The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-03


bers deferring however to their desire to see the
Court House built by the most expeditions practi-
| cable means The same plans, workmen, &C., will
be employed by the Commissioners. The special
| law of last year, authorizing the Supervisors to
take the land and provide for the building, has no
repeating clause in regard to the previous City
| Hall act.
The Board of Excise is still actively engaged in
! prosecuting unlicensed liquor dealers. Since our
last report the following named persons have been
arrested for selling liquor without license:-John
W. Malholland, at the corner OF Mott street and
New Bowery; James MoGoyern, Of u Roosevelt
street; John MCGUIRE, OF the corner Of Howard
and Mercer streets, and Lewis Mohnken, of SO
Bowery. The Board will hold its final session in
few days.
The brewery, with all It's contents, belonging to
Fremyre b Co., in Schenectady, N. Y, was
destroyed by fire on the LIST inst. Loss SIS 900.
There were l,245 SIT bushels Of grain and Ga 1861
barrels Of -four exported from this port to Europe
during the past week.
Tho European news produced excitement In the cot
ton market yesterday, while the sales embraced about
1000 bales to spnners and on speculation closing the
basis Of 2sc. for mddng uplands which advance
Of Nc per ID. The -four market heavy and full Sc
per bbl lower, and for grades Of common l0c
lower rates accepted Wheat heavy, and from
lc &c. per bushel lower, with less activity in sales
Corn was depressed by tho foreign news and closed at
lower rates, at about 10. c per bushel Pork was
steady, with fair demand, with sales Of SIS
SIS &c. and at 50 62a 50 rs for prime. Sugars
rm andabout Hc.a Nc higher, with sales OF about 900
hhds and $50 boxes Coilco was steady, with sales of
Rio at 1916. Freghts unchanged for English ports
though loss active To Havre rates were at DC for
grain and CSC. for flour. ae a f#F
The Spanish Mexican Expedition, and the
Co-operntivc Squadrons OF England and
France.
We spread before our readers this morning an
ing the Spanish naval expedition against Mex-
CO, the West India and North American naval
squadrons of England and France, and the busy
preparations in Canada for the possible contin-
gencies of war;
The Spanish Mexican expedition, which they
are fitting out at the island Of Cuba will be
composed of twelve large steam vessels-of-war
with an aggregate of three hundred guns, and
they will be accompanied by considerable
feet of transports, including the land forces
destined to cooperate with the squadron. The
| expedition will be under the command of Vice
| Admiral Rubalcaba The naval force of Eng
| land between the Gulf of st. Lawrence and the
large vessels, nearly all steamers, numbering
| in all some $50 guns, chiefly Armstrong
pieces, sixty, eighty and one hundred FOUNDERS
Two additional vessels the Centurion and
! Aboukir-the one an eighty and the other
| ninety gun ship--will soon be added to the list
| The whole will be under the command of Rear
| Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K G. B., royal
! navy. The French North American naval force,
under the command Of Admiral La Graviere,
consists already of four steamers, numbering
one hundred and twenty guns, and, soon to join
them, five others are fitting out in France Be-
tween Mexico and Nova Scotia, it will thus ap-
pear there will shortly be along the coast and
among the islands of North America very
imposing European naval force, comprehcnding
1 in the
| Ships. Guns.
British squadron. ............ ~ 700
| French squadron. ---...... 800
] Spanish Mexican squadron. IL 300
Or grand total in guns Of 800
At this crisis this formidable gathering o,
European war vessels along the Atlantic coas,
of this continent is very remarkable and Justly
open to suspicion. 1t is understood that there
is what Lord Clarendon would call happy
accord" between England France and Spain in
the matter Of this Spanish expedition against
Mexico, and that, although Spain is to under
take the enterprise single handed England and
| France are interested in the results contem-
| plated, and will be on hand to lend RubaIcaba
their active assistance. if it shall be required.
| But that any such assistance will be required
against Mexico it is absurd to suppose; for since
! the day Of the abandonment of the Mexican
| capital by Gen. Scott and his refusal to assume
the dictatorship Of that unhappy country, it has
| fallen into state Of anarchy, wretchedness and
helplcssness which may well command the pity
of even the black republic Of Hayti. For all
the proiessed objects of this Spanish expedition
two or three vessels-ofwar, covering an EN-
phatic rcquisition upon the Juarez government
would be amply sufficient.
We are Free then, to conjecture that these
superhuous, heavily armed squalrons of Spain
England and France have other objects in view
than The settlement of their outstanding ac
counts with Mexico, and the protection of thei
commerce against Our rebel privateers ant
against the acciaents of our Southern blockade
In this view of the matter We ,tfe strengthened
| by the unusual military activity which now pre-
walls in Canada. The work OF strengthening
and equipping the Notifications Of that province
the attachments of troops now and then drop
ping in from England, and the active mastering
and drilling of the local militia, indicate some
real apprehensions there Of possible hostile
invasion from some quarter. PROFESSIONALLY
the quarter from which this trouble is appre
hended is the United States; and hence all thes,
warlike preparations of our Canadian neighbors
| Heretofore we have been fattered with the
| idea that there was some danger OF England
losing the Canadas through popular revolu
ton there in behalf of their annexation to on
Union. Mr.. Seward, our present Secretary o.
State, has done something in the cultivation Of
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