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i THE CIVIL WAR IN AMKtlICA frsost or ow wwiearox b) If tvtr there were a time since the outbreak' of lt irar when the customary 'brag of Generals, Administration, Uio press, end tho people vera oot of pLvv, it ha boon during the pro cut 'week. Astrie of obstiuato battle Las been fought (a jjjryUnJ, lasting each day from dawn till dark, tvtificins lives in such awful number to mult tie epithet of camaga desperate, bitbr, end Moody Ja tlx extrcmcjuutll on Wednesday night both fere too exhausted to renew the fight, and rested to bury their dead, suppoid to amount tree thousand men, equally divided between thta. On Thursday, according to de paUVs fr tni forxrtlirCItllan, published to dsy, to t.io inr.ueifcw delight of the recruits who have not yet goue to the ar, of th Wall street speculators for a and jascrally off the war party in the city, the tattle was not nuaifd, except in occasional skirmishes slight impo'rttncj but in tho evening the Confederates abandoned their position and retreated across th Potomac. Whether MClJln will fol lor, as he sayj ho will, remains to bo soen. Tho Boat that can be said at preont is, that ttw Fedvral armies were valiant, so well led, and vour ably placed against an enemy equally valiant, foully and equally wed handled, that they inljted aa much damage at they received, and converted into a drawn battle That otkcrwjse wight have been a defeat.

llut this bout is not sufficient for Washington and New York. Tha cry is that the Union is restored, that the rebellion is crushed, and that the THE TIMESTSATURDApTi none teeming to think, the least inure pnety indisouasing it Ercn his best friend make. grwtcr effort to stem the tide of disfavour that haa act in against him than the weak assertion thai he Ua honest man and hat done his beat the selfsame ploa that ia put in in arrost of judgment against uenerai few belie re to be a traitor. Mr. Lincoln is said not to feel very acutely, If at all, the change in popnlar opinion, and to indulge in the customary jokes and good ttorioe with which he is in tho habit of interlarding all subjects of debate and conversation as freely as; if nothing were the matter, aome men, who are neither born great nor can achieve greatness, are uncomfortable when greatness is thrust upon them, but Mr.

Lincoln suLers under no such infirmity. He is panoplied in the complete etoel of his good intentions, and does not ercn appear to know how ineffective those may be for every ptirpose except thai paring of Pandemonium. New York would prefer Jefferson iJavis in his place Philadelphia would, perhaps, prefer and Ifcwton, with all the Churches, would undoubtedly shout for Fremont; but3Ir. Lincoln is not likely to give cither of them a chauco, unless upon such compulsion aa Napo leon employed on tho 18th of which there are wholo hosts of people to recom mend as the one thing needful for the salration of the country. But that pear is not yet and, am ul so slow and unready a people aa the Ameri cans, it may possibly never ripen at all.

As yet they havo only been wounded in their feelings not in their pockets. But, if the old Anglo Saxon blood le not nttcrly changed in its nature by tho atmosphere of the New World, it is when that sacred art annihilated the whole of which vaunts arj 11W tin11 touched tliat tho tug of ciril war will pslpsily unfounded, and known to so, ynmf wlto shout th nn forth most loudly. It is possible that in the desperate battle which cudod oa Wednesday night between 100,000 men on tho Cbofederate and as many on tho Fediral tile, on a ac extending from Leoaburg to Hajortun niid Sharptburg, the Confederates were virtually defeated, as General JrClellan reports. It is eito rcasIUe that they will make good the retrea.t into Virginia coamenced on Thursday, and defy Td Clcl. Un to follow them but in neither of theso caso, eren in the wort that could happen to them their otter ront or sarrender on Yirginkn' soil would there be an end of the war, or.

of tho "hope, the strength, or the determination of the South to achieve its independence. General Ilockcr has sent an official despatch to General Uailcck in the true vein of Bobadil and Pope, General Ilookcr, who is kuown to bo a gallant soldier, reports a great battle at Centreville, in Slarylaad (not tho better known Centrevil's of Virginia), which he had tlie honour to leal off, and which lasted the whole of Tuesday, and until 10 o'clock on Wednesday. He describes the carnage as awfuh" In cl.iiniing the victory, he cxpres3ej his regret that a wonnd in his foot prevented him from taking further "part in the operations, as he had counted either on capturing the rebel army or driving it into the Potomac." It would have been better, under rcch circumstances, if he Lid confined himself to a simple and concise record of ths past. Tho world only wants to know what a General has done, not what he imagines he might have dene. Perhaps, had General Blooker not been rounded, he might have discovered latsr in the day that he Lad on too much, and that Ins' opponent might pi'riiapshave captured Mm, or driven him into the Potomac, just as Captain Bobadil counted on too mnch when he calculated that'his.

20 men were always to kill SO of the enemy, and never dreamed of tho possibility of a different catastrophe, From the voluminous, but imperfect and often contradictory, reports that havo been pubhshsd of the great events that came to their culmination yesterday, it is evident that the decisive battle of the rar has not yet been fought, and that all which has happened up to this time is but preliminary to the final onslaught, that is to make or mar tTClwI.in, but that is not likely1, end how it will, either to make or mar tha fortunes of the Con federacy. Disappointed in the hope of large accessions to their strength in Maryland, unable to hold that State in faco of an apathetic or timid or, it xsighibo, hostile people and aware of the mistake they" had made in relying upon support which was net forthcoming, tho. Confederate Generals appear to hare taken their measures to recross the Pot with their supplies. If such were their object, lrClflLn, by his march from Washington to the, Moaocacy, and by the battles of Hageritown and Sharpsburg, has veiy seriously interfered with tad retarded the movement but it does not yet: appear that hs has prevented it, or that anything ha can do will interfero with their whether they be to keep possession of thj valley of tho Shenandoah and the' commanding position of Harper's Ferry, or to retire upon Manassas. But if the news of their retreat bear.the interpretation put cpon it by the War office, Philadelphia, if not Baltimore md Washington, is safe for the present, and its citizens may onco more deep in peace, and to New York for tbogold and silver and other Tjlwiles which they transmitted thither for safe kecpiagas soon as they heard that tho great "Stonewall" was likely to pounce upon thaiu.

In thl3 city so easily are people buoyed up with hope the of the Confederates is liallJd with ai rrach joy as if it really endel the trar and the President is urged to be magnaniinoas in the nomcnt of victory, to issuaa procLwiation for a general amnesty, to invite the Southorn leaders to rerun to their allegiance, and support the Union it was, and tha Constitution as it Ls," to fraternize with Jefferson Davis, to let all bygoae3 be bygones, and to wind up tldirs amid a blase of ro lepanioTf to tha next great 'raavcnv. nt for the absorption of British America and Mexico. In such a moment the little matter of tho debt of both parties is topi trivial for consideration. Tomorrow aCairs may wear a different aspect, bnt till then eoulfiir de tony is couloir de rose, and optimism and brag arc lords of the ascendant. Mr.

Lincoln's loss of popularity, whHv every day seems to confirm, can scarcclybe cifed as a proof of the proverbial fickleness of crowds. lie has not fallen suddenly. There has been a mygivihg for race tha that ho was not the man for the crisis but pwrde felt loth to blame a person so honest and tiplc cinded eo anxious to do risht, if he only knew how so sorely tried by opposing factions, tad placed accidentally in circumstances of such fcnarmnrn AifumMv mil danrer. Rnt tVipm h.i been a limit to this friendly forbearance, and tlie Hiaisters by whom he surrounded himself hare so tho North "in its own estimation, so out r7l public liberty, so flagrantly used the good a for their own ulterior purposes, so openly acted ith a view to possessing his place at the next Pri ktia! election, so completely lent themselves to fur the personal objects of every kind of jobber and Khtraer, and so pextmadously dragged the cause of osstirutiocal government through the mire, that patient people have at length revolted at the Jectade, and endeavoured to fasten upon Mr. Linthe responsibility which he has often so ostcn assumed.

They might, perhaps, havo with him for a much longer time if good for. ttended the arms of his Generals, but in paoty and ill fortune, to be paid for by enormous won and enormous loss of liberty, were too to endure simultaneously without remon llr lincolu'a popularity has boon So erery newspaper his resign autnmm wcroamatter oi wae opposing, some rccomrflcnding, but 1 be really appreciated. The Government scorns to ba fully aware of the danger and the screw of income and property tax will not bo turned on until the 1st of May, 1803 before which, time tho Government, the debt, and the present war msy all have disappeared together. Commodore Wilkes, tho gentleman wlio studies 'ntemational law to justify his foregone conclusions, and whoL resolves the doubts that may arise in his mind after a fashion that neither Grotius, Punen dorfli Vattel, nor any later authority would approve, has been appointed to the command of tho American squadron in the West Indian seas. lie took his departure three days ago, to tho satisfaction of the too numerous class of people who never think tho time inopportune for a quarrel with England, and to tho alarm, if not the, disgust, of the respectable and sobcrminded persons who think that the Federal Government has more than enough on its hands at tho present time without a foreign embroilment.

Commodore Wilkes may bo a very good sailor, and a very cstimablo but if thcro were any position in the naval service of his country which he was pre eminently disqualified from filling, it is tho very position into which he has been so maliciously thrust. The unfitness is so glaring that every body remarks it. All tho Anglomamacs rejoice, and sniff the approaching mischief with epicurean rest But every one else deplores that the Govern ment should be unwiso enough to put such a torch into the neighbourhood of a powder magaxino, unless it wishes for a new Trent affiur, or something worse, to create a diversion from tho growing perilof home politics, and unite in hatred to Gmat Britain the various divergent factions which have never been known to unite on anything else. Mr. Seward's reply to the "Paisley bodies," which has just been received here, has been hailed by his friends as a masterpiece of reasoning and a triumphant vindication of Northern policy.

But as ib fallacies and misstatements minister to the national pride and passion, it is not very surprising that no one takes the pains to expose thcim Per haps, howovcr, the following specimens of Mr. Seward's perversity of argument may enlighten the Paisley bodies," if no ono else. In the second para graph of his letter ho says, the principle of tho American Government is peace and goodwill to all States and all men." This is a palpablo misstate ment as regards its relations with Great Britain for the last 20 years (to go back no further), cs the history of tho Oregon and Maine boundary question, the fishery question in 'the Bay of Fundy, tho right of search question, the foreign enlistment question, ths San Juan question, and many others, "might testify, in all and each of which the Federal Government manifested the reverse of goodwill, and pursued a policy that would have become the reverse of peaceful had it not been for an amount of patience on the part of Great Britain which it would not have exhibited towards any other country, and which the Americans are apt to consider to have been more cowardly than magnanimous. He states in the samo paragraph that tho struggle now raging between North and South is at best a matter of indifference to the Governments of Europe," though he must know full well that no subject excites so much interest in Europe, as it may well do when so many thousands of hardworking and honest people are reduced to poverty and misery by it in England and France through no fault of their own or of their Govern ments. II also states that the Governments of Europo desire nothing leas than the "national ruin" of America a statement in which' the Secretary may be believed when ho proves to the satisfaction of Englishmen, Frenchmen, or Americans, that tho independence of the United States achieved by ashington was tho rum of England, bnt not till then.

If theso representations are true," adds the sanctimonious Minister, "it is a new and melancholy illustration of the disposition of man kind to seek to do harm to each other at the cost of common sacrifices and sufferings Ono would have thought that a newer, a truer, and en infinitely more melancholy illustration of the fact might Ixs found in tho horrible war that Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward are now waging against tho South. Seward cannot see it, though all Eucopo can, as well as a very largo portionof tho American people. Archbishop Hughes, having transformed himself into a recruiting sergeant, and his example having been imitated very generally by tho Roman Catholic clergy of New York, the Protestant clergy have been encouraged to do likewise.

There was last night what the papers call a grand uprising of the Churches," under tho'auspiccs of the Young Men's Cliristian Association, to beat up for recruits for tho Ironsides" regiment, so named after Crom well's famous corps. The Ironsides" are all to be "good young men," whoso moral characters must bear the strictest investigation before they can bo permitted to put their trust in God and keep their powder dry" in tho uniform selected. The special inducements to join the regiment are that every man will have Christian associates in the camp," "reliable comrades in battle," and" $50 higher bounty money" than can be got in any other regiment These combined attractions not having been sufficient to fill up the numbers to the required complement, tha "uprising" of last night was organized to give an impetus to the recruiting. What the result may have been is not known, but if the recruits have not the religious fana ticism of CromwelTs warnors, which is not likely, or if they do not bum with the same fiery zeal against slavery and slaveowners that wnimaVi the bosoms of Mr. Charles Sumner, General Fremont, Mr.

Wendell Phillips, and the Rev. Mr. Boecher, it is not likely that they will make a deep mark in tho history of the war, or that they will bo more fortusato than, any other regiment, except In the little matter of the extra bounty money. If they could only be indnced to change sides in the struggle, they might find a commander to their mind in the person of '1 Stonewall" Jackson." who' reporUd to carry no baggage but his Bible and a few maps of tha eoontry in which ho is to cain Ttctones, and who never fight without a devout prayer for the guidance and pro taction of the Almighty. The Worth docs not yet afford such a hero, though might perhaps if Mr.

Boecher, the 8purgeon of hi people, would only venture to fight the South as vigorously with hit right hand in the field as does with his tongue in the pulpit The Judge Advocate General is busy at Fort Lafayette in examining the prisoners, but does not appear to have ordered any extsnsive gaol delivery. lie has, however, come across one remarkable case, which' proves how little liberty has existed in America since Mr. Soward first set the example of arbitrary arrests, and Mr. Simon Cameron and Mr, Stanton endeavoured to better it Mr. Stanton boasts that ho is a live man," and appointed the superintendent of police of this city to the post of i'rovojt Marshal because he, too, could interpret a nod or a wink'from his superiors as easily, as he could a volume of written instrnc tions.

By the authority of ono or both of these vivacious functionaries it appears tliat one Colonel Betge, a Prussian by birth, was arrested four weeks ago, and committed to Fort Lafayette, He was in utter ignorance of the charge or charges against him, and was perhaps even more indignant and surprised than the majority of persons who found themselves in tha samo unhappy predicament, inasmuch as by his own exertions, his knowledge of tha military profession, and his popularity among ths Germans, he had raised a whole regiment, the New York GSth, at the commencement of tho Civil War, and commanded it with so much distinction that was recommended to the iienate by tho President for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. After a year's service he had coma to New York on a furlough of 0 days. Only three of them had elaped when I13 was summarily arrested and con fined in Fort Lafayette. He repeatedly demanded to know of what crime he was accused, hut could gam no information. II wife proceeded to Washington to make inquiries at head quarters, but was equally unsuccessful and the unfortunate man would all probability havo remained in prison until he had been forgotten, like many othen, if public opinion had not oeen so grossly scandalized, by the arrest of the ten insurance brokers of Wall street and some other equally flagrant eaves, as to alarm the Government for the consequences of its act, and lead to the mission of tho Judge Advocate General.

That functionary has not allowed the gnus to grow under his feet FortunatelyforColonel Betge his case was one of the earliest investigated. The result is that he has been liberated, and has re ceived from the Judge Advocate a certificate that he' was arrested upon an unfounded charge, that his imprisonment was unlawful, and that he is dis charged honourably and without a stain upon his character. He was informed for the first timi on receiving his freedom, that he had been imprisoned for horse stealing, on a charge secretly brought against him by a presumed personal enemy, who alleged that he had surreptitiously taken with him, on receiving his furlough, two horses belong ing to the Government If Colonel Betge had lioen informed of the charge, with or without the name of his accuser, he could, have produced the regular official pass for himself and the two horses and referred to the Quartermaster, whoso registry shows that he had bought and paid for them in conformity with the regulations. Colonel Betgo has no redress for thii outrage, unless he sua Sir. Stanton or the Provost Marshal for false imprisonment, which will effectually put a stop to his professional advancement, even if tho President should not interpose to stay the proceedings by tihingthe responsibility.

It is not surprising that tho German population shoiu be chary of offering their services to such a Government, and that it should have been found impossible, notwithstanding all the high bounties that are offered, to fill up the old German regiments in General Sigel's division. An appeal is to bo made to the German public in a few days to aid the recruiting by further subscriptions, but Colonel Betge's caso will be a damper that tha Executive Committee will find it didcult to dry up, however liberal they may bo with their dollars or eloquent with their speeches. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, I beliere it matter of that th F.rurhtcn ud South Eajtern Railway Companies, being onabts to arrce with each otavr, hare loo; put the patient British public to the utmost posiibU iDOjaTcmcace to gratify their prirala quarroU. It i tim that their power of Joiaj so sbuuli ba curtailed, probably those who have Dotytt been victinorod will be of opinj a if you will allow them to peruse the followinj nsrralire One day lut week it was my misfortune to have business at Catcrbam, and I took the 9 5 train from Hay ward's Heath, which ii advertised to stop at that junction, nstardly concluding that a branch train would meet it, the Brighton Kailiray guides Touelisife no further informatioa on the subject Arrived at the junction; I found the brunch train had been been fixed to start three misutc before the arrival of our train, and there was no choice but to wait four hours for another, or walk, no vehicle being to bo had for love or money within reach of the station.

I walked, and, having transacted my Liuiness at Giu rham, was just in time to return by the 12 o'clock train. I asked for a tieket to ITay wird'f Heath. The clork eon Id only give me one as far as the junction, and there 1 found that was no down train for five hours. This was worse, so I proposed to take tho next up trun and return from Croydon or London. You must waittul 3 said the porter.

uat!" aid ''are aUtheacCatcrham passengers krptherc for three houri Oh, no, Sir they are gV ng on in 23 niinutoa, but you cannot co by that train, as we are not allowed to book by iVfrom this station, and they have through tickets from Caterhun." I aaked for a throngh ticket, and was refused one. I replied, It ought to have been ex plained to me. What is to be done Oh, there is no alternative, Sir, but to wait here for five boors or walk Well," I said, I think there is another alternative, and that is to get into the train without a ticket, and pay on mvL" can allow mat, Mr, for we should be Warned for letting you get in." So, there being no chance of help from that quarter, it only remained to resolve to act for oneself, and. when the train came up I walked up the platform with my fellow passengers, closely followed by porter and stationmaster, who no doubt anticipated tho course I had resolved on (for I had freely expressed my opinion of their masters), and reiterated their information that I could cot be allowed to go. However, I intended to go, and prang in at the fint open door.

They seized me from behind but their united efforts failed to move me, and my coat tails, being fortunately (tout, remained oa my back, for which no thanks to my assailants, who were duly chaffed for their prowen by the men of Catrrhua. It only remained for them to take my name and address, which were very mnch at their service. But the station master, to mako sura, accompanied me to Croydon, and there bsme and address were at the service of several other officials who threatened roe with the direst consequences. of course, tendered any fire they liked to take, but they declined to taie any. They could do nothing with me then, but they would hare three ways of treating the ease, and I should hear of it soon." I replied that I should be delighted, bnt as I have now given them ten days for consideration, and have not heard of it, and think it a pity that the public should luce their chanco of hearing of it, I sow trouble you with this letter.

I would now suggest, for the consideration of our Legis latnre next Session, whether a Bill should not be Introduced to empower the President of tho Board of Trade to intervene between railway companies and the public, upon representation being mad to him, and substantiated to his satisfaction, that any two rival companies are wilfully putting the publie to the inconvenience of unnecessary delays at junction stations for the purpose of avenging their private quarrels. I would empower the President, in such ease, to order the revision of the time tables, and to act as arbitrator, without appeal, on the matters in dispute between the companies. The publie have a' right to some such protection in return for the great privileges and monopolies thev hart so freehr ranted, and the railway companies mut kirn that taiy win bos oe perm it ten 10 a true tae powers tncy nave acquired. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, lindfield, Sept. 23.

VXiTOil V1NDEX. OCTOBER T8G2. 01 4 rOREIQ JT IXT ELLIQ BXGE. FRANCE. noi'bvi omr coKauroxotsT.) PAJUS, Oct.

3L 7 a.sL (Prusiiaa politics, even in their more serious do not enjoy in any notable degree the Wirilede of hxingtha attention of Europe, otherwise wo ought, at the present time, when there are so few qnestiohs of interest before the public, to sea them largely Uiscussed in every newspaper for the situa tion of laSkirs at Berlin is just now so highly critical that, did it exist in almost any other European crjuntrt, the most alarming issues might be prog nosticated with reason. The Cabinet, just modi fied in I a reactionary senso, talks of conciliation, but shews symptoms of a disposition to arbitrary aiid ui constitutional action tho King, incensed at the 1 ppositiou of the Commons, seems hesitating on the brink of what would bo de fiieto a coup if tit, aot amounting, certainly, to closing the Lower Chambtx, arresting the chiefs of the Opposition, and ilrazooainx his people into submission, but still great I and grievous infringement on the consti tutional rights of the Prussians. The House of Lords, (which is to assemble in a few davs. will ow ltkelf. there can be no doubt whatever, dis oseii to coincide, in, and even out Herod, the mbst extreme measures it can be held at all prolace tliat tha King and Cabinet will decide pnixiae.

It is believed, as you will have hcbn bV the telesrams. that the matontv of that bigoted and reactionary assembly will not hesitate td votk the Budget of 13C2 as proposed by the upveniraent, aitnousrn all that it has any lesai nsht tido, is purely and simply to accept or reject it in too lortn and with the amendments with which it sent up from the Lower Chamber. If the Government accepts that unconstitutional vote, as vaai'l, doubtless there will bo much agitation PruHsia but there are no grounds to sup pose yiat disturbances would be the result, the Literal party being much upon their euard. arid wLll knowinz that the military camarilla would bo overjoyed at an opportunity 01 harm recourse to armed force, and of mvinz. a thfey themselves would express it, a lesson to the Iho Uhamber would be prorozueJ.

arid during the recess efforts would be made to arrive at a compromise with the leaders of the Op xxsitioa. As regards the mere money question, the lopticti of the t)2 Budget as presented by Govern ment could not maxe uiucn dinerunce. J. bo year navinifi now mors inan inreo pans expired. and as; it would be impossible to effect the instant the reductions demanded by the dejputiet, tho latter would be obliged to grant a pat ol indemnity lor the sums already expended.

unavoidably to be so. But tho question is one of prinkiple. If Count Bismark, who has with drawn the JJudget of 1SG3 until next Session, and no is to introduco. simultaneously with it tc? iU for the toorganixation of the army, intends shaping those two projects of law in such wise as may justify hiin hoping for their acceptance, he would be verv badly tirerjarin? the trround for them by Biiujiuiig aa uDcoiuuiuuonai means 01 getting na of I the tlifficulty for '62. But it really seems too iich tb suppose that a alinister of Count Bismark's (well known absolutist tendencies, and an Upper House composed mainly of martinet officers of Inarrow nnnded country gentlemen, who wiuld pain restoro the feudal system, and a Sdvereihi of King William's views and prejudices, acting together and having each other to rely upon.

will bo eis posed to make such concessions as will satisfy bven the more moderate sections of tho irbat (Jpposiuon comprising Left, Lett Centre, incxe roarty, 1'oles, Catholics. tc which lately gave, lu ring against them a minority of only 11, the voti which brought about tho withdrawal from power 1 M. von dcT' Heydt. The Government, headed tho last named Minister, evidently scru pUd to 1 ilopt the extreme course of setting the Lords to ro es ablish what the Deputies had almost unanimously igreed to abolish. Of that Cabinet most cf the met ibers still remain, but two of these, Lippe and Itzi nplitz, belong to the majority of the Upper House A two others, Aluhlor and stow, will pro bably airoo as readily to anything Count Bismark repose as thoy would have done to anything 31.

yon des Ueydt (who lilted them from obscurity into power) might have proposed had he remained Then there is General von Boon, a sort of mili tary btll dog, prone to growl and show his tooth, who. if he by accident one day displays a cpncil atory and yielding spirit, repents it on the marrow and ignores the concessions he had more than hi ited, and who, finally, if he had his own war. would, simdv do evervthinr the Kmc and th army csjsire. joun oernstorn goes away, rignt mtf 1 ld that, la my opinion, at least 30,000 men KW, ddubUess, to escape trora tne unsatisfactory orjered to remain. All the generals present strife lulo which ho has been dragged.

The new I protested against this, sad maintained that only 12.000 jii UJicrui iiiiauui wauciw ua may uo, wui nsre muiMr ha left in Parit tfc. thd viets of Count Bamark, and so, by the rc 4 attention to the immense population or the capital, mobd hi only two of iU members, the Cabinst th. vitTn m.n.u,, underHcs a harlequin change from pseudo liberal Urf, i v. tv. wtl.

iiw. nti. as swam, and letting them float away to divert usiann um were nnng ax urn. On reaehinsr the cjporiter shore ho met some women, who gave him a large hat as protection from the sun. Since then nothing has been heard of him, bnt he is supposed to have' got back to his A fir attended with the Ion of three lives broke out, about 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning, in the korkshops of MM.

Dumont and BicheEer, accordion makers. Roe de la Eoquette, 5L Assistance was promptly obtained, and in a couple, of hours the fire was got unden At the commencement of the conflagration, the Commissary of Police on inquiry had been informed that the whole of the tenants ocenpy. inz the upper part of the house had escaped, taking with" them their most valuable property. However, on the fire being got under, Lieutenant Sueur, of the corps of firemen, and one of his men proceeded to visit the upper part of the house to ascertain that no traces of bre remained, wnen, on penetrating into two rooms in. the upper story, ha discovered four women and two children insen sible in bed.

The bodies were instantly brought down into the courtyard and medical asiistanca pro cured, when, after a prolonged treatment, three of tnem, a widow named Jfaradez and two young jwomen, gave signs of life, and were sent to the hospital. The others, a daughter and granddaughter of the widow Farad ex, and a child at nurse with one of the young women who had recovered, had ceased to lire. The loss is estimated at about which sum is covered by insurance. An attempt at suicide was committed tha niiht before last at the Jardin Habille by a young man bf respectable appearance, about 25 years of atre. fie enwreu ins aaooiing gauery as was aoout to close, took up a pistol as if to tire at the target, but instead of doing so discharged it uiuj uu muam, innicung a nangeroua woxia, which bled profusely.

As no papers were found ua mm vj pruTo ms laenutv. ne was rw moved, in a state of insensibility, to the Hopital Beaujon. The Progrit of Lyons relates a somewhat similar act, but which terminated fatally. A gentleman named went two davs back to tha shoot ing gallery of Monte Chris to in company with some mends, and after bring a few shots he went away. In the course' of the morning he returned alone, and after firm? S5 shots he azain went away.

About 3 in the afternoon he came back and fired a few shots, but when tho man in attendance presented him with a newly charged pistol, ha begged him tb close the door of the jrallery. The moment the man turned round to do so, the gentleman blew out his own brains. A letter was found on him which 'made known his identity, and men tioned his resolution to commit suicide. Me was, it appears, to have been married on the following day, but was impressed with the idea that his marriage would not be a happy ono. He had come twice to the place, but his courage failed him each time, and it was only on the third visit that he carried his fatal intention into eifect.

GolipuinVi Mettengtr publishes the following We hare received the following communication 1 Hotel da Louvre, Oct, I. 1 1 beg permission, through the modium of yocr journal, to contradict moat emphatically certain absurd statements which have appeared in soma of the Trench newspapers, to the effect that in my vlait to General Ganbaldi I was th bearer as well as of money. The strictly adhered, was purely profeaaional namely, to ascer tain, for the satisfaction of his English friends, the actual condition of the GcnersTs health and wound, and to afford, if occasion needed, any assistance or suggestions which it was in my power to offer. I am, ic RlCHARO The Semaphore of Marseilles of the 1st says The Imperial yacht Prince Jerome was expected to arrive here yesterday, with Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda, and to leave again for Ajaecio. An accident happened to her on her passage from Geneva to Marseilles, by which her destination was modified.

The Fnnse Jerome having run foul of a Russian steamer, re ceived some trifling damage, and immediately put la at Toulon." M. St. Marc Girardin is now publishing in the TXhatt a series of articles on the, career of Duke Pasnuier. In the last he relates the following ance dota What constituted Xspoleon's strength in negotiation and in war was his army, ever formidable to th enemy. Pasqmer mentions a curious testimony of tea fear with which that fores and its chief inspired their enemies.

"On tha evening of tha 1st of ApriL' he says, I was summoned to a council oi war at the Prince de Schwartzenberg's, and my opiaioa was asked as to tha necessity of leaving troops in Paris for th purpose of maintaining order while tha army marched towards Fontainbleau against Xipoleon. I hesitated to answer, and remarked that I was not a competent judge in such a matter. However, being pressed to 75s. ditto, OrArastons cTEOOtV Thrai Carta, 4SS. rSa.

ditto, Tenths, Three per Cents KtTiOe. BSC 75a. ditto, OK OanvTfcr per Grata, issued as 4XL (all paid). OSLjiStto, KftaafTare per Cnb. (all pail).

Bf. 75a. SSLi Credit Agrieole, ahana. of BLOLUU. paid), CC3t Credit Tndnstrial et CoamarsisL share of SOOf (ITi.

paid), eZt. em. SOe, Commercial sad Indus trial IJaak. ahart of 500t OSt. paid), S40t.

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S0a ditsov Small Cncpona of lOUf. sad nder, 71f. 75c ditto. Tana per Centa, UL 25c Italian Rv per Cesta. 7f.

1 ditto. Small" Coupons, 50f. 50s. ditto: UtL. 73t.

SSo. Aastrian Krr per Cents, S9j 1 Spaniih Thro DCT Ceata lUlerior Debt 511 ditto. SauO. Oms pons, Sl ditto, Interior Dent, 3f ditto, Ke Passives, SI Ksssian five per Cent, 1862 pSprr cent, paid), 96; Roman Loan, 74; Torkiah Loan, 1360 (aQ poidV HOiU. Exehaaga 00 Locdoo, at suht, papet SJcr money ,256 13e.

to decilod retro rado. There seams less chance than evdr of obtaining the reduction of the time of litaryl service to two years. The Lower Chamber. Booing itself menaced, presents a determined front. It has had a specimen this year of the inconveni ence of a tardy introduction of tha Bridget, pre vious t4 tho discussion or passage 01 winch the had been fought; that a French carpi ttarmct said to ha advancing on that side; that if they attacked Paris on that side, while tha allied armies advanced along tha Essonnes road, it was greatly to be feared that tha faubourgs would rise and join ths said eorpt iTarauc.

Notwithstanding my re 1 i 1 marics, i nace ae ocnwameuoci uecuira iaat it was un groitcr iart of tho year's expenditure has already to Uava men in Paris tha number wa. too oeen maie, ana is osju wiicuier mc uuugei lor iooj great. 1 et, 1 repueu, 11 i may ray oa sne muster rout will bo ureseiited in time for it to bj pa3sod in a constitutional manner before the 1st of January, whan id Prussia financial year commences. This sec ns scarcely possible, with the turn things have tal un. Tha Minister declares that tho next Station shall commence within the delay pre scrioua qy tne uonsiuuiion isi 01 xovemoer to tne oth of January), but he will not answer for tho exact penbd.

ITho Uhamber, however, pretty sure that it will ha January at soonest huforo it is a nin convoked, and General von Boon confirms its belief sayui'2 that it will be impossiblo to eet the liudget and the Reorganization iSill ready this year. Tho late: incident of importance of which news has reac lied is is a decision eouio to in tho Committee of tl ie idget. First, tho Government is invited to brin 5 in he 1853 Budget in tinn to be voted before tho end if the year. To this General Boon made the answ above cited. Tho committee proceeds to duelkre.

with only one dissentient vote, that the Government would act in opposition to the Constitution py authorizing any expenditure rejected by the ben lx ant uismark dissented from the al netessity of votins the Budget beforehand. and declared that tiie great thing now to be done was to i the limits of tho power of King and of Phrliainent. And thus stood matters up to the latest adtices. A letter from Madrid mentions a report that M. SalaverriL, Minister of Finance, is working out an idea having for its object the unification of all the different (lasses of Spanish The writerprcdicts croat rise in these securities should this project be carried it, and remarks on the present low price of thje Sp inish funds, considering tho prosperity, tranquility, increasing 'population, and growing wealth of that large, rich, and resourceful country.

orb cars be no doubt that Spanish it worth more, a security, than its present market price, but the depreciation is in great measure the fault the Spanish Government itself, which persists in aking ltja sort of point of honour not to redeem a and just debt, 31. balavema enjoys a gh tioi as a financier in his own country, I if, as there, seems no reason to doubt. rvts it on account both of honesty and of apnir the expression i'advantnr' to th saving act of the 2d of December is to ba wanting historical truta ana 1 14.. 1J dad long aco to have settled matters with the a heudefs, as the only way of opening markets ose, and as the sure means of raising the his country to its proper in the scale European securities. Marshal O'Donnell, the most I powerful and popular Premier Spain has for a long time had, is surely, with his rli ar land I practical licad.

abla to appreciate tne vr advanttgek of an arrangement with hu country's 1 stxiUbur' 5C0f. Paris to dissatisfied creditors, and he holds the reins of go 1 West Vcmuicuii fu Kmu BUUiUcuujr.Auiu mj aiuiio iuiu to despise tho machinations of those political factions who Knight take his compliance with the de mands ot pus ace as a pretext tor scanoat ana intrigued sintrnlar adventurer, the Kin? of Araucania, is whom, is a Frenchman, interest is here taken, has sncceei ed in escaping, it is saidj from his prison. M. Tonne ao, otherwise Majesty OrelieAn toine 1 ontrived to break brie bf the bars that guarded 1 is window, plunged into the river that ran below and swam across, pulling off his clothes THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS ITALY. (rune otnt on comzvoxd xrr.

Ttntnr, Oct. Political erects in North Italy would seem to be; to some extent amenable to the law of storms in this same region. We are boxed in, squee28dnp, here between the Alps and Apennines. The air weighs heavily on the plain from morning to evening, all day and night, for weeks, sometimes for several weeks, there is not a breath to stir a blade of grass, or to rustle through the tiny acacia leaves in our garden hedga. The whole landscape plain and hill, land and sky, lies stilL spell bound.

Fine weather or foul doea not simply visit us it 'sinks and settles upon us, almost casts root amongst us. For good or evil there is hardly anything lesa fickle than the tub Alpine climate. A chan in the atmosphere is usually heralded by a series of plain unmistakeabls phenomena a light haze, a black, cloud not bigger than a man's hand we al ways know when we should take our cloak or umbrella with us. The rain grows and ripens upon us it frowns upon ua to day it growls in our ears to morrow; the big clouds hover about us east and west, they 'flit uneasily, they' sail heavily, till there is a break down at last. Sometimes, however, it is much ado about nothing a gust of wind, uafelt by us.

blows far away in tho regions above our heads, the Alps aro swept of their hanging vapours, our great weather beacon, Superga, shines pearl white on its emerald cieen hill the uns face blazes forth" newly washed. The storm has been wafted north or south to other Jan ds, and tuu en $ommet pitut pour la ptur. Something wonderfully analogous to this ahowed itself lately on our political horizon. Wa hava gonelhrough a Ministerial crisis, and nothing came of it. there should have been a crisis at this particular jnncture, or why crises should ever bo mentioned in a constitutional country during a Parliamentary recess, is more than I can tell you but a positive bond fid crisis wa have actually had, and, what is more, we have lived through it.

In thotet place, "we had our Minister of Grace and Justice, Conforti, who had tendered his re donation; He had fought a stout battle for tho Garibaldi amnesty he had refused his countenance to the sweeping reforms which M. Battazzi deemed it necessary to introduce in the personnel of tho Sicilian a magistracy, where men of extreme revolutionary views had been seated on the of political letters and mt saaS forti Tery yiew, about the inriOiabaity object of my jonrney, to which I of magistrates. He could not conceive how a judtre could wj removed simply on the ground of his political opinions. He would not give in on thee points The semi official organs attacks! hiat with virulence, he threw down his portfolio, and as he is a determined man, nothing was left but to allow him to have his own way. The portfolio has gone a begging from man to man, but as nobody would have it, the matter is settled for the present by M.

Battazzi taking it up provisionally. ine seoona malcontent among; the Almisten was Uenerai Durando. Xou have not for gotten I hope, that when Conforti and Du rando Twere coaxed into the present Cabinet few months ago, I told you that, whatever opinion might be entertained of thj one elaet uioau twu duuuwri wcro men oi sxnet pomicai honour and principle. General Durarido, it seems, thought France and Rattazzi had too long trilled wiu wa irjiuauw aspinBous ox ana xtauaa nation with; respect to the Roman question. Although hardly any of the ordinary diplomatic documents issued of late from tho Foreign ofiioa ever bore any other signature than Melejran's, the Minister took the writing of the circular on tho Roman Question wholly upon himself.

The old General has talent and sense as well as character, and his note fully, in my opinion, deserves tha praise which you bestowed upon it in the leading article of Ths Tana of Monday last. That note, however, was read in full Council of Ministers; several! of his colleagues found it too. harsh and cutting, and proposed important modifications which greatly weakened its purport. Durando took no notice of these corrections. but sent his paper according to the original draught.

Hence the resignation of three of the Ministers. Rattazzi prOTosod to send Dnrando on a diplomatic mission to Berlin but tha stout veteran declared he would either keep his present place or retire to private life hence tne resolution of a' retirement of the Ministry en which led to the singular seene at the Palace, the appearance of Battazzi in a round hat, morainz frocavand dandy yellow cane, which I described in one of iny former letters. the greatest difficulty M. Rattazzi has to contend with. He has almost hopelessly involved himself in that untoward question of the Garibaldi trial.

Tha Court of Cassation of Naples, as you know, referred to the Uourt ol Uaation of the decision as to the tribunal before which the captive of Aspro monte and his 1,000 fellow prisoners should bo. brought. Now the Attorney General of' ths Milanese Court came to Rattazzi yesterday to inform the Minister that the Court was on the point of declaring' its own incompetency. The farce has thus been played out to the last scene, and ths decree of amnesty may be looked forward to as inevitable. But the amnesty is.

gran tod too late, and with' a very ill grace. Endless trouble, also, is likely to arise out of thai exceedingly awkward job of the arrest of Mordfni, Fabrizi, and other deputies at Naples. The Go vernment justified its Unconstitutional act by asserting that those members of Parliament had been taken in flajranU rcato, or, as we should say, "roi handed but now the matter has been pressed horns to the Ministers, and this pretended "flagrant guilt" turns out to be the "seduction of some officers of the Royal army from their duty in Sicily;" a guilt, which even if could be proved, could hardly be considered flagrant," as the scene of the ill deed was' Sicily, and the malefactors were only taken at Naples. The prisoners, however, indignantly deny the charge the charge which, be it kept ui mind, was only communicated to them a full fortnight after their arrest. Beset as he is by home troubles.

Rattsni is said to contemplate righting himself by some great stroke of foreisn policy. Hff is creParin? for a journey tb Paris, to see whether a due to the en i tangled skein of the Roman question might not ba found in an interview between himself and the groat arbiter of Italian Should he fail in this mission he would then retire, as ha cannot help feeling that the objections of the people to ha Cabinet aim not at his colleagues, but at himself chiefly. We have new shocking mstances of assassination at Turin and of atrocious murders at Brescia and elsewhere. Decidedly a strong Government most be found, able to wrench the darker from Italian. hands.

Three of "the Knglwh engineers of Meisra Warrnz Brothers, Braasoy, and Co constructors of tha Southern Railway (Eboli branch) were seised by the brigands last Friday, in the neighbourhood of Laviano, and carried off. to the mountains, where they will have to be beavfly ransomed; the ill starred engineers hare bees subjected to great ill treatment. 4 Colonel Cattaheu and his fellow prisoner who were long in durance at Genoa, under suspicion of being connected with tha great robbery at the Parodi Bank in that city, have at last been released. no proof existinsr bf their participating in that 0Trnf5V and tha rations demanded, tha allied troops cantoned in fans and tne environs amount to luU.UJ or. 17J.OX) men so that if 39,000 remain in Paris, von will still have 131).

(XX) men in tha Yes: but Low many do4 you think Napoleon has with Hot above sbould on are YVeu, with 11,0 X) against 40.0UO, yon will be mora than three to one. What hava you to Oh 1 it is plain enough that you are not a sol tier, and that you do not know what that man can do on the field of battle. What a homage," said M. Paaquier, was this to our army and to Napoleon I have never forgotten It, and 1 am proud to relate Letters and journab from the French West India islands have been received down to the 10th Business had been active at Martinique for tha previous fortnight. There were 18 vessels in tha roadstead of St.

Pierre, and six were taking in cargoes at Fort da France Freight was declining, being 40f. for Havre and Bor deaux, and for Marseilles. Ths exports of sugar for the present year had already exceeded those of last year Prices were firm for tha best qualities at 201. ordinary aorta from 2f to 3f. lower.

Rum was firm at SSf. to 30f. nei hectolitre. The ouantitv exported was 851.100 litres mora than last year. Owio; to tha great variations of temperature during tne wet season there bad been some eases of fever, and quinsy had been observed.

At Cuadalotrne business had also been brisk. Up to the 8th of September the export of sugar amounted to 53,543 hogsheads, being 10,000 more than at the same date last year. Freight about the same as from Martiniane. The Government schooner Hirondue has brought news from the Isle St. Martin to tha 2d nit.

Tha sanitary: state of the French part of the island was satisfactory, but tne imulpox era. vailed in tha Ira tea part, some or taa launders were diggin natural phosphates for manure on the neighbouring islet of Sombrero, from which the Americans have already total great quan tines." It is said that thsso phosphates contain from 30 to 40 oer cent, of phosphoric acid, and are conso auentlv a most effective manure. wwrt 1 1 VI It. t.n jins Algiers journals yuoma uis iouowmg "communicated note "The Caurrier dt VAloln of the 23d of September, la a letter from Paris, says Here, therefore, is the great problem' about to ba laid down, and tha FraACA tolls us positively that Italy is about to hare her 2J of December. We shall see; bat it is an adventure which cannot succeed with erery To propriety.

are pleased to taint tnat; tne writer, in makin? nse cf such aa expression, offended rather thrown inadvertency than from bail intention, and eoa5na ourselves to recommending tha Courrkr to use mors reserve for the future." The Three per Cents, dosed yesterday at 70L 85c for the end of the month, and Fonr and a Half. perl Cents, at 9Sf. Orleans Railway shares, norcoera, xans ana Lyons and the Medi estern of France. 5C0L 'i arm iuv. jjorueaux aim wvnr, i.

uuwj jjjuus uu neva, 372f. 50c. Bank of CrtSdit Mobilier, Austrian Railways, 515f. Roman Railways, S2U. Russian Bailwsys, Cotn Usaemf PJJJV Oat 5 Oaah Prtoaa Four aod a Jlalf uer Cat, 98f.vWtvB5e.

Three par Cents 70f. 50c foe. COo. 45 a5e TraTT Obligations of EOcZ (aU paid), COt. xBaekrfFraaos, tJSDOL GMdit Foacier, shares of HOT.

(S0(. PaldL lsQf. r.2S5f. ditto, "new share of MOfV (Spt jail), ditto, Promiaaory Obligations of Three per OeaU. OXIf.

paid), ditto. Obligation of 600t, Poor per Centa, 490C. ditto, Tenths, Tour par Caata, J8t SPAHT. The Madrid iotrniala of the 'SOfh sit. state that tkmir Uim wtt Mwiit at a solemn mass al the cathedral of Cadu on the previous taoanag, and in the afternoon jisiledthsaalhrork at Puefto RaaLJ "A letter states ihat the ladies of Senile, who were invited to ths ball given try their 3lajtie, won diamond! worth at least 50,000,000, V..