The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-04

gcvesnnsnt IN France. II u thought By nanyia Eng
Insland, in union With republican America win have 70
stand forth the sole but mighty champion Of freedom
against formidable coalition OF European dssrntism
fsusht with nonsntous Tor tn. pssss q
the world no light matter wiz b suffered to intervene
the Gress western confederation There wi therefore
be powder burnt but there may BE- little ink shed
and fooscap wasted over the Rromsthsu affair.
SILVER PLATE PExSKNTKD TO THE MAYOR OF
SOUTHAMPTON SPEECH OF THE AMERICAN CON-
sUL-PREsENCK OF U. 8. NAVAL OFFICERS, ETC.
few days prior to the departure Of the Franklin Q
magnificent service Of plate valued at upwards Of
presented to Richard Andrews Esq Mayor Of South
ampton a testimonial Of regard and esteem from the
the inha bitants of that place An immense c,ncourse
Of Of both sexes assembled to witness the
world wide reputation for acts Of hospitality In the
of his speech Mr. Andrews alluded the salts
faction with which be had welcomed and entertained the
lustrous Kossuth, his first arrival from captivity
to the pleasure he had experienced in heartily
eeivng the visits Of Captain Sands and the officers Of the
United States frgste 81 Lawrence After which, MT j.
r. Croskey, the American Consul at Southampton
loudly called for, and spoke as follows
To address so many strangers, is proof Mr. Mayor,
how strongly esteem you. You all know that before
my fellow men can speak with some little assurance
but this il the first time have had to address
worthy secretaries hasn great measure prved of
what would wish to have sadi had intended to have
alluded to the speech made at the great dinner held in
New York. by Lieutenant Avery, of the United States
fgate st. Lawrence when he proposed the toast of the
Mayor of Southampton. He proposed him, not only as
as the host Of Kossuth Tremendous cheerinr)
came here tonight altogether unprePared to address
anybody but with view Of lending my humble aid,
Of the many who have borne testimony to the
Mayor most excellent conduct AS an American, de
soendsd English forefathers-( highly
gratifying to to witness this to Of
your civic msgistrse, because therein the founda
ton Of all that national liberty which possess. and
which Americans inherit from you CONTINUED cheer
ng) My earnest hope is.thst you will still go show
chief magistrates when they properly perform their du
ties for in the support your municipal institutions
that the true liberty of Englandof the whole world
depends Hear, hear People imagine that there is
a vast difference between US in America and you in
England We are repubcsn-Sou are called monarch
call but maintain that you republican, with
monarch to govern you; we are republican with pres
confederation Of small republics and have large
Your town elects its own chief magistrate, and
does every corporate town in England aud no order
from Parliament dissolve any assembly in the towns
There you have local self governmentand therefore,
liberty SO it is with and 1t is because unfortunate
France without this that che involved her
difficulties Maintain your civic and municipal in.titu
items, and liberty will be your inheritance (Cheers
congratulate you, Mr. Mayor on this happy occasion,
not only to yourself but to all (Mr Croskey resumed
his seat amid uproarious cheering)
Misc ellaneOus.
The Consultative Commission is summoned to meet
Tuesday next for the purpose of examining the votes
the Presidential election.
The Emperor Morocco having refused to treat with
had embarked taking with him all the French residents
1t thought that hosttes will be renewed by the
British Consul expressed his opinion that the differences
between the tvs powers would eventually be amicaby
adjusted.
letter from Hanover states that four of the commit
tee chosen to report the treaty with the Zoveren
declared advocates of the incorporation and that in
the Chamber itself the predominant opinion is in its
favor There little doubt therefore that the treaty
will be affirmed. The Hanoverian Chambers are about
to adjourn till January,
the Emperor and Empress of u,sa visiting Berlin during
the ensuing spring
The Austrian cabinet has announced in new circu-
lar note to the German government, that though it
regrets Prussia will not accept its invitation to send
envoy to the Congress to be held at Vienna
this refusal Will not make any alteration in its plan and
that the Conference will be held appointed
Louis Napoleon is said to have given the Prussian
government and other great continental powers the most
formal assurance Of his intention to preserve peace aud
deyote all his orce to the repression of the anarchca
elements within the French confines.
The federal corps of twelve thousa nd to be sta
tened Frankfort is already marching to the quar-
tiers designated for it.
for act of Incorporation for establishing steam
runcaton between the west of Ireland the United
States. The association is to be called the European
ara American sfAsm Packet Company, and Is sdvsr-
tissd in the Times Of the 10th ult.
The returns of bullion in the Bank of England up to
the 18th December published on the 2oth amount to
6 9209s8 sterling II therefore supposed that up
to the Goth more than seventeen millions sterling remain
I'd in the ceHers Of the bank, with constantly in
but the tendency to advance in quotations
teracted by the state of French politics great i'm
provement would Immediately manifest itself for consos,
railway stocks, and foreign bonds. if any thing like q
permanent government we're established in France.
The British mail steamer Ripon sailed from Southamp,
ton the Goth ult with the outward East India and
China mails She took out specie to the value of ESQ 800
sterling or this ftS000 in gold for Alexandria aud
Ceylon and f1S9s 500 in silver for Madras Bombay, Cal
cuta and Canton the proportion for Calcutta being
fl47 eco.
The Markets.
LONDON MONEY MARKET, MONDAY Dec. 22-The Eng.
Hsh funds opened this morning at an improvement OF
one eighth, and q further advance took place before
the close Of business The addition Of f40 600 to the
bank bullion, ana the prospect Of increasing album
dance OF money were the principal causes that gave
strength to the market Consos for the opening were
first quoted 964 to 70 ex dividend and they left of at
967s to 81.
The price Of French Rentes received by telegraph this
afternoon, was l02f. being recovery Of IT, 90c IN
the letters from the Bourse the prevailing rmness is at
trbuted to the certainty Of very large affirmative vote
at the elections.
There has been better demand for gold mining
shares to-day and BURNERS has ruled rather active
otherwise.
LIVERPOOL CoTToS MARKET, Saturday, Dec 20 The
sales OF cotton to-day amounted to 1000 bales of which
500 American and eco Surat are on speculation The
market is steady to-day, at yesterdays prices. -
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