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AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.

BOVIST THEATRE, Bowery..R *rraeli.e.W*i riwoen m Wall.

BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.'T«* Old SchoolA»rm New.lotme Couple.The Woman I Abore

NTBLO'S-Lotb Chase.Che Fete a Constantino¬ple.

BURTON'S THEATRE, Chamber street..D ayid Cop-TEA PKALD.Out TmOVEASi Mli.LlWERS WANTED.

NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street,.Bvtcner'sBoe ¦ r Ghent Eta, The Irish Princess.Monkey orPitcairn'h Iscand.

WALI.ACE'S THEARTE Br-ad way -Two Caw Platat That Gini -3oia.hu s Daughter.High Lite Be-row Stairs.

WHITE'S THEATRE OP VARIETIES, 17 End 19 Boww-fj. The Tooxh.es-Jack Shu ari> -Somebomy Cube.

AMERICAN MUSEUM..Afternoon.Very Si-spicioiV!.0n« THorsAwn Milliners Wanted, Evening.TheliA*r Hail.

TABERNACLE..Mr. Dempster's Ballad Enter¬tainment.

CnniSTT'S OPERA HOl'SE, 172 Broadway.Ethiopian¦inslrei^y by Christy's Minstrets.

WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood s Musical Hall, 4U Broad¬way..Ethcopian Minstrelsy.

OIR'CS, S7 Bowery..Equestrian Esth taibments.

DOUBLE SHEET.Nsw York., Tuesday, November '43, 1SN4.

Malls for Europt.THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERAI.T).

The Cunud steam-hip Canada, Captain Shannon, willlt«n Bt>;ton at noon to morrow, for Halifax and Liver¬

pool The European mails will close in this city at one

and three o'clock this af:ernoou. The New York

TVhiki v IIeaald will t» published at half past nine

o'clock this morning. Single copies, in wrappers six-

p ace.

Tl-c Niwiinin a uhn.Tlie Reception of tlieCiceceiit City.Tl»e Mi are Trade.

We are still at peace with Spiin Parser Smithcontinues to be an "obnoxious individual." TneCrefjent City is safe in New York harbor. Thesettiec facts are perhaps as farcical as they are impor¬tant. Tbey are farcical, because of the repeatedthreats of the Cuban authorities not to allow theCrescent City to land her mails; and important, be¬cause the same authorities did not fire into andsick that Eteamer, which many thought they woulddo. We are to have another scene, however, andthen we suppose the alTair will be settled. TheCrescent City is to return to Havana, and if Mr.Smith is on board she is not to be allowed to enterthat port. After that, nil.

But, in connection with the news from Cuba bythe Crescent City, there is an interesting piece ofintelligence that may be worth mentioning, andwhich may turn out to be important. It is statedthat there were three English war steamers atHavana, "awaiting the result of the Crescent Cityaffair;" but we are informed that thsy were therefor an entirely different purpose. We learn thatorders hsve lately been received in this country forAdmiral Seymour, commanding the British NorthAmerican fleet, dirsc.ing him to encircle Cuba withmon-cf war. to put a stop to the slave trale; andthe three war steamer" were at Havana on that mis¬sion We give a clue to this movement in anotherart of this morning's paper, where the report of a

meeting, held in Glasgow, relative to tho slavetrade treaties, will be found, together with am ar¬

ticle from an English paper intimating the deter¬mination of that government to insist upon the ful¬filment of those treaties with Spain. The meetingwas held two months ego, but we did not then con¬

fide: the proceedings of so much importance as theyhave since atsumed by these movements.The slave trade, so far as Brazil is concerned, is

rsr-icily dying out, by the exertions of thit govern¬ment; but with Cuba it is as rapidly increasing.We should not therefore be surprised to have theabove statement fully confirmed. Whit will ba thepcliry of our government in tbia event 1 Will thepe-i-plc of this eoantry believe that the movement ofEr gland is wholly to suppress the traffi: in slaves 1What will the fiilil>uftir(>s do 1

Tlie Tews.The Beard of Aldermen, last evening, after a

funny debate, awarded the contract for the Ninthavenue railroad to Mt-ssrs K'pp & Brown; they alsoadopted tha ordinance agreeing to pay Buss &Read, for the Russ pavement, one-third on the costof laying it down, providing the third to be paid bythe city does not exceed two dollara and seventeen«ents par square yard. Well, we shall have goodpavement and plenty of railroads by aad bye.There are laid deirn in our streets, undor contract,and partially acted upon in the Common Council,theIfarkni Railroad, to Twenty- s»vtnih street.Sixth Avenue Railroad, to forty-fourth street.Eighth Avenue Railroad, to Forty-eighth street.Second Avsnut Railroad, to Ilarlem.Broadway Railroad, to IlatlemNinth Avenue Re!road to Ilarlem.Hudson River Railroad to Albany.In the Board of Assistant Aldermen, the Broad¬

way railroad question is suspended until the firstsession of next month. Assistant Alderman Barker,in that Board, last evening, whda and whore thereports were expected to be taken up, male an ob-ject'on to the legality of the meeting, as they had,on the previous occasion, adjourned for a longerperiod thsn they were legally authorized to do.Consequently, after the reference of a fow petitions,they rose for the term.But little information can be derived fnm the

election returns from Massachusetts, except thathere hss again been no choice for Representativesto the State Legislature in at least one had the dis¬tricts. Thus far, the wbigs have a majority ofabout twelve on joint ballot.two in the House andten in the Senate.but should the districts to beheard from return coalitionists, as anticipated, thelatter faction will have the ascendancy, and be en¬

abled to elect their Governor. As the hunker demo¬crats will hold the balance of power, of oours«Horace Mann's chances of becoming Governor areknocked in the headFrom Washington we learn, among other inter-

eating items, that the Senate committee on revenuefrauds have been busily engaged, during the receee,in prosecuting their investigations in different At¬lantic citivs, and that in constquence of the volu¬minous amount of information obtained, they willonly be able to make a temporary regyrt at thecoming session, and ask for permission to sit againIt is hoped that they find their labor and its equiralent agreeable.The majority of Mr Maxwell, the democratic can

didate for Congress in Florida, is twenty-two over

Mr Cabell, the present whig incumbeutThe contest for the office of State Treasurer is

still upon the tapie, and the people of Now Yorkcontinue without a proper officer to take charge ofli.«lr furda It will be recollected that the Su¬premo Court tome months ag > decided that Mr.lVidch was the duly elected Treasurer of this S'ate,

tht landing which declaration Mr Gook, th«

form 4X Treasurer. persisted in retaining P#il#,"J0®of the office and paper. Mr. W. thereupon appliedJudge Wet.on for a judgment of ouster; bat

latter iunoiiunary, aft.«r on'miy J«'i ,or» '

man, week,, has arrived at the c.,n5;u^on Jat hoha. no right to interfere in the matter, and thus

r r«-"sriUncw be «rried to the Court of Appea's * hatnext 7

Tbe boilers of the steamer Princeton, it, n re

ported. have been condemned, consequently she can¬

not proceed on the Japan expedition.Bj telegraph we have the me'an'holy information

that six peewne have lest their lives by are withinibt lest three days A Mr Dougherty and his mo¬ther were burned te death in tlieit own dwelliog,at Waymatf. Pa , last Saturday night. Early yes¬terday morning, the j** at Worcester, Mass , tookfire, and before the prisoners could be all got out,four insane persons wore smothered to death Thepublic mind is frequently shocked by tbe announce¬

ment that some poor maniac's life has boon destroyed by fire lb there to way of effectually guardingagainst these lamentable casualties-especially in

nubile institutions1.Accounts of several destxuetive fires m different

cities will he found under tbe telegraphic headWong them is a report than seventy-tire thousanddollars woitta of property was consumed at Cincin¬nati, on Sunday

. , . nThe haTk E H Chspin, which arrived at Baltimere yestirday, reports that the American wh sungbrig Gem was lately chased for «x hours, in the

vicinity oflat 1», Ion 62, by a Spanish vesse ,

supposed to be a pirate Would it not be a. wellto have a tew more naval vessels stationed in that

Tome fifteen or twenty German- amused them¬selves by getting up a promiscuous kg tit in Troy on

Sunday afternoon, and the cons-queues was thatfive or six of the party were severely injured.Two resurrectionists were caught at work in the

Catholic grave yard, near Troy, on Sunday night.They had already dug up one body, and were endea¬voring to secure another. They were lodged in pri¬son.

Joseph Shuster and J H Viner have been arrest¬ed at Philadi'lahia on a charge of having, inonnec-ti.n with o lurs, committed forgeries on differentbanks to s-mewbere near the amount of twelvethousand dollars, wittam the last two and a halfyiart Judging from the large number of arrests

rtcettlv made. Philadelphia must be swarming withforgers"and counterfeiters. Let our citizens os on

the look out for those among them who may hatefound our eis'*r city too hot fjr themThe inhabitants of Holmes county, Miss , hate

almost unanimously decided to subscribe two hun¬dred 'heusand dollars to the Mississippi Central Rail¬road This exhibition of enterprise and prosperityisagcod omen for the holders of the repudiatedbonds of that State.

It will be perceived from our City Trade Reportthat from the s-arcity of vessels, freights were agaiahigher for Liverpool, yesterday. 9d. per bushel was

paid for wheat, 3s 6d for rosin, and 3-8 a 7-18d forcotton. At the clo-o, 10d. was demanded for wheat,and 3s- » 3s fid. for flour. These rates causedb-. adstuffs to rule rather heavier than at tho closeof last week, and that in the face of the ex >ectedinterruption 10 canal navigation. They, a'so check¬ed trar suctions in naval stores Moss pork oxpa-rfenced an advance of 50 to 75o. per barrel jesterday. Beef and lard were likewise aotiye. Coffeewa* firmer, and sugars comparatively quiet.Among our lecture reports this morning, we give

a brief sketch of that delivered by Mr. Thackeray,being the second of his sou., on the 41 HumorousWriters of Queen Anne's lle'gu " Some of our oo-

temporaries seem to think that the publication ofthese or anv other lectures, sgaiust the consent of

I the person delivering them, is an illegal interferencewith his rights of property; but such is not the law

1 in this country Ttie question has been tried anddecided against that view, the cour i holding thatanv such discourse, after having been spoke, ceases

to'be exclusive property, and may be publishedwithout the const nt of tbo lecturer. We do not,however, see any great temptation to lead us to dis¬regard Mr Thackeray's request that a literal re

port should not be givenMrs. Cakes SuAth delivered a lecture yes'erday

evening, in Hope Chapel, the title of which was" Woman Considered as Inferior to Man."The Board of ^uoervisors adjourned last night to

meet upon tbe first Monday in December. Aa ap¬propriation fifty thousand dollars far the endow¬ment of an asylum for juvenile delinquents was

voted A similar amount has been reised by pri¬vate tubsdipt ion for the same purpose The corner

stone of the asylum will be laid on Randall s

Iriand to day. Tho steamboat Ravenswood leavesfrom Peck slip-

In aro'hf r column our readers will fit.il a fun re¬

port of the New York Bible Society, which held its

anniversary meeting last night.The report of the City Inspector shows that .wo

hundred and eighty two persons died within theweek ended last S»ti*day. This makes a reductionof twenty dca'bs, when we compare the gross amountwith tbe aggregate number for the week ended up in

tb« 13th instant. During last week fourteen per¬sons died of apoplexy, forty-two of consumption,and twenty-six from fevers of various classes. Thecold weather, which seems to have beeu very fa *1to pa'ients labotir g under consumption and lnflam-mat ion of the lurgs. has acted beneficially m cheek-irg the progress of cholera infantum, as there are

only four cases of death from that disease reported.One hundred ar.d sixty children under ten years ofsee died n the week, and fourteen persons were be¬tween seventy and one hundred years. The healthof'be city is very good.Tbe stesmsbip Heimann, with four days later

European news is about due at this port. TneCunard fteamer America may also be expected to

arrive at Hslifax today, wi'b one weeks lateradvices.

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Ree tbe inride pag tor tbe late news broughf,om H i>vai& by the s'.iec sbip Crescent City, to

gether with an account of her reception at ttaaport; alio, some very interesting intelligence relative to the .Sieve Trade of Cuba; Translations fromthe Havana papers, concerning the Critical Condition of Mexico; Affairs In South America; GeneraShields' Address to the Iririi Delegation at Providene# ; Description of tho Amazon and the AtlantisSlopes of South America J Dedication of the Alban4Cathedra!; Incidents connected witb the late MrWebster ; Report of tbe Almshouse Governors; Proeccdii g» in various Courts; Commercial Review, Sto.

A 5*w Sekies of Lbctcrc.8..We are gratifiedto notice thai oar lecture »eison is to be enrichedwith n brilli&u > course, under the suspices of theNew York Historical Society, to commence atMetropolitan H»I!, on Thursday, the 2d of Deosmber, and to be continuei weekly until the close.Among the eminent lecturers who have promisedtheir sendees to this Society, the nines of MrEvtrett. of MaJMclraieU*, Mr. Bancroft, the his¬torian, Rtv Mr. Hawker, Mr. Charles O'Conor, andHon. John A. Dix, of New Yotk, and Hon. PierreSoulo, of Louisiana, are sufficient guarantees ofthe excellence of the series. Tickets for admissionto the source of ton lectures, and to the forty-eighthanniveisnry adJretl, to be dc!:vcred by the Hoa.Hnfus Choate, are lixed at ten dollars, the proceedsto be devoted to the fund of the Crt proof buildngto be rc tec? by the Society.

Ilmmcis DFLEcsTirw TO Co"«*BM..'Returns r,l.U::"atb«> i. n r.-fi pi en !i Congreptional RiittUt ofJFit i« to warrant u In giving the fbltowfng, a- th* iae-

vDdii,>jte re,-cerent th° Stat: in the I ;tythird Owgtafa. w big' in Italic .

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Th« Hew Adnliili'.rauou»DomMtle Volley°r den. Pierce.

The general policy of the new administrationmay be eonsid«,rt,| ea pretty distinctly foreshadowedin tbe resol j'ions of the Baltimore platform Thetnultitix'jtouB details, however, both in regard to ourdoH3t .dc and foreign affairs, for tho next four years,affo/d a wide and interesting feld for ^culatlon>-B'l here, in several-of its more prominent aspects,We propofe briefly to consider the probable homepolicy which will be pursued by Gen. PierceThe dutiis of the home administration of the go¬

vernment consist of two great divisions : first, thedistribution of " the loaves and fishes and, se¬

condly, tbe system of legislative measures pursuedin Congress. In both branches, but especially inregard to the division of the spoils, there is muchanxiety and soace alarm ; and thero will be a vastamount of rivalry, contention, wrangling, vexation,and disappointment.There are from twenty to twenty five thousand

ofhees, cf all kinds, under the control of the Presi¬dent, ranging from two and three hundred dollars a

year to eight or ten thousand, that are consideredworth having Applications will doubtless be madeas soon as wanted for every one of these; and forthose which range from a thousand a-year and up¬wards, the prcsturg may be estimated with corta'ntyin the exact ratio of tho hungriness of the ur.tcr-rifled democracy. After an absolute fast, or an

almost total exclusion even from the droppings ofthe treasury table, nothing bat a terrific rush can

be expected when the table is replenished and hehalf-famished outsiders are invited to walk in andtake their seats according to their tickets. Somebitter enemy of John Randolph, on one occasion,summed up his personal appearance in tho followingpointed and graphic couplet:.

" The fluid is lean and long, an 1 lank,And mores upon a spindle slwak".

which is pretty much at this time, from their hardfast, the physical condition of the invinoiblo demo¬cracy, never i . completely invinoiblo as with emptystomachs and an abundance of provisions in thoenemy's camp. And this stato of thiDgs justifies no

other presumption than this: that when tho camp iscaptured, the proveuier will be appropriate 1 with¬out remorse, and as fast as possibleThere will be a change among the office holders,

a prompt beginning, and a steady continuance, untiltbe whifcs, particularly those appotn ed under thono-party administration of Gen. Taylor, and by hissuccessor, Mr Fillmore, are weeded out, as clean ascockle from a field of barley. Coining in as Got).Taylor tiid, under tbe most solemn and religiouspledges agtinst proscription, ho stillfouad it utterlyimpossible to resist the sturdy old maxim of rota¬tion. He stood against the door in vain; the prer-sure of the outsiders waa too strong for him, theyovtrwhelmod Lim, they cerriod him along; and thedoomed 4:Icco focos" then in office, were scentedout, and turned adrift, 10 the extent of whole bat¬talions at a single haul Such having bcoa thepractice of an administration elected to " proscribeproscription," what else than a " clean Bwoep" isto be expected of General Pierce, eleotod withspecial reference to a new division of che puolicplunder, from Alpha to Omega.from tho Collectorof the port of New York to the Deputy Postmasterat Kalamazoo. In fact, nothing but a very exten¬sive change is expeoted by either tho ins or the outs,and were Gen. Pierce never so well disposed to belenient and merciful, he would be inevitably over¬ruled by tbe outside pressure of his expectant parti-zans. There must bo a very extensive changeamong the office holders.there is no help for it.none in tho world.From various reliable sources of information, it

also appears that the office seekers are taking timeby the forelock, and that, day after day, in lettersand personal pilgrimages to Concord, they are lay¬ing their claims, their services, andtheirnecessbiei,before the President elect in number and variotyalmost incredible But we also understand that fcheieunseasonable applications are at least too early bythree months, in view of any favorable attentionwhich they may be expected to receive. There is, inact, such a thing as ovenoing the old proverb, "th ithe early bird oatcbes the worm and a mi 'siou ora missive in search of an office to Concord now, isless likely to be answered at all, than an applicationat Washington on the first of April next, or anyfine day thereafter We presume, in a word, thatGen Pierce will have nothing to say, and nothingto do, with his minor appointments, until at leasthe and his cabinet are each and al formally estab¬lished in their official quarters at the seat of govern¬ment, and that then tbe claims of every applioantwill be canvassed with scrutiny, eo as to guard, as

far as possible, in the outset, against the appointmerit of unworthy men.

lhe appointment poiicy of Gen. Pierce will un

questionably, we should suppose.bc directed.first, tothe selection of competent and honest men ;secondly, to the strengthening of the democraticparty, and the restoration 01 harmony an >ng thevarious sections and faciioLS of the party tnrough-out the Union; and, thirdly, to the Selection of in¬dividuals accoroing to their political claims aulcapabilities. But, whatever may be the system ofappointment, the democrats are hungry, and thewhigs, who have been filling themselves upon thelat things of the treasury for four years, more or less,must walk the plank, and the fatter and sleeker theyare the sooner they will be compelled to abdicateThus much for the office-holders, and ofiire seekers,and the division of the spoils They must be iivided,and all that the public can ask is tbat they shallbe d.tbursed with at least ono eye to the sc.'uri'y ofthe treasury, while the other is kept wido a rake forthe good of the party.

In regard to the democratic legislative measuresot the new administration, the democratic platformis far more explicit than in respect to the highlyimportant matter of the spoils of fifty millions a

year. We hive every reason to believo that GenPierce, from every consideration of inclination, prin¬ciple and duty, will adht.ro to tho party platform. Womay then very safely predict that the tariff of1846, which has worked so well, will be per¬mitted to remain substantially as it is. un¬

less the progres.-ivo doctrines of fro tradeshould iirpeiioufly demand some mitigation ofthese duties which operate more to the protectionof a few monopolies than the replenishment of thet easury We may tako it for granted that therewill be no extravagint appropriations made forrivers and harbors, as the antecedents of Gon.Pierce all have a dtcised leading to a rigid oon-s.ruction of the constitution upon those things.The sub treasury will of oourse remain un¬

touched, the living law of tho laud. The Coapro-uiise measures will be enforced, including particu¬larly the Fugitive .Slave law. This was the motprominent issue, and the most important, of the lateelection. We may expeet, too, the adoption ofsome general system of reduction and graduation ofthe prices of the public lands, unless the Senatethis winter sheu'.d pass the bills already passed bythe House, one for the grant of some 65,000,000 ofacres, and tbeir distribution among tho severalStates, and ono lor the grant of tho entire publicdomain to actual settlers in small farms. In theevent of the jitiesge of this last bill Gen Pieroewill be saved all further trouble in regard to thepublic lands ; and they will also cease to bo an ob¬ject for railroad, csnal, plank roa 1, and other stock¬jobbing operations in the valley of the MississippiWe must wait, upon the land question, the actionof the Hecate upon the aforesaid important bills,and especially the Free Farm bill, before anything¦an be even oorjentured in relation to the poiicy ofthe new administration upon the land question.To sum u,..we apprehoud that tho appointment

po'icy cf Gen. Pierce will be the policy of providingfor bis own party house-hold bo the exclusion of theah gs. " The man that does not provide for his ownhe net hold is worse than an infidel" But wo con¬clude that, the work will not begin, bcyood the oabl-net and the diplomatic Oorps, till after the fourthof March next. We suppois, tbat in reference totb< measurer of the domestic policy of Gen Pierce,My »ii) be ] la-u and s inpie as the Bsl'.imvro plat-

form, which limply oovert tho greet principle! of re-trenchment, redaction and free trad*. W« alio ven¬ture tho prediction, that a paramount objeot ot (Ton.Pierce, in all the meaaurei of his administration, inall the mcaei, and in all the meu, he will provide,or faithfully endeavor to provide, against Gtilphinismor Gardinetifm.The foreign policy of the nev administration

covere a broader, more complex and comprehensivefield of inquiry, and is of tho very highest import¬ance, in relation not only.to the progress anl pros¬perity of our own country, hut to the pea re of thewhole civilised world In this view, on an early oc¬casion we shall take it up for a brief but deliberateexamination.Mb Thackeray aio Dkaw SwtFr.Mr. Thack¬

eray, of London Punrh, and author of " A Bookon Scobs," and some other works, in hia first leoturn in this country has proved himself as groat a

literary snob as any described ia his book. Thiswriter has been vastly overrated on bo:h sides ofthe Atlantic. Here, since his advent., ho has beenoutrageously puffed by the press, and like Diokenshe will probably be courtei and fawnod upon byall the snobs of every circle. In return, when he ar¬rives 'n his own country, ho will, we suppose, as theauthor of "American Netos" did before him, lam¬poon the character and institutions of the Americanpeople, who afforded him their hospitality. He isnow " a chiel aiming them takin' notes, an' faithhe 11 prent cm " That hi3 descriptions of thsmen and manners and politics of our country arenot likely to be of a friendly or kindly naturo, seems

evident enough from the fact of his virulent whole¬sale attack en the character of the illustrious DeanSwift, which rcmiuds one of a living donkey kickingat a dead lion, or a dwarf making an onslaught upona sleeping giant.Wo are not of those who hold that tho dead aro

exempt from criticism. Swift himself ripuJiatedthe Latin maxim : dt mortuu nil nisi bonum." ofthe dead let nothing be suiu but what !b good".which the witty Dean rendered, " When scoundrelsdio let all bemoan 'cm " But we hold that "thedeparted spin's of the mighty dead," who cannotdefend themselves, are entitled to fair play, if netto the most charitable conrtruotion that oan bo putupon their acts. If the dark side of the picture isireseDted, the bright side ought also to bo put for¬ward as prominently. If cc#suro is dealt out withan unsparing bao.d, credit ought to be givenfor what is good, and noble, and bravo. Mr.ThaoLeray seems to possess the faculty ofdiscoveringand < 3-yggcrating faults and small vices only, andto bo blind to the grca'virtues of humanity. In DeanSwift's life and character he can discern nothinggood. Il this bo Engluh prejudice, beoause DoanSwif*. was born and educated in Ireland, and rooom-mended the Irish people to burn everything thatcame from England except the coal, it is unworthyof the enlightened liberality of the present day, andfar from creditable in a man who comes forward toadminister instruction to the publio in a oourso oflectures in this great and free country. Ho wouldhave acted a wiser part if he had altered a lectureoriginally composed for English audioncos, andadapted it to ths large and comprehensive spirit ofthe people of the United States, who entertain no

prejudice against a man in consequence of the placeof his birth, and who cherish a more friendly feelingto the Irish than to any other peoplo in the worldTo guard against the imputation of national preju¬dice, Mr. Thackeray pretends that Dean Swift wasnet an Irishman, but an Englishman all throughthat hia character was too bad for an Irishman. Theinference involved in this blunder is certainly not ve¬

ry complimentary to Mr. Thackeray's own country,the argument being that Dean Swift was a greatscoundrel, and therefore could not be a Celt, batmust be a Saxon. It is true that Dean Swift wasthe eon of English parents; but thin he was burnand brought up in Ireland, and, like the Geraldines,he became "more Irish than the Irish themselves."As well might Mr. Thackeray say that AndrewJackson was not an American.The lecturer has assailed the public, private, and

literary cha-actcr of Swift, and he has taken all hismaterials from the enemies of the Dean of StPatrick's, whoso overshadowing genius created envyin contemporary writers, and whose stinging satireand fearless exposure of political corruption stirredup swarms #f hornets on every side.Mr. Thackerny has shown himself to be either ex¬

ceedingly superficial or very uucaodid, in this leo-ture. He describes outrageous acts of Dean Swift,but ho forgets to tell the audience tuat thoyare the result of insanity.the mighty intellectof that master-spirit having given way in con¬

sequence of the loss of his Stella. In relation toSwift's connection with that lady, Mr. Thaokerayis equally at fault. Ho says that the Doan treatedher and Vanoeta as no women in the same relationhad been ever treated before. Either Mr Thacke¬ray did not take the necessary pains to inform him-self, or being informed he suppressed the fact, thatSwift, after bisprivato marriage with Steila, (MissJobnsoD.) had discovered that she was his half lister, both beiDg the natural children of Sir WilliamTemple. Ho was careful that in all his intsr-views with Stella a third party should be pre¬sent. Ho was deeply devoted to her, but hewould not cohabit with her on account of their con-

sarguinity, and the discovery of this relationshipand her subsequent death drove him mad. As forVanessa, (Miss Van Homrigh,) he never sustainedany other relation to her than that of a wxrm andattached friend, though she had cherished a passionof the strongest kind for him, which, because notgratifiod, resulted in her premifure death, which waslets his fault than his misfortune-Mr. Thackeray hardly ooncedes that Swift was a

wit or a humorist at all. The reason probably is,that the gentleman himself wants to build up hisown fame for wit upon theruinsof the reputation ofthe author of the Drapier's Letters But Swift's re¬nown will endure, and his writings will be read,both in Great Britain and in this country, while suchephemeral writers as this critic shall bo consignedto eternal oblivion. It is rather too late in the day,and especially for such a ahallow littcralrur as

Thackeray, to disturb the ashes of Jonathan Swift,or to throw filth upon the monument of his fame.Mr. Thackeray will not admit that Swift was a

patriot; and he says tho propositions in the Drapier'sLetters were absurd. Since the days of Demosthenes,never was any man so successful as a polkioalwriter, and never did any political writings producesuch effects as his Hia "Conduct of the Allies,"publirhed in 1712, ten days before tho Parliamentassembled, is a rcmnrkablo example. "Tho pur¬pose," says Dr. Johnson, "was to persuade thenation to peace, and never had any writer moresuccess. The people who had been amused withbonfires and triumphal processions, and looked withidolatry on tho General and his friends, who, asthey thought, had made Eogland the arbiter ofnations, were confounded between shame anl rage,when they lound thai mines had been oxhaustod,'and millions destroyed to scoure tho Dutch, or ag¬grandize the ompcror, without any advantago to our¬

selves; that we had been bribing our neighbors tofight their own quarrel; and that amongst ourenemies we might number our allies. That is nowno longer doubted, of which the nation was thenfirst informed that tho war was unnecessarily pro¬tracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough." Eleventhousand copiesof this "wonder working pamphlet"were sold from November to January, at a timewhen the English were not a nation of readers.The effect was decisiv e and complete. E pially potentwere his Drapier's Letters. Ono Wood, of Wolver¬hampton, had, by a bribe to the Dutchess of Kendal,obtained a patent authorizing him to coin £180,000,in halfpence and farthings, in the kingdom ofIreland, in which there was at the time an ein-

barassitg scarcity of oopp-r ooin, which Wood malestill scarcer by purchasing up all he could got holdof The new coin was debased to an enormous de¬gree, and Swift wrote letters agirins, it, under thesignature of " Drupiir " Tho nation was alarmed,and the coin was universally refused. Th) govern¬ment prosecited the printer, and the L rd Lieu e-

B*»t iMued a proclamation offering £300 fjr thedisooverj of the author of the fourth letter.hie secret was known only to hie own butler, whofaithfully kept it But the piV.lo well knew whotfctir benefactor w»* "Ho was honored," says hieLirpraj ber, Dr Johnson, " he was hono-ed by tinp0. ui,ce as the champion, patron, and Instructor ofIreland, end gained mob power as, considered bothin its extent and duration, asarcely any man haiever ci.joytd without g'oater wealth or higher bU-tion The llrapier wss a sign, the Drapier was a

htahb, and which way soever the eye or the ear

was turned, so ne tokens were founl of the na'iob'egratitude to tho Drapior. The benefit wis indeedgieit; bo had resetted Ireland from a very oppres¬sive and predatory invasion." Yet Mr Thackeraytells us ho had no patriotism, and that his Drapier'sLetters were abeuH The immortal Grattan, on thoday of Iri-h indepridonee, paid him a tri¬bute in a beautiful apostrophe, in whieh hoexclaimed."Oh, spirit of ti-ift, thou hast pre¬vail* d" /'

l).an Swift had some funl's, and b.s liftwas narked by B:nguUr eccentricities; but bewas a great spirit, and his virtues, by tho r sur¬

passing brightness, cast his failings into the skadoThe author of the " 8wtftmnn," who writes by no

moans as favorably of Swift us some other biogra¬phers rays of him ."In short, be liv^il an honor totho human bind, and died, r.s be had lived in bislatter yens, a sod monument of tho iufirjiities inci¬dent to it; and a melancholy, mortifying mementoof tbo prido of parts. Ilia death ec ip:cd tho g iye-tv ot his native country, arid impoverished tho scan¬

ty stock of public virtue" Br. Dciaay, who isquoted by I)r Johneon as one who know hiui longand well, after describing bis ''invincible patriotism,bis charities, ar.d bis " singular, psoaliar, and mostvariega'cd vein of wit," winds up in the followingappropriate terms." All this considered, tho cha¬racter of his life will appear like that of his writ¬ings; tbey will both bear to bo considered as thesun, in which tho brightness will hide the blemishes;and'whenever pctulan ignorance, P'ylc, malignity,cr envy interposes to e'eud or sully his fame, I takeupon nio to prc nouBoe that the eclipso will not lustloj g To coDcludo. no man over deferred better otan* couutry than Swift did of his.a steady, perse-v trite, inflexible friend; a wise, a watchful, and afaitbtul courscHor, under many severe trials andbitter persecutions, to tbo manifect hazard both ofhis liberty and fortune, lie lived a blessing, ho dieda benefactor, and his name will ever live an honorto Ireland " Thackeray's lecturehas not tho meritofoeirgeven a decent cirricaturo of Deu.n Swift.But enough of Thackeray

City Intelligence.Tiif Wrather .We had a continuance of ke^n

atdavbicsk yesterday morning The ti» Ids in the ruraltiigifictf* Mrcxe t-llvcrcil over, an'3 tho morning was verycold lb ere was a fc.avj. lowering sky. throa.enln* atrow stoim The thermometer at the IIfrai.d building,ranged at noon, at 41 degrevs at 3 o'clock F M at41 U, and at 6 o'clo.-.k P M , at 41 degrees. A htavy mistfettled down upon the rivers, aid over the greater part ofthe ci'v as the evening closed lu This descended in athick figev rain, at six o'clock, and the atmosphere con¬tinued dump to a lite hour. The night was disagreea¬ble and rainy

Thf. Ckescskt City and Pi rsfr Smith .A rumor wasprevalent yesterdav afternoon, to the eflectthat a num¬ber of cerittrui'n wire exerting themfrives to convene ameeting of merchants at the Exchange. in order to const-d*r the affair of the Ore«ce*t City, and endeavor to per-f nude Mr Law to remove Mr Smith from that vessel,rjpon inquiry we fourd that no rileh meeting was held,nornnv specific aoticm taken to call it. IVe bellevo thesubject was mentioned upon 'Change a? one worthy ofconsideration.gT Tammany Socifty . At a meeting of the society,held at the Wigwam on Saturday night last, a committee,

consist log of Sachem l'urdy, Sachem Dunlup. andBrother John Wheeler, wore appointed to wait upon Clen.Pierce on his arrival in this city, and invite him to visittheWigwum "partake of tho lefrefhing waters smokethe calmut of peace, and sit around tho council flies.Dbownid Body Found .The Coroner held an in'iueatvc-dcrday afterno' n. at Washington Point, toot of 180th

street upon the body of an unknown man. which wasfound in the water la-t Friday John Dalton sworn.Besides at Fort Wa-hingt* n btatlon; between one andtwo o'clock Friday last saw something floating In thewater; got a boat and went towards it; found the de¬ceased man; I do not know him; 1 think he uuswers thodescription of a man who was lest off the steamer Mohe-co two wcekw pine*. Thin teHtimony was corroboratedby that of J. A. Harriugton Verdict: drowning underc'ixcuui&tancis anknowB. The deceased appearedtw#nty-fiTe jeara of age five feet eight inches hjfchblack hair and a goattee He was dressed with a redfltnnel undershirt, and ublue cotton uncover it a mixedp. ajacket. figured vest, ealnet pan's. and heavy boots,with nails in ibe soles.Isorrrr icon Jamf.« Beown..Coroner Ives: held an

inquest yesterday, at Belltvue Ilomitol. upon the bodyof James Brown who was killed. Saturday l tst. by fall-log through the hatchway of a work-hop. at No. 1.1Twenty first street, a- repotted in our paper of ye.-terdaymorning It app-ared from the evidence of CharlesBrown that deceased was a coach trimmer, anil workedIn the wsgon building ibop at the above number, oat-UTdav the men were engagtd In hauling up a wngon body,d'ceoed aeri'ting and it was con idered he got over-powered, and fell to the first ti"or In a short time herecovered, and bcctine sensible. wac put to b^d. w(levery care taken of him Witness found bira dead inbis bed at six o'clock in the evening VerdiC: deathft'm injuries received by falling throngh the hatchway.Mr. Brown was a native of England and sixty years old.The Base or Ms. Brown.Accident in James Street.

.At a Into heur last night. Mr. Brown, who jumped frombis bedroom window. Sunday morning, under an appreben-ion of robbers lay in n hopeless state in the CityHi sp'.tal in consequence of the Injuria.'he then received.William Blair, one of tho men placed under arrest asimplicated in the nutter was discharged from custodyyisteiday.Firimln..Erglne company No 18 mustered in full

fctce yesterday. and ao.c mpanied by a brass band,marched to gickles' manufactory No 8 Lafavette place,where they received the new fire engine ordered for themby tbe Corporation.

Fi odi.n Br.atii..A man. named .Tames Ityder. WWfound dead on Sunday at No. lt'6 Sheriff street, by tbepolice of the Eleventh ward. The Coroner was notified.

Personal Intelligence*Arrivals at the Metropolitan.Judge Atiies. San Die-(to. California ; Don Pellegrini. Mexico: Hon B. EGiecn, Washington Hon. W. 0. Daw:on. Georgia ; Han.11. C. Stoughton. Ttrmont; Dr Beer.-ford. Hartford;Cbas. M. Blldwf. l'hiia W. Wooloott, Otioa ; JamesR. Evans. Pennsylvania Gilbert Kennedy, Ohio; Chw.Cooper Maine; D. Woodruff New Jersey : Captniu E.MurMiam British army ; Dr. A. Chsstant. New OrleansJno T Dlspy Richmond. Va ; H Beymonr, Connecti¬cut ; J. A. Machado. Havana ; K E. Edwards, Ciccia-ta'.tl Ohla : Daniel B. Cook. IllinoisAt the Howard.Allston Wilson, T. C. Hill, Pblladel

phia ; O N. Russell. Pottsville ; L Johnson, Baltimore :Cbas. E. Perry, Newport : II. Brackett, Bofton ; Lemuell'cmnoy, Copake, New York; Thos. A-iams llounell*-ville .1 E. Dunbar. Bridgeport; Edwin Btc-irns, Halifax.At the American.1). Burgess. 8 K 8ps tilling. Boston;J. M. Tyson Alabama Dr. Alcock. Washington A H.

Taylor. U'ltimore D. J. Bosnian, Toronto; T Eaton, U.8. N't.»y N. U Chadwlck, Philadelphia; J W. Byant,Florida.At the Astor.D. Barclay. Q A. Mtindrtff, Fittrford

8. R. bpauldlng. A. J. Robetts. Aug. Flagg. Boston : T.Shaije Richmond; Hon. A.Brady. Rochester: J. Jeffiev. Cincinnati; W. Harper. Washington ; A. 8. Inger-etll Buflulo ; Dr. Ottrj, Kentucky ; E U Baker. Bos¬ton.

Ills Excellency. Thomas H. Seymour. Governor ofConnecticut, arrived in town yesterday, and Occupiesapart no nts at the I n'un Place Hotel.Gen Shield of Illinois, and Governor Bright of Indi¬

ana. It ft the Vnlon 1 lace Hotel yesterday lor Washing¬tonThe Goveror elect will occupy the mansion now occu¬

pied by Gov. Hunt, at Albany, frum the first of Januarynext, until tome time in the ensuing suuim- r.The following gentlemen have arrived at Washington :.Hon D. A. Boc.ker, of New York Csp'aln Du Pont, U.

8. N ; Major Merchant U. S A. Captain Merchant, U.b A ; Ccni Perry. couunnnoiog East India Squadron;Captain bands, L'.8 N.; Urn Edward Stanley, of N 0 ;Ccl Deltussy, U.B A ; Hon Keverdy Johnson, of MdHon. Jrhn A. Rockwell, of Conn ; Phillip Qreely, K*q.,of Boston A. 8. Be Peyster, Esq of New York j Hon.Klcbard lircaUtead and family, of Pennsylvania.

Police Intelligence*Slotting With m Knife..The police of the Seven-

tienth ward arrested on Sunday night, a man namedTbcmas Oakwell on a charge of slabbing James Dugan,resldmg at No. 1£0 Eleventh street, in the body with acaae knife, inflict,ng a dangercn* wound under the rightshoulder. The wife of Dugan came to her husband's aid,and wa- also severely wounded by the arsatlant, who In¬flicted a deep cut on her arm It seems that theaccused was a boarder In the house of Dugan, andtomlrg heme in a state of intoxication, a quarrelensued, and Dugan endeavored to turn Oakwellcut of the house, and in the attempt.a fight ensued, andDugan was stabbed m above described. Officers Whiteera llysbee arrested Oakwell, and conveyed blm beforeJustice Wood, who committed him to prison to answerthe charge of an assault with latent to kill.

Hiotoiii Conduct .Yesterday afternoon the Eigh¬teenth ward pollen were caBed to qnell a riot at the cornerot Twenty.first street, and first avenue, between somefiremen and a large number ot boys and mt n, who wernthrowing brick oad stones in all directions. It seems thatthe origin of the tumult was at an alarm of fire. As liracompany No. 30J were on their way to tire tire, they wereassaulted by a number of boys, and on their return, theboys wire jo'ned by a number ol men, end a generallight ensued betweon them. Tho police hurried to thasnot, and took Into custody two men, namod PatrlokMcCue ana Jobu Riley, who were both conveyed b-.foreJustice Stuart. the evidence taken against thno and thecourt held them each to ball In the sum of $1000, toun. wi r the charge.

dituling Money .A black follow named Thomas Moirewas».netted on 4alntday night, by offloer Btgley of theFifth ward charged with stealing bank bills and goldcoin, vain-d in all at $10. from another colored mannumtd r'ldncy MoFarland. On searching the prisoner,the < fliccr ooold not. find any of the stolen irlOaay. bu;u 13 bill was pioduced by Josephine Glvlns. whosatd shegot It f)<m M.ore, This Mil was Identified by McKarlandas a p< rtli n ot the s'i on mom-y The aooosed was com-ii,itt. o ' y Justice Osbone lor tr'al

netting *f the New York Bible SmM|T«Ye-terdvyevenlng the anniversary of the Nov Took

Bible Society ww held ho he Broadway Tab-ernneU.M

Previous to the opening of th* proceeding ''an nhnit;which wii> to elUnioau « mug en anthem ym»u Thome* Bond F"i ll,e* *nll0UD'v#d tboiin# Was celled to cele. iate he twe uMltentryof the society and lb it ore |j,( Ngul»r proooedingowould ht opiu-d ih> i'^-T. Mr. Wauon would roodrpr» tin.

The preyew h.vln.f bten concluded the Ohalnnai»eukd upon W. S Smith 10 rend the Treasu-er'e report-.ti which the following is a copy :.

¦juts i;ata'» Btron-r.1862 Oa

lty Oa h.ColleCIon a'anniversary, and afteruntiivertary term-in $162

Individual doiAitiuos "66 88Aouual sub»orU>>rs 1>&J1 03-Suit s books hy ugi gU. 649 OSBjI'.s at depository 25,960 2S

Fruta l'f tx! I, .» 11 in ChurchesBill a Society in s«>nei-te I'rtmoy tartan Ohurob,coiner of Grand uu.: tiercel -.treats $939 OOi

Much strut 1200 53-University place 886 9>*KU veu'li e'rect 18 OilPpiing street 63 77Allen street 33 60Fe.ven'h street 80 00i'ilieeuib ureet 47 00Oen* ral . 418 07Bleecker fleet. .. 2(3 00 i>

Fourteenth street 323 23Scotch Grand street 660 OO1 >

I'eari street 100 25. h.l-es 100 toeFifth avenue and Nineteenth street.Dr. Alex¬

ander's 960 OLThird An o.ilate 130 GDVint Deformed 21 2'3Brick 425 OO'I hiiiieMh street 73 00Bulgers street 238 60

From Episcopal Churches.Chuich of the Asc naiou. 360 7)5I ml it'.dual donuiions 206 00

From Congvtgitwnal Churoh't.Church of the Puritans... 629 OOBrnudway lahetuacle 60 OO

Frotn Dutch Deformed Churches.Ncrth Duteh 104 r<>lirooine strei t 200 78'W asbiugt.cn tquarc 119 63Market, it re-1 83 06-Ninth si rest 433 50I.nfay«tTe plnce 364 "OFifili avenue *.. . .. 300 <K>Fiftieth street 20 OO

From Methodist Churches.Ffcrnd s'reet 42 33Eighteenth etreet 269 OODuune street 34 18Orchard stieet 11 OOGreene street 160 OOMulberry street 170 00Vestry street. 60 00-ThlrU th street 101 OOlAilUtt street. 27 14PtTctiih street 60 OOMtcl-on street 76 00-Twenty seventh strest. 93 50Forty third street 36 OOFiflleth . 41 25

Total $39,635 6&1F52. Da.

To catb, for use of tabcrt icle for anniversaryand anniversary i-ermon with inci¬dental expi-nses $116 51-

Do. Expcu-es at Depository 944 02Do Ba'uriesof agents and inciden al ex¬

penses... 2,874 38Do. American Bible Society, for Bibleaand

Testaments 34,403 38Do Saute.Donations 1,297 77

ToUl $39,035 6>Aftel the report bad b-en read, the Chairman ealle 1

on Mr II O De Pern st, the Foreign Corresponding ;8e-cretsry. to read the report showing the general opera¬tions of the society for the past year.Mr Pit Forhfst prefaced the report, by expressing hi«

pleasure and regret.pleasure It eeeirg how mach hadbeen done and regret that to muoh yet remained to be-dene, and that the society could not proceed In a morarapid ratio than it had hitherto dona. The society wasemulating the spirit of th* good Samaritan, in pouringthe balsam of truth into ignorance. The benefit* thatbad accrued displayed it a strong light bow much mightbe done by a more general distribution of the Scripture*.The society had been unremitting in its exertions, formany, many ward* ot this cicy had been tended by theagents; and Mr Wat-on extend) d his successful workmarl; up to the Haarlem river, and circulated the bookofbotki 5 715 ODl.t applied for the boi.ks half refusedto receive it. and many have not been left a Bible. for th*very excellent rea-on that they could not read; 10 414bibles al'ogether have been olstributtd. at a coat of$2 349. Of families vid'ed in the Sixteenth ward, therewere 10 t*2. and 603 in the First ward, and two-thirds ofttave have been supplied the most miserable have notb«tn overlooked and the most loathsome tenement* havebeen visited, in order tbai the bleated volume might Im¬part consolation and Knowledge, lb* ptadous bookhas even teen distributed In bur rooms, gambling-led see. and the volume fcas been presented to the mo t. bondtnid Mr Watsons report contained many char¬acteristic and pleating sketches of tb* maimer in whichthe lit ly Hi ok hue deen received by (Jiff-rent people. 8 -

hies, circulated years ago are preserved religiously bythe i r pot seesois and bear mark* of having been carefullyperused. In April last, a nible. which was printed anlong ago as 1763. was found in a Herman family. Amongstmany Roman Catholics there is still a strong indisposi¬tion to receive the Bible; but prejudice has in many in¬stances yielded to the exhortation* of the distributors.IgnciaDce and miseonci-pt.-on are the principal obstaclesto tbe circulation ot the Hook. Th* hotel* have beenwell supplied, and the volume* have remained in goodcondition 1 205 Bibles have been thu* distributed. Va¬rious engine, hrse. and Udder companies hare also beetsupplied, ana few have rejected the offers of the distri¬butors The school* hnve reoeived 3 644 volumes, andthe tenobers. in many instances, have zealously co ope¬rated. M. Goddn, too, arv.org the French residents, hasbem active in the w rk of dissemination. Among emi¬grants also, the work of distribution has been compara¬tively successful In order to show the benefits that amrendered to fore'gnrrs by the society.be might state thatevery foreign fernily. and Koman Catholic In particular,has been visited and numbers of Bibles have been distri¬buted, among crews ol ves-tls even as well as smigrants,thus duectly reaching a most needy class, and sendingthe holy work to all parte of the world, which it mightn t O'terwrse reach The marine agent declared thatinstead of meeting with rilleule. as formerly, there laqul'o an opposite ti t ling manifestedamongst sailors. Kv«ain roituguese vest els, the sailors have eagerly purchasedBibles by the di ten. in order to carry th»m to theirfriends. Amongst the emigiants that have decarted hencefcr Australia, 400 volume- have been distributed, and ofthe vessels going to San Juan, the captains have mani¬fested an eagtiniss to purclia-e volumes for distributionthere Thus numbers of tbe bible have found ttaeiwwrayto the ri motest parts; and In South American vessels,many to! time* have hi en iMao by the passengers, thusn anmstlng the anxiety of nmnyto posse-u tbe workof God The Japan sx;edition, about to sail oua mi-sion of peace, has not been neglected; norhas the Swedish brig of war thu*. lately Visited our port.In tbe various hospitals and a ylutns. the pvor invalidsLave received the volume a« a source of consolation.The whole number ot volume* through tut the pastyear that have passtd through tbe society's hands haslit en 182.339. The gratuitous circulation of the pa*tyterexee-d* any previous one by 10 000 volumes, the '

finances of the society, thirefore, demand attentive andrernest consideration and espfciolly when it is consideredtbat the Bibles are sold at 26 cents a copy, and 0 '4 cents forthe Te.-tament. The fnmcce* must be increased, in orderthat the operations may be inoreased. Bet the financescorrespond with the efforts proposed, and then those ef¬forts cun be successfully carried on. In concluilon. thisccmmtttec invoked the blessing of Jod on all belonging tothe societyAfter the choir hod sung another anthem, the chair¬

man called onThe Kev. Dr. Trwo. who said he felt exceedingly pleessd

at the opportunity afforded him of taking part la theproceeding- of the evening and he then went on to showthe nscessity that the 1'iotestant community lay underof dlsst initiating by every means, the Word of Hod. and,like Isaac, dig the wells or a brant which the Philistinesbad filled up. After giving a very lucid description ofthe benighted condition of tbe European peoples. howound up a fine peroration by giving practical illustra¬tions of tbe benefits that would accrue U> mankind bytbe circulation of the Bib e lie then concluded by ex-p.essirg his regret at being obliged to depart, and peldAhandsome compliment to the Ilev. Dr. Murray, whom howas sorry ho could not heir that evening.The Chairmen next iDlrosuoed the Rev. Mr. Uavr.iv,who went into the whole ijuestion of Science r». Scripture,and argned at great length to prove that science wa#daily corroborating instead of contradicting Holy writ,lie contended, then, that with the knowledge of the Biblebeing tbe book of God every Christian was beholden tospread it as far as possible, and be hoped the meetingwctilrt ptactlcelly display the Interest they took In reli¬gion by subscribing lib- rally to tho funds of the preeentsociety ,The Ciiairma-i then Intimated that the collection wouldbe made and enter- d into details to show the amount ne¬

cessary for esch Individual to subscribe in order to be¬come Ufe nu mbers of the New York and the* AmericanBibb- BocletlesWhile the collection was being made, the ehoir aung

another anthem.The CnaiHM*ft then introducedThe Rev. Dr Murray, who entered into a great many

particulars to ehow the various errors on which theChurch of Rome was fouuded. and the degradation underwhich «U of that persuasiusi labored, except In America,where the spirit of Protest an* I «m had a ben-flolal Influ¬ence In connection with the subject, he mentioned <*great many Incidents he had neraonally witnessed inEurope and from that picture of degradation he contend¬ed thai the circulation of tbe Bible was a positive neces¬sity end would impart a blessing.The GiiAiasiAW rose to announce that the public pro¬ceedings vcokld terminate after th* singing of th* dox-olrgy and tbe benedictionThe society then resolved itself Into a committee, and-

elected the following officer* (or the ensuing J*" ;.fret 14rnt. Henry K. Iloll

. _A ice- Presidents.flsnry Me, E. M. Klngdey, J._w,Rumsoy, D. J Steward, *J W Underbill, and J. F. Wtt*11*me.Con expending Secretary.William Allen Buvler.Kccordlrg Secretary.-1' K Butler.Treasurer.Jaroee M Fuller.

PkMCATION OF TlIK WaDHWOBTH MONCJflHT.This ceremony will take plaeo to day. at Sudbury,.Mass ,

where the remains of tie.. tain Samuel Wad«worth and hWassociates, who fell in *n Indian conflict at tbe com¬mune* meat of King I'hdtp'e wer, are said to bs In a listsof piettivaticn. Governor Boutweli will deliver thaaddress