The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-08

United etatee absut 70 set out on hs return to his
The newly enrolled militia are to be called out for
. months drill either In April or May.
The motion for o new trial in the celebrated
cause, Newman o. Achilli, has been argued ct full
length before The Queens Bench, and the Court
| stakes time to consider"
encouragement TO Soldiers holding out various
| inducements to young men to enlist IN the army;
among other advantages, not heretofore enjoyed are
progressive pay for length OF service, and the APP
| pointment of certain number Of non-commssloned
officers to commissions
Another frightfu agrarian murder Is reported at
| Kilkifgan, Ireland.
curious discussion is pending between Mr. Cros
key, United States Consul at Southampton. and the
| London Shipping GdSate respecting point OF his
tory, which probably, the Secretary Of State, Mr..
be able decide. Mr.. Croskey, in his speech at the
recent shipping banquet at Southampton, said
As from the port of southampton the Mayhower went
southampton that the first American steamer across
| the Atlantic.
| The Shipping Gecate, on the other hand, says:-
The Mayfower neither belonged to, was she fitted
OUT southampton for her intended voyage She was
chartered to sail from Delft i was not At southampton
chiefly at Dartmouth and Plymouth, and most decidedly
the latter her point ofdeparture for the New World
dica and Therapeutics, died at London, on the goth
ult from some internal organic disease, at the age
| Of forynine His death is q loss to the medical
| world.
| The Earl of Oxford is also dead, and this cele-
brated title becomes extinct. Earl Beauchamp, an
aged peer is also dead, without ISSUE his title de-
Mr.. Golden has ia the press pamphlet entitled
"l793 and 1853, in which he traces the causes Of
the last war with France and compares the policy Of
England towards France then and now.
Mr. Ingersoll has made q donation of books, &C.,
| to the free public library at Manchester.
An influential meeting was held at Birmingham on
the 2lst ut in behalf Of the Forentine prisoners,
Madiai and his wife. A petition to the Queen was
foreign powers, against persecution for religious
The latest Uncle Tomism, we notice, is specimen
Of paper hangings exhibited in store at Liverpool.
The pattern represents in compartments, the most
| striking scenes, from Mrs. Stoves work. Eliza
dresses in the latest Partisan fashion, and the male
slaves are portrayed in the costume usually worn BY
| Don Juans luckless man LepOrellO
curious exposure has been made recently, of the
extent to which the system Of dead heading or
giving "press orders Of free admission to the
theatres is carried on in London After suffering the
infection for long time, with resignation the mana
gers, backed by the more respectable portion Of the
press, have come forward to abolish the nuisance
Webster, manager Of the Haymarket and Adelphi
publishes statement of his free list, from which it
appears that, during the past three years, 1876
persons I" connected with the press' have obtained
entrance to those two theatres, keeping out value
in money equal to fl6,0O4 sterling It is no won
der, therefore, the managers want to abolish the
system.
The anxiety Of the farmers has been in some manner
relieved by indications OF favorable change in the
weather, which, it is hoped, will now become season.
able, and prepare the ground for the commence
ment Of spring cropping. With fair weather, there
would stu be time for putting the crops in the
ground in good condition. For two months past, il
may be said to have raned with little intermisson
but frost has set in, with appearance Of more
settled weather. From Ireland the accounts are
similar; and there too an early and favorable spring
a great meeting was held at Exeter Hall, on the
23d, in behalf Of the Madiai.
The Peninsular mail steamer Tagus has arrived at
Southampton, with dates from Lisbon to the 10th.
The news is nnimpOrtant.
The American Minister at Birmingham.
On the evening of the 2lst ult. Birmingham offered
its inequalities to the Hon. j. r. ngerso the repre-
sentative Of the United States
The invitation to his Excelency originated with
meeting of some Of the most influential gentlemen
connected with the commercial, mercantile, and
manufacturing interests of the community, who,
taking advantage Of Mr. lngersols visit to Lord Cal
thorpe, at Perry Hall near Birmingham, resolved to
tender their hospitality to him. representing that
nation with which the town and the iron district
around is intimately associated by business rea-
tons.
The entertainment took place at Dee's Royal
Hotel. Covers were laid for upwards of one hum
bred.
Tha Chairman, rising, said they were honored
that occasion with the of distinguished ndiy
dual who he had before said, the representative
OF nation which destined to be still greater.
lie could them that that individual would not be
standing there IL he not fit to be the representative
of such a nation. He sure he only expressed the
entiments Of that assembly when he said they could
do that nation too much honor He proposed
"Ihc health of the American Minister"
Mr. NGERsoI, on rising to acknowledge the toast,
received with repeated bursts Of cheering which
renewed again and again. He said he really coxd not
thank them sufficiently for the honor they had done his
country in their kind notice of unpretendng ind
vdual as himself When he had the honor Of accepting
invitation ON the noble lord whose mansion graces
tae i'm of he
hat idea Of becoming the subject of public dstinc
non rs well as Of private Kindness That noble lord
thing that ATTACHED to himself and the benefits he had
conferred .pon his neighborhood, he lr. IngersolD
had always UNDERSTOOD could not fail to rebound to his
honor as weLas to the advantage of those by whom he
y.a;,, SURROUNDED sS Cheers They had the happy
vors upon those yho did not always richly serve
them. They sat Igtly upon the bearer Of them; but
offered and the truth grace with which they were
conferred in his own particular case he felt deeply the
ing to him that their mutual erecting wa, in time Of
general and local prosperity (Oeers This country he
peace in fact with ali the world md vet possosed of
gallant band who former ons whenever they we're
called had made such marks ttsir enemie, as 10
peace for period adyancing.o half century
They had adopteda maxim which his ON country had
been the first to suggest and which he hopd they would
be the last to violate that to be prepared var was the
best way 10 preserve peace (Renewed cheerr) While
therforeign relations prosperous and their
domestic concerns were attended with REMARKABLY pros
lerity Capital found employment, labor found rsari.
wages we're high prices comparatively low the ope
ratyes had got rid OF the notion they at time enar
taned that their interests opposed hose OF the
employers and they had learned what long score,
to them that the Improvement Of machinery the in
PRODUCTION of II into general USE far from beug in.
jury to their prosperity had contributed to IL in high
degree In this state of matters all must rejoice but
part of the community had more rejoice in it
than that part OF the country whose commercial proper
ty greater than now-he meant Birmingham.
(Cheers). also particularly gratifying think
that there o moment when two countries
bound together by ties OF closer friendship Great
cheering) He assured them that he rcoced in that
neconas he did from the bottom Of his heart he reoced
still sincerely in the response which had from
the bottom Of theirs (Renewed cheers) Business rel
tons had been multiplied between them visits between
the members of the two great families he might call
them (cheers)-were constant and we're as rapid as
steam and energy could make them. England the
elder sister, and America the younger England the
parent and America delighted in being con sdered its