The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1872, Page 7

SPAIN. flerald Special Report from Madrid. "The Legislative Session: Dissolved Amid Tumult and Uproar. VIOLENT SCENE IN THE SENATE. ‘Ring Amadeus Charged with Be- trayal of the Country. Parliamentary Insult to the Prerogative ; of the Crown. Barricades Recommended as Bar- riers of Safety for the People. Mho Military Under Arms and Intense Ex- citement in the Metropolis, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD The following special despatch to the Sera has been received from our corre- Wpondent in the Spanish capital :— k Maparp, Jan. 26, 1872. An extraordinary scene occurred during the Bession of the Spanish Senate to-day, just pre- Wious to the declaration of the dissolution of ithe legislative chamber. " Violent speeches were delivered by very ‘many members. ROYAL TREASON AGAINST THE PEOPLE. Sefior Arbazuga declared that “King ‘Amadeus had betrayed the country, and that mothing was left for the safety of the people but barricades in the streets.” SREOEPTION OF THE DEORFE OF DISSOLUTION. , Stormy tumult followed the reading of the royal decree of dissolution of the Cortes. The House seemed to be taken by surprise, and the members were uuable to conceal their Andignation. Passionate speeches were made, which wera ‘answered with derisive cries by the few sup- of the Ministry. h When Seiior Arbazuga exclaimed, ‘The fime has come for barricades,” the greatest mproar and confusion followed, amid which i fhe sitting of the Legislature was declared at ‘an end: POPULAR PRESSURE. Great crowds of people assembled outside © Parliament House building during the pprogress of the debate. WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND. The people generally sympathize with the Peputies in the Cortes and demand the retire- ment of the present government. The King is urged to accept the resigna- fiion of the Ministers and immediately form a Rew Cabinet. THE OROWN ANJ ITS COUNCILLORS. It appears that King Amadeus finally re- Fused to accept the resignation of the Min- [stry, tendered by Sefior Sayasta, and the Wecree dissolving the Cortes was issued in Wonsequence. MILITARY UNDER ARMS. The military has been placed under arms ind held ready to be called out. FEAR OF FRESH TROUBLES. The popular excitement which prevails in city is intense, and the breaking out of potaal troubles feared by the governing Dlasses. “ENGLAND. Parliam-ntary Pariy Tactics and tho Marshalliug of the Forces—Earl Granville’s Caution Against Communism—No Interference with Continental Courts—Fatal Accident in the Water of a Colliery. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 26, 1872. Messrs. Gladstone and Disraeli have sent circu- Yara to their supporters in Parliament begging them to be present at the opening of the Legislature on (the 6th of February, as “important business ana e election of a Speaker will demand their at- fention.” CABINET REBUFF TO COMMUNISM. { Earl Granville retused to see a deputation of re. publicans who wished to urge the British govern- ment to use its influence to procure the substitution of ctvil for military courts in the trial of the Paris Communists. FATAL ACCIDENT, Five persons were accidentally drowned in the ‘water of the Blackwood Colliery yesterday. THE COTTON SUPPLY. Two thousand eight hundred and thirty six bales ‘of American cotton were landed at Liverpool to-day. Kegistative Opinion of Danger of Wars in Europe and with America—T Alabama Claims and Treaty of Washington. Lonpon, Jan. 26—Evening. Mr. Otway, member of Parliament for Chatham, addressed his constituents to-night upon political \pffairs, He expressed the opinion ‘that the state of Europe was pregnant with complications which lead to war.” He also discussed at great length the Alabama jnestion, and in the course of his remarks sald that af the claim of the United States was granted war be Rween England and that country would become a hecessity.”” He added that the blander of the Eng- Mish government might become the cause of future issension at home, and deprecated tne honors Jwhich have been conferred upon the negotiators of the Treaty of Wasnington. THE PRINCE OF WALES. ‘Outdoor Pedestrianism and No Talk of Physic. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Jan. 26, 1872, A despatch from Sandringham says the Prince of “Wales was out yesterday, and walked a quarter of | mus, Preparation for Civic Mourning on the Anniver. the Army—The Contrast with Communism— Hierarchical Protest on the Question of Education—Sentence of an Ex-Consular Functionary. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Jan. 26, 1872. All places of business will pe closed on the 28th inst., the anniversary of the capitulation of Paris. BONAPARTISM, The Bonapartist agents are very active in the army. They are distributing pamphlets urging the restoration of the empire as “the ending of all the ‘woes of France." Coptes have been found in the barracks and selzed by the police. COMMUNISM. A new national federation, on a Communist basis, 1s organizing in Paris, EDUCATIONALISM, A protest against the pending Education bill, signed by fifty-one bishops, has been sent to the Assembly, i TUE EX-CONSUL GENERAL FROM NEW YORK. The Court of Appeals has sentenced Victor Place, late French Consul General at New York, to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 francs, The Protective Tariff Rates—Parliamentary Hostility to the British Free Trade Treaty— The Payment to Germany. Panis, Jan. 26—Evening. The Assembly to-day, by a vote of 406 against 200, adoptea the first clause of the Merchant Navy bi, establishing an additional tax of seventy-five centimes per 100 kilogrammes upon goods im- ported in foreign bottoms from ports in Europe and upon the Mediterranean; of one franc fifty cen- times per 100 Kilogrammes from ports beyond the Mediterranean and this side of Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope; and of two francs per 100 kilogrammes from ports beyond Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. ‘The Committee of the Assemby, having charge of the initiation of measures, has elected as its re- porter M, Delsal, an avowed enemy of the isnglish commercial treaty, THE GERMAN INDEMNITY FUND. Some sixty Deputies to the Assembly from the kEeatern departments have bestowed their patronage upon the national subscription for the payment of the German indemnity. The con- tributions for this patriotic object are expanding rapidly. Among the many subscriptions reported 1s one of 150,000 francs from the city of Nancy. THE ROYAL VISIT FROM BRAZIL, , The Emperor and Empress of Brazil leave Paris on the s0th of January. GERMANY. Domestic Joy in the Imperial Household. ‘TWeutteer TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Jan. 26, 1872 The Princess Victoria, wife of the Prince Impe- Thal of Germany, is enceinte. BRAZIL AND BRITAIN. Imperial Brazilian Plan of Colonization by Emi- grants from England. TELCGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG. Lonpon, Jan. 26, 1372. It is announced from Bristol that the Brazilian government has forwarded a request to the Messrs, Kitts, emigration agents at that port, asking them tosend an agent to Rio Janeiro authorized to close a contract for the colonization of Southern Brazil, where the emigrants are to be permitied to select their own lands, It 1s proposed to send forward 10,000 emigrants annually from Bristol. SLAVES FREED IN BRAZIL. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW VORK HERALD. Lisnox, Portugal, Jan. 26, 1872. By the mail steamer from Rio Janeiro, just arrived, there comes the announcement that the Empress Dowager of Braa:, Aas ireod all her per- sonal slaves, THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS, Sr. Louis, Jan. 26, 1872, The Grand Duke Alexis attended the ball of the Home Circle Club at the Southern Hotel to-night. ‘The Ducal train will go from here to Louisville via the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad to Indianapolis; trence by the Jeffersonville Rail road, arriving at Louisville at two . On Sunday, ANOTHER MUTINOUS CREW. A Gang of Drauken Salts Beut On Annihila- tion. PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 26, 1872. A mutiny occurred on board the brig Cascatelle, Captain Simmons, in the harbor this afternoon. The crew were drunk an@® had just been put on board. They went into the forecastie and with drawn knives threatened the lives of any who should approach. While there they got into a fight among themselves, and two of them were horribly cut and gashed. The whole crew were afterwaras taken to the station house, where the wounds of the injured were dressea. THE WARREN HALLETT MUTINY, Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1872, A. H. Kingman, mate of the bark Warren Hallet, who is charged with shooting George Little, was examined to-day and held for trial in $5,000 bail. The examination of the sailors impilcated in the mutiny which led to the aflray was postponea till ‘Thursday next, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS, Archbishop Spaulding is again Apprehensions are feit by his pl recovery. Judge Lowell, of the Untted States District Court, Bosto has rendered his decision in the case of the independent In: surance Company, declaring it bankrupt. ‘The Supreme Court has refused the application for su; cedens 1h the case of Alderman Giade, of Chieage recently convicted aad sentenced for bribery. Charles Wrisht, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., was sentenced terday to five ands half yeas’ imprisonment for the mur: der of Mr. Devine, at Altoona, in July. In the Cincinnat! Board of Aldermen yesteriay reso! tion to invite the tirand Duke. Alexis to visit Cincinnatt tree lost for the want of the constitutional majority. ‘The Ger- mans voted almost soliuly against dt, kaw is now on trial in San Francisco for the mur- prot to lias “Whiteheaded Bob,” last summer, amblers, and it 18 alleged that the intimacy ‘wile 1s the excuse for the murder. Rose Kelley, a beautital girl, drowned herself in th Ban Francisco Thureday night. Albert Lanmano; German, shot himself through the heart. to- jause in both cases 18 disappointment in I ‘The libel case against the Baitimore Americrn, brought by Snyder, a newsboy, claiming $10,000 damages, which has deen before the Courts for t yesterday in a verdict for the American. ‘The International Ocean Telegraph Company have ex- tended their branch line from Gainesville, ‘Alachua county, to Pilatka, Putnam county, Florida, and it was opened for business on Thursday, This new line will be of greal use to the invalids from the North who resort to Pilatka during the winter months, On Wednesday last John McKenzie, a miner in the Keno- sha coal mines, about thres miles from La Balle, was crushed to death by the tall of an immense masa of rock from the oof of the mine, His body was only recovered by blasting the rock, and was so badiy crushed that the remaine had to be gathered in a sheet. Six prisoners who were confined, two in a cell, on. ch: of burglary escaped from jail fa” Cautt, Ohio: ps Thun, by digging from ope ceil to another with {ron rods taken from the masonry of the jail; tien making thelr way to the upper story escaped by means of « bed cord from the window. ‘The trial of Charies Marlow, the Jamestown brewer, in- dloted for the murder of Wiliam Buchmann in August last, ed at Mavvillo, N. Y., yesterday, This case w t ber vera and ihe jury ‘sila 40 agree, f ut twenty four hours, and standing six for Vidowand six for acquittal, td Hen Morgan, a young Baptist minister, who has been for about tive months preaching to « congregation in Cheviot, » suburb of Cincinnat!, was yesterday arrestea by detectives for stealing books from the theological and religious depart- ment of the Public Library. P Morgan contessed saying that he veeded the books and had not the buy them. now in th dained, and came from Wal aptain James M, Murray, Commander of the steamer caetinarcs whieh explod upon Chau um Lake | August, was arraigned at Mayville, reaterday, {palan indictment for manslaughter in the third dezrea, plead not gullty. Questions of the suficiency of the {ndidtment were raised by his counsel, C. K. Lockwood, of Jamestown, N.¥., and the case was sent to the next 1 Qourt of Over aud Ferminer. seriously ill at Baltimore. hysicians as to bis uitimate ree years, resuite oI ~ DREADFUL — DISASTER. sary of Capitulation—Bonapartist Agenciesin | A Steamship Burned at Sea and Eighty-seven Lives Lost. RAPIDITY OF THE FLAMES. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Lisvon, Portugal, Jan. 26, 1872, ‘The mail steamer Rio Janeiro has arrived, She brings news of a terrible steamship disaster. The steamer America, plying between Rio and Montevideo, while on the trip trom the latter port on the night of December 22, took fire. The flames spread with great rapidity, and the vessel was soon burned to the water's edge. Alarge number of passengers were on board, cf whom eighty-seven lost their lives, being either burned to death or drowned. UTAH. The Heavy Threatening Cloud About to Burst—The Council and the Governor on the Eve of a Grand Tournament—The Salt Lake Saints Will Have a Delegation to Draw Up a State Corstitution Despite Gove ernor Brown’s Veto. Sait LAKE, Jan. 26, 1872. In consequence of the illness of Governor Woods the bill of the Legislature providing for a conven- vention to prepare a constitutiop for the admission of Utan as a State in the Union has not been acted on, ‘The legislators and the Mormon press and public generally are very uneasy on the subject, The Council appointed a committee to walt on the Governor to-day to ask the reason for this delay, The Governor's veto will probably be delivered to-morrow, and the Legislature will chen call a con- vention by joint resolution, which will be passed without delay. Proceedings in the Legislatare. SALT LAKE, Jan, 26, 1872. ‘The Legislature of Utah has under consideration a new mining law, which provides that to hold Claims $50 worth of work shall be performed for every 200 feet located, and for every tunnel right $500 work must be done; all locations and trans- fers to be recordea in the County Recorder’s office im the respective counties, and locators to hold their claims as real estate. The miners are strongly opposed to the bill. A bill has been offered and reterred to a commit- tee regulating marriage. It provides that males of fifteen years and females of twelve years of age may contract marriage, with the consent of parents or guardians. No allusion is made to the pluraity system, Governor Woods 1s preparing a message on the act relative to the admission of Utah. THE WEATHER. WAR DePARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFr(oRR, WASHINGTON, D, C., Jan. 27—1 A. ML. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, «The barometer has fallen very generally east of the Rocky Mountains; is lowestin Maine. Light northerly winds, with rain and rising temperature, have continued on the Gulf coast; northwest winds, with rain and cloud, on tne South Atlantic. The area of clear weather is confinea to the immediate coast from Virginia to Maine; cloud and snow, with diminished southwest winds on the lower :akes; westerly winds, with cloud and snow, on Lakes Michigan and Huron, Cioudiness in the Northwest continues, with southwesterly winds, Probabivities. The barometer will probably continue 1 fall on Saturaay over the lakes and New England, with westerly winds and cloudy weather. Snow continue on the lower lakes, Cioudy weatner and possibly rain prevail on the Gulf and South Atlantic coast; rising barometer and clearing weather at tne Rocky Mountain stations, Dangerous winds are not anticipated to-night Supplementary Weather Report. WASHINGTON, Jan, 26, 1872, Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, dnow fell last night at Augusta, Ga.; Vuiutn, Mon: treal, Canada; Wiimington, N. C., and Saugeen, Canada. It was raining at Charleston, Jacksonville and Lake City, Fla., and Savannan, Ga. High westerly winds were reported from Buffalo, N. Y.; Grand Haven, Mich.; New York city and Oswego, N.Y. On the summit of Mount Washington it was cloudy. The barometer reported at 28.05; tempera- ture 16 degrees below and wind from the north- west, blowing at the rate of eighty-eight mtles an hour. Snow was reported this morning irom Chey- enne, Denver, Mobile, St. Paul, Minn.; Wilmington, N. 0.; Santa re, M. Kalu was reported irom Lake City. Temperature at Kev West, 72 degrees above; Mobile, 30 degrees above; Augusta, Ga., 30 legrees above; Baltimore, 22 degrees above; Port- “ , 28; San Francisco, 45; and this city, 17 above zero. It was snowing this evening at Cheyenne, Denver, Saugeen, Canada, and raining ai Mobile, Ala. Tempefature at Key West, 78; and at Punta Rassa, Fla., 70 degrees above. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record wil show the cuan ges in tna temperature for the past twenty-four fours, in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Paaraacy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street: ~ 1871, 1872. IST7L, 1872. SA, M. eee LL 20 3P.M.. sty 2 6a. Me 7 WT OPM. 26 9A. M. 8 18 OFM. 24 12 M.. vice 8, ISP, 24 Average temperature yesterday .. 2234 Average temperature for corres; last year. 12 Personal Intelligence. Professor Benjamin Silliman, of New Haven, ts at the Sturtevant House, Major John Severance, of St. Josevh, Mo., is stop- ping at the St, Nicnolas Hotel. Colonel George W. Pasohal, Jr., of Austin, Texas, is staying at Earle’s Hotel. Judge W. P. Mcxane, of Wisconsin, is sojourning at the Grand Centrai Hotel. De Witt C. Littlejohn, of Oswego, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Coionel S. Frank Pargoud, of Louisiana, has quar- ters at the New York liotel. General George L, Becker, of St. Paul, Minn., has arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel 8. M. Johnson, of Washington, is sojourn- ing at the Brevoort House. Judge R, M. Vorwine, of Washington, has ar- rived at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Ben Field, of Albion, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. E. D. Webster is at the Astor House. He is ree gistered as from Burfalo. Hon. Wm. McMaster, of Toronto, Canada, is among the most recent arrivals at the St. James Hotel. General W. W. H. Davis, of the Doylestown (Pa. Democrat, is in town. Superintendent McKay, of the London, Newfound- jJand and New York Telegraph Company, is at the St. Denis. Henry Wells, of Aurora, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Wells nas founded at nis dweiling place seminary for young ladies, and bestowed a large sum of mohey to make it one of the finest institu. tions in the country. Personal Notes. A colored reporter docs the interviewing for the ‘Titusville (Pa.) Herala, Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson, the distinguished Pres- byterian divine of Louisville, 18 lying at the point o: death from smailpox , Mr. George E. Wentworth, appointed Postmaster at Pensacola, Fia., has been couiirmed by the Senate, Mr. Wentworth now represents kscambia couny (First district) in the State Senate. Sylvanus Dodge, father of General G. M, Deige ani N. P, Dodge, died at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, recently, r. Dodge was born and reared in Danvers, Massachusetts, and entered po- litical life with Secretary Boutwell and General Banks. He bore a strong hana in building up the republican party, ana when its principies triumphed he emigrated to the West to make @ future for his sons, He has for some time filled the ofice of United Staves Land vilice Register. GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC. The Beauport Lunatic Asylum on Fire. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY. 750 Lunatics in the Buildings When the Conflagration Commenced. QUEBRO, Jan. 27, 1872, Quebec has been in a state of great excitement for the past six hours. Ata late hour last nignt it was discovered that the immense buildings known as the Beauport Lunatic Asylum were on fire, Having fairly got a hold upon the massive struc- ture the fire flashed up with great fury, driving the firemen to take shelter every now and again, ‘This is the provincial asylum for lunatics, and the instant the people became aware of the conflagra- tuon immense crowds rushed tothe place and sur- rounded the buildings and jammed up all the ap. proaches thereto. What really caused the excitement wus the fact that 759 patients were confined in the asylum at the time the fire proke out, most of them having rela- Uves or friends in the city. All the offices and stables, including the entire structure, are burned. Extraordinary energy was displayed in removing the patients, and, so far as at present reported, no lives have been sacrificed. PIGEON SHOOTING. The Jerome Gun Club will have fine sport at Jerome Park to-day. Twenty-six of the members of the Club are handicapped to shoot for a cup, thir- teen birds each, one and a quarter ounco shot, eighty yards boundary. J. K. Hackett handicapped the gentiemen in tne following manner:— Yaras. Francis H, Palm 25 James G. Bennet August Belmon Jou G, Heckse! George W. Johnso! Charies A. Post... Heury B. Babcock. Charlies P, Palmer, R. W. Cameron., George W. Wilson. John Hale...... Relmont Purdy. , Henry Brevoort....... 21 A. B. Steinberger, ‘The shooting will commence at eleven A, M. sharp. A pigeon match came off on Thursday afternoon on the Long Isiand Shooting Club Grounas, between Mr. J. W. Hull, of the Jerome Park Gun Club, and Mr. Ernest Staples, of the Long Island Ciu, for $100 @ side, at thirty-five birds, Mr. Staples standing at twenty-seven yards rise, and Mr. Hull at twenty- Eaward Leavitt, Jr. J.B. J. Grainger same lot o: birds. The wind blew a gale away from the trap during the shooting, and the day was very cold. Under the circumstances the shooting was most extraordi- nary. It was pronounced the best that has ever taken place on the Long Island Shooting Grounds, The following ts the SCORE. Mr. Staples, twenty-seven yards rise—11111, 01111,12111, 01111,10111,11101, 01110. Killed, 29; missed, 6, Mr. Hull, wenty-six yards rise—11111, 11110, 101 11010, 11100, 11110,11101. Killed, 27; miSed, 8 HORSE NOTSS, The American Jockey Club have issue a pro- gramme for the coming racing season that must ve popalar with racing men. entirely new feature, and are intended to take the place of selling races. Four races will take place each day during the spring meeting at Jerome Park, those to be run the first day con- sisting of the Fordham Handicap, the Belmont Stakes, a dash of three-quarters of a mile and @ steeple chase, On the second day the Ladies Stakes will be run,.together with the Jockey Club Handicap, and two claiming races, one @ mile and a quarter and the other a mile and three quar- ters, The third day’s sport will consist of a mile and a quarter dash for three-year-olds, @ mile and three quarters for all ages, to carry one hundred pounds, tne Westchester Cup, and a hurdle race. On the fourth day there will be a purse for taree- year-olds of @ mile and an eighth, a cia/ming race, tue Members’ Cup ard mile heats. Four purses will be :un for on the flith day, the first race veing @ claiming race, the second s dash o! five turiougs \ for two-year olds, then & dash of @ mile‘for all ages, and a two-mile heat race, The last day will be de- voted to handicaps, one at a mile and five furiongs, one at a mile and an eighth, one at two miles and an eighth, and a steeple chase. The Ama@rican Jockey Club have decided to keep their subscription room open every day and even- ing. ‘his room supplies @ want which has long been felt by turfmen, especially those from a dis- + tance, when on a visit to New York during the rac- Ing season. ‘The Saratoga Association has added a fourth pre- mium to the programme of the first day of the July meeting. Itis tobe one mile, for all ages, for purse of $500; and if the race is run in 1:41, $1,000; and il m 1:40, $1,500, The ovdject is to deveiop | speed, and witu that view the Association reserves the right to postpone the race as often as may be | necessury to secure a’good day and a good track. | M. H. Sanford, of this city, has presented the Metal- | rie Club of New Orleans a cup valued at $1,000, to | be run for gt the Metairie Course the coming | spring. Mr, D, D, Withers selected the cup at ‘Tifany’s, It is in the form of a punch vow! and very tasty in design. { ‘The General Congress of the Ngtional Trotting | Associauon will assemble at the” Burnet House, | Cimcinnati, on Wednesday, February 7%. Every | course having membership in the National Asso- | ciation is entitled to be represented by one or more delegates, not to exceed three. No doubt many suggestions Will be made for alterations of the present rules, but we would advise that as iew changes as possibie be made. The rules are good | as they stand, and all that is required 1s w have | them rigidly enlorced. Should any change be made | we would suggest that the 160 yaras distance, | when eight or more horses start, be altered vo 100 | yards, no matter how many horses be in the field; and that @ horse that does not win a heat in five be ruled out. Gtberwise we would @ivise that the present rules be let alone for a year or two more. ‘The Hearth and Home is the authority for the fol- lowing:—Historical records show that up to 1632 there were no horses in New England and their in- troduction into New Neiwerjands, pear New York, Occurred durjng the Administration of Governor Von Twiltler, in 1633-38. Trumbuil’s History of Connecticut mentions the horse as accompanying emigrants {rom Massachusetts to that State Ucto- ber 15, 1636, ‘The first horse seen in Canada was brought to that country from France in a ship which arrived at Tadoussac June 20, 1647. 11 13 estimated that there are now in the country eight millions of horses, valued at between two and tnree thousand milhons of dollars, a sum ample to pay the national deut. Foreign Horse Notes. A Sydney (New South Wales) paper gives an ac- count of aman named Shea, one of the witnesses for the prosecution in a case of sheep-stealing which ‘was tried at Melbourne on the 27th of November. ‘This man staved that on the morning of the 10th of August he rode from Egerton to Melbourne, a dis- tance of sixty-two miles, leaving the former place after sunrise, and, after half an hour's stoppage on the way, reaching Melbourne at eleven o'clock; that he remained in Melbourne an hour, and then returned to Egerton, getting there by dark, and accomplish- ing a distance of 124 miles, riding one horse. some interest seems to have been created on Mon- day, January 3, in the neighbornood of East Der m, Norfolk, in witnessing a trial between two i the property ot Mrs, George Willan, of Gor- gace Hall, a lady well known in racing cirelea, Of the two competitors one was the celebrated Mos- lem, now seven years old, whorana dead heat in the Two Thousand Guineas with Formosa; the other the three-year-old fly, Buy-e-broom, Broomtelaw, out of Offering. Tne Norfolk Herald, in describing thé trial, says:—*Fhe race, weight for age, was appointed merely to try the comparative powers of the two, and much excitement and some private betting were going on prior to the race. A food start Was made, and both avimals spun along ata level pace until the frst turn, when Buy-a- Broom bolted out of tne course. Ajlter some delay a second start was made, and both horses keeping the course well @ splendid race fol- lowed, ending by Mosiem Mtr by haif a head. ‘A second trial for about half the distance, over the straight part of the course, terminated as before, Mosiem just keeping the ead. ‘The trial so far was highly satisfactory, and many were the congratula- tions received by Mrs. Wilian on being so fortunate as to possess two such splendid goers.” In the Fie'd of Decemver 23 18 an inquiry as to a match against time performed oy a Cap- tain Horme. Thomas Powell, of Borstone, England, says, in relation to knew Captain Horne weil h. It took place more Herefordshire, the match:—“T and remember the mate! than thirty-five years since, 8t. ‘Thomas Moun’ and was, | think, lor 6,000 rupees. Four hundre miles tn five days, on the same horse, & chestnut Arab of high caste, The match was accomplished, but not with ease, Hoth horse and ti greauv cheered on the matcn,’t “Claiming races” is an | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE WAR IN MBXICO. The Revolution Gaining Strength and the Country Going to Ruin. DIAZ THREATENING VERA CRUZ. Cruz—The Fall of Oaxaca No Great Success toJuares—The Revolutionists in the North 6,000 Strong—The New Minister to Washington—Financial Distress of the Government—A Railroad Train Attacked by Rob- bers and Nine Persons Kilted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Ciry oF Mexico, Jan. 18, Via HavaNAa, Jan. 26, 1872, } The military operations of the government remain imactive. There have been no successes since the Tall of Oaxaca, which 1s not considered a great ad- vantage. Generai Porfirio Diaz fatled to embark at Puerto- Angel and now menaces the State of Vera Cruz. No hopes of an early peace are entertained. The revolutionary chieftains in the North nave been quarreling among one another, and several bodies of troops have been disbanded, The government has collected an advance on the taxes of the present year in the capital and are now seeking to contract a 1oan. . A change in the Cabinet ts again rumored. M. Ignacio Mariscal is mentioned as Minister to 24 | = | ton aresent from Durango to Samana and others 81x; find trap and handle for each other, out of the | Washington. The revotutionists in the North number 6,000, and are scattered over several States. General Guerra, from Mazatlan, nas arrived at Durango. Supplies of money, arms and ammuni- who are co-operating with General Guerra against Zacatecas. General Nerl ts between Zacatecas and Durango, with four or five thousand government troops, General Corona has sent his goverument forces irom Guadelaxara to unite with the reserves in Zacatecas, If General Neri! is defeated Zacatecas Will fall, and San Luis Potosi will become the next point of interest. General Rocha, the government commander, has not gone to Vera Cruz, but has arrived at the capital. General Castro has been appointed by President Juarez temporary civil ana military Governor of Oaxaca. General Trevino, the revolutionary commander, urges General Porfirio Diaz to come north imme- diately, The Legislature of Guadalaxara has refused to grant Governor Vallarte extraordinary faculties. ‘The annexation fever is increasing. Business, especially in the interior, is almost sus- pended. Much alarm was caused by a resoliition intro- duced in Congress by M. Bermudez to grant the Finance and War Departments extraordinary powers, A railroad train at Puebla was attacked by rob- bers, and the engineer and fireman of the train and seven passengers, including a girl seven years of age, were Killea. Captain Antonio Leoni, formerly a Garibaldist, and at one time serving in the United States army, 1s dead, The Jewish right of the circumcision was re- cently performed at the capital for the first ume in the history of Mexico, ‘The Siglo says the revolution is as imposing as ever, The Journals say that many of the revolutionists were formerly imperialists, and cite a number of names. CUBA. The Quarantine on Vessels from Key West Abolished—The Smallpox in Havana. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YO3K HERALD Havana, Jan, 26, 1872, The quarantine on vessels arriving here from Key Weat has been abolished, ‘The Board of Health asserts that the smallpox ts epidemic here. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA Fifth Avenue Theatre. Avery remarkable event will take place to-night at this favorite temple of the drama, It would be impossible to point outa similar instance in the | rormance. eek th | duced simultaneously in New Yor American stage. Mr. Augustin Daly opened ms session September 5, 1871, with a play of his own called “Divorce,” and this evening he celebrates the | one hundred and fiftieth representation of this play. | This play has been criticised at length, both tavora- | bly and adversely; but the fact of its hav- ing achieved such @ long run bears incon- testible witness of its high popularity. “Di- vorce’ is beyond doubt the most succeasfui comedy drama ever placed before any public. Here are its stauistics:—130,0N0 people have attended the | theatre since the first representation of this drama, and the drama has averaged $1,000 for eacl per- During one week this play was pro- Boston, Phiia- delpnia, Buffalo and S5'. Louis, The cast to-night ts wWansical with that of the first performance, and during the 150 nights neither sickness nor any. other cause has interfered with tne efficiency or original strength of “Divorce.” Mr. Daly does not purpose taking the play off until the public desire 80, and considering the orders in advance, Ulere 18 Not the slightest doubt but “what “Divorce ’’ Wil pass its two hundredth night triumphantly, The programmes to-night will be printed in gold upon White satin, with scroll and gold fringe, and they Wiil be a marvel of artistic excellence. Mr. Daly makes many announcements in regard to the successors of ‘ Divorce,” but considering that he has no idea of withdrawing the play for two or three months to come, there is no necessity of speci- fying tne plays in prospect. Metropolitan Gossip. The New York Conservacory of Music gives a grand musical soirée at Steinway Hall this evening. ‘Tne subscription books for the approaching Parepa- kosa season of English opera are now open at the Academy of Music. On Monday next Marschner’s grand opera of « 7 brought out for the fii thes se Theatre by tne Fabori company. oR e first run of “Humpty bn reached the four handred and eighty-sevi Performance and that of the “Black Crook” the four hundredth. ‘These figures were transposed through mistake in our remarks on first rans @ few days ago. A WILLIAMSBORG TRAGEDY. A Young Married Woman Shoots and Instantly Kills Her Employer—Inquest by Coroner Whitehill Last Wight At about noon yesterday a terrible, but not am» usual tragedy, in this tragical age was enactea i@ Williamsburg, Atthe hour mentioned George W. Watson, @ manufacturer of ladies’ hair meta, doing business in Mercill’s building, No. 21 South Eleventh street, Williamsburg, was shot in the back of the head as he was leaving his factory by a young mar- ried woman in his employ, named Frances Hyde, and he expired a few moments afverwaras, THE CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY is yet a mystery, the murderess being rather reth cent in regard to it, and no one else appearing to know anylting positive avout it. When Mr. Watson’ body was found lying at the foot of the stairs that he was descending When he received the fatal shot, it waa su posed that he accidentally fell down ana thus sustained his injuries; but an examination revealea the fact that a bullet bad penetrated his brain, en- tering behind his right ear, While the police were Investigating the case Mrs. Hyde, accompanted by her father, husband and others, went to the Fourte Street stauion house and surrendered herself to Captain Wogiom, saylug:—‘He calied me foul names, and [ shot him,’ or words to thateffect, Snewas locked up, and Coroner Waitehill, being prompeay notified, took charge of the body of the murdered man aud empanelled a jury, The body was te moved fo the residence of Mr. J. a. Pixley, (aber | in-law of the deceased, No, 451 Mudson avenue, | Where @ post-mortem examination will be made to- day. THE MURDERED MAN has a wife and family residing in Hartford, Conn, whom he vistted af intervals. He was about forty+ three years of age ana looked like & coasumpuve. He boarded at No. 47 Wiison sireet, Wiilamsbarg. THE MURDBRESS is a native of Nottngham, England, of medium stature, handsome features and lustrous Ried with @ nervous temperament, she has yon in Mr, Wate son’s employ for three years, and two years ago married ayouag man nained Heary Hyde, employed as & bookbinder in Appleton’s establishment, in Kent avenue. Her maiden name was frances Wind+ ley. On betug asked last evening in her cell what Mr. Watson ever did to provoke her to take his life, she said, “Oh, he called me by ine most opprovrions: names yesierday, He tusulted me most grossly, both before and alter my marriage.” On bets asked Why she continued in lis employ under suclt circumstances she became somewhat furried, aud paul that she prefereed to say nothing more on the subject. | THR INQUEST, Coroner Whitehill last evening commenced an tn- quest in the building where the tragedy took place, ahd took the following testimony :— Ellen Curley, sworn, deposed—I work here for Mr. Dexter; I know George W, Watson; he worked. on the same floor where | worked; left tne lactory for the Store about ten minutes to twelve to-day; when | returned | met Mrs, Hyde on the first flight Of stairs; I first thought that she was singing, but I found that she Was moaning; she told me. to oO in and tell the men that Mr. Watson waa, ying im the hail; I gaocked at the door and found it locked; on stepping back | saw Mr. Watson, lying on lis back at the {vot of Lue stairs, and L3aw. blood on him; the door was then opened, and Lene tered; when | first saw Mr, Watson | did not know whether he was dead or alive; L tid Mr, Potts, the foreman, that Mr. Watson was lying in the hati, covered with blood; Mr. Potts then went out to the hallway, and I went up stairs to my shop; 1 saw Mrs, Hyde standing beside Mr, Watson, but saw no weapon in her hands; [ have Known her about @ year, ‘The witness here jaentified and pointed out the prisoner, and said that she never heard of any dilfculty between the prisoner and deceased; never heard her make any tnreats; did not hear any report of a pistol in the factory yesterday; never saw a pistol in Mrs, Hyde's pose session; frequently saw Mr. Watson and Mrs. Hyde leave tue corner together in the evening. Henry Potts sworn, deposed—i knew the de- ceased} he worked on tne tutrd floor of this butld- Ing, manulacturing hair nets; I know Fanny Hyde, the prisoner; 1 Unuk she worked for Mr. Wate. son; first heard of the tragedy from the previous Withess; went out of the snop to look at Mr. Wat- son; saw um lying on the landing, with blood, om his head; I thought he was hurt, but did not speak to nim; went immediately for a doctor, and betore: I returned with one @ medical man had been brough#@in, who found that ur, Watson was dead; 1 bave known Fanny Hyde about two years; aid not hear any report of a pistol previous to Mr. Watson's death; have nos eard Mrs, Hyde ever threaten Watson, and never knew of any trouble between them; before 1 went. for the docior Mr, Pixley told me that Mr. Watson's pulse was sull beating; there Was a Woman stand- ing beside Mr, Watson Waen 1 first saw him lying on the landing, bat { don’t know whetuer it was Fanny Hyde or not; never heard of Mr. Watson eae improper proposals to young Women i his employ. Mrs. Frances Hyde, sworn, deposed—I reside at 30 Wythe avenue; am @ married woman; have up to this time worked for a living by making hair nets for Mr. Watson, in this bullding; am eighteen years. of age; have been married two years; Was working to-day; Ideciine answering how long I worked tor Mr, Watson. By request of counsel for the prisoner the inquest was here adjourned until this evening, and Mra. Hyde was remanded to the custody of Captain Wogiom. FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The Hunterian Museum, London, has been en- riched by @ rare specimen of the cetacea, tne Be- rardius Arnuxu, through the liberality of Professor Erasmus Wilson, ‘Two more of the 36 ton guns. are now undergoing the process of rifling at Woolwich, after which they vill be conveyed to the butts tor proof, and seven viber of these immense guns are lar advanced towaras completion. ‘The Actontan prize offered by the Royal Inst tion will be given this year jor an essay on Theory of the Evolution ot Living ‘Things.’ {nud amounts to 20 guineas, and may be given. one sum or divided into two prizes, Professor Seagwick’s appeal for subscriptions from members of the University of Camouritge, to enable him to purchase the valuabie coliection of fossils belonging to Mr. Leckenby, has resulted tm the collectign of the sum required, £800, The Scotsman describes @ leat of road steaming. It says that a steam locomouve has just accom- plished a journey without a paraliel—viz., running from Ipswich to Edinburg by road, @ distauce ot 450 miles, in seventy-seven hours travelling ume, Nature can hardly believe the report which has reached it that the English Treasury has, at toe iast moment, declined to sanction the expemditare of ublic money On the publication of the Helupse Reports of 1360 and 1870. The combined repor. is now nearly ready. ‘ne ta A.—Herring’s Prient CHAMPION SAFES, M1 Broadway, corner Murray.street, Angel’s Turkish Baths, Lexington rer Twenty-tifth street. —Gentlemen eve ladies day aud evening; beat veotiiatios bighow temperature; best shamovqiug; no yratuiies; advantases ‘unequalled; Hurope outdun A.—Russian Vapor (Marble) Bathe—23 and ‘2% Kast Fourth street (near the Grand Central Hotei). Open, fies’ hours, 10 to.12 A. (ent Tabie, Terms reasot daily,7 A. M.too P.M. 1 Furnished Booms and cl ik Umbrelias.—' Excessive ly per cent, now imposed. on Umbrellas, ing, In order to compete sue their, connections with the various if port, are enabied to snugele Silk Umbreils, we have made & reduction. of not less than twenty-live per cent on this class of goods. We are encour- aged ‘in this action by information derived from our customers who siate thas they oA buy silk Umnbreliag m as ab alow & Abe 56 Taek. can, be Drouin dizees (rom Europe. me SMITH'S SON & CO, porters and Manufacturers, ‘ 46 Broadway, New Yors. A_Card.—Wattw Nervous Antidote Cured inces to-day raigia and great Debility. Pronk PM ag a at teat d re ot NEP 11. GOLDING. i Dey atrect, New York. Hus Cwsar;” Stadt, “Don Giovanmi;" Aimee's Opéra Bouge, “Les Brigands;” Olympic, “Humpty Are You Disturbed at Niaht and Broken of Dumpty; Siblo's, “Black Crook” Contque, Union | Pest by a child auffering and crying with the pain oc cutting Square, New York Circus, Grand Opera ” House, teeth ? If so, £8, at once and geta boitie of Mra. WINSLOW: Stemway Hall, Bryanv’s and Tony Pastor's, SUOTHING SYRUP. % —ihe Best in the Echoes from Other Lands. Pg on My! Muang As = on Signor Gandini, author of several operas, and a | ous. At all draggiss. ‘well-known musical critic, has just died at Modena, aged sixty-four. The Milan Gazette Musicale says that of forty-one new Italian operas produced in 1871 four or five aro just alive, the rest dead and buried. M, Achard, the French tenor, seems to have made & flaico on the Venetian stage as Wilhelm in “Mignon.” It 1s said, however, that he had a cold, The Italian, operatic company who of performantes at Melvourne some time ago have since proceeded to New Zealand. ‘The — @obvoligo, at the Fenice, Venice, for tne approaching season are “Mignon,” M. Amorotse ‘Thomas; and ‘Komeo e Giulieita,” Signor Mar- chew, Signor Petrella's “Joue’’ also 1s promised, Un Uheeur de Matelots Angiats. Ce chant, qui leur est ordonné comme remede contre ia maladie du sommeil, les endort—tls ne chantent pius. Le com- Mandant furieux adresse les pius s¢veres observa. tons & son équipage. L’equipage se reveille, mals il se rendort aussitot, et le commandant aussi. Verdi’s “Aida” has been brought out at Cairo, and the following telegraphic despaten resuited : jer were | tion. “splendid saccess, usiasm without bounds Grand. ovation. for the artists, for tne director, Cristadoro’s Hair Dye bas no Equal in tho world; (t 14 the safest and mostreliane of any, Soll every> where. Gold Sewelrv—Rensonadle Prices. $60 to 450) each, roadway, near Fourteeuth street. Colds and Throat Pisorders, Couab: SROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHKS havlag proves we BROWNS ave a series | Meir efficacy by a test of many years, don Rewtves a Seen, oe Hoofon, and light Walking Causes he aieat Paris uiglen Broad. dt Parasol “Neurtl,? the Great Tt never fails to Care. Sold and all drugy! for Nenentging AMMRALES CAUTTENDEN Ma .—Evanys and Reports Sent ee aie eee ARO ASSOCIATION, Nor® Sonth Nuatly sirect, Phi! adelppii avana Lottery. na ‘and information furnished ; the highest rates paid for Doubioons, all kinds of Gold aad silver, Garera- meMlySecurities. den, &. TAYLOR & CO. Bankers, 1 Wall street, New York. Bottesint; for the orchestra and the chorus, com |) eeeeseomeeneeneerrenteeenit ducted by Devasini. Demonstration iv honor of ‘The Use of a Single Bottles —— Verat, and the Viceroy present at the ropresen'a | siciLIAN HAIR KENEWER is aw sen ie Mise en scene incomparadly moaguuticent | eilicacay in restoring the natural gulur a€ the bair aod Musica sjupenda. Great ones a'waure’ ? Th cleamaing (he acalp,