The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

YiVerpool taltbittV. TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 15, 1853. THE WEEK. PERHAPS the most interesting event of the week, of more value than even the arrival of a consign ment of gold from Australia, is the long-desired change in the weather, from damp mists and rain to a sharp dry frost, accompanied by a seasonable fall of snow. To our agricultural f r i en d s it w ill prove a great blessing, if it does not last too long, as there is an old saying, that snow for a week does good, but beyond that does harm. The fall of snow seems to have been pretty general, and to a much greater extent than in our own locality. The Theatres still continue their attractions of the Christmas Pantomimes, which may be said to have had a good run this season. There is no lack of concerts on a small scale ; but it would seem that they require some additional incentive to public patronage, as the device has been attempted of of fering a free passage to Australia as a prize to be awarded by way of lottery. The merits of Mr. THOMAS' monster band of instrumental performers has not yet been sufficiently appreciated by the Manchester public, whose thoughts have been so full of peace agitation, that they have not been able to attend to the harmony of sweet sounds. Its return to Liverpool will, however, be hailed with a welcome which will be shown in more crowded audiences than before. At the meeting of the Select Vestry, on Tuesday, Mr. WYLIE was elected Parish Surveyor out of four candidates, at a salary of £3OO a-year. A discussion arose about some children of Romanist parents being taken to church against their consent, in the course of which the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL denounced with indignation such a practice as being highly improper, and avowed his determination to support and defend such children in the preser vation of their religious liberty. We feel no such delicacy on the subject ; for so long as we believe, —as we have a right to believe—the practices of the Romish Church to he the grossest superstition and idolatry, we hold it to be the duty of every one engaged in the bringing up of children to give them the opportunity of learning the truths of Christianity. The plan for decorating the lamp -posts of Liver pool has been repudiated by the Guardian Society, to whom it had been referred for the opinion of the tradesmen ; but a proposition has been made to make the lamp-glasses a means of giving more intel ligible information as to the names of the several streets. The question, however, has not yet been decided, but has been postponed until Monday next. The proposition made Co the Dock Committee for consolidating the debt of the Dock Trustees has had a formidable list of difficulties thrown in its way by Mr. NORTH, the dock solicitor, to whom the question was referred for a legal opinion. He could not see how a debt, always fluctuating in amount, payable at various periods, and at different rates of interest, could be consolidated, more parti cularly as the separate consent would be required of every individual bondholder. The chairman, Mr. C. TURNER, M.P., gave a far more practicable opi nion, when he suggested that a new loan should be raised to pay off all the present creditors. Such a plan would have this advantage, that it would create an eligible means for local investment, far preferable to the present desultory mode of dabbling in shares, and give the property in the Docks a more tangible value. If the whole debt were converted into stock similar to the public funds, it would bear almost as high a value, notwithstanding the sneers of our liberal contemporaries about Dock management, the motives for which can be readily traced to poli tical disappointment. The public well remember the annoyance which was occasioned some years since by the refusal to take sovereigns under the full weight, and in nu merous cases making reductions in value for the alleged deficiency. It was supposed, however, that this annoying custom had fallen into desuetude, until an attempt to make use of gold as a means of payment proves the fallacy of such a conclusion. It appears that the stringent rules against taking light sovereigns still prevail in public offices and in most of the banks. But there is neither reason nor justice in such a regulation. The deficiency in weight is occasioned by the wear and tear of ordinary commerce, and the loss should not be borne by the public, except in cases where it can be shown to have been wilfully caused. As it is, the loss is almost sure to fall upon the innocent holder. We would remind our readers that it is illegal to make any reduction in the value of a money coin upon the ground of its being deficient in weight, unless by a dealer in bullion, and then the piece so depreciated must be permanently defaced, so as not to be re issued for circulation. Mr. COBDEN'S ambition appears to be to obtain public notoriety without regard to the quality, and his desire has been gratified in the ridiculous cor respondence with Lieut. Gen. BROTHERTON, about his absurd offer to pay £lO,OOO, upon a French attempt being made to invade England. We stated last week that the latter had declined to receive the proffered bond, as he was satisfied of the sincerity of the offer ; but since then he has written to re quest Mr. COBDEN to transfer the obligation to the Manchester Infirmary. Upon this the Peace champion displays a most belligerent temper, writes in a great pet to repudiate all further correspondence with the man who had let him off so easily, and consequently declines to perform the undertaking into which he so rashly entered. The public must by this time be fully aware of the utter emptiness, not to say insanity, of their whilome idol. He has made himself a laughing stock, even for the shal lowest-pated Radical ; and Punch, who once lauded him as a demigod, has clenched the matter by pour traying him as an ass, braying "there is no danger" at the mouth of a cannon, to which a Frenchman is applying the match. The men of the West Riding may make the most they can of their representative ; for the rest of the world, unless we except the Man chester noodles, are laughing at his folly and self conceit. The Court of Passage last week presented a scene, which, it is to be hoped, for the honour of human nature, is of so rare occurrence as not to be suffered to pass without notice. A young female seeking re dress for the wrongs of her seducer, is met by a witness of presumed respectability of character and position, who, under the sacred obligations of an oath, unblushingly avows an infamy of conduct and systematic profligacy, which was incredible from its very enormity. It surpasses all comment on its probability; for, whether true or false; whether debauchery or perjury, it can excite no other feeling than indignant execration. It has been very properly followed by a dissolution of partnership; and it is to be hoped that a court of justice will not again be polluted by a re-hearing of the monstrous case. RIGHTS OF WOMEN.—While the lights of Man chester at a grand Reform Soiree engaged in fierce discussion on those weighty questions which Lord John Russell is quietly shelving for them, that emi nent luminary, Mr. W. J. Fox, has been more mildly engaged in receiving from the ladies of Old ham a well-filled velvet purse, and returning the compliment in a velvet wind-bag full of soft nothings, and fine phrases about womanhood suffrage, and all that sort of thing. Verily, the women of England are to be envied. With Lord Shaftesbury for their spokesman in the Upper, and Mr. W. J. Fox in the Lower House, they cannot fail to rise to a degree o f public importance altogether unknown to their sex in days of bygone barbarism. May w e ven ture to suggest , that the Noble Earl an d th e ex - Preacher should appear in their respectiv e H ouses in petticoats, or at least in bloomers, to mark th e p ec uliarity of their social vocation ? — J ohn Bull. "AN ENGLISHMAN " AND FRIEND BRIGHT.— At the recent Peace Conference in Manchester, some of the orators assailed the famous corres pondent of the Thunderer, who, it may be !membered, mercilessly lashed the peace fanatic,s, in one of hi s pungent epistles. "An Englishman has replied th roug h th e me di um o f the Morning Advertiser. The passage about Bright is a " nut" for that man of peace to crack at his leisure :—" I turn to your coarse Lieutenant. John Bright proclaims me from your itinerant rostrum a pe t u l a nt vain man.' Since he says so I un questionably am, for on both p o i nts he is a great au thority. He is hi▪ mself a specimen of tr ucu l ence in drab, of the pugnacious passions of the men of peace, of the offensive arrogance and sm ug conceit that lurk beneath a broad-brimmed hat. Thou arguest, Friend Bright, that I am sorely vexed with an 'unbalanced mind,' and that a fello w who cannot controul himself is not fit to guide a nation' It is a law of physics that extent of base guarantees the equilibrium. I have not, nor shall ever have, thy width of s ki r t. I am not one of those peculiar Christians for whom Baxter wrote, whose peaceful tenets and who se pl a cid tempera ments assure thei▪ r perpendicular against each moral and material 'shove' That I should rock upon my ' balance' then, is natural, But thou! how comes it that most think and many say, the very same of thee ? The sentiment, however, is more pat than new. It is a well-known verse done into clumsy prose : Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat. Friend, friend, the beam is in thine own eye, pluck it out. Thou sighest with a pacific sigh, that thou canst not lay thy hands on me, to drag me forth, and discover what I am. Hark ye, friend ! Thine ear. Suppose I inform thee (in confidence) I am a costermonger, that I cry ' cabbages,' and keep a donkey ! What of that ? So sound a Democrat never can despise my honest humble calling. Let us fraternise. There is my horny hand. Yet I cannot comprehend in what fashion my vocation touches the merits of my writings. I compose some letters. I sign myself 'An Englishman.' Would that signature, or any other, make falsehood truth, folly wit, fustian eloquence, or nonsense reason ? Try. Thou, too, I think, has been an author. Thou has woo'd the public. Thou hast won—the butterman." THE FRENCH AMNESTY. - Four thousand Frenchmen amnestied! How black and long must have been that proscription-list which admits of such a wholesale act of grace. Four thousand— ani yet a large residuum is left, starving in London, scorching in Algeria, pining in the swamps of Cayenne. Four thousand—and not a man of note among them ; an interminable roll of peasants, publicans, hack scribblers, and attorney's clerks. No Changarnier, no Bedeau, no Lamoriciere. Mo dern tyranny has fabricated a military machine vast enough to crush the lowest and intimidate the most obscure. Yet its policy is the same. Provided he has friends in every cabaret, Louis Napoleon cares little for having enemies in every drawing-room. With the brute force of the many he can effectually keep down the few. The same prompt and heavy hand which swept off these four thousand still . keeps its hold on Paris. Thirty or forty persons, mostly correspondents of foreign papers, but some of high rank and connexions, were suddenly seized on Saturday, accused of spreading " calumnious 1 reports" against the Emperor and his young wife. t The severity is justifiable if the charge is true; but 1 that such a complaint should be made, and made with reason, is a fact which tells its own tale. It is evident that the gorgeous ceremonial at Notre Dame made no impression, or worse than none. The young Empress rides about with her husband, unnoticed by the crowd, who do not even lift their hats as she passes. The universal absence of re spect for the man makes his marriage a theme for broad jests, and tells against his wife. Unless the presence of an attractive woman should make the Court agreeable and fill it with good society —as perhaps it may—the act, as a public act, must be considered a failure.—London Guardian. On this subject the Times says :—" At the very moment when a batch of the lower order of offenders is thus liberated from penal detention, a blow is struck by the police at the higher ranks of society in the capital, as if to remind those who have served other and nobler governments that the forbearance of the ruler is not for them. In the night of Satur day last, or rather early on Sunday morning, a considerable number of arrests were made in the best quarters of Paris. General St. Priest, Duke of Almazan in Spain, a lieutenant-general in the French army, formerly an ambassador, and a lead ing member of the Legitimist party, was appre hended in this manner, and thrown into a cell in the prison of Mazas, while his papers were ran sacked, and even the military ornaments of his apartments rifled. In the course of the afternoon a message reached the General, informing him, with M. de Maupass's excuses, that he had been mis taken for his son—a gentleman well known in Pa risian society by the name of the Duke of Almazan, but of no political importance. M. Rene de Rovigo, a son of Savary, M. Planiol, some corres pondents of Belgian and German newspapers, and M. Tanski, a Pole, who is naturalized as a French man, and connected with the Journal des De'bats, also formed a part of this razzia. No charge of conspiracy was made against them, or, indeed, of any serious hostility to the government; but this act seems to have been intended as a warning from the police to the fashionable clubs and salons of Paris, that no rank or station renders it safe to breathe, even in jest, words which touch the sensi tive vanity of despotic power. The finger on the lips is now a common gesture among the gayest and most talkative of nations, to denote their dread of the übiquitous ears and arms of the police. Even the Jockey and the Union Clubs upon the Boulevards are menaced with the Imperial displea sure, because they have refused to elect the favourites of the Court; and the tension or restraint placed upon society is carried to the utmost excess." LITTLE JOHN.—The fact is, that Lord John is Lord John still; or rather, that he grows smaller and smaller as he grows older. He is the same man still in his vehement craving for place and power, and his readiness to intrigue, either with an O'Connell or a Gladstone, to get ir.to office. But in real usefulness as a statesman he seems to dwindle and grow stunted ; and those who have watched his snail-like movements for the last five or six years, will naturally ask to what an extraor dinary littleness may he not grow ? A leader ! save the mark ! and a leader, too, of the " party of progress !" How can the spectator help thinking of the wretched broken-down cab, the tenant of which having lost all patience, thrust his head out of the window, and demanded, " Driver, do you call this going ?" To which the driver surlily re sponded, " I don't know ; do you call it standing still ?"—Morning Herald. THE DUBLIN CASTLE LEVEE.—SO, after all, not a Romish bishop, priest, or deacon honoured Lord St. Germans' levee with his presence ! The meaning of this is plain. Lord Clarendon gave them precedence. Lord St. Germans withholds it. So they " levee'd" the one, and turned their backs on the other. Thus, therefore, the boasted purchase of the Brigade now stands. Eight votes secured ; the rest lost. And the priesthood holding aloof. A pleasant prospect for Lord Aberdeen in the coming session ! But what is of real import to us is the speculation, what further amount of concession will be granted by an unprincipled and desperate government to regain the support they had originally counted upon. This it is our busi ness to watch. The frightful delusion that to yield ground in the hour of danger is to disarm an ad versary, seems to hang over the councils of the Ministry, and to inspire its organs. The whole force of a nation's indignation must be brought into play to arrest the progress of such fatal, such dis astrous blunders."—Morning Herald. THE TRAITOR COBDEN.—We briefly notice a triad of letters written by Mr. Richard Cobden, in order to show the consequences of those mischiev ous epistles having been written. In them, the author betrayed two sentiments. First, he wishes, all democrat though he be, to gag the English press. He would destroy public liberty of expres• sion in the newspapers, reserving that freedom, of course, only for his own party and organs. Se condly, he is the advocate of France against Eng land. He labours with truly a patriotic zeal to show that, in all our quarrels and wars with France, we have been the guilty and unprovoked aggressors. He argues that we were over eager, regardless of 1 right or wrong, to subject that country to humi liation ; and he toils loyally to show that, if France now hasten to annihilate us, we shall only deservedly reap the inevitable harvest of a culpable sowing. Had letters similar to those to which we now allude been written some fifty years and upwards ago, the whole kingdom would have branded the writer as an infamous paid agent of our restless, insatiable, and hereditary enemies. Such an accusation would not, we believe, be applicable to Mr. Cobden, He is simply insane, and in his terrible insanity he is doing for France what France would richly reward him for, were he of the old order of popular agi tators who were to be hired at full noon-day in the public market places. As it is, Mr. Cobden gives of his free will what gold would never buy. The results will be none the less deplorable.—Church and State Gazette. THE LATE RAILWAY KING One effective 1 blow has been dealt at a fortune which w as th e o pprobrium of this country. That prosperity ga i n ed could be endowed with stability was so per manent incentive to fiscal trickery of the na ture. Pyulus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo, must have b e en the constant thou g ht of a man Rho had gained fair estates and mansions at the expense of his countrymen, The world was a gaming -table-- life a game of rouge et noir. Rattle the dice and call the main—to -day the loser may die—to-morrow the winner ? m ust take the same dark lea p . Who talks of cons c i e nce, o f morality, and such o ld world We are rogue s all; the cleverest wins— the dupes unfortunately, i ounder . What is mine is my o wn — what is yours s mine, if I can get it. S uch was the philosophy of the time and of the tra de. It cannot, be denied that George Hudson had ample cause for regarding human life e with a mocking ye. No man can know better than the fallen Railway King the depths of vileness to which human nature—when decked out with diamonds and titles—will sink for the sake of gain. He has lived to see the highest personages in the land fawn upon him and lick his shoes for gold. He has known the lengths to which moral degrada tion is carried by those who are in the enjoyment of fair repute, when no one is by and the reward of turpitude is gold. He has spurned his titled soli citors from his hall, cajoled them with promises, and laughed at them with brutal insolence—they have returned to him for more contumely and more gold. The epoch over which he presided is hap pily at an end. Let us hope never to see such an other period and such another man.—Times. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRITAItY 15, 1853. FOREIGN NEWS. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA The British and North American Royal Mail steamship Europa, Neil Shannon commander, which arrived in this port on Sunday afternoon, has brought intelligence from New York to the Ist, and from Boston to the 2nd inst. The Europa sailed from Boston on the 2d, at 2 10 p.m., and shortly afterwards passed the ships Charles Prague and North America, bound in. She arrived at Halifax on the 4th, at 1212, a.m., and, after embarking the mails, &c., sailed again at 1 54, a.m. At 4 40, a.m., she passed the steamer Canada, from Liverpool, bound to Halifax and Boston. The Europa experienced contrary wind s the whole passage, and arrived in the Mersey at 3 30, p.m., on Sunday, after a fine run of 11 days 19 hours. The Europa brought .8'200,000 in specie on freight, and the following ninety-six passengers :—From Boston— Miss Hensler, Mrs. Wagstaff, Mrs. Brooks and three children, Mrs. Tobias and infant, Messrs. Morris and brother, E. A. Ferguson, G. Cockburn, E. F. Von Hunter, E. V. Cooper, E. W. Lockhart, C. Hensler, A. Savage, H. Walton, C. Klingender, Bigelow, Holford, Hughes, Riggs, E. Wirths, R. Hobbs, N. W. T. Root, W. Kughley, J. Worthley, G. Laws, S. Svmon, L. Samuel, T. Jefferson, A. G. Thompson, W. R. Benson, C. A. Wilson, K. Miller, Mattussier, Bergue, St: Oars, F. Clark, H. Morgan, G. C. Quck, P. Christie, W. Lewis, H. Riche, Bernard Sutro, Chas. M. Conrad, Danville, S. Meredith, Aug. Von Glahn, Swinton, Julien, A. Gilmour, J. Ennis, J. Boyd, W. Magee. F. Crozier, C. Kirkpatrick, T. Fotherby, W.Beard, S. Niel, Adams, M'Cullough, W. Smale, J. Armstrong, S. M`Tavish, T. Gilchrist, J. Hegan, W. M'Glinchey, and Brooks.—From Halifax: Miss Nordbeck, Mr. Tobin and Lady, Mr. Kenny jun., Captain Owens, Messrs. Thompson, Kenny, C. Silver, A. Ritchie, Hutchinson, Dwyer, J. Hooker, Woolner, M`Phelan, R. Kiddy, Murdock, B. Smith, Howard, K. B. Forbes, Morriscey, Martin Skerry, Lydi. aril, R. Sharpley, Boggs, and J. MlDonald. The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, which sailed from this port on the 16th, arrived at New York at 7, p.m., on the 30th ult. The screw-steamer City of Glasgow, which left Liver pool on the 9th, arrived at Philadelphia on the 31st ult. She was to leave Philadelphia, on her return, on the sth instant. _ _ The screw-steamer Andes was to leave New York for this port on the 7th instant. The steam-ship Georgia had arrived at New York with the California mails, £'1,564,526 in specie on freight, and £'300,000 in the hands of passengers. The Senate, on the 27th ult., divided on the resolution of Mr. Cass, " directing inquiry by the Committee on Foreign Relations as to what action of the Senate, if any, is necessary, in consequence of the qualifications added to the Bulwer and Clayton Treaty," when the resolution was adopted. . . At Nashville, on the 28th ult., property to the value of 41'80,000 was destroyed by fire. The New Orleans Pica yune, of the 23rd ult., says, " There has not, for a long time past, been so great a scarcity of sailors in our city as at present. It is almost impossible to obtain a crew for Liverpool at any rate. Vessels are now lying off the Point, ready for sea, but unable to obtain their comple ment of men, and have been lying, under similar circum stances, for three or four days past. At the same time hands are plenty for New York and Boston, at the usual prices." The extradition case of Kaine occupied the attention of the Supreme Court on the 31st ultimo. The judges could not agree. The prisoner was ordered to be again brought before the court in April next. THE JAPAN EXPEDITION.—The Boston Post publishes the following extract from a letter received from a gentle man who had just returned to the United States from a trip to China, relative to the feelings of the Japanese toward the expedition expected from the United States : —" I was informed by a gentleman, a native of Japan, that the Emperor is ready for the American expedition. He exhibited a letter to me. which he had just received from one of his countrymen, then on the island of Jeddo. The people kept a strict look-out all over the coast, and their fires were already burning on the mountains in order to be prepared in case the squadron should appear in the night. One million of soldiers are ready and at hand. The coast is all set with guns, while in the Bay of Jeddo, where the fleet is expected, there are countless war-junks, and the whole bay is surrounded by innumerable forts. The expedition will find the Japanese much better sol diers than they anticipate. * * The presents had better have been left at home. A trade will not soon be opened with that country, except by force." CALIFORNIA.—Advices from San Francisco are to the Ist January. The steam-ship Oregon left that port on the 30th December, with 81,821,387 in specie on freight. High prices continued for all descriptions of provisions, and the scarcity of the common necessaries of life in the interior and among the mining population was bordering upon a famine, and had caused considerable excitement and alarm. Tremendous freshets had occurred in all the rivers and streams in the State, which inundated every town along their banks, and completely overflowed all the lands in the valleys, destroying a great amount of pro perty, carrying away bridges, rendering ferries impassable, breaking up the roads, and cutting off for a time all inter course between the miners and the sources from whence they obtained their stocks of provisions. Great suffering among the gold diggers was the consequence, and some instances are recorded where individuals perished from hunger. The shipment of treasure was not so large by the last steamer from San Francisco as the previous ones, but it was of sufficient amount, being upwards of £1,800,000, to prove that the mines of California are far from being exhausted. Snow had fallen to a great depth upon and in the vicinity of the mountains, causing nume rous avalanches from the hill sides, and the breaking in of roofs of houses. A Panama paper of the 17th ult. says, " On Tuesday the Ecuadorian national vessel, Hermosa Carmen, arrived from Quayaquil with a cargo of thirty-two Jesuits, who had been expelled by the Ecuadorian Government. They were consigned to the governor of Panama, with the request that he would put them through the isthmus and out of the country with all commendable care and speed." MEXICO.—A telegraphic communication, dated New Orleans, 29th January, says, " We have received Tampico dates to 19th January. Great excitement existed in con sequence of a rumour that two thousand Texans were marching on Tamaulipas. Colonel Ruffin Roderiguez and twenty-three men belonging to the National Guard have been shot, Governor Reyso, of San Louis Potosi, was assassinated while riding in his carriage. General Casenova and Governor Cardenas have gone to Vera Cruz , where a large number of prisoners have been sent." WEST INDIES.—From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices to the 23rd ult. On the 19th a meeting of Slave Abolitionists was held on Mr. Gordon's estate, near Kingston. The agent of the Royal Steam Packet Com pany had been summoned before the magistrates for in fringing the laws relating to Sunday work, in having ordered the coaling of a steamer on the Lord's day. The Conway arrived on the 21st. TAHlTl.—Advices from Tahiti state that the governor of the French possessions was on the point of sending an expedition against the Navigator Islands, to punish the natives for the insult they had put upon the missionaries and French traders. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 1. MONEY MARKET. There was a fair amount of business at the Stock Board to-day, and in view of the glowing accounts of the London money market, the prices were well sustained. At the second board stocks were dull and rates lower. The supply of money on call continues large, with an active demand. The range is five to seven per cent., with but few tran sactions below six per cent. First class short paper goes at 51 to 6 per cent., and longer at 6 to 7 per cent. The banks are doing all the good paper offered. Exchange on England continues in demand at advancing rates, say 1092 to 1091 per cent. Bills on France, 51. 13c. to sf. 121 c. The quantity of gold, &c., entered at the New York Custom-house, during the month of January, amounted to 5,849,548 dols. value. COTTON.—To.day 1,400 bales were sold. The market is steady. The sales yesterday were 1,700 bales, but did not show any improvement in prices, which continue to rule lc. to A-c. from the highest point. The New York Herald, of the Ist instant, says, " The receipts continue appalling, induced by prices two cents higher than ruled all the sorts last season. If our planting friends will con tinue to pour out their supplies so recklessly, considering that our ports are already overloaded, they must not ex pect to sustain prices abroad. We know it is difficult to abstain from realizing, as the first cost from the abun dant corn crops is less than that of last year's; but it is the only safety. Keep it out of sight until the trade can reduce their heavy stock, or shipowners and speculators will reap your harvest." (From W. P. Wright's Circular of February I.) In this market last week, business was almost suspended and prices entirely nominal, the sales to Saturday evening not exceeding 1,200 bales, at very irregular prices. Yester day, after the receipt of the Africa s letters, there was more enquiry for the better grades, and the business of the day resulted in sales of 1,800 bales. The quotations are reduced to lc. to lc. per lb., from those given in my last, but must be considered as nominal. The market is yet far from being settled. Neither sellers nor buyers are satisfied with the present position of the trade, and I look for a dull market until we have further accounts from Europe and the south. The reasons for this apathy after a period of a steadily advancing market for the pre vious thirty days may be stated as follows :—The prices recently ruling here were fully Id. to /d per lb. above those current in Liverpool at the latest dates, which of itself was sufficient to deter shipments ; the recent advices clearly proving that the late abundance and cheapness of money in England cannot reasonably be expected to con tinue, but the most cogent reason exists in the fact of the increased receipts at the south, again, over the same weeks last year, giving, as it does, more grounds for faith in the larger estimates of crop, which are once more indulged in at Mobile and New Orleans. Of the new crop, contrary to general opinion, the receipts at the ports have again become large ; the excess now amounts to 471,000 bales. A further increase next week will follow, as we are advised by telegraph from New Orleans and Mobile, that for the week ending on Friday the receipts were respectively 22,000 and 58,000 bales, or a gain on the corresponding week last year of 26,000 bales. This has occasioned much wavering of opinion among the moderate crop parties, and confirmed more and more those who look for a total in excess of last year. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist of September last, as compared with the pre vious three years : 1853 1852 1851 1850 Receipts into the ports.. 1,820,000 1,349,000 1,254,000 1,216,000 Exports to Great Britain 746,000 452,000 379,000 349,000 France 126:000 16.1;000 173,000 127,000 .. . . 55 other for. ports 114,000 73,000 88,000 70,000 Total exports Stock on hand . 616,000 509,000 590,000 533,000 Of which during the past week, included in the above :_. _ . . 1853 1852 1851 1830 Receipts at the ports 125,000 85,000 103,000 91,000 Exports to Great Britain 56,000 25,000 34,000 27,000 „ France __ ___ ~ other for. ports 10,000 8,000 4,000 2,000 Total exports . From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts now amounts to 471,000 bales ; the increase in exports to Gt. Britain, 29-1,000 ; other foreign ports, 41,000. Decrease to France, 38,000. Total increase in exports, 297,000 bls. BREADSTUFFS.—FIour has been in fair demand, and, since Saturday, at rather stiffening rates ; namely, Wes tern Canal, 08'3,431 to $5,50 per barrel; Ohio and pure Ger.essee, 43'5,56 to -55,814-; common New York, &C., ; Southern kinds, 08'5,88 to S'64-; Canada in bond, 4'5,50 to 08'5,75. Wheat continues in fair demand, with a firm market, at the following prices :—Genessee white, 130 c. to 135 c. per 601bs. ; Southern white, 126 c. to 130 c.; Michigan and Ohio white, 130 c. to 133 c. ; Western red and mixed, 115 c. to 125 c. ; Canada, in bond, 120 c. to 130 c. Indian corn easier; to-day 31,000 bushels sold at, for southern yellow, 69c. to 71c. ; white, 68c. to 72c. ; mixed, 72c. to 73c. per 561bs. PROVISIONS.—A moderate local demand for pork, and prices of mess are eas;er, and the supply increasing. Beef is very firm, and in good request. Prime mess is firm, and in fair demand. Lard is without change. Cheese is steady, at Bc. to 9c. NAVAL STORES.—Rosin and crude turpentine were unaltered. 200 barrels spirits turpentine brought 741 c. to 75c. per gallon. IRON. — Scotch pig iron meets a moderate demand, but no change can be noted in prices. FREIGHTS.—The market is steady. To Liverpool, cotton, 4-d. per pound ; flour, 3s. to 33. 3d. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 101. per bushel. To London, flour, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per barrel; grain, in bulk, 10d. :per bushel. To Havre, cotton, lc. per pound. MOBILE, Jan. 29.—Receipts for the week, 22,000 bales. Total excess at this place, 473,000 bales. Middling, Btc. Freight to Liverpool, sd. Exchange on London, 8 per cent. HAVANA, Jan. 29.—The cotton market is heavy to day, and lower pric.s would be accepted by holders. CHARLESTON, Jan. 31.—Africa's accounts received. A large business doing to-day at low prices, which are com pletely unsettled, but generally lc. to Ic. below Friday's rates. Sales to-day, 2,750 bales. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.—Sales 10,000 bales, at ic. decline ; strict middling quoted 9c. to 9ko. The week's busi ness foots up 49,000 bales. Jan. 29 : Receipts for the week, 58,000 bales. Total excess here, 483,000 bales. Sales for the week, 49,000 hales. Middlings 91-c. per lb. Stock, 311,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool, id. Exchange on London, sid. per cent. Jan. 30 : The receipts of cotton at this port to-day have reached 17,000 bales. Jan. 31 : Africa's news received. Sales this morning have been 6,000 bales, at full prices. Bosz•oN, Feb. 2.—Cotton is steady and sales to a fair extent, at full prices. Flour is in moderate demand at $5,75 for fancy Michigan, and $6 to $6,75 for extra ditto, cash. Southern $6 per barrel, four months. Corn is not so plentiful, and is more firm. Pork is selling in lots at $lB for prime, $2O for mess, and 22 for clear. Beef is steady at $12,50 to £l4 per barrel for 'Western mess. Lard is more plenty, and has declined ; sales 111 c. to 12c. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. I.—The amount of business transacted has not been large, yet we cannot report the market as quiet ; indeed, all the movements are watched with great anxiety, as the confidence is universal that a short respite of the bad weather will occasion such a de mand for all descriptions of goods as will fully sustian prices and open the door to speculation. Money is abun dant at 21 to 8 per cent. per month on first class securi ties, but little, comparatively, seeking investment. FRANCE.—At the request of the Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux, the Emperor has consented to stand god father to the new great bell of the cathedral of that city. The Empress has also signified her intention to be god mother. M. Gautier, mayor of Bordeaux, and Mme. de la Siegliere, wife of the first President of the Civil Tri bunal, have been directed to represent their Majesties at the baptism of the bell. An upholsterer, named Paul Ledra, was on Saturday sentenced to a fine of 100 f. and six months' imprisonment, for wearing afleur-de-lis in his button-hole and on his shirt-bosom ! The editors of La Mode of Paris have been condemned to a fine of 500 f. and one month's imprisonment, for pub lishing a piece of " false news," (copied from the Inde pendence Beige, to the effect that " Lucien Murat was about to inhabit the Chateau de Neuilly, which he had purchased last year for 1,400,000 f." The St. Petersburgh Gazette, of the 28th of January, announces the official appointment of M. de Kisselef to the functions of Ambassador and Minister Plenipoten tiary of Russia in Paris. A St. Petersburgh journal of the 25th contains a lohg article on the possibility and the consequences of a hostile landing in England. . Since the more serious part of the community have begun to fear that all is not folly in the idea of a possible war, many are the anecdotes which have got loose—that concerning M. Chapuy-Monlaville, at Marseilles, is the best. The Emperor having been sufficientlyflagorna by the man in office when taking his leave, proposed a re ward, a prgecture, an office of any kind. ' Let me be prefect of London," said the flagorneur. " Accorde." exclaimed Louis Napoleon, with a hearty shake of the hand, and the bargain was concluded. On the truth of this story you may rely.—Atlas. An elaborate report to the Emperor from M. Bineau, on the state of the national finances, appears in the Moniteur. The Minister assures the Emperor that the national receipts for the month of January, 1853, have exceeded those of January, 1852, by more than eight and a half millions of francs. THE BALL AT THE LIJXEMBOURG.—The grand ball given by the senate to the emperor and empress took place on Monday, last week, and was remarkable for its magnifi cence, The palace of the Luxembourg was transformed from its habitual austerity of appearance into a vast series of salons de fete, brilliant with lights, flowers, hangings, gilding, and decorations. A gallery, formed by the old Salle du Trone, the former chamber of peers, and another large room, was made into a vast ball-room. Huge mir rors were placed in the recesses of each window, whilst other glasses, encompassed with garlands of flowers, were placed along the walls at both sides. In the centre was erected a fountain decorated with flowers. During the whole night, the waters, springing up from innu merable jets, sparkled in the blaze of light, and added a most pleasing variety to the scene. Magnificent lustres were suspended from the ceiling. At the end of the gal lery was raised an estrade, on which were placed two chairs of state for their majesties. In the picture gallery was laid out the supper-room for the emperor and the empress, and which could accommodate upwards of two hundred persons. For the first time, all the male portion of the guests were attired only in court dresses, uniforms, or official costumes. At ten o'clock, the emperor and empress, after having had a reception of the diplomatic corps, left the Tuileries, escorted by a detachment of cavalry. On the arrival of the cortege at the Luxembourg, their ma jesties were received at the grand entrance by the president of the senate, the vice-presidents, the members of the bureau and the grand referendary, whilst behind, along the hall and up the stairs, were ranged the senators. The empress was dressed in white satin, trimmed with fringed ribbons. She wore a magnificent pearl necklace, and had violets in her hair. The eagerness of the ladies to behold her was ex traordinary, and amidst so many women remarkable for beauty she undoubtedly shone forth pre-eminently. She seemed in excellent spirits, and her cheek, in place of being pale, as was observed at the ceremony of her mar riage at Notre Dame, had the clear bright colour of per fect health. In a few minutes after the entrance of the imperial pair, the emperor descended f r o m th e es t ra d e t o open the ball. It was not without difficulty that suf ficient space could be procured to allow the qua drille to be formed. The emperor danced with Madame Troplong, the empress dancing with Count Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely, vice-president of the senate. Their majesties then went arm in arm through the rooms, and at half-past eleven proceeded to the imperial supper-room, where they presided at a table set out for 200 ladies, all admitted by special tickets. During the night other ladies were likewise admitted to sup in this room, other supper-rooms being disposed on the ground-floor for the guests not so specially favoured. At nearly half-past-twelve the emperor and empress with drew, and soon after a considerable portion of the guests followed their example. The great majority, however, remained later, and dancing was kept up with great spirit, until five in the morning. Amongst the uniforms present, that of a colonel of Nizam's irregular cavalry was much remarked for its richness. A tolerable sprinkling of English uniforms were present, but they chiefly belonged to the militia. The Moniteur records the following pediction, which occurs in the address sent to the Emperor from a town called Neuilly-Sur : "Blessed alike by heaven and earth, your union, Sire, will be patriotically fruitful. France will applaud the christening as unanimously as she applauded the marriage. Your happiness as a father will lay the foundation of the future destiny of the nation." TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.—With respect to the struggle in Montenegro the accounts are meagre and incomplete. Thus far the fortune of war has been variable ; but the latest advices indicate that the Turkish forces were successfully fighting their way towards the capital of Montenegro, and their commander seemed to entertain no doubt that he should be able in a few days to obtain entire possession of the country. Russia is gathering a strong force on the confines of Sweden, ap parently with a view of making a descent upon Wallachia, and Austria has concentrated some 70,000 troops in Dal matia, as though she were inclined to interfere in the struggle in Montenegro. In fact, says a Vienna corre spondent, Austria could not make more threatening pre parations if she had resolved on annihilating every Mos sulman in Europe, but he adds, that there are so many cogent reasons for her not going to war that she will certainly look again before she leaps. The correctness of this opinion is corroborated by the Vienna Gazette, which declares that the object of Austria is the protection of her own frontier, the maintenance of the territorial status quo, and the rights guaranteed by treaties, whilst "every aggressive measure is foreign to her tendencies." Hopes are entertained that the representations made to the Porte by the Austrian government will be successful, and that the Turko-Montenegrin differences will be settled without further fighting. Telegraphic despatches from Trieste state that the Montenegrins, under Prince Daniel, had succeeded in cutting off the communications between the forces of Omer Pacha, who was operating from Spuss, and those of Reis Pacha, which had advanced from Nikitsch. Another telegraphic despatch, apparently of subsequent date, states that Omer Pacha had sent in an ultimatum to Prince Daniel, requiring an answer by January 31. In case of failure, the whole country would then be militarily occupied. The line of the Pacha ex tended as far as to Kuschevi Moss, whence his troops menaced the capital of Montenegro. A private letter from Trieste, dated the 6th. says : ' The latest news from Montenegro, which reached this place on the 4th instant by the steamer Dalmatia, is very favourable for the Turks, Omer Pacha, after having sub- dued many districts, of which the principal are Berda, Moratshka, Kutshi, Bielopavlovitz, ate., has so far ad vanced that at present he is encamped a distance of four hours from Cettinge, the capital of Montenegro. In order to avoid as much as possible the spilling of blood, Omer Paella has summoned the rebels to surrender, and granted them eight days. We have as yet no intelligence as to the result of General Leiningen's mission." PRUSSIA.—The commercial negotiations with the cabinet of Vienna are at length terminated. The Austrian ambassador only awaits the authorization of his govern ment to sign the treaty which is concluded, for twelve years, with dispositions very favourable to freedom of commerce. SPAlN.—Accounts from Madrid, of the 6th instant, state that the elections were proceeding favourably for the government, and that the government candidates had gained a very great majority in all the electoral districts of Madrid. INDIA.—By the Overland Mail, via Marseilles, we have advices from Bombay to the 13th, Madras to the 10th, and Calcutta to the sth ult. The principal intelligence is the formal annexation of Pegu, which is announced in a proclamation. The Bombay Times says " the proclamation itself is curt, clear, and judicious ; it abstains from all details, and concludes with an intimation that if the King of Ava shall fail to renew his former relation of friendship with the British Government, and if he shall recklessly seek to dispui,e its quiet possession of the province it has now declared to be its own, the Governor-General in Council will again put forth the power he holds, and will visit with full retribution aggressions which, if they be persisted in, must of necessity lead to the total subversion of the Bur man State, and to the ruin and exile of the King and his race." The Burmese, however, make no sign of acceding to this proposition, and an advance on Ave was considered inevitable. The advance will probably take place as soon as the ne cessary means of transport have been collected. There is no other news of importance. The money-market was easy. Exchange—Calcutta, 2s. ld., and tending to a rise. From Canton we learn that 120 rebels were hanged during the month of November. AUSTRALIA.—It is stated that the Bishop of Mel bourne has applied for a loan of £5,000 or £6,000 to pur chase and import into his diocese a number of iron churches, to be set up at the diggings and elsewhere. His lordship is spoken of as going about preaching to the dig gers, using the stump of a tree for his pulpit ; but with out any distinguishing mark of his office, or, as one writer says, to distinguish him from a Ranter preacher. The following pleasing trait is related in the Melbourne Church of England Messenger, for October :—" A few weeks since a gentleman called upon the bishop, and stated that he had just sold some land, which, in conse quence of the change in the circumstances of the colony, had realised a very much larger sum than he expected to obtain for it. He wished, therefore, to appropriate a tenth part of the proceeds, amounting to £5OO, as an offering to the Lord for the benefit of the Church." INSURRECTION AT MILAN. A serious insurrection broke out at Milan on the 6th instant, of which the following particulars are furnished by a private letter, dated Milan, 7th Feb.:—" From the morning a rumour was in circulation in the city that a re volution would commence at two o'clock p.m. ; but no one believed it, thinking it was a:fable invented by some madman. Such, however, was not the case. People who have no desire for revolutions were perfectly quiet in the streets; it is true that, on account of the bad weather, there were few persons out. The military were marching about as usual, and at a quarter before five o'clock you would never have expected what happened. A quarter of an hour after, a band of bad subjects, of the lowest grade in the city, were united in the Place du Chateau • it was there the movement commenced. After war ds they went to the Place des Marchands, and to the Palace of the Place du Dame ; there they carried off the muskets that were under the porch. I had the good fortune to get into the Palace, on returning from the post, two minutes be fore that happened, for, having called at my hair. dresser's, in the square, I had not time to seat myself before firing commenced, which was a signal for those who could to save themselves, as it might become serious, and each thought it best to retire from the centre of disorder. Every one ran to the Corso and the Place de la Scala. The military, who were promenading, did not know what it meant, and were very prudent. Up to seven o'clock the firing was continued, and the tocsin was sounded at St. Stefano, St. Eustorgio, St. Gotardo, &c., but towards eight o'clock all was ended. This movement was entirely concerted by the rabble, who were doubtless paid by the Mazzinian committee. The principal object was to frighten the rich, because they gave so many balls, and La Scala is much frequented." Another account says :—" The police have effected a great number of arrests. A military conspiracy is talked of, at the head of which are Hungarian soldiers in the Austrian ranks. Its ramifications are said to extend through the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom to Vienna and Fiume. The victims in the affray at Milan are numerous. There are 56 wounded, in the Military Hospital, and 20 in the Civil Hospital. The population, it is said, took no part in that ridiculous manifestation, which is regarded as a coup cretat of the band of Mazzini. On the 7th, in the morning, all the shops were opened, but, it having been reported that a new outbreak would take place, they were again closed. In the mean time, the government disposes of so large a force that no serious disorder is to be apprehended." It was further stated that a 'proclamation of Mazzini was posted up everywhere through the city, and that the gates were closed on the Bth, and it was believed the fight had recommenced. The Austrian troops in the arsenal were said, in Paris on Wednesday, to have been massacred by the insurgents. Private letters from Milan also men tion that for some days past rumours had been in circu tion of the death of the Emperor of the French, and that the public mind had been so excited in consequence as to cause a formal contradiction to be published by the autho rities. The agitation and excitement appear, however, to have continued until the breaking out of the attempt mentioned in the telegraphic despatch. It is also stated that on Saturday numerous arrests were made at Milan, and that on Sunday at one point the Austrian troops were attacked by 400 insurgents. There was a great agitation at Pisa, Lucca, and elsewhere. At Turin the Sardinian. Ministry met together in haste, in consequence of a com munication from the Austrian Consul, in order to delibe ra' e on the aspect of affairs in Lombardy. 111M.MINIMINEMil FOREIGN MISCELLANY. A CURYSTAL PALACE is about to be erected in Boston. ONE-HALF the deaths in Boston during the second week in January, were of consumption. CHOLERA has prevailed in. New Orleans since 1849. There were nine deaths in the week ending January Bth. THE liquor-dealers of Florida have to pay two hundred dollars for their license, by a recent legislative enactment . FORREST, the tragedian, has been playing at Boston without much success. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER was this year open three weeks longer than it ever has been before during the pre sent century. THE RAILROADS of the Eastern States have agreed to raise their charges twenty-five per cent., and to abolish all free passes. A MOUNTAIN OP MARBLE has been discovered in the Great Salt Lake Valley. The blocks are of immense size, and of every colour and shade ; while it is supposed to be inexhaustible. IMPERIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.—The French Em peror's marriage is the principal topic of foreign news. It is said that the Empress has heretofore practised billiards, shooting, and smoking ! GUN COTTON.—An improvement has been made by Major Baron Lenk in the explosive cotton invented by Professor Schonheim, and experiments are about being made at Vienna and at Comorn, which it is thought may lead to a great reform in the artillery. AT the State Temperance Alliance meeting recently held in New York, a brother of the celebrated Mrs. Beecher Stowe said : " When the Devil wanted to make his masterpiece—to do his duty best—he made liquor and liquor sellers." THREE EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS are to set sail this spring from the United States—one to the Arctic regions ; one to Paragua and La Plata; and another to China and the North Pacific seas. Besides these, expeditions to Africa and Japan have already sailed. BORNEO. — In this island the labours of the missionaries of the Rhenish Society are attended with a considerable amount of success. The New Testament has been trans lated into the Dyak language, and an addition of 1,500 copies has been distributed by the missionaries. PROTRACTED SUFFERING.--The Mauritius Gazette gives an account of a man having been 22 days at sea in a canoe. In seven days he had consumed all n i s p rov i s i ons, and according to his own statement, he lived the remaining 15 days on scrapings of wood, which he washed down with water. Cusa.—ln an article on the island of Cuba, the New York Herald of January 19 says :—" Sooner or later it must be ours ; and there are abundant indications, on both sides of the Atlantic, that the time will soon arrive for action. The fruit may not yet be fully ripe, but we should at least prepare the way for quietly gathering it ere it falls to the ground from decay." MRS. BLOOMER and her converts have been '` coming it strong" at a great female temperance convention in Albany. Mrs. B. denounced the opponents of the Maine law as being only " rum-sellers and selfish demagogues." Miss Clark suggested a happy plan of shutting up the spirit shops. " Were all the ladies of Albany to refuse to visit where intoxicating liquors were used, those places would be closed in three months." EARTHQUAKE IN SWEDEN. Two sharp shocks of earthquake took place on the 12th ult., at Ardbra and Unders-Vick, in Sweden. They went from south to north, and were accompanied by a rumbling noise re sembling thunder. Several houses were slightly injured, and some thick walls cracked. An earthquake in Sweden, and at this season of the year, is considered a phenomenon. EMIGRATION.—The local government of New South Wales have made a grant of £lO,OOO to be remitted in aid of Mrs. Chisholm's Family Colonisation Loan Society. It may be applied either for the purpose of making fresh advances, or to constitute a guarantee fund, according to the judgment of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the London committee of the society. THE HINDU RELIGION.—A member of the civil service of the Hon. East India Company, on the Bengal esta blishment, has placed in the hands of Messrs. Hoare, bankers, London, in the names of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of London, and the Lord Bishop of Oxford, as his trustees, the sum of £3OO ster ling, as a prize to the composer, in the English language, of the best essay in refutation of the errors of Hindu phi losophy, according to the Vedanta, Nyaya, and Sankhya systems, THE Boston correspondent of the New York Herald, writing on January 15th, thus notices a great improve ment in the weather : " Never did things look better The effect on people is great. Several gentlemen have paid their bills without being asked to do so more than ten times. Quite a number of quarrels have been made up, and any number of domestic irritations have been allayed !" THE RELIGION OF ROME.—The Archbishop of Besad• gon has represented to his flock, in a recent pastoral of great authority, that they have an opportunity of wit nessing the just and inscrutable judgments of God towards the whole race of inn-keepers and restaurateurs in the sweeping destruction brought on the class of wayside inns and places of refreshment by the establishment 9f railways. But, in the opinion of the archbishop, this appalling visitation of heaven has not been brought upon them by the vices of their cookery or the- adulteration of their wines—it is the direct result of a criminal propensity to serve meat dinners on meagre days ! IRON PAVEMENTS. —Workmen are paving Howard street, Boston, United States, with cast-iron. The pavement is composed of circular boxes of cast-iron► about twelve inches in diameter, and five inches hi height, divided into six compartments, so small as not to admit the hoof of a horse. These spaces will be filled with gravel, but some other substances, such as a com position of asphaltum and sand or gravel, may be found more suitable. The surface of the pavement is grooved to prevent horses from slipping, and on the outer edge of each box are keys which fit into the edges of the sun• rounding boxes, thus binding the whole firmly together. The thickness of the outer rim and the inner divisions about an inch. The street will be covered with a network of iron, fitted in with a substance to produce a smooth and durable surface. UNHAPPY END OF A FESTIVAL.—The second, or, as it is called in Germany, the golden marriage of an old couple, who had been already united for 53 years, took place a few days since at the small Prussian village of Naswiller, a short distance from the frontier. The reli gious ceremony took place in the Church of Merlebach, in France, after which the party proceeded back to Nag wilier to partake of the wedding-feast. During the even ing a trial of skill in singing was proposed, after which three brothers, who were annoyed at being beaten, fell on the man who had been declared the victor, and after beating him severely with their fists, stabbed him through the heart with a knife. They then ran off, but two of them were soon arrested, and the third was found hang ing in a wood quite dead. THE EMPRESS OF FRANCE.—The Empress Eugene, it is said, is not the first bride that Nithsdale and Gallo way have given to the Bonapartes. " Jerome Bonaparte," the Dumfries Courier adds, " the only surviving brother of the great Napoleon, married, in the United States, Miss Patterson, who was a grand-daughter of one Robert Patterson, better known in Scotland, and indeed over the world, as ' Old Mortality! Old Mortality,' by some accounts, was a native of the parish of Closeburn, Dum friesshire, though, according to others, the parish of Hawick claims to be his birthplace. At all events, he settled, before commencing his well-known wanderings, renovating the tombstones of the covenanters, in Morton, the adjoining parish to Closeburn, and married one Eliza beth Gray, who was for a considerable time a cookmaid in the family of the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn. Old Mortality's' wife, with her children, settled in Balmac lellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, and the third son, John, emi grated to America in 1776, and established himself at Baltimore. Jerome Bonaparte married his daughter. Truly, truth is stranger than fiction ! This story, with the exception of the last link, seems sufficiently vouched for by the researches of the late Mr. Joseph Train, of Castle Douglas, the result of which Sir Walter Scott has embodied in his introduction to Old Mortality.'—(' Li brary Edition of the Waverley Novels,' vol. v. pp. 5-20 But though that introduction bears the date of 1829, it makes no allusion to the circumstance that the Mise Elizabeth Patterson, of New York, whom the future King of Westphalia married, in 1803, was the daughter of John Patterson, of Baltimore, and the grand-daughter of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick's cook. TOMB OF THE PROPHET DANIEL. A letter from Persia states that in the course of works on the line be tween Persia and Turkey, commissioners have come upon the remains of the ancient palace, Shushan, mentioned in the sacred books of Esther and Daniel, together with the tomb of Daniel, the prophet. The reader can turn to Esther, and there he will read of a " pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble, in that palace." That pavement still exists, and in the marble columns, dilapidated ruins, the sculpture, and the remaining marks of greatness and glory that are scattered around, the commissioners read the exact truth of the record made by the sacred penman. Not far from the palace stands a tomb; on it is sculptured the figure of a man, bound hand and foot, with a huge lion in the act of springing upon him to devour him. GEN. HAYNAU.—The Florence correspondent of The Boston Traveller says :—" General Haynan is staying here ; and he associates with those who will associate with him, but seems constantly depressed, as if conscious of the hostile feeling with which he is constantly regarded. His manner savors of that of a civilized Cain, defiant yet trembling- He called, a few days since, upon a friend of mine. The place being a studio, he conversed some time upon artistic subjects, without my friend being ac quainted with him. At last, the Marshal asked him if he had read anything in regard to the Hungarian war. " Yes, through the newspapers." " Well, then, you know the characters who figured in it. lam one—l am General Haynau. You have heard of me not very favourably, for lam greatly abused. I have friends, however, who know me and who love me. There is no General in the army more loved by the soldiers. True, they call me a hard man, but lam not cruel at heart. I have always lived in camps. lam a rough soldier, but I never did an un necessary cruel act. They say I had women frogged. I did not. The Austrian law orders women to be flogged for certain offences, but I never flogged them. You have heard how I was treated at Mr. Barclay's brewery 1 0 London ; it was shameful, and the English Government, never punished the authors of the outrage." My Mena suggested that redress was open to him in the E ng lish Courts, the same as for any other man. " No, not for General Haynau," he replied. THE FRENCH EMPEROR.-The following is an extract from a work by Victor Hugo, one of the most able but bitter French writers, written before the elevation of Louie Napoleon to the Emperorship Be easy, History has got him fast. It may, perhaps, be flattering to the self love of M. Bonaparte to be caught bold of by history at all; but if he chance to have, and truly one would imao gine so, any allusion in his head as to his value as a political miscreant, let him divest himself of it Let him not imagine, because he has piled up horror on horror , that he will ever hoist himself up to the elevation of the great historical bandits. We have been, perhaps, wrong, in some pages of this book, here and there, in mentioning his name at all in connection with theirs. Though he has committed enormous crimes he will remain paltry. 110 will never be other than the nocturnal strangler of liberty; he will never be other than the man who has intoxicated his soldiers, not with glory, like the first Napoleon. b at with wine ; he will never be other than th e p i gmy tyrant of a great people. Grandeur, even in infamy, is utterly inconsistent with the character and calibre of the wan. As Dictator he is a buffoon ; let him make himself Em' peror, he would be grotesque. That would at once t p h u e t i a r n eh en eul d d to er b e i . m. W H il i l s h d e est b i e n y le is ss evtosmaekreel y mankindpunished that reason ? Not at all ; contempt does not, in his case, mitigate anger. He will be hideo u s, an d lie will remain ridiculous, That's all. History lau g h s , an d crushes. We question whether history, in its indignation, will not leave him unnoticed in the mud. Great thinkers have a satis faction in castigating the great despots, and, i n some in riSheSdhr for thati in stances, even exalt them somewhat, in order to render them worthy of their rage ; but what would you have the historian do with this fellow ? The historian can only lead him to posterity by the ear. The man once stripped of success, the pedestal removed, the dust fallen, the lace and spangles and the great sabre taken away, the poor little skeleton laid bare and shivering;—can any one ima gine anything meaner and more miserable ?" IRELAND. Mn. DARuAN, the Irish railway-king, has declined as invitation to a public entertainment from the town council of Waterford, saying that his habits and course of life led him to pursue his avocations of quiet industry, without seeking or accepting honours. THE " NATIONAL " EDUCATION SYSTEM.—It is stated to be the intention of Lord Clancarty to move in the House of Lords, and Mr. G. A. Hamilton in the Com mons, for a committee of inquiry into the working of the national system of education in Ireland, with a view to have such alterations made therein as will render it less objectionable to Protestants. THE SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFYAIR.—A committee of " influential magistrates" has been formed in Dublin with a view of raising subscriptions, " not exceeding £1" from each contributor, towards defraying the legal expenses of the defence of Mr. J. Delmege, J.P., who is to be prosecuted by the crown at the ensuing Clare Assizes for his share in the transaction at Sixmile-bridge. THE EARL OF RODEN.—The new lord-lieutenant hag offered to restore the Earl of Roden and the Messrs. Beers to the commission of the peace, and has permitted Mr. Kirwan, at Roscommon, to resume the execution of his magisterial duties. This latter gentleman was visited with the sentence of six months' suspension (of which S large portion has already elapsed) for alleged deficiency ill his duties during the late election for the county of Mayo. Lord Roden, however, replied in such terms to the offer made by the lord- lieutenant to restore him to the cog• mission of the peace that Lord St. Germans withdrew his proposal. The terms of the vice-regal message were not deemed satisfactory, as Lord Roden was not prepared to admit that there had, at any time, been a necessity for his suspension. THE RIBBON CONSPIRACY. — The Westmeath Guard' ian announces that the Ribbon organization is more es. tensive and perfect in that county than in any other portion of the Queen's dominions. " Cattle are destroyed/ houses are destroyed, and within one month four saw guinary murders have been perpetrated." As the inevit.. able result, " several enterprising English and Scotch farmers, who have recently settled in this connty, haf° determined upon quitting it immediately, and betaking themselves to a land where there is some better securit l for life and property than in this. They embarked their capital in our soil, but Ribbonism has driven them fro o it; and in consequence of this the country will lose 01 advantage of useful example, in an agricultural point 1 1, view, and a vast source of employment will be destroyed. THE REV. T. D. GREGG.—On Thursday a soiree ooh given at the Rotunda, Dublin, to the Rev. Tresholl Dames Gregg. by his Protestant friends, as a mark ° their appreciation of his services. There was a numeroo; attendance, and the banners with which the room ~0 PI ) decorated were inscribed with the mottoes, " God save Queen," "NoPopery," " No Mavnooth Grant," "Chii,r„C e Education," and " The Protestant Champion." ' l •Pg chair was taken by Mr. G. W. Maunsell, T.C. An 3 ° l : o i the toasts were, "The glorious, pious, and imnO r o f memory of William 111., the uncompromising . foiL er Popish tyranny and arbitrary power, and firm mailg; h o of the religion and liberties of our forefathers." 40 Madiai, and the o the r suff e rers for the trutlfs throughout Chri3teuclowl" /11 en of bu Pr, an Toi dit of