GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 80.
FOaiElf-*€ORttfcSI*OIV»EXtE.
XETfER FROM PAIUS.
[Corrshpoiiat-ucc of the l’litla. JSvonlng Bulletin.l
l’Aitis, Tuesday,.' Jniie .2o, The. pew
I'renfch Chamber met yesterday, for tlie first
; time, in extraordinary session, at two o'clock.
•.'•Blit: what was'miloli more “extraordinary”
than tilt- session itself,.'was to witness the
different feelings jwbioh now animate the pop
ulation from what was the case six years ago,
and the interest manifested in tlie proceed
ings of their representatives. I remember, in
lBWi,;- when; the Corps Begi.slatif elect cd-at
that date first, metj there were not half
a-dozen persons 7 hanging about tlie doom
outside tlie Palais Bourbon, and inside the
public tribunes presented only a beggarly ac
count of empty benches. No one then scarcely
thought it worth while to go either to look at
or to listen to a deputy or a minister. Tlio
whole tliirijj was\ regarded almost, as' a farce,
anil people ‘ cared little whether it’was per
formed or not. • But Wliat- a. change of scene
and physiognomy yesterday! By twelve
o’clock a crowd began to assemble on the
Pout dc la Concorde and in tlie
streets adjacent to the Assembly, and
this had increased to a density
winch rendered locomotion difficult as two
o’clock approached. It was composed princi
pally of the working classes, who had taken
- advantage apparently of tlie day being Mon
«lay t when they are usually off work, to give
each other rendezvous on the spot. The mani
festation of political feeling was unmistakable,
but it was abo quite peaceable ; and although
very strong bodies of police were stationed
near,. ph> re was no pretence given for tlieir
i inert/-re me, beyond keeping the side
walk* clear, so as to. allow the deputies to
-passland enter tlie House. There was a
certain limmesK at once and composure aboitt
the aspect' of tlie assemblage which wits very
striking, and which seemed to say very plainly
We are not come here to make a row, but to
give a moral support to the representatives we
have chosen, and show the interest we take in
tlunr proceedings. The liberal deputies Were
the objects of special attention; and M. Thiers,
who was recognized while he was traversing
the bridge, received a sort of ovation all the
way along as he passed from thence to tlio
Chamber. There was not, however, so far as I
saw,any attempt to hoot or Insult, or manifest
open-hostility .either toward imperialist depu
ties or ministers. Inside the House the scene
was equally novel and remarkable. The pule
iic galleries were literally crammed, and all
the diplomatic tribunes tilled. In the body of
the House, too, there was a great change.
The extreme left was once more occupied by
Bancel, Cam bet ta, Baspail and other mem
liers of the party, and people were somewhat
surprised to see a liberal-imperialist like M.
Bclmontet fraternizing apparently with this
new group. Altogether, the benches of the
left and left centre were well filled,
and presented a very different appearance
from what they did last session. Precisely at.
2, 51. Schneider—who,after resigning lias con
sented to retain his office—took tlie chair, anil
after declaring the sitting to be opened, called
upon 51. Boulter to make the “communica
tion ” of which he had given notice from the
Government. The slinister of State looked,
I thought, discouraged and somewhat worn,
and read with a feeble voice the message with
which he was charged liis position can hardly
be a pleasant one; for while he. is known to
lie reactionary, and opposed to concessions in
liis heart, he is “ordered” to declare the gov
ernment, of which he is the organ, to be “sin
cerely liberal.” His message was very short:
The extraordinary session, he said, had been
called t<!> validate tlie elections, and, in the in
tentions of the government, had no other
object in view. The renewal of the Legisla
ture by universal suffrage was a legitimate op
portunity for the nation to manifest its aspi
rations. But there must bo no precipi
tation as to the political results
to flow from that manifestation. And
then followed the most important, and in
deed the only important sentence of the
ministerial announcement: “On tlie opening
of tlie session at the usual period,” 51. Boulier
said, “the Government will submit to the
Chambers the resolutions and proposals which
appear to it to bo best fitted to realize tlie
wishes of tlie country.” Tlie above is a dis
tinct recognition that something is needed,
and a pledge that something will be done.
'Wliat and how much may be intended’
it i.s of course too early yet. to conjec
ture. Mast probably, the Emperor lias not
■made up bis otvn mind as to what he will
' concede, and waits to see how publio feeling
Hows between this and November. I think
ho is wrong in this delay, and that he had
hotter have remembered the maxim: Bis
4at qui i-ito dot. Public opinion will go ahead
of him, and what might have satistied now,
“will perhaps no longer satisfy then. The
promise, however, is made, and the country is
just in the humor to wait its fulfilment in the
largest sense.
I have alluded above to the resignation of
his office of President of the Chamber by M.
Schneider. The incident is a curious one, and
highly illustrative of the straits to which the
Emperor is sometimes put in the exercise, of
his extravagant prerogatives. A short time
ago he elevated Baron David to the rank of
Grand Officer of the 1 Legion of Honor. Baron
David is not only a rank reactionist, but also a
Vice President of the Chamber. French of
ficials are excessively tenacious about decora
tions, and M. Schneider interpreted this ole
'wattbtrof liis Vice-President
self)' to a ■ higher grade in the Legion
as a personal slight. He' sits down
accordingly in a pet, and pens a letter to the
Emperor,'in which lie resigns .liis offic*, bei
■cause,he : sayk, he,, considers the promotion of
Barou. David.to. be .of a nature to diminish Ills
•own “moral authority” in the Chamber. The
Emperor only gets this letter on the 2<>th inst.,
and the Chamber is to, meet on the 28tli.
What is t.o.- he done ? J THo office is difficult to
fill, and he. lias literally no one about him lit to
fill it. It lias never been successfully held since
<le Moray; and M- Schneider, ■ though
only ’ ’ a ' makeshift, is ■ really the lies ,
man lie - can get. So the Emperor
is obligud ! to eat humble pie to
his own nominee, and write a letter to sootlio
the wounded Vanity of liis President. He lias
no i ntention to jmt a slight uponM. Schneider.
. ' ■ ■ . . i i, .; L ' i :.■■ ■ l ■ ' ' ‘ > Li'ii■ -i; Li 1 iL ’ .. L ‘ ■
He “had ifvomised the decoration last year , to
JJaron David, as be (51., Schneider) knew.’’
Tlic nomination was not meant to denote re
actionary intentions; on the contrary, liis gov
ernmentdesired to be “sincerely liberal,” &c.,
&e., and so on. And in this way 51. Schneider
was “coaxed” to .withdraw his resignation, and
was very likely promised his “bit. of red rib
bon” also “nextyear”! But all-tins is very
pitilul, andJends to weaken the “moral au
thority” of the Emperor himself far more than
that of 51; Schneider. The best thing the' Em
peror could have done would have been to
give up at once the kxe rcise of a prerogative
wliieli girc-s him so much trouble, and which
belongs properly to tlie Chamber itself.
THE SAEN GEEFEST IN
BALTIMORE.
THE ORATPP-IO ON SUNDAY
NIGHT.
I Correspondence of tho Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
Bai.ti.moiik, July lath, —The concert, last
evening, was given at the slaryland Institute
to an audience numbering about two thousand,
and almost filing the auditorium. The hall
had been tastefully decorated with evergreens
and shields bearing the names of the various
States. The stage presented a gay appear
ance, crowded, as it was, with the elite of
Baltimore musicians, both vocal and instru
mental.
The chorus numbered about two hun
dred. Tlie orchestra consisted of thirty-eight
performers, whose playing was very credita
ble. With the exception of but two of its mem
liers, it was composed of resident instrument
alists. Lensehow, formerly of tlie Germania,
directed tbeperfoniianee.
Tlie .choruses were well given, both as to
time and spirit. Tlie orchestra, which at first
seemed to lag during the overture, became in
fused with new spirit when Lensehow ac
celerated the tempo, and, with the exception
of a slight wavering on the part of the basses
in tlie second chorus—“ And he shall purify
the sons of Levi”—tlie performance was quite
satisfactory.; not, however, as the Baltimore
papers claim it to be—“as effectively rendered
as it has ever been in this country.” The solos
were given by Himmer, Hermanns, Frederici
and Better. I name them in the order in
which the audience seemed to regard them,
ltotter, evidently conscientious and pains
taking, sings in oratorio as though it were an
unfamiliar task. Himmer, in his first solo,
was so unfortunate as to convey the same im
pression, improved wonderfully in Ills
later aria-?. Frederick's rich alto voice told
beautifully in the “He was despised and re
jected.” I may mention here that the oratorio
was given in Gentian.
In'giving Messiah, the Siingerbund have
done much to inijirove tlie. character of the
KaiigeiTest programme, this being the first
oratorio performed by the united German sing
ers. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining
mixed choruses, they have been obliged to
confine tlieir efforts to such compositions as
are intended for male voices alone. Now that
the Baltimoreans have, by tlieir good example,
shown that a sufficient number of ladies can
lie induced to lend tlieir aid, it is to be hoped
that in future Siingerfests there may he a
chance to hear the oratorios and cantatas,
which,in New England and in the European
cities, always occupy the place of honor in fes
tival programmes.
Yesterday Baltimore was given over to the
singers and their friends. It was decidedly a
German holiilay. Saloons were opened and
beerjngs clinked in happy ignorance of Sun
day laws. To-day, however, appears to be a
general holiday.
An entire division of militia (including Bal
timore’s crack regiment, the Fifth,) took part
in to-day’s procession, of which you have hada
description You will not tail to notice, how
cleverly the two leading piano firms of tliis
citv advertise their wares.
Miss Alide Topp, who was to have played
at tlie festival-concert to-morrow evening,
will not perforin. Gossip assigns the clashing
interests of rival piano-makers as the cause of
this disappointment. It is to lie regretted that
so unworthy an obstacle should prevent a dis
tinguished artiste from lending her aid to the
festival.
To-night we are to have the second concert.
The various societies competing for prizes will
then display tlieir skill. Among the fingers,
this is the all-engrossing topic. President
Grant, General Sherman, and Secretary Bout
well have accepted an invitation to attend the
concert. Wliat with the admirers of those
illustrious public functionaries, the friends of
the singers, and tliejiiugers themselves, the
hall of tiie MarylaniTfiistitute will be thronged.
As the concert for which the most careful re
hearsals have been made, it will, I doubt not,
pro ve, in an artistic sense, the most satisfactory.
It were vain to discuss probabilities. Let us
trust, however, that among the successful com
petitors our Philadelphia singers will not fail
to lie-represented. FVS.
AMERICAN MECHANISM THE MOUTH
• PIECE OP FRENCH POLITICS.
Heretofore the votes of the Corps Legisla
tif were separately dropped into largo metal
globes, not unlike antique helmets in appear
ance, each furnished with a grinning month
into which the Deputy dropped the slip on
-Wliieh liis opinion—was-written. i AJJOuplOrhf
tiese were carried about by solemn, black
suited ushers, one for tlic Kiglit, one for the
Opposition or Left, of the chamber; it was an
affair of time, and the counting was very de
liberately done under the eye of the President.
A news-paragraph in a late number of Fiyaro
j informs that all this has been changed, and
| that the pompous ceremonial of legislative
i etiquette lips been invaded by Yankee smart
!■ ness.
“ To-day (says Fiyaro of. Jutic 29) at the
opening of the Legislative Body, is to bo pre
sented to thejpoputies a voting apparatus, the
inventor of winch is. an American/ William
M. Springer.' .'•'■"•■•■■'•-;
“Wo will try to describe as well as wo can
this axuiaratns, which will take, register and
count the votes of the Representatives, The
machine is placed on the desk of the ‘ques
tors,’ and is 'connected with the desk of each
member of'the. Assembly, by metallic lines
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 13,1869.
passing beneath the floor. These wires termi
nate at two knobs placed on the desk of each
member, who, to give his vote, lias but to press
slightly upon one or tlie other of the knobs
according as be wishes io vote ‘yes* or ‘.no.’
An electric current is therefore formed, and
tlie vote is found simultaneously registered
along with ail tlie others. By means of this
machine, in any legislative assembly, no mat
ter liow numerous, a vote of lies or no may be
taken, registered, counted, and a dozen copies
printed in less than a minute.”
LETTER FROM TIRCSINIA.
Tlie Defeat of tlie Republican Party' July
tttb—Gilbert f. ‘Walker Elected by In
timidation and Fraud—A Sad Result
for Loyal Men lb Virginia—Persecution
of Northern Men Already Commenced
—-Laboring (Men Discharged by Thou-
sands for Toting—Ah Appeal In their
Behalf—A Proposition to Capitalists to
Tnm Philanthropists.
ICorrfcJTondeiici* of the Phila. Eve»!nc Bulletin. J
l’icTKitsiirno,VA.,Ju]y lOtli, 1801).—For more
than four long years we had been waiting for
restoration to ,tlie Union tinder a republican
form of government. None doubted for an
instant tlie triumph of the Republican party
in a fair election, and the .inauguration of a
liberal State policy under width we should
find peace; the promotion of education; tlie
dethronement of pirejudice; the development
of our wonderful internal resources, and as a
sequence, tlie influx of population and wealth.
But the sixth of July came, and the army of
the traitors of 1801 marshaled their legions,
headed by a northern Copperhead, intimidated
tlie colored votersas well as dependent whites;
set tlie general orders of Canny at defiance;
and with the setting sun came the rebel yell of
victory!
Do you remember the news of the disaster
at Bull Bun—how our hearts almost ceased to
beat—tlie sickening sensation, that produced a
deatli-like paleness on every loyal brow'.’ If so,
you may appreciate the feelings of the friends
of reconstruction and impartial liberty in Vir
ginia when this defeat became known.
Northern Bepublieans who bad bought farms
and engaged in agriculture, or invested capital
in mechanical pursuits, felt they were farther
from that prosperous condition of affairs (sure
to follow tlie success of the friends of the ad
ministration) than before tlie vote bad been
east, ami regretted exceedingly the day they
left a thriving, liberty-loving community, to
dwell among enemies whose right to trample
loyal men under foot had been newly cliar
teired. Colored men who bad been promised
tlie full rights of citizenship bv a power able
to protect them, and who could not by threats
of discharge or even violence be intimidated,
found themselves east adrift by thousands, to
seek bread in a community that prayed they
might starve. G\ shame! shame! is there not
strength enough left is the Bepublic to protect
the poorest of its citizens? slust rebels have
power to oppress the only friends the nation
had in this section in the hour of her greatest
need.? .
Before the election ire expressed our
opinions with comparative freedom; walked
fearlessly through town and country, and felt
secure in life, liberty and property, and no
man made us afraid. Now that the De
mocracy has triumphed, the spirit of ’<>l is
abroad in tlie land; tlie rebel press invites us to
bundle up and leave, and threats are openly
made to assassinate Bepublieans who have
been active in the campaign. Whether they
will dare to put their threats in execution, we
know not, out the blood of our martyred
friends in Georgia admonishes us to be ever
on our guard. Rev. slr. Atwell, pastor of St.
Stephen's colored Episcopal Church, received
a Kln-Klux note, yesterday, inviting him to
leave town wirhin two days. 51r. Atwell was
a register,and did liis duty—conforming strictly
to the letter of the law. The gentleman will
not leave, and has no fears for his safety.
Tlie strongest epithets known to our lan
guage ;ire_ used against Franklin Wood, the
State Senator-elect, lie having, by a large vote,
defeated one of the wealthiest citizens of the
place. 51 r. Wood was formerly engaged in
the real estate business in your city, of which
lie is a native, and at the close of the war came
to this city, and has been an energetic and suc
cessful business man; has invested considera
ble in property, and induced many to purchase
farms in this section, liaised and educated a
member of tlie Society of Friends, he has
from boyhood entertained the most liberal
views, anil the colored people, soon learning
tlie sincerity of his professions, solicited him
to represent'tlie loyal element in the Upper
House of the State Legislature.
This Congressional District lias elected, by a
large majority, Colonel James H.Platt, Jr., tor
Representative in Congress. Colonel Platt is
a native of Vermont, a true and tried Republi
ean, and by education and natural ability well
qualified to discharge the important duties
that-will he required of him. Though no man.
has brought more cajiital or skill, energy and
business integrity to Koutliside Virginia, it
does not shield him from (he curses of a com
munity that despises both your capital and
your labor, unless your principles are open to
bargain and sale. When we can hate a Be
publican .State Government we want our mem
bers admitted,but not until then. To withdraw
the military and leave us in the bauds of the
rebel Democracy would be to introduce a reign
of terror equal to any in the past history of
these rebellious States.
The most discouraging feature of _ the late
campaign was the evident want of interest
manifested by members of our party North,
while, the National Republican Executive
Committee lent us little or no aid. Two can
vassers of acknowledged ability, John W.
Forney and Gen. Van Wveke, did commence
a tour of the State a few days before the elec
tion, but not in time to effect auy real good.
More money, it is believed, went into the cof
fers of the " Walker (or Democratic) party
contributed by Republicans North—than was
handled by the State Central Committee of the
Wells (or ‘Republican) party dining the cam
paign from all sources.
How strong thisgreatßepubliean party must
feel when it "can"assist iix thfowniga State such'
as Virginia into the lap of the Democracy. 1 It
i.s thought Gov. Chase and Benj. F.-Butler lent
valuable aid to the Walker Democracy.
Our only recourse in defeat is to Congress,
and thousands of loyal men to-day rest their
holies on the representatives of tins great peo
ple. If impartial suffrage is desirable; if com
mon schools lire to he fostered and encour
aged ; if the new Constitution is to be the real
charter of our liberties, and not a dead letter,
Republicans nnist enact the laws to conform
with its provisions. "VTiat is tohifliOped fromr
a man who said 1f he were elected Governor
and had a Legislature not Radical (which is
the case); the Constitution shoidd bo set at de
fiance and made inoperativeWo hope our
faith in Congress may not prove misplaced—
we believe they will continue to elose the door
against the enemies of impartial liberty. Wo
pray they may not bo deceived into lending
credence to these old political hacks—consti
tutionally the enemies of all progress and re
form—who at this very hour are besieging the
President with fair promises, as wily as ser
pents anil harmless as doves, pleading for the
enthronement of Gilbert C. Walker, that'
they may get control of the State, when
tii.ev ..will"so deceive Congress as to gain
admission, when they! will throw oft all
disguise, and Virginia remain a Demo
cratic State, lending power and strength
to that great enemy of the, rights of man—,
modern Democracy. Wc -wish to awaken our
friends North to the Importance of securing to
Virginia a Republican administration; We
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
come fo you for protection—we appeal to yob
as you-kppe for peace in the future; for the
safety ancf prosperity of your friends 'now in
the South; for tlie formation !of laws conform
ing to flu* new constitution, such as promote
education, .secure life and -property and the
most enlarged liberty consistent with good gov
ernment—-to demand of .your representatives
in Congress that they listen only to tlie true
aiid tried friends of the Government from this
State. To the philanthropists we would say,
five hundred men have already been dis
charged from the tobacco factories and other
employments in this city, and we solicit assist
ance in maintaining them until they can secure
employment here or. elsewhere. If. men of
capital would come and engage in the manu
facture of tobacco, they would find plenty, of
labor and a remunerative business, while per
forming an act of philanthropy.
; ■ 1 ' PIIOORESS.
The Spanish Regency.
A letter dated sladrid, June 2iitli, says
“The question, now, slousieur,” said a cyn
ical Frenchman tlie-other day, “is whether
.Serrano will kill Prim, or Brim will
kill Serrano.” Add be went on to tell me that
two Englishmen bad a bet on this point, and
that the money was deposited in a batik at
51adrid. Otif countrymen are credited with
most of the eccentric things done or fancied
on tlie Continent, so we need not see in this
story anything more than an embodiment of
tlie'preVailing and continued -uncertainty
about the future of Spiain. The Regency is
established, no doubt; but already its character
of a makeshift is disagreeably felt. Tlie new
slinistry hoped for turns out to be the old
Ministry with very insignificant alterations. A
couple of respectable Unionistas, Silvela and
Martin Herrera, have been put in tlie places
of the Foreign slinister and Minister of Jus
tice. Neither of them has been in a Govern-,
ment before, and tlie chief thing in their favor
is that, they are supposed not to be violent.
steamvliile, Figuerola remain jn power, and
the impeeimiosity of the nation is chronic; ,
while Prim behaves like the typical military
adventurer of the country, and the Republi
cans do all tliev can'to embarrass Government
by agitation tilf they are strong enough to attack
it by force. Prim,' with- a bankupt exchequer
staring liim in tlie taee, lately promoted a batch
of general officers. It is a highly comic fact
—to lookers-on, I mean, wlio do not have to
pay—that the official staff of tlie Spanish army
is as large as that of France, whose army is
five times as big. Tlie truth is that Spanish
politics are a game of pool—the pool being
formed out of tlie public money. 11l tlie pres
ent stage of the game the Progressistas and
Unionistas are winning, while the Republi
cans and Garlists are watching for a chance of
capsizing tlie table and seizing the spoil. The
ferocious conservatism of Prim’s recentspeeeb,
in wfiieii lie said that Government would even
he “cruel” in the maintenance- of order,
is explained by his knowledge that
tlie Bepublieans mean mischief. I need
notsAy that nobody doubts his word
so far. Jn fact, 1 bis Government
acted on the principle before talking about it.
They encouraged tlie disaffected at slalaga
and* elsewhere to provide themselves with
arms in order to have an opportunity of put
tiugthem down, and put them down with su
perfluous and calculated ferocity. Tlie least :
tiling now throws an Andalusian town into a
panic; and lam told that the helpless pol
troonery of the “respectable classes,” who
might, if they used tlieir strength wisely, con
trol affairs, is something awful. Spain,in short,
is quietbeean.se the party in possession of power
is supported by the army. But tills is a kind
of quiet which does not necessarily involve
prosperity; and, however thankful for it, peo
ple want something more. The set of affairs,
therefore, is still towards a monarch, who, it
is hoped, will restore public confidence and
attract foreign money. But where the
monarchis to come from is as dark a subject of
speculation "as ever." The' Duke of Mont
pensier lius returned, and is waiting to be
“sent for” amidst the jeers of his radical
neighbors. The officials, however, that one
talks to on the sulijeet doubt, his chances;
while there is an impression among the public
out of the range of his “influence” that he i.s
a close, greedy and narrow man, and that tlie
Duchess i.s a liaiightv woman and bigoted
Catholic.
Anotiier Noble Bankrupt in England--.
Tbe Bankruptcy of Lord Artbnr Pel
ham Clinton.
This case cai. lore Mr. Commissioner
Winslow again, 2 2!lth, at tin: Court of
bankruptcy. Hisi Isbip’s liabilities reach to
C4,b>4, of which l. j,iino is flue to unsecured
creditors, and .£0,314 on accommodation hills.
There are nearly 200 unsecured creditors,
chietiy for goods supplied and money lent.
His lonlship.s reversion of £7,500, payable 011
the death of his mother, and estimated at
(.'5,000 present value, had been charged to Mr.
.1. C. flicker, scrivener, of Craig’s-court, as
security for a debt of £4,500. Since the last
settling the bankrupt had placed on the tile of
proceedings wliat lie calls a “voluntary state
ment,-'’ filed in pursuance of an order of the
ciiurt, reliiting to’the goods purchased by him
of Messrs. Hancock and Messrs. Howell and
■lamest and how 'the same have been disposed
of. It is in the following terms:—
“As regards the goods purchased of Messrs.
Howell and James.—Certain goods were, upon
the solicitation of this firm, ordered by mo in
anticipation of my marriage with a lady of
large fortune. Tl'iey consisted of bridesmaids’
lockets, necklets, rings, &c., for the bride, with
her initials and mine combined in diamonds,
emeralds, and rubies, also other articles in
tended for bridal presents, amounting, includ
ing a previous debt incurred by me of about
ti'iU. m the aggregate to about £4,000, for
which sum this firm requested mo to accept
three bills of exchange, which 1 accordingly
did, such bills being drawn by themselves, and
they were payable,'to the best of my belief, at
six,' nine, ‘anil twelve months, or at
six and twelve months, and two years.
These hills were kept by them
until the completion of the articles. A
little time"afterwards, the-~marriage—being
broken oft', they refused either to return the
bills or deliver the articles, detaining the bills,
its alleged, for my ,own previous debt, and for
the loss they would sustain by unsetting the
jewelry. My tlieii solicitor applied for the
return of the said bills of exchange, and tliey
ultimately did return two of them, and re
tained one for the aforesaid reasons. The en
tire debt due to them 1 believe amounts to
£ll*o, but it may be £250. Not having their
account to refer to, I cannot be positive. As
regarcls-tliis-ainountj-tlieprincipal portions.
were lost on my travels abroad, and on my
ship; and the remainder I gave to friends—
namely, brooches, ear-rings and rings.
“As regards the goods purchased of Messrs.
Hancock'&-Co. —My debt to this firm was
contracted during the first part of the year
ISIiT, and it was for jewelry, namely, diamonds,
rings, and,one or two other articles for the
lady before named, to whom I was engaged to
be married; a diamond star, and other arti
cles, the particulars of which I cannot remem
ber, I gave to various friends. Several arti
cles charged in Messrs.' Hancock’s account
were not, however, delivered.”
When tho case was called on, it appeared
tliat a protracted examination, would bes ne
cessary; and.tli'erobeing a long list of eases be
fore Ins honor,°an adjournment was taken by
consent until November. —Pall Mill (lazette.
The iiondon correspondent of tlio Herald lias
the following also 1 - 4
TIIIS AFFAIIiN OF TIIK IH'KF OF NEWCASTLE.
Aiiiiil nil those exciting proceedings the sale
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
SPAIN.
of tlie Duke of Newcastle’s "effects lias passed
oft Without much comment. Thev sold every
th! ng they could lay their hands on in his splen
did mansion, down, Lam fold, to half a dozen
pair of breeches, which were succeeded 'on the
autionecr's rostrum by twenty-fotirpots of rasp
berry jam. A curious reverse of fortune anil
a curious commentary on the leveling tendency
of tlie turf, that a man who used to bill thou
sands of pounds for yearlings to auctioneers
•should now hear of lbs own small clothes be
ing knocked down by other auctioneers for a
few shillings! Queer, is it not ? '
THE EAIil, OF WESTMORimAXII “ DOWN AMONG
THE I>EAJ> MEX.” ' ,
Tlie Earl of Westmoreland's turn lias come
at last, anil it is.to be regretted. forhe Ls.a fine
gentleman and a really noble sportsman. He
bad never much money, and liis style of living
and of betting was such that liis ruin was only
a question of time—and tlie time lias at length
“arrow” lam told ou tlie best authority
that when the crash was coining he made over
fourteen of liis horses to the slarqtds of Hart
ington, the Postmaster-General, and that they
were seized by a relentless creditor who refused
to see that they were no longer the Earl’s. It
was in vain for tlie slarquis to give the most
satisfactory proofs that thev were Ids. The
creditors merely said that ids lordship could
prove that in a court of justice, and his Lord
ship, who aspires to high honors on the Trea
sury bench, declining to appear as-an oiyiuir
of race horses, they were made over to this
astute creditor. Beyfuls, the money-lender
who fought with Pauwick over the Duke of
Newcastle's property, has already levied a dis
traint on the Earl’s seat of Apeworthi-in
Northampton.
THE COLLAPSE OF I.ORII COI’RTENAV
A line to say that Lord Courtenay is at
length “fljnnmoxed.” On the turf liis lordship
lias been for many years in such a state of
chronic “broke” and Ids “ghosts”—every bet
ting man to whom youowe money is a ghost
—so numerous that lie could get nobody to
lay him the odds. Under these circumstances
he betook himself to the Stock Exchange,
where lie speculated heavily, and where at
length he lias come to such grief that lie lias to
make his appearance before a commissioner
in bankruptcy.
ITALY.
Revolutionary Designs In Enropc.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Morning Post, by way of an introduction to ail
extract from a 'Milan journal, alludes in the
following terms to the general belief regard
ing the late revolutionary demonstrations
throughout tlie Continent. He says:
The last and perhaps the most correct belief
i.s that, the Paris riots are connected with a
general wide-spread but abortive conspiracy
of republican origin, intended to produce rev
olution in France, Italy, Spain and the Dami
liian Principalities. Continental governments
are aware of tlie existence of revolutionary
designs, supposed to he directed by slazzini,
who lias ouJ.v lately left Switzerland for Eng
land. Of course there can be ue revolution in
Europe without France, so it was necessary to
begin with Paris and some of the large towns,
while sTilan and other cities of Italy immedi
ately responded.. There were indications of
tlie same proposed movement at Bucharest,
and the Spanish government was aware of the
designs ot the republican party. A concerted
plan for wide-spread revolutionary movements
appears to have been formed, but has signally
failed. Some day we shall no doubt get the
details. Jt is meanwhile encouraging to know
that Europe is in no humor for revolution.
The Lombardia of 51ilan says:
Persistent rumors, the origin and value of
which we are unacquainted with, 'indicated'
tlie 24th of June as designated for grave
tumults in this city and other important places
in Italy. But the attitude of the population
during the whole day was such that the most
attentive observer would have vainly sought
the slightest symptom of excitement. In the
evening, however, the ordinary band of street,
bovs, with here and there some indi
viduals, coming from no one knows
where, collected on the Piazzi di Duomo
and before the guard house of the palace,
amusing themselves with mocking the sen
tries. An officer of tlie Foggia Lancers, 51.
Loronzi, endeavored to address the. crowd,
and advised it in polite and conciliatory tonus
to disperse. The same thing happened to him
as oecurrejl to the captain of whom sianzoni
speaks in chapter twelve of the “Promessi
Sposi”—the moving harangue was cut short by
some one throwing a stone at him. We cannot
say whether 51. Lorenzi, like his prototype,
•hanged liis style and exclaimed “Camilla!”
We only know that he managed to avoid being
struck. Lieutenant Raldaelli, of the Seven
teenth, Sub-Lieutenant Clandoni and Captain
Laro were not equally fortunate, as they
wore struck when essaying to calm the agi
tation. Stones continued to rain, anil the com
mander thought the time had arrived to put
an end to the'affair. A company of tlie Seven
teenth issued unexpectedly from the palace,
and, spreading into open order, set to work to
drive away the lads,using the butt end of their
muskets, anil a detachment of lancers making
its appearance in t-lie street led to the speedy
evacuation of the piazza. At ten o’clock tran
quillity was completely restored. Tlie stocks of
tin; muskets left some marks on the more ob
stinate; some others were thrown down and
bruised; Two of the leaders were arrested,anil
recognized as men who have frequently been
in prison.
THE EXILES OF FERNANDO PO.
Crael and Brutal Treatment.
Late advices received in Liverpool per the
African Royal Mail .steamer Maudingo, Cap
tain Davis, which arrived in the Mersey on
'June 21, report the arrival at Fernando Po of
deportwm, or political exiles,from Havana, 1
in the Spanish government transport ISorjii.
These, exiles, mostly men of high position and
wealth,complain bitterly of the cruel treatment
thev experienced while on board the Borja,
especially from the volunteer soldiers who
mounted guard over them, and, to quote
the words of the despatch, “their
sufferings were such as to cause
them to hail with delight their being
landed at this island (Fernando Fo), in spite
of all the. horrors which they .amioiitatedfrom
previous description.” They also complain of
the high prices they had to pay for anytlung
out of the way of their ordinary allowance Of
coarse provisions, *1 being ehatyqd foy a bot
tle of beer, and other things lupfceportlou.
Shortly alter they landed' the island was
placed’ under martial law, and qyen peoplp
connected with or belonging to tlm mail
steamer were prohibited from visiting or
leaving her without a special permit from the
Governor.
- (Speech of HRrshal Buießiiir, —-
Marshal Bnzuine, so. writes a Paris evening
paper, in his farewell address to the officers,
of the regiments about to quit, the camp of
Chaloris, informed them that it was their
duty to provide themselves with whatever
they may-require for service in the field. The
officers of the iron-clad Channel squadron,
now stationed at Cherbourg, as well as those
belonging to the Oceanic licet at Brest, have
received from tilts Admiralty charts of re
markable precision of the Northern Ocean, of
the Gulf of Finland, and. of the Baltic Sea.
The charts have been lately drawn and on
graved. " •
TIIK (ll ITX AKD MB. Pl’. IIIODV.
letter from Her Majesty.
[From the .Boston Post,- Julyl2.l
It would be difficult for aii.v one to pay a
more delicate or graceful compliment than that
which Queen Victoria has just paid to our mu
nificent countryman, Georgo Peabody. Mr.
E. I. EETHERSTGN Publisher.
PRICE THREE OEiVttf
Peabody, as'is'vell understood, leff E'nj;l;itid(
very unexpectedly, and without allowing his
departure to lje known beyond a narrow-eircia
of liis friends. ’ But the fact of,liis.embarkation,
and of hist extremely feeble health, found its,
way into th e English journals, and soon eaftie
to the knowledge of Her Majwffy, who, with
that goodness of heart which lias' alwrajs char
acterized her, aiid which .Americans have
never fai led to appreciate. ;> amtriatjinif e; glive •
.immediate expression to lier .feelings, in, the
following autograph note,' which', we’; learn/'
lias heen received by Mr." Peabody within' a
few days past, and of which we have keen for
tunate enough t o obtain a copy:
WrxrisoK Castue, June ‘2O, 'im—fttt":
Queen is very sorry that Mr. Peabody's sad-'
den departure has made it impossible ‘ fqr, her
to see him before he left England, and she is
concerned to hear that he is gone in 'had
health. ■ : ■ r.
Slie now writes him a line to .express s hea
hopo that he may return to this country quite
recovered, and that she may then have the op •
portunity, of which she has : now been de
prived, of seeing iiim and ottering him her
personal thanks for all lie' lias done for the
people. i
The note was transmitted, hy Mr.; Arthur
Helps, the Clerk of the Privy" Council, who
adds that the Queen also commanded him “to
he sure and charge Mr. U’eabodv to repost
himself on his return to England.’*
How much there is in slum, an act “of con
sideration and kindness on the part of .Queen
Victoria, toward one whom all Americans are
proud of, to soften the asperities growing out
of public controversies between the two, na
tions ! The exquisite portrait of Her Majesty,
which she sent, to Mr. Peabody two or three
years ago, is now at the Danvers Institute/in
the same apartment with the" beautiful gold
medal presented to him by Congress in the
name Of the people of the United States. But
a little note like this, coming so plainly from
the Queen's heart, as well as from her own
hand, lias a significance arid a value far above
any mere material gifts, however costly.
art mm
Harnisch, the Sculptor, sails for Europe to
day, taking with him several orders aiui tho
good wishes of many friends.
A choice representation .of Belgian and
Diisseldorf art. is usually to be seen at the gal
lery of Cl. Pelinan, Ho. (532 Callowhill street
Having recently received an interesting line
of paintings, Mr. Polrnan lias hung them in
two principal depots, a selection having been
removed from liis own establishment to the
new jewelry storij of Mr. Kretzinar. Ho. 1311
Ciiestuut street. At the latter, address may he
seen a very elaborate and excellent stable
scene, by X>. Van Kuyelc; and a couple of land
i capes by Alexander Wust,whom wo recollect
ns a handsome youth playing at ten-pins at the
'White Mountains some seven years
since, hut who lias now “ranged
himself” with a Belgian wife, arid
settled at Antwerp, from whence he sendfkus
landscapes like this really line “Waterfall by
Moonlight” in the collection under notice. At
Mr. Pchnan’s up-town gallery may he seen a
careful, large flower-piece by Bidan, “Henry
VIII. and Anne Boleyn.” hy Seliaefels, Cattle
by Count, de Bylaiidt aiul do Beul, a good
View on the Glonimen Kiver, in Norway; hy
the President of the Antwerp Art Union Herr
Jacob Jacobs, a pair of genre subjects hy Mari
Ten Kate, Dogs by Henriet.te Ilonner,. and
many other well-chosen works of continental
art. There lias not lately been a better oppor
tunity for adding to private galleries from the
• collection of a reliable 'expert, 'than is afforded
by this interesting group of pictures, all new
to Philadelphia and nearly all good.
FACTS AXI» FANCIES.
—New Orleans presents less than 4,000 tax
able incomes.
—The Thrown of Spain—the Spanish troops
in their wrestle with the patriot Cubans.— Ex.
—A new lull-length portrait of Beethoven
has been discovered in Germany.
—An Illinois fanner has willed forty
thousand dollars to the Pope. A Pius will.
—One of the Sultan’s wives has given birth
to a Prince, who lias been named Mehemed.
Chilket.
—Duluth, Minn., which aspires to become
the metropolis of the West, calls itself Zenith
City. 1
... —The subject of Air. Tennyson’s new poem
is the old German legend of the “Quest of the
Holy Grail.”
—Richard Vagner has been elected hon
orary member of the Academy des Beaux Arts
at Berlin. .
—The celebrated violinist, Joachim, lias
been appointed Director of Instrumental Mu
sic at the Academy of Music at Berlin.
—The Emperor of the French has an
nounced to M. (le Lesseps liis intention to
create him Duke of Suez.
—James Parton is getting ready lives of
Voltaire and Theodore Parker. He lias also
written a paper on the Washington lobby.
—Bayard Taylor is to deliver a course of
six lectures, on German literature, at Cornell
University.
—Rubinstein and -Thalberg lately played a
duet lor two pianocs at a soiree in Paris given
byMme. Erartl.
* —Mr. G. 1L Elliott, of New Haven, lias
given to the Connecticut Historical Society a
Hessian musket, captured at Trenton in 170-1.
Its plate beam date of make 1702.
—’The first time a writer in the Cincinnati
"'Himes saw Thomas Buchanan Read, he was
[lasting theatre bills for a strolling compauy,
otwhirli he was one. Which the reader call
believe or not, as he likes.
—Bull Mountain, near Romney, New Hamp
shire, is thought to have volcanic elements at
work inside. Humbling noises have been
heard for a year past by persons at work upon
its sides.
—A few'days ago a colony of sixty Swiss
immigrants arrived at Goldsborougli, North
Carolina, to settle in the neighboring counties.
On the day of their landing [here were three
marriages’ among them.
—A Cincinnati Treasury agenfeatised-liinv
self to be locked up in a bank vault to escape
the wrath of a tobacco dealer whose factory
he had closed, and who was hunting him with
a big whip. •
—Among recent books translated into Rus
sian and published at St. Petersburg are two »
or three of Miss Braddon’s novels and tho
history of the “American Navy During the
War.’’
—Tile celebrated Roman astronomer, Father- ;
Secelii, lias written to the Gioniale. di Roma ,
-statiiig'tliaThe lias noticedatrexcessive num
ber of spots on the sun. Oil the 7tli uIL ho
counted as many as tliirty-tliree,. divided into
seven or eight groups.
—Pio Noun lias now reigned longer thaitany
of his predecessors since St. Peter excopljl’iuS"
VI., Sylvester, Adrian 1., and Fins V 11..; His:
health Is at present said to be good.- His two
brothers are respectively four dud-seven years -
older than ho is. ' * •H'-yV - .
. —Protestantism in Saxony has received a <
valuable addition by tho conversion of tha '
Rev. Mr, .lager, n Frauoiscan. friar, formerly 1
private secretary to the Archbishop of Prague
inid confessor to tlie King of Saxony. Hehaa
lust preacher! fqr the iirst time ill Dresden as a
Protestant clergyman. .■ - . " .. tt
—A tombstone in Fletcher cemetery, V' 1
lues the following sad inscription, dated 181.1 2 a
“Here lies theremains of H. P. Nichols’s W
Who mourned away her natural Ufo; -
She mourned herself to death for her mam
While he in the sevvice'ot'Unclo Ham." ‘
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