The Express. — London, England, 1850-12-12 00:00:00

71 1 I ; =OVAL 811MIFIBLD MARKET.- 1 OPOTtlt CAMS 114111:11'. Zeta * el ISL 111G i —A mai a as 111UNOTON CATTLE MAIM. with ▪ IhmeletrAmmtle aid Weep is 11111 ter the enremits d milli le mete le reekeill be %remelt hie Mom* EXERT the hull* maybe KU et Ile Ilmelithemee. ~ma. EXERT . = dieteml Pun drometplass ow be ebestmed at the Steads al Isom COW emit Ce.. hee. 14% erl 130, Is the eammer, birders. rereirediren. erre kre& Vie eV/0,00. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ASsousasosiatiera Orr "The Iblyres."Larlos Emig paw, Emit ba at Use Oft% 10. llonalraine4 by No Viol es tie dro et pablkwakm MOH WATER AT LONDON DEMI. Ilm 1/61-41ersiog. ......JA■socs. 7k. Mb. twalissow—lianita IL Oa Allsrasok IL Its. LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. Or the pablie men whose *pinkies tend to mould or modify the national mind of England, there are but few who have not given expreseion in some form or other to their respective sentiments on the present aspect of church affairs in connection with the state. Every section has spokes through its leading repre leatatives—the whim; through the Prime Minister seat Lord FinsetLite•—the philosophic radicals through Mr. Heat and Mr. COBDEN—the protection ists through Mr. DISRAELI and Mr. Mties—the Peelitee by the voice of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT and Lord Crlicaveree. There still remain a few paide dans of mark, about whose dispositions in the cow troreray a certain degree of doubt prevails; ask d these, the most remarkable, as the fates will have It, are the two individuals who, not very long ago, sir =limed themselves by heading a mutiny and deser tion formidable to the existence of their party, on this very matter of church policy. Lord STANLEY and Sir JAMES GRAHAM quitted the whig cabinet in 1834 opn the question, then for the first time raised. regarding the integrity of the esta blished church in Ireland. lo concession to catholic feeling in that country, Lord JOHN RUaartt urged upon the government of that day the propriety of reducing the emoluments of that brat oh of the general prreestant endowments of the empire, and appropriating whatever might be deemed superfluous to the purpose of educating the whole people. A majority of Lord MELBOURNE'S cabinet con- coned in the principle so laid down ' • but Lord ST A NLEY and Sir Lona GRAHAM declared their scruples of conecier ce on the point to be insuperable, sod were followed in their consequent retirement from office by the Doke of RICHMOND and Lord Rine. The struggle that ensued is still fresh in popular recol lection. The church question became the touchstone of pasty fidelity, and the test of party strength. For sake of it the whigs were suddenly driven from power at the close of 1834, and their rivals early is 18.35. FM sake of it Lord STANLEY and Sir JAMES GRAHAM forsook the friends of their youth, and gat them up into the heights of toryism, whore they dwelt long years, and where his lordship is likely for the residue of his days to dwell. We are not so sure that the ambiguous baronet is quite so firmly rooted in that uncongenial soil. We share hi the suspicion entertained by in at persons who have attentively observed him lately, that he feels himself consigned to somethisg very like honour able exile among people whose sympethies he cannot share, and whom ooufidence he has never possessed. Not so the supercilious colleague whose fortunes he so long followed. Lord STANLEY is at home in his posi tion as head of the learned ignorance, the unconscion able prejudice and high-born silliness of the realm. He is ready to lead them in any crusade whereby their passion. are to be gratified or their pockets filled, and they are ready to follow him whithersoever he will. Strange that two such men, at such a time, should both continue dumb. Their silence will hardly, however, be attri buted to any common cause. Respecting his lordship little doubt is professed by those who are supposed to know his feelings upon public matters as to the mime he intends to follow. We wholly disbelieve the idle rumour of his having ever contemplated seriously the vain attempt to turn the dissatisfaction of the catholics to account by making a feint of sympathy for their position. Of the catholic body three-fourths at least are Itch, and that is enough for him. Even of the remainder, but a handful belong to the only class in society a boutl whom Lord STANLEY cares, and of these few nearly all ere identified with the whiga. What could Lord STANLEY hope from such allies? Of the catholics in office not one either in England or Ireland has, we believe, resigned in consequence of anything that hag recently occurred, or that may be expected to occur; and as for the farmers of Ireland, credulous as they are sometimes asserted to be, we do not sup pose that half . dozen of them could be induced to enlist under the Dever standard, though all the recruiting powers of the Carlton were put in requisition to persuade them that " protection rents" are better than " tenant rights." A joke may be a joke; but to accuse Lord STANLEY of double dealing would be no joke, but a malicious imputation to which we owa we could not bring ourselves to lend the slightest sanction. We incline rather to the belief of those who say that the heir of KNOWSLEY looks with no ordinary satisfaction on a movement in the public mind which he hopes that he may turn to amount as a pretext for further church extension. 04 this bead we would otter a suggestion which, even though it emanates from us, we trust his sporting lordship will see is meant for his good, end that of those who are usually nearest, and no doubt sometimes dearest also, to him. If we are to have mare bishops, why sot let Mr. HERMES , Mr. NawDEGATE, and the Marquis of GRANBY be Specially appointed toast in that spostolical capacity. I'M/ are serious enough for any function; and aver, prevalent feeling mists that us lay politicians they mistook their voca tion. Their speeches read very much like homilies, and, omitting the statistics, which always seem out of place es it is, they might possibly make very fair armour. However that may be, it is certain that at present their light is totally hid under the imperial bushel, and that the sooner they are otherwise disposed of the worse it will be for Sir CHARLES WOOD and his colleagues, who are growing quite careless in their manner of answering them. What thoughts the Knight of Nerneeee revolves in that curious head of his, in them days of reproach and blasphemy—who knoweth l'oseibly not even himself as yet,—finally. He has seen both sides of the matter, and is now at full liberty to choose impartially what course he will henceforth pursue in these ecclesiastical quarrels. How comes it to pass that one so wary and so wise has thus far made no sign ? Does he meditate giving his powerful aid to the minister or to the churchdominents, or to those who look upon the conflict with indifference or contempt ? The member for Ripon is as free as ISH MAEL, and seems to have a lurking wish to personate on the political stage that somewhat onneighboorly cheracter. His hand is in turn agaiest every man, and every zaan's hand loin turn lifted up against him. That paver of his see= always, however, se ten nil arrows, and his aim la in general so sam that every one somehow or other feels to • minim degree uneasy until be has discharged his bow. To the ultimate tome it may contribute little in malt,. Bat what of that? The great art of modern stateanses. ship seems to lie in trying to ascertain what is Weak to be, and at the last moment affecting to detonable it. The sagacious world for the moment gives the docile follower of opinion the praise of guiding it; and not until after the good or evil is long pest recall, discovers how small a share of praise or Mime wee really due to those who marched foremost in the procession. But so it is; and rather as an index or a finger-post men feel some curiosity to know what will Sir JAIIZI I:3laalisat say of all this basinese 7 Two striking events, lately weaning or refined to, anmoidably direct attention to the social and olitieal resells which seem to attend not so much the dogmas of Roman catholicism as its traditional spirit and its modes of propagating and strengthening its inflames. One of these is the letter, mhiek_we pab li ehed yesterday, trom Mr. MOLTNIWI 1 ATLOL. Ws were the first to complain at the grow injustice of this we, in which we nnenfaily wed Dr. Wm. I wo, sum ,Bat, Gammas or l i neman, it is much the aufse, and as the former ie dead, so doubt it is Cardinal Wyman, as :ENtaut' et his Ghana in this episcopate, crill woofed to the remedea and dmposal of Mr. TATLOI% property. nit podiums, alter he had pima theap sigh% To induced by his Roman catholic coofecoor to low - • Fon • mere it is reven isnrest in his property, _ to that priest who is appointed in Us- shun manage properties so obtained. Mr.:TAIS01111 mast, at the time of his father making thjeltill, I Mss advanced in yeses, mocheFneprosil to cur mass the pursuit of a prof . load smile' Mir of his father, and bred hi children - air his ewer heirs. But the church of Dr. WISEMAN steps Is, and haves the grandchildren of the testator penniless. As Mr. TAYLOR observes, in no country save Eng land would this be allowed to take place. Pa( we need not say, that the Meetmain Act was-is tins clue, as it can be in any, skilfully avoided. Catholis sovereigns and states protect families from being thus 'pointed. The transference of property to the church there is illegal, unless with the sanction of the state, sad teo stair weld situation each an sot of disin bedtimes en the part of an old man, under such circumstances. To be sure there is not the same incentive abroad to priestly avidity as there is in this country, where there is so much individual riches, and when the Roman catho lic church is only in a state of re-establishment. Bat even abroad the law of mortnesin is something more than a same, and the land and property of the community are prevented from bring handed down in a corporation endowed with interests, ideas, and even allegiance, altogether opposed to the progressive governments of the age. We have heard much of the Siccardi laws, and of the fierce objections ectertainedby the Roman pontificate towards them. One of those laws was to introduce into Piedmont this rule, which ordains in France, and even in Austria, th at bequests to the church to be valid, mast be sanctioned by the Sill% This was not, indeed, pat forward u the most objectionable the reforms by the court of Rome, bat it ts that which most excites its hostility and prompts its anathemas. The other event which attracts attention to the pe culler regulations of the catholic church is the trial and conviction of the French ecclesiastic for making away with the female servant who had discovered his connexion with a lady belonging to his Book. We may mention in passing, that had this happened in Pied mont before the passing of the Siocardi law, the adul terous murderer would not have been tried, except before an ecclesiastical superior, who would have kept the whole proceeding secret, and at moat condemned the priest to seclusion. Both cases exemplify the role which places the priest in direct communication with, and control of, the weakest and moat helpless of the population. The woman, the child, the poor, and the ignorant, are the classes over whom, in such a country as France for example, the priesthood exercise complete mastery. Men in France blush to humble them selves to the rigime of the confessional. Bat in these days especially, when religion is considered as a ' salutary medicine and police (we allude to France), • fathers of families, especially in the country, deem I that the safest path to morel worth is to be en tered upon under the guidance of the priest. In a • country of free habits and mixed opinions, such as France is, and such as every country so industrially ' developed must be, the inevitable result is, the otter demoralisation of society. There can be no doubt that one of the first princi ples of the power, influence, and increase of the Roman catholic church is the confessional. The ad vantages which it offers to a priesthood are indis putable. But its effects on the rest of the community are equally obvious, and these are so incompatible with men in a state of freedom, either of thought or institutions, that wherever it is really and fully established, it must mark the last stage of human decrepitude. It it, however, not merely Dr. WISEMAN and Pope Pitts who would introduce amongst no an institution so completely incompatible with freedom and with proteetantism. The Bishop of LONDON stands op as its ay.iwed patron. And the prelate who has signed the eurrent and necessary protests against popery, has beep labouring for years to introduce into his church the most powerful lever that ever popery wielded. The convent and the confessional have, in truth, been the grand institutions which Painless laboured to esta blish. The Bishop of LONDON'S letter records his opinion in favour of the confessional, and we could add instances in which he practised it. Of conventual establishments by Puseyite founders but too many examples might be addueed. One of theta the bishop had the disiegenuity to cast as a I reproach against Mr. Lizpimerr ; whilst, we believe, the foundation of the conventual establishment alluded to, as well as the appointment of Miss Law to be its superior, was an aet for which the country is in debted to the munificence and orthodoxy of the late Recorder of London, father of the lady abbess in questiou,and member far the University of Cambridge! FRANCE. PARIS, WM IifIEDAT ETINING. At the bouquet of the Hotel de Ville, the President groomer:od ' in answer to the Prefect of the Sribe, who propos ed his health, the following speech : - - 11seekurs,—To celebrate the anniversary of my election at the flout de Ville, in this palace of the people of Peri% is to remind me of the origin of my power, and of the duties which that origin imposes on me. To tell me that France has sera during two•yeus her prosperity increase, is to ad dress to me the eulogy which touch a me most. To day I am happy to theognke that calm ht' re turned to men's minds, that the dangers which existed two yews ago have disappeared, and that, notwithstanding the eatert•inty of affairs, people count upon the future, because they know that If modifications are to take place they will be essempltshed without troubles. (Sensation.) To what do we owe the substitution of order for disorder, of hops for diacesragement ? It a not because, son and nephew of soldiers, I have 'myself replaced another soldier, but be mule ea the 10th of December, for the first time sines February, the executive power has risen from the exercise of a legitimate right, and not from a revolutionary fact. (Load ekeins.) I like to take &dreamed' of these anniversaries, which, are, ea It were, stations for measuring the mirth of events, in seder to determine the causes which loftily or weaken go vernments. The great truths 'auctioned by the history of peoples are always useful to proclaim. The government' which, after long civil troubles, have succeeded in rs. establish ing power and liberty, sad preventing fresh catastrophe', have, while 'abating the revolutionary spirit, drawn their strength from the right born from the revolution itaeU. (Sensation.) Those geveruniente, on the coatrary, have been impotent whisk have 'ought this right is the ocautter. revolution. (Lend sheers.) If loans good has been done during two years it Is due, above all, to that principle of popular election, which has made to rile out of the con dim of ambitions a real and inconteetible right. Let us say it openly. It is great principles, noble dem, meth as loyalty and disintereetedneee, which save ise and not speeektiose of force and heard. Thanks to the applimnion of title pinky, we taste some rapes.; and we shall be able, this year better thin the last, to realise some peogrev. The inualcipal council of Paris is right in emanting on the government for all that can render prosperom the situation of Paris, for Paris is the heart of Praxes. and all rho mogul ameliterations which are adopted here contribute powerfully to the general %Ware. Accept, then, messieurs, with my thanks, a toast to the city of Paris. Let us unite all oar efforts to embellish this great city, to ameliorate the lot of its inhabitants, end enlighten them with regard to their real interests; let us open new streets; let as make salubrious populous quarters which:want air and light ; let the hensa sent tit h e the ens everywhere within oar walls as the • tof troth oar hearts. (Cheers, and wise of " Vivo President-") eared on the obeervanoe of the fklzbelk ism a pretesting mar for the eritto to peggle vlll. It couples eleven column of the Weed In vain the Mountain rose to prevent the while is unusual, particularly of eo lengthy a During two hours this pro motes pert of the Assembly had to endure the sar casms levelled at them under the lastusen platim et the hitter Iseult. He fortified his ease with appeals to their great doctors, and quelled Proneness: ma an authority, that six days of week he one of rest were oo natl ts zrporticeed to the abength of man. In :a s as are the limeary omits of this produe tire, nothing mews farther rimmed from the style d a report One ef *sib* quads§ required in a per. liemsntary paper is a Mid, sober, sad impartial tame, what's this treatise smadders throughout with an ardeat , treads,a l opposed to itesif with es mist uosieritabis impetethse, and castles Maim la the moth of the useeleso. It is the ehesehmes sod set the Christian. the inquisitor and set the who speaks. It isms esereely to her boss f idfmiaaa on the pert dike semisittee to have masted es their cepa a debases el sash sole rises his.. M. Gnome& essemioslei the essedle priestple in the assuidllos sod it wee the opisTes th e a l acr ity that so ftie ought to have bass selested, bet a lawyer rather. re a man ef eimmeres. What need, in facto of dm= bestisep developments that breathe of recent with the wart of Remo, to demonstrate the iss of rent es flaadays. Dees not everybody believe lad repel is Eng after toil " Ent, ' says M. de Monte lambs% owe have substituted the al Mow myth llfa wanbip at wash sad the ghat* THE EXPRESS, 1 HIIRSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1850. ap for the old faith of Clovis and of Joan of Are." How ever deplorable the OMR out of the old faith Ars eldinapse fa the itruseeerr`will net arrive Ad ell its clalit of versa, poured outlupon : Ilipbers, littenatio l end his:miens aril to Sake re igiem ohs jot more i jalleected. de It comma' MIN or cools wen °bait **pretend that "the poor sad the work- Teg dame are delivered up defeacelesepe the eve& growing influence of falsehood and evil, Sewn first AM meatus ot _philosophy...Rimini*, and • _ Arik in oar days, the ere of bkoky to be served by assaßkeekelelibratoof =baser Moo -nosy be beekoesatoWiffos, lost ne: o =l Finally, the intemperate weals. who teleran°. as "that liberty of webs top' , pal conquered by the modern spirit, ender alai of tolemice," wise language which will toot to awl all rational men from adopting his views, oven trim their result may be beneficial. At the ball given last night at the Hotel-de-Ville, 6,000 persona were preeent. Among the guests were two Arabs, sons of the Sheik of Constantine, in their white hormone, They sunned by no means strange., to many of the company, who had served in Africa, and went up to greet the swarthy Mussulmans. H. Odilon Barrot dime to-morrow at the Elyse.. In the Assembly the order of the day called to the discussion of the demand to authorise the_prouestion of two representatives, MM. Idiot and Rout, for a slanderous libel on the council-general of the Nievre. The committee wee in favour of taking the proposi tion into consideration . M. Corns opposed die -pro motion in the name of the independence of the na tional representation. M. Emile Leroaz, the:reporter, observed that the prosecution had a serious character, which did not permit the Assembly to refuse the au thorisation, without compromising its dignity by pro tecting representatives, and establishing a privilege not extended to any other class of accused persons. M. (kemieux opposed the bill. The Assembly, on being consulted, authorised, by a vote by aerie et lea, the prosecution of MM. Idiot and Roust. M. Miot said "there was yesterday among us only a pri mmer. To-morrow there will be a corpse." This phrase was an allusion to the death of Malardier, which M. Cremieux had announced u probable ac cording to letters from La Nievre. The house then proaeeded to discuss the mortgege-system. In the course of the sitting M. Fould, Minister of Finance, presented a bill opening an extraordinary credit of 941,000 fr. for the packet-boat service of the Mediter ranean. The bill relative to the completion of the Western Railway was yesterday distributed to the Assembly. It is as follows : Art. 1. The Minister of Public Works is authorised to wooed. directly to Messrs. Pete. Betts, Bracey, Gesell, Pox, Hendereon and Blokes, the Western Railway from Ver sailles to limn's, according to the clauses and conditions annexed to the present bill. Art. 2. The above-named will be charged with the work ing of the railway from Paris to Vormillse (Lett Bank), in execution of the treaty entered into between them and the eompsny bevies the grant of that line, and conformably to the condition, of the contract. Art. 3. The Minister of Public Works is authorised to canoed. directly to the :Right Bank Railway Company, a junction of that Iles with that of the Western Raileay, in consideration of a 'subvention of 650,000 fr. A credit to Mat amount is accordingly opened to the Minister of Public Works. Art. 4. A sum of 19 millions of francs federated to the purchase of land and the execution of the embankments and works of art of the branch Hee from Chartres to Atengon; of this mum a credit of one million of francs is opened to the Minister of Public Works so the estimates of 1861. The Lyons journals state that manufac*urinie opera tions, which had been very dull indeed during the month of October and part of that of November, have recently become active, owing chiefly to large orders from London. Norms. iires , ' Premia himself will proceed to sitting. mer has arrived Isere from On-the-Odor, for the purpose, it is Ned, of - - arranging Ir . e appointment to the Ministry of Psblic Worship. Herr von Pettkammer, the present tem- Mary digester of the Home-offiee, is mentioned as kely to be made permanent minister. The ministry are said to be decided on filling all vacancies bttween mow and the Iled of January. Its rumoured that Chevalier Benno is about to be recalled from London, and that he will be replaeed by Count Bernstorff. The doeements drawn up at Chintz were laid be fore the College of Princes on the bth instant. Arrangements are being made for dismissing the In.ndwehr of the gad elan on the pt 'on CASSEL, Dao. The Elector's government ham, we hear, ampreard itself strongly opposed to any Pension tr oops remain ing in Cassel. One of the state council of the party of Hassenpflug has demanded that compensation should be required foe damages done, and the ex penses oocasioaed by the Prussian troops in Haas ; and was answered by another member of the council, that the Premium had injured no one', property, but had conducted themselves in a most praiseworthy manner. The former city commandant, General von Storcb, arrived here on the 6th, from Wilhelmsbad. The ministerial envoys from that place have returned. From these circuinstanom it is presumed that the re turn of the Elector will not be long delayed. It seems to be determined that liassenpflog is to go as envoy to Vienna. HUNFRLD, Dn. 8. Things seem to be, though slowly, reaching their term. It is expected that the Prussians will, to morrow, evacuate Hersfeld, and that on the following days the troops of the Diet will take possession of that place, from thence to advance to Cassel. To day several Austrian corps, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, marched through the town, in the direction of Ziegenhain and Marbourg. Baama, Dac. 10.—Folaatary Loan, 1036 ; New Lees, Four-sad-a-Nall per Cults., 9fl ; National Debt, 816; Commercial Name Society's Fre:alum, 1196; Beak Shames, 916. VIENNA, Dao. 9. Five per Cent. Metallique, 96; Fouvead-e-Hell per Casty., 82. Bank Shares, 1161. Exams' as Lcabse. 12.45. Vor AascruaL !AIM, Dee. 11. Far Money. Opening Elighast. lowest. Closing. 9 par Oats.-- ....... 67 13 ,57 0 ST IS M 93 67 13 6 pss Coats. 94 60 94 75 94 90 94 53 1111 63 5 do. New Leon.. 0 . ~ 10 .• I. ea pet Oats. o is w 1 n per Pmts. 7l" Mallow on Landon : sanest, 25; 70 4444.74 871. " ilelts, 3, 1640 ...... 9111 Mosey 1440444 Banta, — Moray 9, 1942 Do. 441 .- ...... 0 Do. 1450 Do. 31 Piedmont 3 p.Ct.1830 — 64 10 : Bask Shute 2 310 0 Bovine. Versailles (right bank). 170; ditto (loft bank), 176; Paris sad Orleans, 821 25; Paris sad ROUPII, 620; Bouea7and Haws, 246 ; Strasbourg and Bale, 133 76 ; Orleans sad Vinson, 395; Orleans and Bordeaux, 333 76; North, 465; Paris and Eltrasbounr, 343 75; Tours and Nantes, 237 60; Piontereau and Troyes, 90; Dieppe and Yeeansp, 17260 ; 13J/deans and Te.te, 30. Haman, Die. 6. Three per Cents., 141 616; after Boles, 34 6-16 eastt, 344 paper. Pour per Cents., 121 Dub. Fire par Coats., 13.121 paper; after Boln, 126 etch. Con. pens, Tara; after Boles, 7 paper. Passires, 31 paper; a ft er &Au, 31 paper. Bank of nt. Ferdinand, 94 paper. Exchange on Leaden. 60.35. GERMANY. (TataosArnic DS/PATCH.) BERLIN, TUISDAY ETZSINO, Doc 10. A royal proclamation, published to-day, orders that the reduction of the army should be commenced. Oar Berlin correspondent writes u follows : BERLIN. Dao. 9. The publication of the " Punciationetc" as one of the documents drawn up at Olmutz is termed, at last partially enlightens the darkness which has hitherto enshrouded every thing connected with that myste rious interview. [lt was published in our journal yesterday.) This document shows that the public and the papers have both misunderstood the statements made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is supposed that two commissioners were to be appointed to settle the Schleswig-Holstein question, WA two to arrange that of Hesse-Cassel. This is erroneous, as the docu ment shows. Two oommiesioners are to be appointed by Austria and her allies, and by Prussia and her allies, one by each, to procure a final settlement of both questions ; sad two temporary commissaries are to be appointed in the same manner to induce the Staathalterschaft to consent to the teems proposed by Radowitz in Novem ber. The present terms, however, depart from those them proposed in their reference to the other party to the war. The "Purctationen " states, that Austria and Fronds will use their influence to procure from the Danish government the withdrawal of their troops from the Duchy of Schleswig, with the exception of ouch a number os may be necessary to preserve peace and order. If the experience of the past years was oon sidered in drawing up this article, it was very cun ningly worded; for the month of Sellsswig has shown that pease and order are everywhere impossible where Danish soldiers are quartered within it, and that the moment they are withdrawn the order Of the country remains undisturbed. The present condition of the south of Schleswig is a proof of what the Danes consider peace and order, and the two governments may perhaps intend to use their influence to procure the with drawal of the whole, but I fear that their intentions are very different. I understand that the Duchies are determined to drive the matter to the uttermost, and will only submit toe superior force. The change in the command of the army seems to show this. The two commissaries to be appointed by Austria and Prussia are to proceed, first of all, to essay peaceful influence over the Staatholterschaft : if their mission fail the other commimionen, who are, I believe, to sit in Coma, will then be called on to act towards the Duchies, and the threatened intervention will take place. This much is clear from the " Panctationso,* but there was another document drawn up at Olmats, the existence of which has been denied by one party, and *meted by another, bat of which I have now no doubt. It been the title, so pregnant to Germany, "protocol* It is the fourth protocol which bee been ' drawn up on the affairs of Germany within the year, and will most likely exercise greater influence over them than either of the others; it *Maine more than a down paragraphs relating to the mode and time of disarming, but also to the final settlement of the Gannon constitution. I sal sot aware whether it contain a distinct approval deny plan, bat a re p hien, is mode to the plan which I have mentioned to former letters for divides Germany into three pc. Mica bodies, with one antra executive. The deco ' meats exelmsged at Olmots scatein also a memorial drawn up by Montana], sad i.Nre• drawn up by Schworsenberg. It is anticipated that the former ' will be The cabinet met this morning. T'be Devieclie e klbroa nays that Count Alresaleben ors billy orissoatsd reprensat Prussia in the boo asksiosse it Dresden. The journal Ws, it is sot Ul/11titD STATES. The Cembeinj, Ciaptain Leitch, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, with dates from New York to Nov. 26; Boston, to Nov. 27th ; and Halifax, to Nov. 29. The following i the letter of our New York cor. respondent: NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The result of the Nashville Convention has satisfied most of us that there is no farther danger of any con certed resistance on the part of the southern states. We have since heard very interesting news from Mississippi. That state was perhaps, next to South Carolina, in the greatest state of excitement. In fact, the Governor had specially called the legislature together to 000 sider the expediency of secession. Senator Foote, however, presented himself to his con stituency, and by a masterly vindication of hie policy, produced a reaction which has entirely changed the position of that state. It is reported that the Presi dent has given directions to have the Governor of Mississippi arrested for furnishing arms to Gen. Lopez in aid of his expedition to Cubs. This is a new feature. We are pretty well convinced the storm is blown over for the present. It will be renewed by the abolitionists when Congress reassembles, bat I think it will spend its violence without injury, because it is now reduced to a positive certainty that a new party is about being formed from the democratic and wbig ranks, whose platform will be the broad one of the laws and the constitution. _ _ _ . The following are the American views of the sla very question. Slavery exists here without our fault. We do not know how to get rid of it. Auy acts of violence to liberate the slaves will lead to bloodshed, and the permanent injury of both whites and blacks. The des' ruction of the union will produce far greater misery than slavery, as it exists; and therefore, of two evils, we most wisely and necessarily choose the least. We do not believe that any human institutions are I perfect, and what we have to do is to mitigate those evils we cannot avert. On this basis we intend to support the constitution and maintain the union. Since my last letter we have again had large arrivals of gold from California, both at this port and New Orleans. Oar dates are to the 17th of October. San Francisco has quite recovered itself from the late fire. The city authorities are laying down plank streets and pavements by which much 6f the discom fort of a residence there is obviated. Business was very brisk and mining operations were very success ful. An immense homeward emigration has com menced, including for the greater part those who have been successful. We have some interesting news from Mexico by way of New Orleans, our dates from the capital being to the Ist of November—a month later than our pre eious aivices. The result of the presidential election is supposed to be favourable to Arista, though he has not yet obtained an actual majority, and the returns from all the states have not yet come in. In Chihubus, there was no election, the legislature having, as is stated, forgotten to make the necessary provisions for holdirg it. The subject which now seems to attract moat attention in Mexico is the arrangement of the " in terior and exterior debt." The financial condi tion of the country is truly desperate, and matters are daily getting worse. M. Payno, Minister of the Interior, demands that the three mil liners of the American indemnity still due shall be appropriated, in older to meet current expenses. The Chamber of Deputies passed a reso lution suspending all but absolutely necessary pay ments, with the exception of those on the foreign debt. The senate refused to act on this resolution before arrangisg the interior debt. The foreign debt is settled by giving the creditors (they being willing) an eider for 2,500,000 dole. of the American indem nity, and reducing the interest to three per cent. on the capital of something over ten millions ; to pay this 3 per cent. 25 per cent. on the duties at the frontier custom-house, 65 per cent. on the duties on exports from the Pacific, and 5 per cent. on those from the Gulf ports, are mortgaged, besides the other national revenues when those do not suffice. Mr. Backhead, the English minister, departed from Mexico on the 3rd of October, in a greatly im paired state of health, leaving Mr. Dodge in charge of the legatior. The Committees of Finance had presented the fol lowing project of law to the Chamber : Art. 1. There shall be established a consumption duty of 8 per cent. on all foreign merchandise introduced into the Interior of the country. proceeding from the maritime or frontier custom houses. 2. This duty shall only be collected once, in whatever place the goods may be destined. 3. One-half of the tat product of this duty shall be des tined to the respective Stater, which may name overseers at their own costs; the Other half shall be for the general go vernment. 4 To collect this duty the officers shall subject themselves to the roles observed by maritime and frontier custom houses in the collection of internal duties created by the law of the 24th day of August, 1830; which shall continue to be collected. 6. The maritime and frontier custom-houses cannot issue permits except for towns that contain 4,003 inhabitants. The government will give the officers the necessary informa tion In order that this disposition shall be complied with. 6. The government, on putting this law in force, shall subject itself to the law of the 24th of February and Bth of April, 1837, establishing temporarily the o ffi ces which must substitute th ose treated of in those laws. 7. Four months after the publication of this law the col lection of the 3 and 2 per cent. of consumption duty imposed by the States, by virtue of the laws of the General Congress of the 22nd of December, 1824, and 22nd of January, 1829, shall Mile. The said States, without being author ised by Congress, cannot after the present law, nor the others cutt ing, nor dictate any measures relating to the commerce of foreign merchandise. 8. The decree of the 6th of October, 1848, which doubled In the federal &strict the direct contribution, and established 14 per cent. on sales by wheleaale, la repealed. 9. The collection of the duty eitarlished by Article 1 shall take effect four mouths alter the first publication of this law in the capital of Menke% The committee is com posed of Etieverria, Alaman, Heine), Prieto, Patients', and Bristegin. The Patricia of Oajaca learns with great satisfac tion from a resident of the parish Guichicovi that the American commission appointed to survey the route between the two seas had commenced its arduous la bours. The Patriots says: It appears indubitable that this desirable work will be carried to a favourable termination, for the director, M. Pierre Edouard Tristoar, a fter having, on his arrival, conducted him self in the most gentlemanly manner, has realised in has prooeedisgs the high opinion which was formed of his theoretical knowledge. He has been seen making the most dangerous reconnoissances, ventur ing even into the Pacific with his little vessel, and thus surmounting the obstacles which were offered to the first enterprise. Mexico appears to be making no advances what ever in civilisation or refinement. It is a priest ridden country, and the consciences and energies of men are continually paralysed by priestly influence. You may perceive, by the condition of almost all the catholic countries in the known world, what would be the consequences to England, but for its indomita ble protestant spirit, of en extension of the Roman power. Very large calculations are made as to the effect of the world's fair at London in 1851. There will be a fall representation of American skill, bat not to the extent you may anticipate. The government of the United States has placed a public vessel at the dis posal of our National Institute ; but this will by no means be adequate to the freight which will offer. Many of our merchantmen will be employed in car ryieg our models and fabrics to London, and specula. tion is already at work to torn the occasion to mount Steamers and packets will both be advertised ere bog in reference to this exhibition. I had almost forgotten to state, that when the news of her admission into the Union sesched California, there was the greeted rejoicing. The people appeared half crazy with delight. The roar of cannon was beard for twe days in suecasion at Ban Francisco, and spathe. and ponessices were numerous. Thus it will be perceived that the Unica is the rawriabed object of our citizen, however distant from the places which gave them birth. We have some late intelligent). from Nicaragua. That route to the , Pacific may be set down as • failure. Nothing @hart of an expenditure on a gigantic wake= make it precticahle. The following L an antailliir a attar received in this city from ea iota) eat glierlea, who went out for the purpose of ging an =preen line for freight and passe gas ammo the isthmus at this point. It is dated Nev. 8 t Ws arrived at Rale* harbour, In lbs stem ship Waa -1 tem. at sight p.m , ea the 20d of Ncessabsr, sad eretemled itasestiately to **town, whit* Hsi Island scats four Idea, up a mall wading sinew, mush like the Chains river, DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The new u a devoted Schles- wig-Holeteiner, has fought throti,g bout the whole cam paign. At Idstedt he commanded the right wing which, in the villsp of Oberstolek, made such havoc among the Danish left. General von der Horst is one of the most daring men in the whole army t he is energetic and enterprtsing. If he posseares a fault it is that he is not sufficiently cautious and cool. The Staathalterschaft hsa addressed the following proclamation to the army : The Steathaltenchaft makes known to the army that a change hu taken place in the person of the ctsmander-in chief. Lieut.-General von Willben hu laid down the com mand, which has been transferred to Major-General Baron von der Mont. The Bthathalterschaft thanks the:departing general for the services which he has rendered to the army with great courage and untiring activity, and expresses its expectation to the army that it will preserve under is new leader its well-provin courage, discipline, and endurance in bearing all the evils of war. The hope of the country rests on the army. Tee of the Duchies of Schleswig Holstein, ULTEICIZOW, limos, Kamm, Minister-at-Wee. Rendsburg, Dec. 7. 1860. The order of the day leaned by General Willisen announcing his withdrawal is as follows : To the Army—The Statthaltenchaft has released me from the command iii•chief of the army. A difference of opinion had shown itself which was nut to b. got rid of in any other manner than by my retirement. I depart with the comic teen, that in this, the last and most difficult step, I have only done my duty. A general in command can and must only follow his own convictions. The separation is, to me, • painfal one. After such lute statues experiences, especially to misfortune, one feels firmly bound, and teen one's self away but th great pain. I thank fbe army for all that it has performed wader my eyes. Whoever Is acquainted with the situation, the aggravating circumstances, whoever Paw the difficulties, lases especially the went of officers, must contest that the @goy has dons estraordinary service. The battle of Ideerdt, Y which we were opposed to an enemy superior in numbers god length of organisation, was one of the bloodiest at.d beet knight in the recent history of warfare. The storming of )(Sounds and Friedrickstadt were brave and manly deeds. Every ninth man of the army hes sprinkled the battle fields with his blood. Misfortune has never bowed us, even tor • single moment; we were always prepared for the conflict. I quit the army, stronger and better organised thus it hes ever before bees, and great fortifications, which are its work, stand by its side. Soldiers ! Bs [obedient to your new leader, as you have bun to me, end whatever may happen, preserve to yourselves the glory to have endured to the lest in strictest obedience and in firm order. Nest to the courage which you stalky. that will P. be your greatest renown. pod be with you and your just ewe. (Signed) Vox IVlLtzsax, Lieut. General. Reudeburit, Dee. 8, 1880. The new Comma.A.- r- •••• • - has addressed the following general order to the army : The vacant command-in-chief of the army haring been co►fided to me by .a reeolution of the :Btaathalter schaft, I greet you, companions la arms, a your new commending officer, with the heartfelt wish that I may suc ceed to gaining :our respect sad ecoldenor. The greater the honour to be wiled to the minemand at so portentous a moment, the more heavy we the duties which I have an dertaken. lam the more amnions of this when I remem ber the distinguished gaalitias of my predeomoor ; but I place my trust in Ood that he will help inie to fulfil them, and to carry to an end, through you, my *ace Sobleswig liolsteinen, our jest and holy Settee in honour. Let us. thee, palette oar honourable path In confidence and union, with unbroken worms, and unmindful of the threat ening danger. Von DIM HORST, Commander-in-Chief. Readsburg, Dee. 8. CANADA. We learn from Toronto that an order in council had been passed for the removal of the *eat of government to Quebec next spring. On the 20th of November the Bishop of Toronto laid the foundation-stone of a new episcopal cathedral. . The Customs' returns, up to'the 'Slot of October, show an 101100118 increase in the import trade of Canada during the past year, the result of the year's business showing nearly 400,000 dollars more than the inspector-general's estimate. The statements of business on the canals, likewise, prove great pros perity. The goods sent upwards by the St. law rence are very greatly increased in quantity, and the tolls are increased about 20 per oenL on last year. The downward business is also largely increased; bat it is in consequence of the in creased amount of lumber, principally boards and staves, because, in all the great articles of agricultural produce, there is a decrease in the quantity this year sent by the Bt. Lawrence. This is undoubtedly owing to the imussese quantity of produce salt from Upper Canada to the Lake ports—Buffalo, Rocliester, and Oswego—for shipment at New York. In spite of the abolition of the navigation laws, the freights from Montreal and Quebec to Liverpool and Glasgow still continue nearly as high as in former years. There has been more business done with New Brunswick and Nova Bootie, direct by the St. Lawrence, than last year. A letter from Bt. John's, New Branswick, says : " The loss by the recent fire at Frederickton has been secertained to be 30,00 W., exclusive of merchandise, permed property, furniture, &c. The insurance emanate to 19,0001. Ow hundred and twenty-two tenements, in addition to a number of barns, have been destroyed, and 177 families rendered houselers, 89 of whom are in a most destitute condition." COUNTY RATER SITENDITIIII3.—A lin* meeting at t its vestry of at. Panama way Add matemlap isk lb. vestry as Cantdeaiewit te• .arge ea the, growntaant the Rem/ft et eappesting a bin Air twig to ratepayers a con trol over the esiinty eiptimliterc . Pamir, maim church yards*, presided. Resobatteas is meordasee with the 'Wet MEN mmtlag were adopted, aad a Meal eommittee was appointed to mill the 'movement 0118 BOY STABBED BY ANOTHER, AT TUB MAN MOW= Casino. —Oa liserlay miming lsat, at Mt (Meek, as a number Of bole woes 'Wad tit the hewer Mosley-o a quarrel ants rrepeetiert the plasm. A boy, sot quite twelve yeus of sire. named ©seep Otored, attempted ee Ord Nose seine ethos, but they reamed to allow m ot t o 6o se t woe weld. MONd, VIM stabbed one of the ba t nanted Joh* D spe, a weed fen whist Ater hind ilomet it ereti tott4liaosi la the desk, at the BiewelLit.l2enpt. on ry rhosaing, on the shove. He append wee tom peniteat, sad tho iwpo was est his own, kaiak it hex *a thy wheat hs stabbed, issileving le was p‘g to stab him with . • eretilleate was peahen' Sp ski, asi DPP yes itt It Idliesdie .18 as !Maim we reatasbel to ea day Mat.—eeW scarce, however, half Its width, inter/tun e d fi As, which are apt to lead one unacquainted aurae " elm landing or embiareadaro, our boat, turned t• St would compass the width of the stream. we reed, i wi ". point after one hour and a hall'. sow—r es s obliged to shorten oars— though this di pent,p,,l 'hi 4.t.41 upon the rise and fall of tide, which av eeeeee at th e ;LI cadaro some three or four feet. I should, how, aer t i.7, o . that • Tema of 200 tons could, in the rise of tit "'"` within two mil. s of the town , d, The lateness of the hour, end a slight fall of rain, us to retire to the only American house, jag pears. Mylard and Halberd° —a v , ry cornfar e h;.. asient house. The later w.• r e c. and slt• 1111,1 as s of the late firm of Jewett and Melhardo, auction.e,",fsj."4 Francium. who, with the celebrated Christopher Lilly, the principal foreign residents. Mr. Lilly in said to h e purchased a very profitable ruche in the vicinity. The town of Bealejo lies upon low land, inland been.. more rugged aed mountainous, and contains roue L hundred and fifty rude huts, and abo u t 'even hee4,,—• inhabitants. The route emss the country is se lowa—via., from Reelejo to Chinandegio, the town, which contains some ten thousand irtilhit e 7; is distant three Spanish leagues; from thence leagues; Leon,twelve thmeiegknh:t l et g a i r o r: gti t : r:gt t bttuwo t n o .o6l.: N 7 i t (ed, a rot rei t it. et wr :: —total, some 153 miles. This brines you to the lel o u' u ti s e e bri d e u alsy po lgoau n . the Chantal river,) and cross and go d owe , stratca4which is some eeventy.five miles ion', t o s, n j the Atlantic terminus, occupying a least four days route, and about the same by land, making the eh de chi tent* in time not lee. than eight days from the Pac.tiC !.) th Atlantic—the shortest time is which it has yet nor sad Allowing the necessary time to recruit, twelve days 100 found little enough. The travel by land is performed princip a ll y t. y preferred. as less labonous. This is the be, sp,i block-wheel, upon which is fastened titled Anita, which to the carriage part. Horses. however, are always 5: csmnu By the first you are carried to the lake for ter teen dollars, which includes your begeage ; by the fifteen dollars, and your baggage follows at an of five dollars. There are two treieprtntienu. contract to forward pusengen through, from the other, ter the sum of thirty-five dollars to f secountieg this as the sum total to San J our. 1 conveyed, by the English steamer, to Chotero are discharged by paying the sum of Wilma other steamer, as yet, plies from dna front, and of much uncertainty when one will. One in steamers, which have been sent out to ply the been found wholly unable to perform their mostly to their width, though the rapids ai mount barriers ; to remove these it will be m and expensive. The character of the country, as you leave sans a beautiful appearance—f. rtllity of e.il, a. watering streams being everywhere visible—:rani tables of all qualities, abound in profusion —sups plantations, to a high state of cultivation, are out people are kind and obliging. Tee currency of the country had rapidly cl the cocoa, &r. to that prevalent upon the Noon dust is much below the par rate of San Fra rainy season commences about the month of M until November, with a secession daring the r gust. The country is raid to Inc vary healthy, nem ie known to prevail. Some two thousand persons have already route, and still they are coming. We kit 2 harbour, and several making their way tows, myself, relinquishing all idea of its b.coming express purposes, I am en route across the path, via. the Isthmus. At San Francisco the speculators have beau.i all planned out into streets, squares, and c.,u presenting sites of Nicaragua. Those numb, they are rapidly disposing of. Let persona, before they purehme, visit tl they will not be gulled. One plan of a town c granted to a single individual by the g mecum, assured he has never given authority for the disposing of hid property. The speculators, t. upon California. ownerp principle—divide and sell the then Th t treat at:i with th information is uc corroborated by a letter I received from a private agent of my own, who .• • out for similar purpome. - 11 e has entirely &moth the hope of doing any business in that quaver. says there are m any obstacha to be removed, ant a large expense, before any transit can be eatabli between the Atlantic and Pacific by the way of Juan. Meantime the friends of the Winn' route are raining large sums of money to place passable condition. I think we shall let the ragua treaty go by the board. You may Greytown, and levy duties—not on us, for we anal, go there. We have received the Garata tie Gunton .ti t 13th of September, and the Gorda the 30th of August. We translate from the following items: — By an order of the supreme government, R ma commander has been sent to San Tomas. This tionary will fill the office of judge, and will nay under his command a garrison of about thirty A custom-house will be established in San Tom. well as in Izabel, with the necessary all the duties paid will be vested in the trees the government. Judo Lucero, leader of a party of iosur.tcnt again appeared with his band in the state, end witted several crimes. He is closely pursued by the troops of the government. The consul general of Homburg has dficially mat municated to the government the ratification of a treaty agreed upon by Guatemala and that republic. Great preparations are made for the eels bretion of the twenty-ninth anniversary of their Inds pendence. There will be a Te Mum, review, fire works, and a general illumination. A grand banquet is also orga nised, to which all the ministers will be invited. It is said that two hundred persons will be present at this fete. The President of the State of San Salvador Weed& proclamation, by which the government is authorised to establish a mint in the capital. This measure was necessitated by the gold and silver which COMM is great abundance from the mines of the country. The state of Honduras has ratified the measures of the convention held at Leon, by the commissioners of Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras, for the union of ' these three states under a general power. The news of the death of General Taylor arrived at Guatemala in the month of September. The Gue,!4 de Guatemala has published a long article upon the life and the last moments of the President of the ' United States, with the proclamation of Millard Fill. more to Congress. AMERICUS. Oar Boston correspondent, writing on November 26, says: " Since my last, Mr. George Thompson, M.l'., has had a reception-meeting at Worcester, a manure& taring town of some importance in the ce-itre of this state, at which the utmost unanimity prevailed. They held a forenoon and afternoon session (buviog journed at half-past twelve o'clock for dinner'), and Mr. Thompson spoke on both occasions. The meeting was officered by the same parties who took tbelesd at the Faneuil-hall meeting. His friends do not appear willing to rest satisfied, however, without making another attempt to welcome him in Pelmet-hall, au application having been made by them to the ally* , and aldermen for the use of the hall for B utner evening; the hell, however, was engaged on the evening named. From Havanna!' we learn that the new ClOla- General, Conda, has' arrived at Havannah, and en tered upon his duties. He was said to be rapidly gaining in public favour. His proclamation to the army and people indicated the course he intends W pursue. It advises a firm and prudent policy. The increase of force had reached 1,250, and more were expected speedily. The Count of Alcoy, the forme! Captain• General of the island, was to sail iminedt . ate for Spain, in the steamer Caledonia. Intelligence had reached New York of the fatal loss of the United States, sloop-of-war, she 4vinB stranded on a coral reef at the northern extremity et the island of Mayo, Cape de Verdes. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO BOSTON. WAIMINOTON, Nov. 26.—Major First Assistant Postmaster General, leaves the departureat this week. He has been appointed general saperm' tendent of the United States mails at Panama, with limited salary. Chas. Munroe and John 0. Race, clerks in the Sixth Auditor's office, have been re' moved. CINCINNATI, Nov. 26.—Pursuant to a numerously signed call, on the 23d inst., a large concourse of citizens assembled in Nashville, Tenn., for the purger of giving an expression of the popular teutimenach regard to the great questions of the day. M enthusiasm and unanimity were manifested. Judge Camill presided. The speakers were the Hon. Ati• drew Swing and Major Donelson. Resolutions ergo passed, declaring that we are a union-lorulg and law-abiding people, and recngnise sab miszonto the primary laws and the primary duties of all fi red citizens; that no state has the constituti o nal rig p role. seoede, and that any such attempt would be tionary and productive of bloodshed, Ike. ; that t t s 9 abolition mobs and riots in northern ciao, for t prevention of the execution of the Fagiuve Slurs law, will, if oontipued, paralyse all our energies, 44 4 tob total alienation of oar motion 01. the Ufa h 1 , !ray. A t elooet y rattled reij Arly hti tt , m.a surehhr the tio tti f . • vet, th,4 I PProadA ' in . eblifed quit& 1 and rte. 1 •,p, V• 1101 r . lid to 471 d rem. ,4 hu.4. 4 na fol. the ,fat irteAbit,„ thence Di In. teeth, theta four hue,' to the Woe, der to thole 0 to deer, tA t Sfr, Jun, lay, In 44.* •Il,le Pactie to the t ln,n 01.4 e, dITS tr,t, 5 which forte •: eemort•td. um r the rya charm 1n...d0h, Irmo oat , cram to el forty d.,;:m . f. 1 % ,t1 %re b.,. I, •there eng 1 dnLarr N, a! t or r,(l, here oth:., ueumt err the pm. ED At tictcalt siej., pt.. 1.11 uum r.ll eed tea t . I tar And cc /e. The the , orl from • ou.. rid To, ty, ant item m te .A a. li.tle Lea. tt• • • re •n• , , " rue h iay., re- entd v.ti iltF, the ac., and coN• 1. a Ina tent. unit ere. CWAlud up IR n., il,uht. tt; the prevecy; letter I have n, who went ly abandoned luarer. Ile oved, and at to established e way of San Tehuantepec to place it in let the Nic►- u may keep er eve ,nail net ohm .tt to the of om them the ent, R military IS. 'hi,: tune- will tlace also jut thiry men. San Tunas, u efop/“...'.r. and the ire vary of osur4ente, had ate, and cam. pursued by the cfficially coua atifieation of that republic. 9 cell brat ion of rode pendecce. works, and A is also ores. i