have been used by die Normaus at the battle of Dealings. TAILLF.YER was a brave man and sinewy swordsman. but a " jong lour," or juggler, who was made to ride at the head of the army. playing all sorts of profersional tricks, such as basing his sword in the air and catching it again by the' hilt. It is easily conceivable how while. the Naomi were gazing open-mouthed at such dexterity, the sorman horsemen might charge them at caftan- tags. .And, its like manner, it is hoped that, while the protestants and rational Roman Citholiettof Eng land allow their attention to be engrossed by the I writhing+ and bellowing* of the Tablet —the eon- factions of the Sybil. without her inspiration—the taltm•montane prises may unobserved play their own more cautious game. Few after all the exaggerations of the Tablet are so more than was said, in milder and less startling phrase, at the Aggregate Meeting in Dublin. 'Mere, too, the Raman Cathodic noblemen who have (Ir eland thentselvea inimical to the Papal Aggression were denounced as having swerved from their duty ; sad to entertain any doubt. of the justice of the pre lusion. advanced by the Rornish Pontiff, in regard to the creation and demireation of dioceses, was in as smay wards called heresy. Tut: proceeding. of the Court-Martial, now sitting at Lyons fur the purpose of investigating into the alleged eonspiraev against the present government of France. furniik a very strong illustration of the infancy of French opinain with regard to the admi nistration of justice. We have no sj mpathy with the cause of the &reused. We du nut pretend to dis pute the existence of the plot with which they are charged. We have not the meals of forming a judgment on either side of that question.. nor is it one in which we take much interest. But we cannot hey observing that if it be the object of this party. and we fang• it must he. to provoke out of doors a general opinion of their innocence. they cannot pas ably desire a better method of obtaining it than that by which the government is labouring to procure their conviction. Not to expand unduly or unnecessarily our Aver- entices on this head, let us take the proceedings of on ly o ne day, by way of sample. The brief analysis tells its own tale, and spares an Fnglivhinan at limit the necessity of comment. At the witting of the ('curt on Monday. the 18th instant, the counsel for the accused applied for per mission to impeach the credit of the government witnesses, whenever there was season to believe it doubtful, and more particularly that of a witows alleged to be of infamous . chmacter, who, having wormed himself into the coofidence of the French refugees at Geneva, VOW professed to betray it. The Public Prosecutor opposed this. on the ground that " the Code of Criminal Proceedings says posi tively that a witness can only be questioned on matters relative to the case !" The Court, we are told, taking the same view of the matter, gave judgment "that the invo-tigation propsall* was not et a nature to aid in the demwistration ce truth; that it could not be allowed; and that the certificates presented against the witness should not toe accepted." After two other witnesses for the pro-1 aeration, a commissary of police was called. He ad mitted that " it was only after GENT'S arrest that he had even heard of the Lyons p'ot. Ile had then been charged to make inquiries respecting the cha racter of GENY. He had learned that in his youthl he was fond of women, pleasures, and play, and that he wee very ambitious. Ile was also supposed to 1 astorbin advanced political opinions. In March, 11149, his furniture was seized to pay his debts. It was generally known at Avignon that he had com mitted incest. He had sold for 30,000 f. his share in the fortune of his father.. All this information had been given to the witness by men of honour. They were, moreover, rather of GENT'S way of think in g in politics." The unfortunate GENT here inte r and " appealed to the Court for protection. He reminded the Court of the decision it had just given strainst himself. Surely, if it were incompetent for him to shake the credit of the police-witnesses, it was equally so for them to defame him, anonymously. Surely such evidence as this—hearsay moreover, could not be interpreted to be " matters relative to ' the case," within the meaning of that highly prized article of the Code of Criminal Proceedings. He, therefore, called on the President to compel the wit ness " to state all the truth, and name his inform ants." The President reused to do so : observing that "he could not force the witness to speak , and, moreover, that the police always refused to give up the MIMI'S ,!". its «yenta." The counsel for the accused hereupon drew up their " conclusions" (or bill of exceptions," as Westminster Hall bath it), against the ruling of the president, which were immediately taken into consideration by the tall court, and, after argument, mianinvoisty re jected ."Ihe egregious logic of this judicial iniquity was at the same time thus stated by the court: "As the witness has made his statements on the authority of police reports, and as such reports could not give rise to a judicial investigation, there was no reason for taking the measures demanded by GENT and his advocate r It is a pity that these fatal ob kstions did not occur to the judicial mind whilst the witrwss was giving this irrevelant and hearsay testi mony ; for then, perhaps, it would have also occurred to it that " there wns no reason for allowing him to be examined at all." On the contrary, the very ohjections which had not been suffered to prevail against the exa mination in chief, did prevail against the cross-exami nation of the witness : a curious and pregnant illus tration of the total absence from the tribunals el France of the fair play of those of England, where exactly the contrary is the undeviating practice. And then. we are told, to check further controversy in the matter," when GENT rose to speak, the Presi dent prevented him, and, rising hastily, declared the court adjourned:" So ended the day's pro ceedings. In England not one of' these events could have happened. We are not sulijected to Courts Martial, but to Courts of Justice. Every prisoner on trial has the unquestionable right of asking what questions and calling what witnesses he pleases, in order to impeach the credit of the adverse testimony; he has, moreover, the right of putting ques tions to the witnesses for the prosecution, which the prosecutor cannot put. All this exists in favoreni ribr et lilwrtatis. nightly con sidered, it is these immunities and rights, and all others of a merely personal nature, that form in the aggregate the political freedom of the English. The community is free because of the freedom of each at its constituents. In France, unhappily, the reverse of this is the truth. Political liberty in France— not very ancient certainly—is yet older than the liberty of the subject. The latter was born of the former, not the former of the latter. The former has not as yet reached to manhood ; but the latter is scarcely out of the cradle. In short, an Englishman finds it very hard indeed to imagine that the liberty of the subject, for practical purposes, exists at all in France. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY resolutions of the councils in their annual meeting% upos-great controverted questions, have been looked forward to with interest as one of the legitimate channels for the expression of public opinion. lint the law which had slept has been re ' viral by the present government under circumstances whibh must inevitably weaken the moral effect of any declarations now to be made by the councils on so manifestly a general political auhjeet as the revi sion of the constitution. The council of arrondiese- ment of Limoges had recorded their desire "that the constitution might for the future receive its entire execution, and that the laws contrary to the consti tntion, more especially those relating to the right of prablic meeting and to the liberty of the press, might Ile repealed or modified." The decree of the Presi dent of the Republic declaring the above resolution nsill and void professes toproceed upon threegronnds. Pleat, that the resolution is illegal; secondly, that it is insulting to the great powers of the state; and, thirdly, that it is an attack upon the rights of the National Assembly. Had this decree been based upon the two latter reasons only, and had those two reasons been a sufficient legal foundation for it, the propriety of the decree would be incontestable. Be cause, although it is the opinion of large numbers of persons that unconstitutional laws have been passed by the Assembly, it is impossible that the Assembly should recognise any other interpreter of the consti tution than itself. But, in point of fact, those two reasons are mere surplusage, and the true effective basis of the decree is the first reason, namely, that' the resolution is illegal. In order to show its illegality, the decree refers to the above mentioned law of June, 1833, and the il legality there specified, as a ground for an nulling a deliberation, is not the treating of any question in a censurable manner, but it is the enter taining of a question beyond the attributes of the I council. This enforcement of a law which had nearly become obsolete, has attracted public attention to the true nature of its provisions. There can be little doubt that such of the councils-general us may not be desirous of sharing in the revision movement at the present time will excuse themselves from discus sing the subject, on the ground of impotency. It is not to be expected that any of them will vote affirma tively for the maintenance of the constitution; first, because the opinion that the constitution is really defective is very general, even among those who think it inopportune to moot the question of revision at present; and, secondly, because the influence of the prefects in the councils is very great. M. Marie, the eminent advocate, who was a mem ber of the provisional government, has published a pamphlet addressed to the councils-generul, insisting strongly both on the illegality and the impolicy of their occupying themselves with the question. The absence of M. Magne. the Minister of Public Works, from Paris is occasioned by something more than the desire for a holiday. lie has gone to examine with his own eyes the immense net-work of railways in Germany, by the aid of which, at no distant time, a direct line will be open from Trieste to Ostend. This prospect occasions no little uneasi ness in France. It is a subject for frequent lamenta tion among the French, that, while they lose time in framing and discussing reports, English capital is completing a rival line. The feeling is so strong on the subject that in spite of all financial difficulties some strenuous measures for finishing the line to Marseilles will probably be taken before long. The government steamer Ariel has captured fifteen English fishing sloops accused of transgressing the rules of the oyster fishery off Cape La Hague. The sloops were brought into Dieppe the day before ,yesterday. The examination of witnesses at the Lyons trial is over, and the speeches begin to-day. It is thought that judgment will be pronounced about Thursday next. It is reported in Paris this evening tlmt the secretary of M. Creinieux has been arrested at Lyons. The funds again fell slightly to-day. The Five per Cents. fell 15e., chasing at 9.3.30; and the Three per Cents., lie., clueing at 07.1 FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. M. Buffet, Minister of Agriculture and commerce, is appointed to the Ministry• of Public Works, ad in trrim, during the absence of M. Magee. Six thousand extraordinary numbers of the Patric, containing M. Delamarre's article, have been printed for distribution in the provinces. _ _ _ The friends of the Orleans family who intend to be present at the religious celebration of the anniver sary of Louis Philippe's death, are on their way to London. MM. de Montalivet, do Montebello, Comet, Duchatel, de Salvundy, d'lluudetot,Cuvillier-Fleury, and General Friunt are among the distinguished personages who will take part in the mournful cere monial. It is probable that the motive for fixing •ppoun London as the place of meeting instead of (Unmeant, as was ut first proposed, is to avoid the necessity of inviting the visitors to the palace after the mass. Under present circumstances the family desire to speak as little as possible on the subject of the Prince de Juinville, and shrink from affording their devoted but toe curious adherents the oppor tunity for a political conversation. M.Thiers is expected in Paris on the sth of Sep tember. when he will doubtless assume the direction of theJoinville party. The councils of it have now closed their sessions, and the result of their deliberations on the revision question has sadly disappointed the El sic. The reports differ as to the exact number of councils that have expressed an opinion on the subject. According to M. E. de Girardin, who pub lished a list, to the accuracy of which I have seen no authentic contradiction, only 140 out of the 361 have pronounced in favour of revision. On the other hand. the utmost claimed by the partisans of government is 187, a number exceeding only by five the half of the whole. This lamentable fulling off from the nearly unanimous demonstration pm dieted. augurs ill eur the success of the campaign which commences this day in the councils-genera. The ministerial journals account for the compare• tively small number of the councils of arrondissement who have recorded their opinion, by suggesting that I many of them entertained doubts whether revision was a matter within their competence, and therefore thought it better to abstain from discussing it. These idonlas are exceedingly well founded—or to speak more correctly, it is beyond all doubt, that in strict ' ness of law, neither the councils of arrondissement nor the councils-general—which in this respect stand precisely on the same footing--are competent to ca pers* any opinion upon a general, as distinguished from a focal. political question. The executive go vernment has the power of annulling any de liberation of these councils upon a matter not within their powers. What these powers are pre ris•ly is somewhat vague. and depends principally I on die construction of two articles of a law of the '22nd of June, 1833. The first of thew, Article 14, enacts, " That every act and every deliberation of a council-general relative to matters not legally , within its attributes is void and of non- i effect." The second. which is the only enabling clause ! under cover of which political questions have in fact been frequently discussed in the councils, is Art. 7,1 , whereby " The council-general mar, through its pre- 1 sident, address any demand s which it may have to I present in the special interest of its department I directly to the minister charged with the depart ' mental administration." Here the line is not very I clearly drawn, because it is very possible that a question of general political interest may also in an : especial manner concern the particular interest of the' department. Accordingly, although during Louis Philippe's reign very many instances occur of resolutions of the councils being set aside as political, yet of late scars the law fell iu a great measure into tfisuctude. The op position encouraged the councils to express their opinion upon parliamentary reform. The govern ment connived at this, and in their turn sought for support in the opinions of the councils-general upon other political subjects. Thus a tacit under standing has lung existed by virtue of which tha SWITZERLAND. The Suisse, of Berne, on the subject of the differ ences with the Austrian authorities, says :—" These complications have arisen in consequence of the in correctness of the reports transmitted by the chiefs of the Austrian posts to their superior commandants. They state that the Austrian soldiers had never set toot on the Swiss territory, and that all the arrests had taken place on the Losibardian territory, whilst the reports transmitted to the Swiss authorities state quite the contrary. Since the federal commis sioner has been in the canton of Tesino, explana tions have taken place, and the military authorities show themselves disposed to listen to our remon strances. As to the principal fact, the seizure of the merchandise and the arrest of the smugglers of 11 Pianazzo, Lieutenant-General Giulay is said to have transmitted a declaration that, even tf the fact were doubtful, he would restore the merchandise taken, and release the smugglers, unless it were proved that the right lay entirely on the side of Austria. The most essential point, however, is not mentioned which is us to who is to be the judge of this fact. It rt.sults, from the information given by M. J)ruey to the national council, that the Austrian authorities have not hesitated to order an inquiry, and to give all the satisfaction which has been admitted undue." GERMANY FRANKFORT .ON-THE-MAINE, Aro. 23. The Diet sits to-day, and will most probably finally dispose of the question respecting its own compe tency. This will also he the lust sitting at which °Emend Rochow will represent Prussia, as he will introduce his successor, Von Ilismark Schinkhausen. General Itochow was to have accompanied his sove reign to Huhenzollent, but was compelled by indis• position to return from Darmstadt. I mentioned ten days ago that the English and French governments contemplated renewing their protest against the incorporation of the Austrian provinces, and I believed that I should have been able before this to report that they had done so. Lord Palmerston is, generally speak ing,not very tolerant towards impertinent despatches, yet if ever one of that nature was written, it is the reply of the Diet to the English and French pro tests. Still he delays carrying out his intention. The French Minister for Foreign Affairs has been more prompt, having caused, in the beginning_ of th • present week, a note to be presented to the Pre sident of the Diet, in which the right of his govern ment to interfere in such a question is reiterated in stronger language, and the ground on which the Diet chose to reject it shown to be inadtnissible. Now that the Emperor of Russia has intimated to the cabinet of Vienna that the incorporation of the Austrian provinces dues not appear desirable to him, the English and French protests may perhaps meet with more attention and greater civility in the Diet. BERLIN, Auo. 23. The Prewtais , hr Zeituny Formally announces to-day thY, by a miaiste rial ordinance, all those provinces and cities which have refused to send deputies to the provincial diets, are to be deprived of the assistance they would have been °tits rwise entitled to from the " Ilultskassen," which is a " poor fund " and " Wall fund," fromw hieh landed proprietors, fanners, tradesmen, artizans, and "the pour" derive help, when properly ressomin•tideol, in sums varying from very large to exceeding small amounts. This fund is not pri vate property ; it does not come out of the king's private puns.. If it did, its possessor would have a right to do what he liked with it. It is partly ainassol from voluntary contributions, chiefly of pennies ; and groscheos, by committees appointed fur the purpose, I and is partly a government grant from the public treasury. , On the pretext, however, that its administration belongs I primarily to the government, and subordinately, both its • collection anal administration to the relived provincial', I diets, the government, it is argued, is at full liberty to dis- • tribute this fund at its will ; and has now published its determnation to cut off whole cities and districts from the bene tlts of this institution, simply becauso they have protested against the renewal of an old feudal institution already oho- I lashed by law. The official print admits that this measure I may seam a bard inn., " as it involves the innocent and the guilty (') in the same penalty." The guilty—remark the word—guilty of what? The constitutional party alluded to have broken no law ; no accusation is made against them. If thsy have violated ony law, why are not some few of them brought to trial ? And yet on their account whole cities and provinces are, to use the very word of the Prefigure/le Zeitung, to be " punished." Really, in reading all this, one can hardly believe it. One 1 1 almost fiusdam one's self in Turkey ; or that the King of Prussia has been suddenly met &morphoses' into a :Slab°- . medan sultan, and his ministers into Turkish pathos. An resit', it would be a public benefit if this " Mahn hasten " were abolished altogether ; for it is nothing inure ' nor leis than a " bribery box." Those who are known to be ' well disposed towards the government may get help from it, t but other*" need not apply." ING, AUGUST 26, IMl'. AMERICA. Our correspondent writes as follows: NEW YORK, Aco. 13. The news brought flout Cuba continues to wear a most contradictory aspect. At the date of my last despatch it was supposed that the insurgents were completelyy• put down ; that some had becu shot, and some pardoned. The press generally treated this statement, which came from Havana, as doubtless being the truth: but within a der or two niter the patriot side of the story presented itself, and we are again in uncertainty. Ido not know how I better can acquaint you with the state of the case than by giving you the card of the editors of the rerdad, a Spanish patriot paper in this city, with the docu ments which accompanied it. CARD TO THEP': tc.—We desire to caution the Ame rican public against the false statements and reports put forth bv the Spanish authorities of Cuba, for the purpose of smothering the progress of the revolutionary fire in the island, and of checking the natural impulses and sympa thies of the generous and free American people. Such ar tifices are common to all similar governments similarly si tuated, and are practised with peculiar activity by the Spa nish tyrants in their present hour of supreme peril—the hour, as we trust and believe, of their certain fate. The statements herewith furnished by us to the press are fairly I and honestly copied from letters of our friends in Havana, Trinidad, &c., gentlemen of high character writing to their friends for the sole purpose of giving us true information. This we avouch with our names and our honour.— , Durum AND Co-Low:mats or LA VERDAD.—New York, Aug. 7, The document here referred to is a statement of the Junta Libertadora of Puerto Principe, issued, on the 22nd July, from their head-quarters, at the Cas eorro mountains, near Principe, 450 miles from Ha runnel'. It is an address to the Cubans, in order to ..... inspirit them, and gives a detail of operations from the 4th to the 22nd of July, the latter being the latest date from head-quarters, and is as follows : TO THE TEOPLZ Or MIA. CVTIANA—Your brethren of Puerto l'rincipe address to you. from the mountains of Cascorro, where they have es tablished the provisional government and head-quarters of the liberating army, a summary of their oper itions and a description of the engagements which have taken place be tween our brave Carnagucyanos (natives of Principe) and the hireling army of the Queen. This, better than anything I else, will convince you of the real impotence of the Spanish I government, and that the triumph of our cause is sure, if you cu-operate with us by rising at various points and dis tricts, principally in the western department, from Guaira jay to Mantua, where the broken character of the country will secure safety to the first movements, and where you will be able to maintain a tirmground, and plant your head quarters. We await anxiontly the news of that rising, for on it de pends the movement of Villa Clara and Matanzas. At Trinidad, which is in open communication with Os, a •T is to take place on the ail, according to a coin munieation from the president of the Junta Patriotiea there established. Manzanillo, Bayamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas have already rai.kil the cry of liberty, and many of their brave sons are fighting by our side, giving to the world examples of valour and patnotism. Santiago de Cuba, though as yet quiet, awaits only the moment when some of its bayonets may be withdrawn from it to make common cause with us in the conquest of our ' imprevriptible right ; and ynu already know that its peo ple gave public proofs of their sentiments in 1830. We raised aloft the banner of liberty on the ith inst., in the districts (ixtradess) of Ouayamaro and Sibanicu, with the small number of two hundred and fifty patriots. We remained there till the sth, when in concert with another hand which ruse in Holguin, we directed our march upon the town of Las Tunas, which was garrisoned by a corn . pally of the regiment of Zaragoza, but circumstances, grow ing out of the darkness of the night, led to a meeting of the two parties at twelve o'clock, before the appointed place, and the commander of one gave the challenge, "plies' riret" to width the other, carried away by the force of habit, answered .' Spain," whereupon, alas . the order was given to lire and charge upon them, which charge lasted till they could recognise each other in the midst of the combat. ---- - The result of this unhappy affair was the loss of five from the Holguin party. and twenty-eight wounded between the two. However, this disaster did not discourage our brave patriots; they immediately united and fell upon Las Tunas with the swiftness of lightning. They attacked the barracks by surprise, and, after a short resistance, which caused some wounded, the company of Spanish troops united with them en mum, at the magic cry of liberty. The lieutenant-governor of that jurisdiction was so cowardly, that he implored our mercy ; and, in pity, we left him at liberty, taking from him only his horse, sword, and pistols, and 1,030 dots. belonging to the funds of the despotic government. Thence we marched upon the districts (parkins) of San Juan and Santa Cruz, recruiting our force, and on the Nth we were in Cascorro, with :NO horse and 200 foot. The Nth and 9th were passed in organising four divisions under the command of the patriots who had most dis tinguished themselves at Las Tunas ; and on the 10th three of them marched nut, the other remaining on the mountains. The one commanded by Don Serapio Recio advanced towards Santa Cruz, and shortly before reach ing the ricer Najassa, was informed that four companies of the regiment of Cuntabria were marching in the same direction, under command of Colonel Conti ; but that, the river being swollen, they were occupied in making rafts to cross it. Our commander Redo immediately ordered a march to wards that point; he watched the enemy's movements, and when sufficiently near without being seen, he planted his two hundred and fifty men in ambuscade, and waited till they mould begin the crossing on the raft. That took place ; the commander of the enemy crossed at the head of the first company, and landed, and the raft, drawn back by the ropes, returned to the opposite hank to bring over the second; our patrio's remaining meanwhile mutionlesa, and ready for the attack. The raft began to mess with the second company, ;out then the patriots fell upon them des• perately, scattered confusion among them, took prisoner Colonel Conti, six officers, and tifty-six soldiers. The num ber of killed that could be counted on the banks was thirty six, without counting a great number of wounded, together with various materials of war, taken from the enemy. Still, in the midst of the fight, the brave Web) did not for pt the raft; he ordered them to cut the ropes, and fire upon it, following it along its course as it Bo ated down. The result of this most brilliant action, in which we only lost one killed and ten wounded, was Sal complete that none were able to escape, but those who kept on the opposite side of the river. On the 10th and 11th, the other patriot corps had various skirmishes with the troops of cavalry and infantry which marched out from Puerto Principe after them. On the 13th, in the district of Gaaimarillo, a corps of artillery came over to us, under the command of its captain, Don Gabriel Fortun, composed of 60 men and four field howitzers. The 10h, 15th, and 16th, we remained inactive, reeeuiting men from the country. But the 17th was a day marked by Pro vidence to make the fields of Cuba witnesses of one of the most heroic deeds of arms ever seen in the history of mei". lutions. At three o'clock on the afternoon of that day, the corps commanded by Dun Agustin Aguero ale Aguero was marching towards the district of San Miguel. On the way he received information that at the distance of three leagues were marching, in the sante cUrectioia, three companies of the regiment of Isabel 11., and 80 lancers of the Squadron of B.urbon. Aguero immediately halted, examined the position he could occupy, and selected a level spot, bordered on the right by a pretty high hill. lie selected SO men from the corps, and directed them to advance along the road, so as to draw the attention of the enemy, and the rest, con. sitting of 150 men, he placed in ambuscade at a point agreed upon. As sae as the commander of the royalists espied the .50 patriots, confident in his numerical supe riority. he advanced at full speed upon them. They, on their side, retreated upon the bill appointed, and there stood firm, intrepidly awaiting the charge. The royalists did not keep them waiting long; they charged upon them, lance in rest. At that moment those in ambush presented themselves, and surrounded the Lancers, who, attacked on all sides by the patriots, had to succumb, the result being, that of the 80 who entered into action, only 10 escaped with life, though badly wounded. Glory to the hero of San Miguel ! Glory to the brave Aguero de Aguero! On the 18th and 19th nothing worthy of note occurred, but the re publican ranks have gone on increasing every hour. Ou the 20th, all the corps united marched upon these moun tains, which march was interrupted by three companies of the regiment of Cantahrin, who were beaten and dispersed. Since the 20th these brilliant positions have been occupied by 2,000 patriots, 600 horse, 4 field howitzers, and the mu nitions and sustenance required for two months ; notwith standing which, we are only awaiting the movement of Trinidad to descend to the plains. Behold, people of Cuba, the brilliant footing of your country's liberating army ! Behold the heroic acts of your , brethren of Camaguey (Principe). Imitate them, and let there he union, re. 'lotion, and firmness, and the flag of liberty .hall soon wave from the Point of Maisi to the Cape of San Antonio. THE J I:MTh LIHERTADOISA DE PVEILTO PISINCIPE. I Caseurro, July 22, 18.51. The President has been making a tour through the state of Virginia, and everywhere has made a very favourable impression. Bv the telegraph this morning, we learn there is no (Lula whatever that a very fast steamer, called the Pampero, sailed a les , drys since from New Orleans, with 300 picked men, and a corps of foreigners, principally engineers, for Cuba. She had also on board six cannon and a quantity of old ordnance recently sold by our government. In a few days we shall hear more of this. ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON. SOUTHAMPTON, Auutsr 25. The American packet Washington arrived off Cowes this evening on her way to Bremen. She left New York on the 12th at six p.m. She brings forty-nine passengers for Southampton, and forty nine for Bremen. She also brings ahee:vy mail. CANADA. TORONTO, Am°. 9. Lord Elgin has communicated to the Legislative Assembly of this province, a correspondence between the Canadian government and Earl Grey, relative to the disallowance of the Currency Act, passed during the last session of the Canadian parliament. This I correspondence has been printed, and has excited I I great interest in the country, as the subject is of the , first importance to us. 'I he letter of Sir C. E. Trevelyan, expressing the views of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 4 has excited at once much indignation and laughter against their lordships; and they have certainly given us a strange specimen of the quality and quan- • tity of their information in the matters in which they interfere. The Legislative Assembly, only the other evening pa ss ed, dissenting voice, without a dissentin voice, a bill through its second reading, founded on the same principles as the act which has been disallowed; and also with a view of providing for an uniform decimal currency for all the British North American colonies and assimilating it with that of the United States. Upon this subject, the memorandum of Mr. Hincks has drawn forth warm encomiums from all parties here, and even from the old tones, the respectors par ex cellence of the prerogative of the crown. Mr. J. H. Cameron, the ablest man among them, declared in his place in the house, that none respected the prero gative more than lie ; but he held to the rights of the colony, and these, he said, party dillimenceri could never make him waive. The government have declared their intention to stand by their present bill; but which will be re ferred to her Majesty before the assent of the go vernor of this province is given to it. The proba bility is that the Lords Commissioners will have to withdraw their unreasonable objections. It would be impossible for me in the limits of this letter to do justice to the objections contained in the letter of Sir C. E. Trevelyan ; and, besides, I could not do them the justice that Mr. Hincks has done them. But I may state that the anomaly which exists in our currency, and which we are taunted with by Sir C. E. Trevelyan, was forced upon us by the interference of this same department, against the wishes of the representatives of Canada, a few years ago. Mr. lliucks observes, with regard to this, that — Although Sir C. Trevelyan ascribes the difficulties which have arisen to the "Kl-considered and partial proceedings adopted .n the colonies," yet he elsewhere admits that " the last act 4 & 5 Viet. e. :15, was passed in accordance with previous instructions from her Maj esty's government." The undersigned is well aware that this statement is cor reet. The Legislative Assembly in 1841 resolved, with the same unanimity that it did in 1850, that the value of the silver dollar should be fixed at 55., the rate at which it had been a legal tender since the settlement of the country. The influence of the then Governor-General acting under instructions from the Treasury, was brought to bear on the question, and it was intimated that the bill would not be assented to unless an amendment fixing the value of the dollar at .ss. Id. was agreed to. The bill 'tieing very im portant on other grounds, its supporters most reluctantly yielded the point. It was however the opinion of all those best acquainted with the subject, that a blunder hail been committed, and the experience of ten years confirmed that opinion in the minds of all practical men. Sir C. Trove lyan's objection to the rating of the dollar at ss. is that .• the Eagle, which contains nominally ten dollars, does not represent the value of ten silver dollars, that the silver dollar, though a legal tender for no more than one tenth of an eagle, is intrinsically worth more," and that, " ss. Id. currency is as nearly as can be expressed in that denotnina tion itsintrinsic value." I may also say one word on the tone of the letter of Sir C. E. Trevelyan, which is nut in all respects unexceptionable. Take the following specimen : Front the arguments employed by the Inspector-G. - nem', he would appear to be under the impression that the cur rency of Canada hof heretofore tern based on n silver standard. Such an impression can only have been formed from an imperlect knowledge of the state of the law. Now, there is hardly a merchant's clerk in Canada who dues not know that while the law does not make silver the standard in Canada, it is such in effect. In the fate of this fact, the manner in which Sir C. E. Trevelyan characterises the statement of our govern ment can only be termed flippant and impertinent. COe Court. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon, at Osborne, Isle of Wight. It was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, the President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. At the council, the parliament was further prorogued from the 4th day of Sep• bomber to the 4th day of November next. The lion. Wil liam Bathurst was Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Previous to the council, the Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Westmoreland and to Sir Hamilton Seymour. Atter the council, Sir David Hondas had an audience of the Queen, to lay before her Majesty the proceedings of some courts martial. Ihe Ministers left town to attend the court by a special train on the South Western Railway at a quarter pied 9 o'clock yestoday morning, and reached Gosportataquarter to 1, where the Sprightly, steamer, was in readiness to con r•ey them to Osborne. At a quarter to 4 o'clock they em barked on board the Fairy, royai yacht, on their return, reached Gosport at halt-pact four o'clock, and proceeded to town by a special train. OSBORNF MOND 11- AVOINT Her Majesty and Prince Albert , with the Prince of Wahl anti Prineest itoyal, attended divine service at Whippingham parish church yesterday morning. The Rev. T. Protherue officiated. Despatches were sent off yoderday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong, and to the Gorelive of Malta. Despatches were also sent off to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE STATUE OP THE QUEEN AT HOLYROOD.—On Friday, this statue, the production of Haudyside Ritchie, was placed on its pelestal. in front of Holyruosi Palace. It is by far the most successful effort of the sculptor, and me of the most graceful statues of the Queen which has yet been placed in connexion with any public building in her dominions. Her Majesty is crowned with a simple tiara, and wears a regal mantle, embroidered round the collar with the trefoil or flew de /is ornament, and entirely sur rounded by a thistle bordering. Her Majesty's left hand is pressed to her breast, and in her right she holds a palm br.nch. The pedestal is richly ornamented with foliage and wreaths of fruits and dowers—the four sides being pa nelled, and having infantile figures in alto relievo personat iug the seasons. Spring is scattering rosebuds, and is sur mounted with a wreath of snowdrops, primroses, violets, and other early dowers. Summer is laden with rotes, and has her accompanying wreath of sun flowers, &c. Autumn . with his horn of plenty, raj Aces amid golden grain and ripe fruits. And Winter, with his dried faggot and withered leaf, is merry amid mistletoe, holly, ivy, polio, and laurel. The figure is colossal, being nine and a half feet high, and with the pedestal and subplinth, measuring twenty feet in height. The stone is from the liver rock of Itedhall quarry, and its light, warm tint contrasts well with the cold grey tone of the surrounding buildings.—Scotsmon. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—LIVER POOL, Aco. 25.—The half-yearly meeting of this hotly took place to-day, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., in the chair. The chairman, iu opening the proceedings, called the attention of the meeting to the principal points in the report. It did nut make reference to matters of so great importance as former reports, because no subjects of great commercial im portance had been before parliament during the past session. One question, to which reference was made in the report, the improvement of the customs system, he would have referred to at length had they nut had present one of the members for South Lancashire, who is a member of the committee of the House of Commons on the subject, who would explaiu how matters were going forward. Another point in the tient was the great inconvenience experiences! by passengers from foreign countries in getting their lug gage et this port, and this arose from the number of depots at which luggage is passed, and the ignorance of the owners as to which depot it his been taken. This matter would be brought before the dock committee, when he hoped u central depot would be established, and thus prevent so great a grievance. Another subject to which he would call attention was the establishment of tribunals of comincrime, a matter which ought to commend itself to all commercial men from the saving of law expenses, which a reference to arbitrators would ensure. He was unwilling to conclude without calling attention to an event of great commercial importance to this town—her Majesty's visit. It has been said that since the days of Canning Liverpool hus never received that consideration which it deserves. We know that her Majesty pays great attention to all classes of her subjects, and they could have no doubt her visit will secure due consideration fur that commercial enter prise which has so much promoted the prosperity of this couutry.—The Secretary then read the report, the adoption of which was moved by W. Brown, Esq., N.Y., who stated that with reference to the question of customs reform, the parliamentary committee had been sitting upon it nearly the whole of the past session, and had made a number of blue books. The chairman, Mr. Mitchell, be fore parliament assembles, will have these blue books collated, and a copy sent to the Chamber.—lnteresting statements regarding the establishment of tribunals of cons olers*, the Absconding of Debtors Bill, the grievous im posts of the S nand dues, means for the greater security of money letters in delivery, &c., occupied a great portion of the time of the meeting.—After complimentary votes to W. Brown, Esq., N.Y., the members for the borough, and the, president of the ehember, the meeting broke up. ADMIRALTY, Arc. 2 5 .—APPOINTMENTS.--Ading Assistant-Surgeons J. Little, to Impregnable; and A. Fisher, to Victory. Plit/MUTlOX.—Carpenter W. Brown, adymoott to lot clan. MUSIC. THE FESrivAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS. [rums min colutstimo:snixT.l WORCESTER, Mos'.tr EVF.NIN , :. The old-establisihed festival of the three choirs ~r Worcester, Hereford, and Olnueester, of which this is the of the a yor city o f a 111 ) ofthe giving eldn in augural'te : 128th anniversary, commences here to-morrow ; the wort',v m i llUngli tl e l l Es strict —an act of linsp:taliry quite unprecedentad in the history of these ast vel a ti.- breakfastndthe surrounding ci ty to ( upwards p B .l 1 s ' district—an civic entertainments hitherto having been confined to the members of the corporation, with sometime* a few select friends. Mr. Hughes, however, in common with the inha bitants of Worcestershire generally, takes a becoming pride in the maintenance of these festivals, which have of lute years had some difficulties to contend with ; but which have always been resolutely met and vanquished. As the rlitti cultics have increased, so also has there always been found a corresponding spirit, determined to meet them ; and although fears have, front time to time, been expressed that some meeting then about to be held would be the last, the festivals have again risen from thrir ashes; and even the all-absorbing attraction of the World's Exhibition has been insufficient to counteract the cherished association of these meetings. The festival may be' said to have commenced to-day, if the rehcarvals are to be taken into consideration. Visitors began to drop into Worcester on Saturday ; yesterday, tho arrivals by the evening trains added a large number, and the early train this morning brought such of the 300 per formers as had not previously made their appearance. A vast improvement has recently been made in the means of public conveyance to Worcester, of which the visitors to the festival will reap the full benefit. The ichearsal this morning has been confined to sacred !mole at the cathedral. This evening the banal and artists meet at the concert room, at seve n o'clock, for the purpose of rehearsing the secular music. To-morrow morning there will be divine le r vice at the cathedral, with a sermon by the Rev. E. 11. Cradock, M.A., canon of the cathedral. As has been latterly customary, Tudia's pieces and response's will be used in the choral service, the "grand" chant for the relate, and Havergal's for the psalms. The re Ileum, as usual, will be that composed by Handel for the victory of Dettingen. Two anthems will be given, viz., Dr. Elvey " In that day," and Mendelssohn's " When Israel out of Egypt came" (Psalm 11t). In the evening the first con cert will be given, which will include Mendelssohn's " First Walpurgis Night," and a raiacellunceers aeleet . from the: works of various composers, Italian and Gerona n. On Wi d nesday morning will be given Mendehaahn'a oratorio, "Elijah," Herr Formes taking the principal bans. Wednesday evening's concert opens with a portinn of Spolir's " J essernda," followed by F. Morris': cantata, " Fridolin," and another short miscellane ous selection, including a madrigal by Benet. 'flow.- day morning's performance of sacred tousle at the cathedral wid be attractive, two oratorios being set down, via., Handel'a " Samson" and Spolirhs "Last Judgment." Miss Birch will also sing the "Ilnly, holy," of Handel; and Madame Castellan the beautiful gem from the" Crea tion" of Haydn, " With verdure clad." The concert on Thursday evening will be the last. It opens with a selec tion from Weber'a "Euryanthe," and a miscellaneous se cond part front the operas of "Oberon," " Eiden 's" eke. As usual at Worcester on the last morning, the " will be given at the cathedral on Friday. On Friday night a ball, under distinguished patronage, will wind up the festival. We should not omit to mention that the principal voealists engaged are—Madame Castellan, Miss Birch, Miss Delhi, Miss Williams, Mffile. Sophie Cruvelli, Mr. Sims Mr. Lackey, Mr. M,schia, and Herr Formes. The band is selected, as usual, from the orchestra of Iler Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, and the Ancient and Philharmonic Concerts ; Mr. Blagrove leader. Mr. N. Dow, of Worcester, is the conductor ; Mr. Townshend Smith, of Hereford, s at the pianoforte ; and Mr. Amott, of Gloucester, at the organ, by virtue of their offices as organists of the three choirs. The nave of the cathedral has been fitted it:, spe cially for the purpose of the festival. The orchestra ex tends from the organ into the nave westward ; the floor is carpeted and fitted up with >ants, and there is a spacious gallery raised against the west end of the nave. Seats arc also placed in the aisles for the accommodation of those who can only afford to take " third claas" tickets. The concerto arc held in the College Hall, formerly the refectory of the monks here, but long used as the school-room fur the Wor cester Cathedral school, about which Mr. Whiaton has re cently written so mach. The stewards of the festival are, Earl of Ilarrowhy ; Sir Charles Hustings, M.D.; W. S. I'. Hughes, Mayor; Rev. Canon Outback ; Rev. Pre centor A. Wheeh r; Rev. C. Crewe; J. Bents..., Essa, M.P.; J. 11. B. Westhead, ; Capt. Itughout, Isi.P. ; It. Clive, EN.; W. W. Essington, Esq.; and W. Hancock, Esq. The Bishop of Worcester is the Pre sident. A large number of tickets has already been sold. This augurs well, so early in the week. DRAMA. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The two American children—Kate and Ellen Bateman, who made their debut at this theatre last night, are really very wonderful. as well as very d.lightful, little performers, and we arc not at all surprised at the manner in which they are said to have been received in their own country. Their performances cannuut he criticised as dra matic representations; and no one who sees them will ever. we think, he disposed to try them by such a test. We must he thoroughly aware beforehand that the idea of Richard tha Thad, or Ham/et, or Macfseth being pernmated by an inhtut of six years old, is altoget..er out of the question. No imaginable precocity of mind could ever enable such a creature to comprehend those characters; to form the most distant conception of their nature, their passions, and their feelings; or even to under stand the meaning of the language they speak. A child's acting of such ports must be mere mimicry, or the result of teaching and training; but where there is an apt dispo sition and a happy organisation, the results may by such that they cannot he contemplated without a great and very pleasing degree of astonishment. Such is the case with these little Batenrins. Ellen, the younger, who played Richard the Third last night, is only six years old ; and her sister Kate, who acted Richmond, is two years older. Their baby figures, as they marched upon tho stage, each at the head of his army of grown soul " bearded certainly at first provoked a smile; but the audience, very properly, had made up their minds to such incongruities as mattersof course, and were soon absorbed iu adnairatiun of the grace, beauty, intelligence, and spirit of the little performers. The lust act only of " Richard the Third." was performed. Thu tasteless interpolations of Colley Cibber nowadays generally discarded, were retained; but this did not much matter on this occasion. Little Ellen Bateman, dres,Bl in royal robes and made up us the crook-backed Richard, looked exactly like a miniature of Edmund Kean, whom she resembled, too, in her gait and gestures, and in her delivery of some of the most prominent passages; from which we suppose that her instructor must have been well acquainted with Kean's performance. lire animation and strength of expression were often most surprising. Wheu she sprang from the couch, exclaiming, - • Ogee mg on giu r hea rse hind up my wounds' Have ngerey, !eau • Mt, t did uga: dream ;^ the house rang with acclamations for several minutes. The final combat was desperately sustained, and Richard (as Kean used to make him du) fought at last upon his knees. The curtain fell amid cheers and calls tram every part of the house; and when the sisters came forward hand in hand, they were received with a shower of bouquets front the boxes. Nothing could he prettier than their behaviour. When the applause subsided, !Men came forward and said, with much simple grace, " Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you heartily for your kind welcome." The afterpiece was calculated to show the little performers to still greater advantage. It was celled " The Young Couple," and founded on Scribe's vaudeville " Le Mariage Enfaintin." This ingenious piece, in which they personated children of their own age, gave them an opportunity of show , ng a'grcat and unquestionable degree of comic genius. Their characters are a little boy wild girl of the old French noblesse, who, iu pursuance of family arrang nientas, aro merriest —a thing not without exeurple in French real life, the young couple being separated till they grew up. Scribe has Mundell on this subject a very lively and pleasant little piece, and the acting of the two children was perfection. Ellen, the younger, was the boy, and Kate the girl. In the full costume of the old regime they were the most graceful creatures imaginable; and their childish innocence, while endeavouring to assume the airs and manners of grown-up people who have attained the honours of matrimony, was genuine, anutlgitimete acting. indicating talents which ought one day to raise thesi youth ful performers to the highest how mars of the comic stage. We never saw a piece more ttioroughly enjoyed by an audience. It produced shouts of laughter; and, at the close, the sisters were again eal'.ed fur awl applauded even more warmly than before. The whole eutert"imnents • u nder Mr. Barnum's direr• tion, were exceedingly well g o f up. The company of per formers is respectable and c dleient ; and we have seldom seen a better performed far thin The Captain is nut i Amiss," which preceded t' ate pieces in which the Batetuau's ' appeared. Them was lilt' cerise some dancing of a superior order ; and all the aPPai'dtments and accessories oddly stags were complete and in go al taste. The speculation ems ;,1 likely to be a successful, one. MERCHANT SE/.MEN'S ORPHAN Asru.l4.—Yes terday, the general election of children into thin asylum took place at the tnstita tion, in Bow-road ; Mr. Ilawliin• in Tee chair. After the election (the result of which will byad vertised), the He v . M r . Oribble. the Rev. Mr. RolibinN evt. Shuttleworth, r.nd others, addressed the meetinz BP" th e merits and ad vantages of the charity, and called attend at to the urgent necessity which existed for the otablbhmcnt of a building fund, with a view to increase the usefulness of the inst.itution. FATAI STEAMBOAT ACClDENT.—Yeaterday afte r ' noon as the Sunbeam, a City and Chelsea boat, W.l• Co`tt tag uto der Southwark-bridge, on her journey up the flyer, a fotr,enger named Chittertield, who with his wife andchild had. embarked just before, fell overboard into the ..troar crarent formed by the ebbing wan:l,i, as their coune narrowed by the piers of the bridge. Amidst much room' sion the boat was stopped, and the firemen of the thotOla engine, which is .noorect close by the spot, put nil to rescue, if possible, the unhappy man, then struggling . 5 the water. They had nearly reached him as two steamers came up, and he finally- sank in the sight of his heart-teq wife and terrified child. At dusk last evening the body hot not been recovered.