The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-20

een that horrible accident occurred yesterday, by
tho falling Of pcaGolding, loa led with heavy
stones from the Of five story building 10 pro-
gress Of erection in Murray street. The mass fell
upon two brothers, named MsIntire, who were
crushed ard MANNED in Q mot shocking manner
We perceive, by documents in another coann,
that the counsel for Mr. Lemmcn, the claimant IN
the late slave case decided by Judge Paine, Intend
taking the matter, by cGt,@ari before the Supreme
Court.
Thackeray's FIRST lecture in this country, was de
livered last evening in the church of the Divine
Unity, Broadway, TO very full and fashionable
audience. AS Mr.. Thackeray has but the one course
oflecturesfrst read in Er gland and now to be de-.
liyered to admiring assemblies IN this couutry-we
comply with his request not to give literal report
thereof, but instead, give pretty full sketch Of
last evenings DISCOURSE which had for it's text the
character and writings Of the celebrated Dean Swift
The lecture was, from beginning to end, abusive Of
the witty dgIitary-who must lot henceforth be
regarded as an Irishman- aud see med to have bean
more peculiarly suited to the prejudces Of an Eng
liih audience, for whom it at first, perhaps, ex
clusively intended. We likewise publish lectures
by Mrs Cakes Smith, on the subject Of " Humani-
ty )" by Rev. Mr. O'Rsilly, on Irish Emigration"
and by Rev j. West, on the g Genius and Charac-
ter of the late Robert Hall"
In addition to many columns Of advertisements,
our inside pages contain large amount of very
interesting reading, as viii be seen by the annexed
summary -Rejoinder Of the Nicaraguan Minister
TO the Statement of the Directors Of the Accessory
Transit Company Letter Reviewing Political
Affairs in New Hampshire News from Cuba,
Texas, Utah. sc Semi official Announcement of
the Settlement of the Lobos Island Difficulty; Pro-
ceedpgs in the City Courts Local. Theatrical
and Cmmercial Intelligence, Sc.
The News from Cuba-Prospcct OF nm Imme-
diate Explosion.
While some of ourcentemporaries, who prefer
the Of the government to the honor of the coun
try, have been laying the atering auction to their
souls that the affair of the Crescent City hsd all
blown over, the news by telegraph, which we pub
Gshed yesterday, places the matter in far different
light, ard indicates if do not vastly mistake the
import of the intelligence, that the case is more
deeply embarrassed than ever and that it is now ia
such state of complication that the administration
will be compelled to take notice of il in way that
will protect the American flag from further insult
According to the telegraphic dispatches, the facts
are that, while the Unite States mail steamer Isa-
bel was leaving waters of Havana at shutdown
Monday evening last, the Crescent City, With
the obnoxious Purser Smith on board, was about
five miles from Moro Castle, steering for port, and
the Spanish steam frgate Isabel ell CaSolica and o
Spanish sloop ofwar bearing down upon her.
signal light was also seen blazing from the Moro. The
two dispatches, while they agree about the facts,
differ in their Interpretation Of the meaning. Bat
taking the news previously brought by the B!a,k
Warrior, We feel at no loss for a key to open the
mystery. By that arrival we learned that the
Captain General-under the influence of tie old
Spsniards, who persuaded him that he was in dan
ger Of lowering the dignity of Spain-had sent out
cruser to intercept the Crescent City, and prevent
her entering Havana The intelligence since brough5
by the Isabel to Charleston, and transmitted over
the telegraphic wires to New York, is fully con.
frmatory Of the Black Warriors news, and leaves
no doubt on our mind, tina. the Crescent City has
been intercepted and probably fired into. The next
news, therefore, from Havana, may be expected to
be highly important. 1t is now over due, and will
be brought direct to New York by the Crescent
Ci'y'herseH, if she is not sunk or become Spanish
prize. The opinion that the mission of the Spanish
cruiser pacific, is untenable, for two reasons
ban, or any other government, to send out riga.e
to meet and convoy the Crescent City into the har
Dor, and totally out Of keeping with all the nrevious
OTIS sc .he Captain GA-s.aI; and secondly, if that
was the intention, there would be no necessity for
sloop of war in addition to the frigate The
whole affair." therefore, wears aspect Of hostility
ard mey eventuate in complete rupture and o
war between Spain and the United States. Hitherto,
our government has displaye remarkable imbeciity
in the business; but the state of facts be What We
anticipate, we do not how it Is possible for Mr.
Fillmore to stave off the difficulty any longer, aud
hand it over as legacy to his successor in office
goss has been put on the trans actions of the ai
n.iaistration and the mail steam company in rese-
renee to this affair." which the facts do not warrant
When the first insult was offered, George Law, Esq.
the President of the company wrote three letters to
MIR Conrad, then the Acting Secretary Of State, and
got 10 satisfaction whatever. Before the Crescent
City saLed again, the government telegraphed Mr.
Roberts, the agent of the company, to GENE on to
Washington, and, meantime, removed Captain Por-
ter, as they had the power to do, (beng naval
oicer) from the Crescent City to the Georgia, Mr.,
Roberts not home and the Crescent City sailed
with Purser Smith on board. When Mr. Roberts re-
turned he procee ded to Washing ton, and lad an in.
teryiew with the government, in which they insisted
that Purfer Smith should be removed from the Cres-
cent City Mr. Roberts said he would lay the matter
before The company. He did 60, but the company
would not accede to the proposition of the govern
ment. They would not, to crafty the Cuban au-
thorities, pass vote Of implied censure upon an
officer whose conduct had been i.reproachable all
through and they accordingly sent out Purser Smith
in the Crescent City again What the upshot is, we
shal soon know.
Meantime, while we are waiting for the news, it
may be interesting to readers to advert to the
present condition ofthe mother country Spain Very
little is known in the United States about that
country, nearly the whole of the knowledge that
exists in reference to her being derived from the