The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-14

News from Havana 10 the sth inst. states that Mr.
Clayton, the United States Consul had been duly
received BY the Captain General General Canedo :
was TO return 10 Spain this week. We learn that
there was considerable acti y in various articles
American produce in the Havana market; but, a.
usual we have nothing in the shape Of political in.
teilgtnce
The steamship Star of the West, with four hun
bred passen gers and over a million and half dol.
lars in California gold reached this port yes eroay
We elsewhere give veral items of news bro ,pht by
her, together with very interesting let er from
one of our correspondents in which he gives
daguerreotype view Of affairs in New Graz ada
The railroad rioters at Erie are report "a 70 have
been quiet for the last few days; but the railroad
company yesterday commenced rebui ding one of
their bridges and relaying their track il is probable
the disafecteS spirits win assemble I full force TO-
day for the purpose Of again tearinf the work to
pieces A despatch from Pittsburg announces that
the United States District Court was Yesterday
occupied with the Erie Railroad I'M nuction and
that a decision may be expected II day.
We to-day publish the concusis a Of Mr.. Sandfords
argument for the defence in tn operatc case, and
shall to morrow insert the speee of counsel for the
plaintiff
The evidence was closed ye terday in the Canada
bank fraud, before The Ponce Court and resulted in
Justice Stuart ordering Jabe L. White, of Buffalo,
into custody party CON erned in the fraud with
Van Aernsm, Sawin, aud others White was ex-
amined as witness, but, the opinion Of the JUS
tice, he TESTIFIED ircorree ty and was, therefore,
placed under arrest as u defendant The evidence
and the Justice opinion will be fonnd else where.
| There was very II terestiug meeting of the,
American Geological 30 ,iety held last evening, at
the New York univef7 ty, at which, among other
business transacted Ca tain Walter N. Glib son made
some valuable remar As relating TO the islaad Of
Crockatore, It's not y rings, &C., and gave an inter
estng account of the Orang Koobccs. The report is
crowded out.
The first Of cou sc of antslavery lectures, under
the auspices of the New York Anti.slAvery Society,
was delivered LAST evening at the Tabernacle by the
Hon. John p. Ill lie. For want of space,
obliged TO popo ne the public aen of this lecture to
future dsy.
Professor Hem ry Reed Of the University OF Penn
syvana, deliver ed the second lecture last evening
in the large cha pei Of the New ork University, in
aid Of the cont ngent Charity fund Of the Protes
tant Episcopal Benefit Society. He toek for his sub
ject EnglMh Sacred Lite -atare and Tragic Poetry"
| but spoke, D efore he concluded, well arranged
critical ana lysis Of the various styles of writing
both in pros and in verse, which have prevailed in
any langpa &c from the chronicle Of the significant
line which forewarned Bslshazzer of his fall to the
Hebrew N .elodies of Tom Moore, and the " In Memo
RAM Of Mr.. Tennyson. The chapel was crowded.
Rev. Plenry Giles delivered lecture on the elm
mortasty Of Shakspeares Genius" in Brooklyn last
night but want of space compels 70 omit sketch
of the reverend gentleman's remarks, az well as
mans other columns Of local and general news which
we have in type and shall publish soon conye
uient
!, Napoleon LII. and the Future Of Europe
clerical error made us sayin our yester-
days issue that the treaty between England
: and France, guaranteeing the Sultan against
the attempts of Russia, was signed on the 18th
: instead Of the 18th November. The latter was,
10 fact the day on which this important step
! was taken. A reference to the English journals
e will show that its details must have transpired
9 Immediately afterwards, and that ell the f1ts
Of the great organs Of British opinion We're
: tbeuceforth bent towards inducing Prussia and
: Austria to enter into the compact.
This most important event is the last fruit of
!, the astute diplomacy of Napoleon III. We all
! know that an alliance with Great Britain was
e the great aim of the elder Napoleon during his
carly career. He saw clearly enough that, to
8 succeed in his schemes of Continental aggran-
dizement he required if not the cooperation, at
!, least the neutrality of England; and for many
years be strove manfully to secure this advan-
tage. He failed because the British aristocra-
cy, whose interests were in measure bound
! up with those Of the reigning Continental dy-
I nasties perseveringly thwsrted his efforts; and,
d in spite Of the support he obtained from the
8 liberals Of the day, he never could succeed in
making single step toward the Cancellation Of
e the rulers Of the British people. His nephew
: has been more fortunate. 1t has long been no
: torious that even while the Times ana the
: middle classes were railing at N Bonaparte"
as a usurper and a tyrant, the nobility and the
bulk of the political leaders were his firm
, friends. Personal intimacy which had ripencd
c into esteem, had attached some out Of the
number to bis cause: imperial ciyiitics
7 had won over others: and a common aver
SIGN to democracy naturally cemented an
alliance commenced under these auspices.
/, Many months ago long before such treaty az
that Of 18th November wGs thought Of Louis
Napoleon had secured p-eponderating inAu-
, ence in the British councils. Meanwhile, the
newspaper press was spending whole vocabu
+ larry Of abuse upon him. Relying upon this
symptom Of British hostility, the Gear thought
the time Iipe for the execution OF his cherished
scheme against Turkey. and accordingly crossed
the Pruth. In one word. he YVES caught in a
trap diplomatic trap He fancied that the
old jealousy between France and England
would prevent their cooperation; and now that
he has fairly acted upon the deluson, he dis
covers bis mistake. Selling the rumor of Rus
sian designs against the British possessions as
a pretext-bodng out the glitterng bait Of an
entirely British route to the East and working
adroitly upon the popnlar sRmnathies in flvnr