Cribune, me PRICE FOUR CENTS. Co) sass LL EL Ve ie al Stadt BART NEW-YORK. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1871 A uc CT vt FOREIGN NEWS. you XX XL..N% 9,588, GREAT BRITAIN. HE PRINCE OF WALES=L HET NOFT CONDITIO Ff: PRIRCE OF W/ roo CONDITION CF FR Be CE NT ABLE REPORTS. LoxDON, Wednesday, Dee n, 1871 The noon bulletin from Sandringhs® to-day, reports that His Royal Highness the prince of Wales passed a quict night, but that convalesoante 1 retarded by a painful affection above the left hip sccompanied by feverishness.” No inquietude i8 felt to the Prince's condition, but regret and disappotmiment at the slow ness of his recovery are generally expressed. Hopes had been raised that the Prince would be able to go out be fore the end of the holidays, and preparations for public rejoicing had been made. Te pon-realization of these expectations throws a damper 0 the festivities of the season. Her Majesty Queed Victoria left Windsor for Rend ringhaw this aftern®d: TIE LIBERTY of THE PRESS TO BE STILL, PLK THER REssR!I CTED—DEFEAT OF THE INCUNE TAX BUS PARIE, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1871, The Minister of the Interior, to check the license of the public journals, proposes to increase the stringesey of the laws and regulations for the control of the press. It is understood that the Minister's inten t,op8 have the approval of the President, and that the Joarnals most offending will soon be made to feel their fect, 1u the National Assembly, to day. the proposed income tax was again under discussion. The Minister of Fi nance, M. Pouycr-Quertier, spoke in opposition to the weasure, which he denounced as arbitrary and inguisi torial. The gpeaker cited Lord Brougham and President Grant in support of this remark, In the course of allu wions to England, the Minister asserted that she wae only a Free-Trader where there was no competition, M. Woloski's proposal for the imposition of a general iu come tax was pally voted upon, aud Was rejected by a large majority. The ladies of Strasbourg have orgamzed a Conanittec to receive subscriptions toward the pa) ment of the French indemnity to Germany. M. de Gonlard. the new French Minister to Ttaly, w il leave for Rowe on the 10th of January. Gen, William T sherman and Licot, Graut are expected to srnive in this city tou ITOWw nc OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Vienna, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1871, The sessions of the Austrian Reichsrath were op ned to-day, but the Emperor's speech will not he de hvered until to-morrow. The estimates of the Minister of Finance, for the coming fiscal year, were submitted, and give the probable expenditures at SoV,000,000 florius, against a revenue of 59,000,000. Prince Karl Auersperg has been appointed resident of the Upper House of the Reicherath. The Hon. Jolin Juv. the Awerican Mitaster, dined with the Prewier, Count Andifissv, last week. Representatives of all tlhe Europeans Powers werd present on the occasion, tl. MOLD RE-ENFORCEMENTS FOR CURA, MADRID, Wedpesday, Dec. 47, 1871, A regiment of Chaesenrs sailed to-day from Santander to yon the Spanish army in Cuba, Hise Maj: exty King Amadens was present, and made a farewell specced 10 the troops, causing immense enthusiasm, YOUNG MLN TO BE EDUCATED IN ENGLISH SCIHGOLS. Loxpoys, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1571. Dispatches from Shanghai announce that the Chinese Government has determined to follow the example of the Japanese and end yOuug en to Ens and and the United Stales Ww be educated 1u tue rchouls of hurd CORLLTIIUS, tl THE DIAMOND FIELDS DESERTED FOR NEW LX 1iIsCOVERED GOLD MINES. LONDON, Wednesday, Dec. 27, I8TL I'he wail steamer from the Cape of Good Hope bas arrived, and brings accounts of the mauner io which the announcement of the annexation of African territory to the British dominions was received by the juhabitants. The intelligence that tae treaty had been finally concluded produced much excitement. Mr, Brand, President of the Free states, had issued a formal protest agninst the trapsier of the diamond ficlds tw Great Britain. D.scoveries of gold in considerable quantities had been 1oade in the Trausvaal fupunlic. The reports attracted any adventurers to thal guerter, The diamond seekers were abandoning the disond distnets for the newiy discovered gold country, Cape Town is sull througed with arriving and returning fortune hunters, Tue hue, Leee of Lhe coloby Was waking great slides, etl A FRUTAL ORDER FROM VALMASFDA—A WAR OF EXTERMINATION ORDERED AGAINST Th PATRIOTS. HAVANA, Dee. 27. Captain-General Val maseda has issued un proclamation in whch he Rays the ofter of pardon 10 the insurgents cannot last forever, He Low gives notice that every insurgent captured after the 35th of January will be shot, and those surrendering alter that date will he sentenced to perpetual imprigon ment. The negro men are 10 be treated the sae as the whites. All negro women eaptnred will be delivered to the ir owners, and will be compelled to wear a chan Tor four years, and all white women captured in the woods after the 15th of Jannary will he banished from the country. The chiefs of insnrgent bande will be allowed to surrender unti! the 15th of January under the con ditions hitherto granted, Au engagenient has recently taken place reir Mapza. who, in which the Spanish Col. Ohpegon was killed, A communication from the authorities of Cienfuegos hax been received in thie city, The document gays: The father of Dr. Howard came here as a colonist with hus #ous, 2nd received ands from the Government as repompenss Snh=cquently he war appoluted commis uty 01 poco, and thereby heeane a Government official Di. Howard was always considered a Spaniard, bu vever held an office, beluga physician. On the 10th o January, 1570, Dr. Howard took ont a police document the same aw fs fsened to Spaniards, and made fo objec Lon taut. 1s thevetore considered aoubttul whether Dr Howard is uli American, THE NEW DOMINION THE PETS TROOPS ORDEKED HOME FROM HALIFAX—POLITICAL TKOU BLES IN PRINCL EDWARD ISLAND. Mavieax, Dec. 21.—-1t js reported on good Sotwiiy te &U the British twoops, except a few art)! ery il w withdrawn in the Spring from Halifax, whic) iy thi only garvisoned City Iu the Dominion, bu Conupitlee appointed by the price Edward Wud Sbporition to present a memorial to Gov. Robin Why vere “Uaome length the Governor's reply. "GE a the principle that the Goveruor ean only ars thio on of want of coutidence iy his ad Vrce ink vole of Parliament, jx based on the part o Where Parliament is in session the ply Lo smal ear, aud war never intended to ap weeks, The Gover Where Paliawent ouly sits a few Hous of the RjorityRe GECirion to ignore the expres. they My, the wer ampatht House of Assen) AA, io uture acta of his advigh 91 responsibility oo all the os Of the Went 11 digi he ought not to take, JIT To ae EVI Yue are quarsutitnug Haly A Nowak Tudia tr sholora Peron, aud wach th the Went Tata Yonsei sol] Lhkrehs. Frovineial Govern on eq! ve Fin, 0 sul 10 hay y Ian a vhicra reports, the iy ave the Tentrietiqy, rR Bpanisy oy MM Cuba and Vortan tal 0 I] TROSPECTIVE REVISION br Tig TRATES with ot IGN POWERS— Aen 8 TARYN By yoke FI8N ay The Japan Sewspapers are begin ning to dig Puss the question We revision of the treatiog between Japan and foreign BRions. This Fevision, Ns been Sipuiated, sha 1 ke Pace on and after the 1a July, ia I becom bottled Ouvictie the Mindy of foreign ry Tesldeny Japan Wit, when he treating Ure revieeq, Provigy,, shoyld pe ade for opening UD the whee country, The ready, whiey forws fhe basis of all a Lreatics het woes, Japan and foreigy Nations, we, a cop. COMIN Procure by Commogep, Perry, Kpecia) Commi, Sover of gh, Uniteq Btatey Governmeny, aud wy Signed M Kasagav,, March 31, 145, The ports of Biwody and FRANCE. AUSTRIA. SPAIN. CHINA. AYRICA. CUBA. JAPAN of Hakodate were opened to American ships, at which places these ships might ebtain supplies. In the event of shipwreck, the ships and marmes of both America and Japan were to be assisted without the expense being refunded; the shipwrecked persons were not to be beld in prison, and foreigners residing at the two new ports were not to be subject to such. restrictions and eonfine ments as those to which the Dutch and Chinese then were subjected at Nagasaki, but were, within certain limite, to be freo to go where they pleased. Trade, un der such restrictions as might be imposed by the Ja panese Government, waa to be permitted. Leave Was also granted to the United States Government to appoint Consuls at the opened ports.) Acting under instructions from his official chief, Mr. Robertson, British Consul at Yokohama, a short time A420 issued a circular, calling upon British merchants to ex press their views with respect to the conten plated re vision of the treaty with Great Britain, “le Special Committee of the Yokohama Chambe. of Commerce, appointed to take Into consideration the same gnbject, invited the opinions and suggestions of the mercantile community with reference thereto, not only from those who are members of the Chamber, but also from other Derek interested in trade. The Japanese Government also 1s sald to be anxiously de liberating on the same mater. The British Minister, Sir Henry Parkes, and the German Chargé d’Aflalres, Herr von Brandt, wbo are now in Europe, will confer with the foreign bureaus of their respective Governwents, M. Outrey, the French Minister, 18 on the point of leaving for France, and Mr. De Long, the American Minister, it 18 sald, will pres ently avail himself of a leave of absence. Both the French and American ministers will doubtless take the opportunity they will have to inform their respective governments of the working of existing treaties, and, after submitting their views, will receive 1mstructions for their future course of conduct. Moreover a mission, consisting of five or six of the highest Sapanse officials, among whom are mentioned Iwakura, Ito, Okubo, and Yamada, is shortly to be dispatched for America aud En rope. The object of this mission has not vet heen made public, but ix supposed to be to acquire information respecting the revision of the treaties, THE COMMITTEE ON RETRENCHMEDN T. J INTIMIDATION OF MERCHANTS BY CUSTOM HOUSE RUNNERS—A THOROUGH INVESTIGA TION DEMANDED. The Senate Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment will begin its work tn New-York on Jan. 8. Much anxiety is wanifested by the merchants to know whether the investigation and examination of WItDesser will be held in the Custow-House, It 8 uni versally clahmed that this wonld greatly limpair, if not wholly frustrate, the oljects of a thorough Investigation, A promivent senator who bas interested himself in the interests of the agorieved merchants, has written to this city to prevent ench a course, Rouners in the interest ot the Custom House have already approached mnnerons merchuante, and have endeavored to convey the ympression that the visit of the Committee i» to he nothing bat a white washing operation,” and that any efforts directed against the Custom-ouse will only re sult in the vom mercial ruin of the Person making them. As a preliminary and precantionary weasure, George Eaton, Robt. Cook, Richard Hastings, and William Ciase, Ingpectors, and Lous Hote, clerk an the Warehonse Dee partment, will be dismissed. Robt, Cook bas already received a letter of dismessgal, Some of these persons were witnessea before the Just commission, aud this will, periiaps, account tor their summary removal at this time, This action on the part of the Custom-House officials only adds force to the demand that each witness shall be called separately, and that, too, withont the knowledge of even the chief of the department to which he bejongs, One member of the Committee is the brother of a promi pent Tammany official in this ety, who ka wil friend of ex-Collector Murphy, and this fact is wenboned aes reason why he ought not to rerve, In the United States Cirenit Court, yester Quy, Judge Pierre pont summed up for the prosecution in the Minor trial. In his charge to the Jury Jadge Benedict spoke substantially as follows: The question of Minor's guilt or innocence depends upon the testi wony of Harry Cole, the notorions criminal who has turned Ktate's evidence, IH yom Lelieve that these plates for yrinting counterfeit money were in Minor's possession, a Cole swears they were, vou will convict him; if you do not, you will se qnit him, The jury retired at3 p.m. At 4:45 they came into Court and announced that there was no probability of their agreeing npon a verdict. The Judge refused to dis charge them, saying, You will agin retire, and 1 will send for you at 11 o'clock.” The Jury retnrned at that hour without a verdict, and were again asked to retire. At 1245 this mormng they rendered a verdict of not guilty, and those of then who wished were digeharged for the tern. MORE AVALANCHES IN UTAH Cant Lake Crry, Dec. 2i.—Another heavy gnow-storin prevails here to-day. Tuere are further reports of snow-slides in the ining enfions, attended with loss of life. The detention of freighi-trains cinges mach embarrassment here, some descriptions of juer chandise being entirely exhausted, SNOW ON THE UNION PACIFIC, Owarra, Dec. 27.—A dikpateh trom Rawjins Springs, this evening. reports that no trains have pa sed over the blockaded portion of the bution Pacithe Railroad fine the 2ist, Most of the present difliculty i= between Cheyeune and Baw hins station. THE HUDSON OPEN AT POUGHKLEPSIE, Povenkerrsie, N.Y. Dec. 20.=The fevry boat succeeded in breaking o track here to-day, and the Aver at this place is open asain, The weather is giowing (4 TERT ATHE Bynovsie for the past Leenly-four hours. An area of dow barometer developed m New-Entland on Tuesday night, and has apparent \y moved camward beyond the stations, Rain and snow have verygeneral'y tale; from South Carolina to Lake Erie and net, casiward, bat fair and clearing weather IR Dow epomed. Rain bas fallen on the Texas and Lone lana const aud cao in Califoruia, where the pressure has steady dunbighed, The aren of highest barometer has moved SLOW wut he ant ward to Miscoury, ite influen extending Ven rapidly tw the Blue fice and NewJder key. Clear Weather, with gorth-westerly winds, is now reported over tig pegion, and lps k windg have prevailed from Vorginia tothe Jower lakes, Rising temperatare with couth-we “lely winds preva trom Kansas to Min nesoly, Prohabi’ ties The barometer wi probably continue to rise on Thurs: day, With north-weser|y winds bicking to north in Ne w England and the Mga States, and north-east: ly winds in the Southern and Gy) f States south-wester!y winds With threatening weatj ep develop am the porth-west clear and pleasant Wegther preva] very generally cast of the Mississippl. Brick hut jot dangerous winds are anticipated for this evening, Supple wentary Weathe Re part. It was mowing this worning at Cleveland, Corinne, Utab, Grand Haven, Mi, Washington, Oswego, Pitts burgh and Montreal.” Ray, fel) iy Augusta, Ga., Boston wile oe Philadelphia, Portland, Me, and Wilmington, N. The mercury fell to 20° helow zero at Bt. Paul, 69 below at Omaha, 10¢ below ut Milwaukee ana 1° below at Chicago, 79 4 Davenport and 1 below ut laeavenworth. snow fell thig eveulng at Grand Haven, Mich, and Oswego. Rain was Teported from San Fran. cisco. The temperature ut Key Wert war 75° above, and al Duluth, Minn, 6° below zero Cimecaco, Dee, 27.