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THE ARABIA'S MAILS, We have received our foreign files by the Ara This Papes tins the Iotrgest Circulation of Our Albaar Correepondeasce. Albabt, Jan. 89th, 1859. The Senate wis not in; session, having adjourned over until Monday Ihthk Abshkblt, Mr. Andres presented petitions against a tax of $125,000 for the removal of the Long Island Railroad from Brooklyn.

Mr. OpdyBe presented petitions for a law protect ing citizens of New York and Brooklyn from the impositions of gas companies. Quarantine matters came up again this morning 'Thb Apeiqaw Baotb Irt Aldridge had a benefit at St. Peterabnig sin the 1st, when ha played "Othsl and also as a negro lave in a vaudeville. The; house was crammed to excess, and between tho tragedy and farce Mr.

Aldridge was presented with a crown of laurel, joined by a valuable gold clasp, the present of the Bnasian actors; end also a sheet of paper, upon which was engraved a bust of Shakes Iieare. surrounded by the Muses, and Othello, Bhy ock, Lear, and which was also oovered with the signatures of tbe actors. 'A shower of says a letter in the Nord, 'completed the homage of the public, whole enthusiasm recalled to us the early days of the Italian Opera at St. Viarrarrb Rome. Many members of the fashionable world are en route for Borne, now that the Princs of Wales is procseding thither.

E. de Bsrne Cunningham, 2d Life Guards, and Captain Angasa tns Saville Lumley, of the same regiment, leave far. tnat city next week. Dhuleep Singh goes to Borne next month; he. baa just arrived at Pesth, having been on a fishing and shooting trip up the Danube.

The Princess Gauominee of Coorg, accompanied by her guardians, Sir John and Lady Login, also visit Borne next month. Some beautiful and costly articles of jewelry have been manufactured for the Prince of Wales, and are intended by his Boyal Highness for presents during his continental Court Journal Tbeee Gbeat Mxir. A letter from Cannes, of the 2d, sayB "Were the men of England, France and Germany called upon to elect three representatives' who should personify high mental power, wisdom, pure philanthropy and patriotism, their choice oould not posaibly fall upon more worthy objects than on tbe three distinguished men whom circumstances have brought together in this petty town. I speak of Henry Lord Brougham, who radiantly stares time out of countenance; of Alexis de Tocqueville, laid low by disease, but daily parrying with great vigor the assault of the fatal soy the; of the Chevalier de Bunsen, who has deserted his favorite retreat and abandoned his beloved occupations in order to bestow hiB entire attention and affectionate care on the stricken friend." Tbe Ibish Judicial Benoh. Baron Pennefather has sent in his formal resignation to the Government.

Thore appears to be no doubt that Mr. Hayes, the Solicitor General, will bo tho new Baron. In the Court of dueen's Bench on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Crampton in bis charge to the grand jury, told them that he would not have many more opportuni VioLttnio Ml Orrr'OBDnuxcBs. Two night icavengera and Ellas Hone were arrostedyestor day bjceffloers Evans and Bpltur ror dumping nigh' soil in Flushing ay.

Tuey were taken before Justice Moorhoose, who fined them j5 each. A Suiquur TauisionoH On Saturday afternoon an old gentleman named John Pickersgill appeared before Justice Cornwall and applied' for a warrant lor the arrest of Gnfltu T. Lefert, whom he charged In his aflldavit of having "aold and converted to his own use) a number of cases of shirt bosoms he waa engaged in manufacturing at 286 Fulton street, to tho value in all of upwards of $50o, tho properly of Mr. PickerrgiU, which he, Lofert, had no right to, being only engaged to BUperluUnd the manufacture at a salary of per week." Officer Applegate arrested Lefert dur. Ing tbe afternoon and.

brought him to the Court, when Lefert stated tbat be was a partner of Pickergill's and consequently bad as mnch right to tho goods as Pickersgill. That Pickersgill had previously token away the goods as they were made, and sold them, and kept ah the money. With a view of squaring accounts, Lefort says be sold a quantity of the goods wlthant consulting Pickersgill, and kept the money towards his own share of the profits of tha business. After waiting in the court room somo time for the Justice, Lefort asked the officer to go with him down to the place of business. Officer Applegate consented, and on reaching the place tho found Mr.

Pickersgill busily engaged in removing the stock; be had a cart at the deor partly loaded with sewing machines and goods, and had already taken away one load. Lefort instantly jumped on the oart and unloaded it in a twinkling, removed Wo things back inta the building and Insisted on Pickersgill returning what Bwa7 the reluotantly did. Pick ersglll, however, persisted in his complaint, and the case will bo examined on Wednesday morning. NOTICE TO' FABMEBS AND OIHEBS. The subscriber having taken the large and apaclou Siore.

No. V8SBT New York, (between Brodwy and Greenwich and near the Washington Market, H. Y. for the parpoaa of opening an AGBICULTCBAL WABKaOUJK AHD SEED ETOBE. where the Firmer and othera ora alwayB and every thing tbat they may require on the farm or garden.

We now take mis initio 1 of informing them that we ore now prepared to famish Ihem with everj thing la the ytgtlcattanZ line, and atlwer prices than ever before offered, and warrant onr to be of Vxe brBtquility. Xon and'ail persons Interested in Agilccltnre tre moat respec folly Invited to give as a cul and examine ocr stock, which will be found entirely jnw and of the lateit improved sanofaoturr. We have just received a fresh and new stock cf Field and Gardea Seeds, which we eai re jommend to be pnre and reliable, Al agenta for tne "Hungarian Honey BlaCe Grass Seed," (genuine.) Please give ua a trial, and muoh oblige. Please don't forget the new Store, No. 54 Veaey it A.

F. MAVBEB CO No. 6i Vesey street. JSllt Near Washington Market. Hew York.

The'' bodies of the two women at the Southern Hospital have'been identified. A young man went there to make inquiries about his missing mother and sister, and he had the distressing task of recognising in the dead both mother and sinter. The name of the mother Elixa Murray, sged 48, the widow of the late Andrew Murray, ao outfitter, residing at No. 6, Oldham place, Oldham street. The daugh tar was named Janet Murray, aged 16, and she accompanied her mother to the draper's shop to make purchases, and they were together hurried into eternity.

The body of Mrs. Jones was removed to her residence, 27. Wolfe street, Park, hor daughter having previously made inquiries at the hospital for her misting mother, and left a description. The body ot the cashier, Meredith Jones, aged about 20, and the body of the laborer. John Ellis, also a yonng man, were removed to tne dead house.

Tbe inquest was held on Thursday before the borough Coroner. The foreman of the jury announced that twelve of the jnry were of one opinion and four of another. The Coroner What is the vardiot of the twelve 1 Foreman The verdiot ot the twelve is one of "Misadventure," with great blame to Mr, Lewis for not engaging oompetent workmen. It was stated by a juror that four of the jury were in favor of a verdiot of "Misadventure" without any blame to Mr. Lewis.

FALL 03 AKOTHBX BUTLBlNa ONB HAN BTLLBD. Thursday morning an acoident ocourred at a building in Tithebarn street which was being taken down in order to make alterations. It had been occupied as a epirit vaults and belonged to Mr. Lamb. Two men were working on the upper floor of the building when from some oause or other yet unexplained, the floor gave way with a fearful crash.

The men were prcoipated to the lower story, along with a mass of bricks and rubbish. Every exertion was made to rescue the sufferers, and in a short lime Miobael Ireland was recovered. He had sustained some contusions, but no injurios of a dangerous character. Ho was removed immediately to the Northern Hospital. In about half an hour the body of the other man was found covered with rubbish, lying on the basement story.

His name was Timothy Hunt. He waa dead when taken out, and bis body was removed to his house in Kew street, At the inquest a verdict of Accidental Death, the result ot negligence on ihapart ot the contractor, was returned. sabdhoa. Opening op the Sardinian Chambbbb Thb Boyal Speech. The Piedmontese Gazette gives an aocount of the opening of the Piedmontese Chambers by the King in person.

The first part of tbe Boyal Bpeech was occupied with references to domestic tffiirs. The conclusion, which is of European interest, was as follows: "Tbe horizon in whioh the new year rises is not perfectly serene (general sensation) nevertheless, you will resume your parliamentary labors with your accustomed alacrity. Belying upon the experience of the past, we shall meet the eventualities of the future with resolution. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Our country, though small in extent, has bia, and from them we extract as follows The Monroe Doetilne. From the London Times.

At a time when tbe Absolute Sovereisma of Europe, victorious at last over the principles of revolution, had combined In Holy Alliance to assure themselves against a recurrence oi anon pern ror the future, there was some talk of their carrying their intervention across the Atlantic for the benefit of society in those distant regions. The vibrations of European convulsion had, in fact become perceptible in America. The Spanish colonies had revolted, Brazil had revolted, and amall Bepublios were springing up on all sides, to the prejudice of monarohial pretensions, it was thought under such circumstances, that the Allied Powers having got their hands in at home, might attempt a Uttle business abroad, and re establish Divine Right in America, as they had done in Europe. This was the conjuncture whioh found Mr. Monroe at the head of the American Government, and this was the policy, actual or assumed, on the part of the European Powers which he encounteted by the "Doctrine" stamped with hia name.

He warned tho Holy Alliance off American soil. He plainly deolared that the United States would not allow the independence of any other American oommunity to be put down. He said that they would not interfere with existing politics, bat that where the people bad deolared themselves independent and had received the recognition of the United States, tbe Governmentof tbe Union would make their cause its own for "it was impossible that the Allied Powers should extend their politioal system to any portion of cither continent without endangering our peace and happiness. Taere, then, is the ''Monroe is about as reasonable as a dootrine need be. Its principles have been avowed by States of all kinds time out of mind.

The Frenoh of '93 avowed them when they proffered their support to all nations who might choose to do as they had done. We in England make the same avowal in a modified form when we exprets our sympathies with any constitutional Government, and applaud any people in their struggles for rational liberty. The Allied Sovereigns themselves, in short, were but acting on these identical prmciplea when they contemplated tbe intervention in America which produced Mr. Monroe's rejoinder. They wished to multiply governments of their own pattern and suppress governments of an opposite model.

They thought their principles the best principles, and in the true Bpirit of political orthodoxy, were for making them everywhere prevail. Presi dent Monroe, however, had an orthodoxy of hia own and declarod very justifiably, that he and his countrymen would maintain it and support it on their own ground. This is what the Monroe doctrine says, and what originally it meant, bnt it is now interpreted to mean something very different indeed. In the mouth of Young America the Monroe doc trine' implies that no jiaropeau Power has any real business on the American Continent, or at any rate on its northern portion. Tho sufferance extended by Mr.

Monroe to existing institutions id by them applied to existing They abstain lrom any proposals of actual they look on 'America' as pertaining to invest themselves with a reversionary interest in all its States, to be realised sooner or later by manifest and protest with the utmost vehemence against any act caicuiatea ro extena, eniorce, or connrnngse interests still retained by other Powers. Sneh aa exist may be allowed to die ont witnout violent extinction, but nothing muBt be done to invigorate or renew them, and nothing suffered wbioh may resemble an admis sion tbatany European Power has any title to inter fere with pouues on tne otner sme ot tne Allan uo For this new doctrine it is plain, from what we have said, that President Monroe's authority cannot truly be pleaded, and the extravagacos of its pretensions, all authority apart, is certainly considerable. What is North America, and how is it divided The area of that enormous continent embraces about 8,000,000 Equare miles. Of that territory we are the actual and lawful possessors of more than a th rd. The dominions otthe British Government oover about 3,000,000 square mileB those of tbe United StateB about the same, or a little more.

Of tho rent Bussia has about half a million, Denmark rather less, and Prance just a fooling on some fishery is lands. xledactiDg the unoocupiea lanaa or tne Arctic Regions, we find more than one half in the possesion of European powers a possession uncon tested in its legality, and traceable in tact to exactly the same title to that ot ine Americans themselves. With what justice then can it bo pretended, in the face of such notorious facta, that American matters are beyond the sphere of onr legitimate interference? Doea the ownership of a province like Canada carry with it no interests in the affairs of the North American Continent If the Amerioans have a California, have we not a British Columbia We say nothing of British Honduraa, British islandB in the Gulf, or British Guiana on the Southern Main. We take North America alone, as usually undrstood, and aa almost batt its territories are onr undisputed property, it is surely a somewhat arbitary doctrine thai would exclude us from its politics as an alien or intruding power. We are, however, perfectly aware of what might be alleged on behalf of American pretensions.

We know that tho citizens of the Union represent nearly fivo tixths of all America. We know that the population of one of their great cities exceeds that of the Hudson's Bay territories altogether. Wo know that they have raised their State to an equality with the greatest Powers of the Old World, and we do not quarrel with tbe "destiny" which may be pie dicted ub the natural sequel of such astonishing progress. But it is rather too much to say that we, with half North America in our lawlul possession, muet abstain from in North American affairs, and it ia a still stranger measure to found such a doctrine on the Bimple principles of politioal fraternity pronounced by Presldont Monroe. What Mr.

Monroe said was, that tho political system ol the then Allied Power such a system, in fact, as wo now see illustrated in Italy, should never be extended to the American Continent if the United States could prevent it. To that doctrine England assented at tho time, and would give her hearty support now, but snch a policy contains nothing to deprive us of a voioo in affairs where our interests might be almost aa groat as those of tho Union itself. Happily, both would be identical wherever thoy' wore lightly understood. Drendfnl Acccidcma iu Liverpool. FALL OF A BBAPBB'S SHOP FIVE PKESONS KILLED.

Al 3 o'olock on Tuesday aftomoon, the 11th a shocking catastrophe took place in Great George street. While business was going on in a large draper's shop, customers buying and shopmen Belling, a portion of the premises foil in, burying customer, shopmen, and laborers employed on the premises, in one common fate. For some months past, Mi. E. Lewis, proprietor ef the Bsaar, an extensive drapery and hosiery establishment, 118 and 115 Great George baa been making great additions to his piemises.

These additions consisted principally of a large Hall, running back some distance in the roar of the present ahop, and intended to be titled with a gallery promenade. Whilst three working men were engaged in pulling tho baok wall down, a large portion of it gave way in a u.aas, falling on to thefljor above the north shop, carrying with it a portion of the longitudinal partition wall that divided the two shops, the combined mass falling with such weight that it carried with it the floor of tho ahop into the cellar below. About one half of the upper or back end of ihe north shop was thus de strojed. The men who werw pulling down the wall lell with it and tho Bhcpmeh and customers who were iu that portion of the shop woro covered with tho falling dtbrie. As far aa can bo ascertained utoat a d.z;n people altogether were ia tho north shop at the time ot the catastrophe, including Mr.

Thompson, Mr. Lewis's manager. Mr. Lawis him solf was away at the time. As quickly possible the workmen about the prcmitos commenced removing the rains to get at those who were unhappily buried below them.

A detachment ot police wus also quickly on the spot. Mies Hall, a lady residing at Upper Parliament a customer in the shop, was first rescued. She was Knocked down but not oovered, and being only slightly injured in one leg, was enabled to tnh oS homo at onoe. Two of the ahop assistants, one named Jones, were also carried away, the latter to his residence in Allred street, close by, neither of tnem Doing eenousiy ugurea. The nextreeoued were two of the laborers, Jamas Blaekmore and Matthew Smith, who were taken to the Southern noopnai, a guoa aeai orusnea, DUt alive and sensi ble.

Along with them was found Wm. Owens, a ihop assistant, who was also carried to the Southern Hospital, and whose principal injury was a broken collar bone, In about a quarter ot an hour the excavators eame noon tee bodies of two women, enstnm ers in the shop at tbg time of tho accident, both of wuuuj, we Jogro; to buibtj, were quite aeac. Their dies were removed to the Soutnern Hospital, opt the Burgcu at oce pronounced them lifeless; they had been suifooatau with the debris, lor their mouths and throats weie ohoksd ip yith dust and pulverized mnrtntv Thu thirrl laborer. John wu t.r found, but life waeexiinct. Tne searcfi wis still con i i tinuea, tor a youtn namuu iereuiin uonee, toe clerk or oashier of the establishment (who usually occupied a small desk running across an opening of tne partition wan or tne two anoptv, wno war ni fimately taken out quite dead.

any TSvenlng Paper pruDiisnea in wt States. Its value an Advertising Medium a therefore apparent MONDAY tSVEHIKO, JASHJARY 31. 1 The New Jury taw. The; law recently enacted appointing a Conw toisaloner of Jurors and drafting jury men from smongthe respectable portion of the commnnity has wrought a revolution in trie material of Which juries is composed. Those who have been familiar with the old talesman" system, and the dozen of blear eyed and dilapidated individuals who invariably occupied the jury box, are aware of the necessity that existed of infnsing other elements into that palladium of persona1 rights and liberty, as it has been called by its ad mirers and lawers anxious for a verdict.

Jury men are much more intelligent and respectable since the law went into operation, and the duty is divided equally amongst all who are liable to serve. The aspect of the jury box is entirely changed for the better an honest suitor mus. naturally feel less hesitancy in committing his case to the hands of a jury so constitnted than to the professional hangers on who used to haunt the Court for the pittance they could earn, and who had no highor idea of their duty than the necessity of earning a trifle to eke out a misera ble existence But the law seems to add to ths public revenue at the same time that it increases the effi. oiency of the Courts. There are still many who prefer to pay the fine of $26, whioh is imposed for every duilDg which a juryman who has been summoned absents himself, and which in a week which is the term of each juryman's services amounts to $150.

The return of the City Court alone for the sessions held since last September when the law went into operation is $33,976 and in the other Courts a great many floes have been levied, 1he exact amount ol which has not been officially reported, but which must swell the aggregate considerably. It is highly probable that the County will realise over $100,000 annually from the fining of dslin quent jarois. Cookbsy. The London Times has been filling its columns during the Parliamentary vacation by discuesing gastronomy. Beginning with essays on the cookery of Japan, then follow grave leading articles on eating and drinking, and we know not how many letters to the editor.

The eager gravity with which the subject is treated gives currenoy to the idea that John Bull thinks of nothing hut his stomach. There is something positively disgusting in the earnest solid, tnde with which grown and educated men are mads to discuss the philosophy of guzzling, and tho science of gormandising elaborating serious thougjt on the secret of eating and drinking much as possible without a surfeit. In England alone does it appear to havs become almost ft point of honor boldly to proclaim that devouring and suction aTe the chief end of man. What and how much soup what wine taken with it what fish wh3t emremeis what pieces de raid once what liquors Bhould be imbibed with each whether food should be handed round or helped on the table what dinners can be aff arded on so much a year what were the ingredients of Soyer's one hundred and eighty guinea pie and other inquiries of a similar character crowd the columnB of the Times. Most of the writejs aesrn to bo agreed in abusing English cookery, and praising up all sorts of made dishes to ran down "plain roast and boiled." Others come to He rescue of the national dish, and argue that nothing ia half so wholesome, nothing so long maintains Us relish with the healthy appetite, as roasted or properly boiled plain meat.

It has nreBerved its natural digesting iuicas it has kept them for assisting the formation of chyle and they are persuaded that made dishes, with their heavy gravies, and rich thickened saucts, are radically unwholesome. One writer, Dr Caldwell, statea that the disease of America is dyspepsia, just because the Yankees are for ever dabblicg in French cookery, and made dishes, We suspect many modern diseases are attribut able to this fact. Undoubtedly a great deal of diseases having their origin in tho stomach, are traceable to indigestible compounds and over done cookery, but the mysteries of the kitchen ought to he enacted in private, among those who eat to live and do not merely live to eat. In enumeratirg tbe instances of rowdy black guardism at Washington during tho present season, tho New York Times refers to an assault by "Teddy, the Taylor," the Bradley Congress man, on Mr. Waldron "with the naked fist re pelled by an umbrella.

The first accounts ot this affair were incorrect, for it appears that al though Teddy made belligerent flourishes, he kept out of arm's reach of his antagonist. He in no doubt venemcus as a sewer rat, but hia instinct of self preservation is equally strong and would lead him to tako tho first hole that would afford a retreat in case of alarm. Although Mr. Waldron is a very old man, Teddy would never think of assaulting him on equal terms. Teddy might have been a rowdy if nature had not made him a snesk.

Thb Tariw. Tho Democratic held a caucus on Saturday, on the subject of the tariff Mr. Hunter offered a resolution declaring it inex pedient to change the lay at the present session. Mr. B'gler presented a substitute therefore, as followB "Besolved, That the revenue being insufficient to meet tbe expenses of the government, it is wise and expedient to increase the import duties to meet the deficiency." Mr.

Big ler's substitute was voted down, and Mr. Hunter's resolution was adopted by a large maj jrity. This action goes to show that nothing will be done to increase the Tariff this session but that a loan will havo to be resorted to, to meet the necessities of tbe government. Thb Bevoidtiok in Havti The revolt in Hftyti, which in the beginning was a small speck of four darkies, has swollen into a black cloud in the horizm of the sable empire. Geffrard has mustered quite a big army an Sonlouque is sup posed to be in a tight fix.

His wife recommended him to resign, whieb advice so enraged him that he attempted to shoot her. He is evidently spunky, and will fall like Macbeth, with harness on his luck. His troops have been beaten In one skirmish, and had retreated upon the city. A few days may wind up the affairs of the on the motion to recommit the bill relating to the trial of officers to the Judioiary Committee, to give lax. Christie an opportunity of being heard on the bill.

After some more explanations the bill was re committed. The bill more effectually to proteot fruit growers and fruit trees lost in the House this morning, bat a motion to reconsider lies on thtf table and will come up again, I hope for better fate. A resolution calling upon the Trustees of the Capitol to report the number ot persons employed and the salaries paid to persons in their employ, was adopted, ine uommittee ot ways and Means pretend to be determined to lop off all tney can. and thus keep the ordinary and extraordinary expenses ot tne present year witmn too amount ot tbe orarna ry expenses of last year. It will be a hard job.

The resolution of Mr. Childsof New York, calling on tbe fort wardens, Harbor masters, Health Urn oers, and Police Commissioners of New York for the amount of their fees, was called from the table, and Mr. Opdyke moved to add the Sheriff, Clerk. Resis tor, Corporation Council and City Chamberlain of mat city, A war of words ensued between Air. Opdyke for and Mr.

Chanler agains the resolution. lu wnicn the lobDy was tbe pnnoipat tneme. Mr. S. Spencer has introduced an important bill, establish ine a Board of Health for New York oitv.

It provides that the Mayor, Health Officer, President of Board of Supervisors, Croton Board, New York Academy of Medicine, and tbe President of various other medical oollegesand societies, shall be a Board of Health, to whom are transferred the powers of tne uity Inspector, ana some additional powers and amies ci tbe same nature. The Superintendent of Publio Instruction has made his annual report, from which I glean the fol lowing tacts There are in the country 11.809 sohool districts. and 11,275 school houses. Of tbe latter, addiDg 290 in hc cities, there are built ot logs, Hi; irame, brick, 876; stone 610 total, 11,566. There have been employed during the past year, 26,153 teachers, 8,266 of whom are males, and 17,887 aro females.

The average number of soholars in each district out of the cities, is 78 2 average attendance during the year, 53 I 2. School has been kept an average of 7 1 5 montha during tbe past year in eaohdlstriot. The number of volumes in the district libraries is 1,402,253, being 200,000 less than in 1853, and 46,000 less than reported last year; while 1853, the State has appropriated library money to the amount Thb Navy Yakd Invbstioation. From a letter jn tho Evening Pott we extiict the following: The Committee commenced taking testimony on Wednesday. About twelve witnesses are here.

some of whom are officers of the Brooklyn Yard, and others are past officers of that Yard, who were removed from there because they would not Bubmit to be used as politioal tools by those who ranked officially above inem. Among those wno are sunpoenaed are Commodore Kearney, Captain Bsots, Mr. jnerrineia, master riacssmiin, uir. wnnam Bradv, a Master in the Navy, and Benjamin Delano, Constructor, and all the maBter workmen of the Yard. Mr.

Wm. Brady, MaBter of the Navy, was examin ed yesterday as to the politioal aspect of sffaiis, bnt lie knew nothing. His duties did not pertain to the inl department ct tbe yard. Mr. Merrifiald reooived an early rebuff yesterday.

which eliirhtlv cooled hia ardor. As soon as conve nient after arrival he sought Mr. Sherman, the chair man of the Committee of Investigation, and with an air ot Belt assurance aaaressea the gentleman as toi lows Is this Mr. Sherman, ot Uhio i It ie, sir, replied Mr. S.

Then I would like to inquire, air, if vou have any ohaigcs against me 1 rray, sir, wno aro you, ana wnere ao you Deiong continued Mr 8. Mvname is Merrifield. added the inquirer, and I am masttr blacksmith ot the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and have been 6u.br.C8! Bid here by your Ssrgoant at Arms. Mr. Sherman Nowl understand you.

In answer to your ueBtion I cannot say at present whether we have any charges againBt you, but there are somo se rious complaints. This was a sledge hammor blow at the blacksmith, which oaused him to subside without another ques tion. It also came out evidence veaterday, that at the time of tbe election in NewYork laat fall, there were packed into the Brooklyn Navy Yard 2,800 mechan ics and laborers that about 1,200 were disobargea tihortly afterwards that at present there are about 1,100 in the yard, and with that number they aro now doing more work, and doing it better than when the yard was crowded with an unwieldy crew, who work not there aa meohanics and laborers, but as hireling politicians Damaging Chabgh. The New York Times of Saturday gives publicity to some very damag, iug charges against Mr. Lamar, our Minister to Nicsrasua snd Costa Rica, which, for the credit of the Government no less than the character of llr.

Lamar himself we could wish were unfound ed Nothing can be more important, ccncie eted with onr foreign relations, than that we should brf represented by men of character as well as proper qualifications for the duties with which tLey ate oharged. If the story respecting the uabifs acQ practices ot Mr. Lamar is coirect, he must be entirely unfitted for the position, and should be immediately recalled. We cannot be lieve the above piper would give currency to f'ucti a report, unless it has substantial reasons for believing it to be correct, and wo trust the President will at once, if the charges are found to be correct, make the necessary change. We have received, from a variety of private and reliable sources, representations of the cha meter and conduct of the American Minister to Nicaragua and Costa Bica which we would gladly suppress but from a stnse of what is due to the public ard to the interests committed to his charce.

For the credit of the country we will not publish all the details of his behavior which uave been placed in our hands. It is sufficient to say that, since the United Statt Pacific fleet has been lying at Icacos, tbe port lor Leon, wen Lamar has been there very frequently, almost every day in a condition which rendered him totally unfis for business, and sometimes unfit to bo aacl presenting to the officers of our Na vy and to tho officials of the Kicaraguan Gov rnmtnt a spectacle as painful as it was discreditable imd revolting. The i fficial papers of his embassy are left at loose eodj, aiid on one occasion while, he was in Costa Bica, all the privato communications he had received from his own Government came into the hands of the Nicaragua officials. Gcu. Lamar, let ic bo said to his credit, is himself conscious of his infirmities, and has said, in reply to friends who urged him to repair to Leon and meet Sir Gore Ouseley, tbat he had lived so long in Texas, that he was unfit for good society.

Temm anck and On Thursday evening, a new temperaccj ition was effected at the Atheneum, at which Hon. George Hall presided. The Vice Presidents were selected from the clergy and medical profession. The principal address of the evenicg was that by Bev. H.

W. Bseoher. Songs were sung and brief addresses were made by several prominent persons. It is understood that this movement 3s intend ed for political purposes, The officers to be elected at the coming election are a Mayor, Auditor, Comptroller, City Treasurer, one Supervisor from each ward, one Alderman from each of tne wards, baying an odd numerical designation, one Constable and Assessor from each ward. iV.

Y. Express. A. western poet has been doing up the Life of Acdrew Jackson in an Epic of an indefinite number of Cantoa. He tas already conceived and executed th closiog Hues, whicn he gives to the Press, in advance of thu peroration: "When you see their uyee glisten, then, my men, Are Were the last dying words or A.

Jackson, Esquire." The author is ruakinc dearierata effort up the finals ties or addressing tnem in nis jucuciu capacity, it is said that in the event of another vacancy on the benoh, the Attorney General means to hold his pre sent office, and that the Judgeship will be offered to mr. Brewster or irir. ranois ltzgaraia, toe undoubted leaders of the Chancery Bar. Sdicide of a Publishes. Mr.

Adolphus Acker mann, the well known book and print publisher, lately carrying on business in the Strand London, oommitted suioide on Wednesday the 12th. For some time he had been suffering under great de prossion of spirits, owing to embarrassed circumstances, and on the morniDg of the occurrence he was found lying partly undressed on his bed, in an apparently lifeless state. A tumbler that had contained pruBsio acid waa found near the deceased, from whioh he had drunk a quantity of that poison. A letter was also discovered in his room dated as far baok as December, in which he spoke of committing suicide, and aaid that he had previously taken laudanum, bnt failed in carrying out his Bui oidal intention. The Pbince op Wales.

HiB Royal Highness arrived at Brussels on Tuesday, tbe 11th. He was received at the station by the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders, and was conducted in the royal carriages to the King's palace, where the English Minister, Lord Howard de Walden, and the members of the British legation, and the personages of the royal household, went to meet the Prince. The Prince breakfasted at the palace, and afterwards went to pay a visit to the King and Duchess of Brabant at Lieken. In the evening there was a grand dinner at the palace, where hia majesty the King reoeived, in addition to the royal family, the Prince of Wales, the Engliah Minister, After dinner the party went to the Theatre de la Monnaie, to be present at the representation of "Quentin Dur tho royal firmly and heir presumptive to the Crown of England were received with prolonged cheering. Mishaps to the Galwat Steambbs.

The Gal way and American Company's Bteamers appear to be pursued by a series of accidents. The Bcrew steamer Prince Albert, about the performance of whioh much controversy has been raised, arrived at Liverpool from Gal way on Sunday morning for overhaul and repairs, no accommodation existing at the former place for such operations. The Borew steamer Circassian was to have been at Galway to sail wit her passengers on Friday, and her non appearance (caused by ah accident) was a subject of muoh dissatisfaction to a large number of steerage passengers, who had gone to Galway to embark on board of 1 er. Upon her arrival it was determined that she should be loaded in Galway Roads. With this view her cargo Was put on board the screw steamer Propeller (which recently underwenq repairs at this port) but this vessel on leaving the dock at Galway on Saturday got aground.

No tackle was got ont, or means taken to secure her remaining in an upri ght position, and the result was that when the tide re oeded tne veaBel fell over on to the rocks with a loud crash, knocking (everal holes in her bottom, As tbe tide roce again tne water flowed into her, and the bale goods were floating about in sad confusion. The Borew steamer Circassian finally Bailed on Tuesday. It was thought at Galway, on Saturday, that the Propeller could not be released until next spring tides. Death op WrnniAM H. Phescott, rm Historian.

This distinguished man, who has filled large a place in the world of American letters, died, Friday night, at his home, in Massachusetts, of paralysis. He had been in his usual health up to the time of his death, and it come moat unexpectedly to his family and friends. His age was 62. He was a descendant, we believe, of Wm. Prescott of Bevolntionary memory, tho Massachusetts soldier, who was tendered a commission in the British Army, but who declined that honor to receive in 1774 the command of a regiment of Massachusetts minute men, organized by the frovincial Congress, and who was ordered to Bunker Hill to throw up the breastworks erected there in 1775.

He was one of the very last to leave the entrenchments. He was also present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and many years a member of the Legislature. Prescott, the historian, gave him self up to Literature, of which, for many years, though blind, he has been one of toe shining lights. Many years ago, one of our finest Broadway hotels was named in honor of him. Mr.

Prescott was born in Salem in 1796, graduated at Harvard in 1821. Before that an accidental blow deprived him of the sight of one eye, which soon was followed, through overuse, by the blindness of tbe other. In spite of these casualties, he devoted himself to literary pur. suits. He passed two years in Europe and returned to devote himself' to a History of the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella, which occupied ten years, and was published in 1838.

Its success raised him to a front rank among historians, and was almoBt immediately translated into French, German, Spanish and Italian. His conquest of Mexico, ic 1843, raised his fame, and to this, in 1847, he added the conquest of Peru, his latest work. Phillip the second is left unfinished. His son was in the city on Friday, nd was telegraphed of the dangerous condition of his father, and went on Saturday morning to Boston. Police.

Felonious assault ox a Ecbool Tbacbeb. George Bedal a promising youth, was arrested on Saturday oa a charge of drawing a knifo on his school teacher, Mr Lyman White, Prinoipal ot Publio School No. 1. Bedell was in the habit or leaviog his books home, and on Friday Mr. White ordered him to go borne and get them and boxed his ears, whereupon Bedell drew a kniro but of his pocket, but before bo could use it, Mr.

White grabbed his hand. He was held for examination. Disciubged. George H. Combs, the colored gemman who was accused of having three wives, was discharged on Saturday after on examination before Justice Cornwall, the first marriage not being proved, the minister and witnesses being dead.

Dbksnt oh a Disorderly Horsn. Last evening a posse of tbo 6th precinct police made a descent on a disorderly house In Lorlmer street, near Withers, E. where they found a mixed collection of blacis and whites of both sexes wbo lire together in virtuous communion. Eleven of the parties, six black and five white, were arrested and taken to tbe Station House, and held for examination before Justice Fox. A Cash or Tyro laborers In the employ of Jeremiah tno contractor, named Mlcbaal Diryor and Thomas Shields, got quarrelling yesterday in O'Donnell's stable in Baltic street, and came to blows, when Dwycr plckod up a pitchfork and made a luDge at Shields, and one of tbe prongs pierced Shields through tbe eye, completely destroying the organ.

Information being conveyod to1 tbo Station' House, officer Compston went to the apot and arrested Dwyer, and had Shlolds convoyed to tbe L. I. College Hospital Dwyer was oommitted for examination on a charge of felonious assault. In the case of Day ia against Crlecolo, a verdict for 46 for plaintiff was rendered. NOTICE TO THE LADIES.

Having made arrangements with a Frenoh Importer to euP ply us EXCLUSIVELY, in Oils City, wiih RICH DSE3S GOODS, slmnllaneony wilh their appoarmce la the Parisian Capital, and In advance of the market here, We take pi taaore Informing onr oua'omers an 1 ra'rons who have so haala. me ly patronlzsd us lor the past 12 months, that we shall from this day forth offer for their Inspection the oholteat styles to be found In the home and foreign markets. Miking the above branch aspe dalr jln oar business, we trust for a fanher oan tlsuanw of jour patronage, and Bhall leave nothing undone to merit a eonilnnanaenf Ihaaame. Beapeotfollr. J.

C. BUBKE Superintendent, j2t VCOMMEBCIAW'lUFultOnst, tPBTNG ANNOUNCBMEHT. JUST RKC SITED 2 eases of Plaid and Bayadere POPLINS and chutoe De Alenoons, in exquisite colorings. COMMERCIAL, 111 Fulton t. J29 3t 2d door from Sandi, MB LEWIS' ATHENEUM CLASS FOB TWENTY BOYS.

Terms KO per Quarter. AT THH BROOKLYN ATHEN SUM, Boom No, 3. Term oommenoea Feb. Ut. No assistant teaehera.

J39 i'. PICTUBE3. 7 ax oust Fihm Ctiss Giixinm eir thb BR0oxi.ru axb jKRSBr ClTT FXBRIES. MEADE BS OTHERS, QuxiT uowaTow PHOTOGRAPH AND DAGtJSBBEOTYPE GALLEEIB3. 233 Broadway, four doors above Astor Home and directly oppoiltetho Park Vountaln, New York 17 Years.

P.OTURES IN EVEBY STYLB KNOWN IN TBE ABT TkKKX DAILT, FBOM MtNIATtJBE TO LIFE 8IZB. S00O SPECIMENS ON VIEW. MEADE BBOTHBES are asaiated by a corps ef talented Artlits In On, Pisraixs, Water Colons and Ihdu. Ikk, wh have been with them tnanyfeara. Our Daguerreotypes hav always been oonsldsrsd superior NINE MEDAL3" AWARDED.

PURE LEHIGH COAL. We are now receiving, and have constantly on hand, a stipe rlorLiHian Coal, from the BrRtao Mouhtais akd Hazwo Mtra.anlUble forFaraaoes, Banges and Stoves. Orders received at onr whar mtwbm Catubrikb akd Fumox Fir. aisa, Brooklyn, and at as Bearer (treat, two doors from Wall VABSTON POWER fif" Locust Mountain Coal: "We have now on hand a supply of the justly celebrated Locust MooaiAnr direct from the mines without transhipment, which we are prepared to deliver to Famdies In Brooklyn or ew York, to rlne order, from under cover, guaranteed un mired wdhaoy other coal. The absence of olinlter and amall quantity or asheB or waste, render this Ool greatly eaperior to aujuiuenornAiious, roRKAcaj or ST'jvss.

Orders received stour wLarf, between Foliok Ann Catherine Fireiss, Brook ii uii, nuh lore anaO VfABSTON POWER Parte Lynan, Wholesale and Betaii, deaitr in North Bivbr Blos Sroaa, ofllse oirner of Flnshina and Clinton avenuea. East Brooklyn, flagging laid to ordft. jal ly 4jg T. C. Callicot, Attorney and Counsellor at Law.

Offlce No. ii Pme street. 2d door from WllltaM street New York, Comml aioner of Deeds for tho Ciiy of Brooklrn! and Commits oner to take TftMtmnmr for neany all the 8tstes. Residence 216 smith uiraei. 2 i'dnnV from Bauer Brooklyn.

jiH F. W. Tabse, attobnby and counsellor at law. ash ooMMiseiOKEa or deeds. 8m 33 Fulton street, Brooklyn.

SST" UOLLOWAT's'OrNTMENT AMD Prr.M tofffltr.Br 'orm the tw creat health rirlnfl mmpidina or inatnnh White iheformtraots through he external orlfloeB, ir wr paDouBwriaapvcneii lauer pannes Ihe blood and reat ers the Dhvslcal msehinarv hralthv ous. Sold at the tnannlaclorv. No. 80. Maiden ann: S.

Vork, and by all Dragtlsts, at 63c, and SI per pot or box. Amu fsf W. C. HAWKBaWORm. O.

Oltv and band Borreror SSPaclSe trt. Brootln. DIED. NrxOnSundav, 30th Mrs. Rebecca F.

Nye, daughter of Mrs. Cornelia V. Herder, agedSi years. The frlsndi of Ihe family are reap eetfully Invited to attend the funeral oaTaesdaj. Feb.

1st, atone o'clock from the real, dmoe of her brother, Abraham Herder, No. 18 Frlnoe atreel, Brojkljn. Fikb In East Brooklyn, on Raturday morning, Jan, 29, after a short and severe Illness, Jeanle on da ghier of OhArlea S. and Mary A. P.ke, aged 11 years and 21 daya.

am remaioi were iir en to aosnn lor interment. H0TICE8. B800KLYN OIIY BAILBOAD COMPANY A DMdendof four ner oeat has bean on tae 1st of Ftbrawy. till day of payment, lnolosive. DateJ January 18, 1359.

u. w. BSixxs, sec. pro trm. OFFICE LAFAYETTE FIftE IN BUBAN0E CO No.

Falcon street Ji. 2n, 1859. I'ae annnal olnotlrm for nirpn nraanH rnoth. r.onu'iu. the next election or this Company, will be held at the office boe ronjed.

oa TUESDAY, the 81b day of February nut. ia upca 141 auu oue at A fll. aj oraer 01 tne Board, jiBut ANSON S. PALVES. Secretary.

SOOTH BBOOKXYJS LAND ASSOCIATION Th regnlar moothlvmpot'ng will be heldon WtkD.fBS DA.Y EVENING, Feb. 2, aVIJa o'clock, at 170 Joralrmoa at infers will please be mat endanoa. as business of impor'anee will be aster! npon. By order. jai av u.

rcir, beo eiary. npHB MEMBEB8 OF THE EMEBALD Be NEV0LENT ASSOCIATION are parlloularly raqnoitsd to meet at the JSagle Hotel, Fu'tonsireet, on MONDAY EVE HINOof evsry week, from tie 27th Inst to Uie3bltoI January. 1RAO Innlnalva jaw j. p. v.

A' Hem I ELECTION FOR DLREOIOBS OF THE MONTaUK FIBE IN3USANOE OOMPANV in h. at their ofll04. No. 7 (lonrt Rrnolrlvn nn Va.u. dav, ihe 2d or February next, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clook Jalstd EDWIN BBBB3, Secretary.

OFFICE OF THE N4l88A17 FIRE IN8UR ANOE CO. OF BEOOKLVN. ihe annual election lor Db ee ora of this Company will be leldatiheoluoa So. lUOortstree on Tuesday. Februarv lat.

1639. Polls opea from 12 to 2 o'oioea F. Af "fii JahS A. J. BESKMaN.

Secretary. CfFI0E OF ATLANTIC FIBE INSURANCE CO. OF BROOKLYN No. 173 Attanllo thla Compady, on Wedneaiay, tho 2d of Febfniry next. Polls open irom ii to i o'eiock r.

At Jal72weod HOBATIQ DQRB. NOTICE THE ANNUAL MEETING 081 the Ktockhnld nf ih Plaifc Road Company, .111 Bo heldatthe Hoiel of George i7i 11 avenue una zfin BTee', on Moa. av. Inn Dtacsttrs Femtr ftt 0'0l90lt M' fat loon or niaa jamaw3itTa JAQOE3 V. B.

ARTE.VSE. Secretary. DESCRIPTION OF JOB Wwoiswaattiusofiloe, acquired credit in tne councils or Europe, Decaueoit is great with regard to tne ideas it represents and the sympathy it inspires. These words, says the Piedmontese Gazette, were pronounced by his Majesty with great emphasis, whioh created a deep sensation among the public, and were received with immense cheers. This condition is not free from danger, since, while we respeot treaties, we are not insensible to the cry of grief wbioh reaches us from so many parts of Italy.

The Piedmontese Gazette states that the King pronounced these words with great emotion, and that the hall again resounded with loud applause and enthusiastic cheering. Strong in concord, and confiding in our rights, we Bhall await tho deorees of Divine Providence with prudence and resolution." The last words elioited fresh enthusiasm, and tbe cheers continued until tbe Minister of the Interior deolared the session of 1869 to he opened. Madame Anna Bishop is no longer Madame Anna Bishop, but Madame Shulze, having been recently united to an American gomleman of that name. The tribunal of Genoa has sentenced a woman to six months' imprisonment for secretly baptising a Jewish child. A supplement to the London Gczette contains the Queen's proclamation summoning Parliament to meet on mo ra ot xenruary, 'tor tno dispatch ol It is expected, should the Princess Frederiok Wil liam's brut bom be a son, that the Queen will visit Benin at master, to stand as sponsor.

The Monitour publishes a report from M. Royei Minister of JuBtioe, upon the abuse of the assump tion or titles ot nobility, i ne report is rotiowed by an Imperial deoree appointing a new "Board of Heraldry." The French Government oohtinues to give the gteateat attention to the Navy. There are several new gunboats being constructed at Toulon on a new model. Orders have been received to prepare two steam frigates for sea as quiokly as possible, and tan other sail of frigates and light craft are to follow. Rev.

C. H. Spueoeon's Visit to America. It is said that the public must not be surprised should they shortly hear that an offer had been made Mr. Spurgeon of jEIO.OOO (dollars?) to preach four dit.

courses in the splendid and spacious Music Hall of New York. Dr. Livingston has discovered an immense coal field at Tete, on the Zambeai, Africa. It is about as much use there as nannei shirts would be. A letter from Berlin, dated Monday, says "The artillery which will announce the happy delivery of tho Princess Frederiok William is not to be placed in the Lnstgarten, on account of ita vioinity to the palace, but in front of the artillery barracks.

A salute of 101 gnna will acquaint the capital of the birth of a prince; 48 that of a princess. The event is expected to taxe place on the 15th." Hoebtblk OoorBBENCE in Lohoon. On Monday, the 10th, the wife of a coachman named Prazer, liv ing in Burton Mews North, Berkeley equare, was sitting over the fire with an infant two weekB old at her breast, when she was seized with a fit, and both mother and child, shocking to relate, fell into the fire. It was not till tbe house was filled with smoke that the horrible situation of the' wretched woman and her infant was discovered, when they were dragged out with their clothes oonsumed to tinder. There is small hope of the reoovory of either.

MuiiDEB at Sea The whale ship California, Cant. West, of New Bedford, took a large anerm whale on the 81 of November, and while cutting it in, a quarrel commenced Datween two or the toremast when Tranaue struck Dority in the mouth; where upon JDorlty seized a Bpade ana threw it at Transue, curling him in tbe side, and oaueing a fatal wound, from which he died four days after. The ship touohedat Bahia on tho 7th, to place Dority in the hands of the American consul. Dority belongs to Concord, N. and Transue hailed from Williams burgh, n.X.

Everything oontiauea tranquil in Ireland, and the the excitement created by proclamations and arrests has passed away, leaving scarcely a bnbble of effervescence behind it. It is said that in various places parties who have anticipated midnight visits lrom tho constabulary have disappeared suddenly from their respective residences, and are now on their way to the land of the free across the Atlantic From a French paper we have intelligence that Mr. Morphy is about to play twenty gameB blind toldou, at tne same time, we are miormed teat nr. Morphy has publicly challenged Harrwitz to play him a match of five or Beven games for C00 francs, offering the odda of the pawn and move. This chivalrous offer was not accepied.

The Exhibition or 1861. To disoover the best means of aeiting on foot another Exhibition in the year 1861, the Connoil of the Society of Arts haa issued a circular requesting the co operation of the whole otthe gentlemen, who from the very fact of their being members of the Society of Arts, maybe considered to have 'tbe encouragement of arts, manufactures and at heart. They request communications as the best mode of representing the industry of eaoh locality, and as to whether any and what improvement could be made in the arrangements of 1851. The Pbiscess JfaEbERicK William. Tho Nord contains a letter from Berlin, in which we read "We are expeoting the aooouohment of the Princess William from day to day.

The ccoucher of Queen Viotoria and an English nurse are on their way. Another nurae of the Bhenish province will be at tho disposal of the Prinoess, who, I should add, remains marvelously well. Oa the ocoasion of her delivery some of tne political prisoners and refugees took for an amnesty. May tho hope be fulfilled." It is mentioned in another letter that tho nurse now in the royal household is the wife of a husbandman of Westphalia. is Infant Paomqr.There is in London at tho present time a moat extraordinary freak of nature in the perBop of James Paine, a child only 812 yeais of age, residing at 19, Meard's Court, Vyardbur who weighs 81 lbs, measures 8 feet around tbe waist, 12 1 2 inohes round the calf of the leg, and 10 inches round the arm.

He is a healthy looking ohild, and seems to bear bis flaahy burden very oontentedly bis father desoribes him as very pre'ooolouti, and the boy talks sb fluently as many children of much more advanced age. It ia a curious fact that the parents aannrainoro ootn spare ana tain. J..