The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1872, Page 6

EW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, -No. 110 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. LINA EDWIN’S THEATRE, 720 Broadway.—Lirtux Dox Grovanst. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Sth av. and 234 st.— Latta Rooxn, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broad Houston sts.—Pout axp Pants between Prince and loz. j ACADEMY OF_ MUSIC, Fourteenth street—Irantaw Orena—Lucnezia Boats. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Bro. formances afternoon and ev FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street— Auricux 47. ST. JAMES THEATRE, Twenty-cighth street Broadway.—MacEvoy'’s New Hisernivon. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—New York Borotars— Tux Joury Copoers, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Tar Bauer PAan- tote or Hurry Dumpty. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third st. corner Sixth ay.—A Sueur in Wo1's Crotming—Tax Honeymoon. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street.— Lonpon Assurance, THIRTY-FOURTH STREET THEATRE, near Third av.—Vaniery Exrenraixa Matinee at'234. corner 30th st.—Per- —Sra ov Ion, and MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Divorce. PARK THEATRE, opposite City Hall, Brooklyn.— Drap Heant—Harry MAN. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadway.—Tue Vokes Fanity. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Fourteenth st. and Broad- ‘way.—NeGKo Acts—BURLESQUE, BaLLer, &¢, TONY PASTOR'S OF A HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Neako Eccentnicitizs, Buucesques, &c. BRYANT’S NEW OPERA HOUSE, 234 at., between 6th and 7th avs.—Bryant’s MINSTRELS. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL, 585 Broadway.— ‘Tus San Francisco MINSTRELS, \ PAVILION, No, 688 Broadway, near Fourth st.—Graxp Concert. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Borsow anv Art. Tat New York, Friday, April 19, 1872. | CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S ae Advertisements. 2—Advertisements. = State Capital: Vanderbilt's Rapid Transit heme Passed by the Senate—The Trial of Fanny Hyde—Louisiana Jockey Club—Lydia Sherman—Proceedings of Republican Conven- tions in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia—The Charter: coup de Main of the Seventy Solons; New York Reconstructed; Passage of the New Charter by Both Houses f the Legislature. 4—The Charter (Continued from Third Page). HERALD. The New York Charter—The Law un- der Which the City is to be Gov- erned and the Duty of the Citizens. The Senate and Assembly yesterday adopted the report of the conference committee on the New York charter, and the bill now goes to the Governor. There is some reason to anticipate that the Executive signature will be withheld; but as the action of the committee of conference was endorsed by more than two- thirds of both houses the bill in such an event would unquestionably be passed over the veto. It is, therefore, certain that the city will have to be governed, for some time at least, under the law proposed by the Com- mittee of Seventy early in the session, and now restored substantially to its original form. Its most striking and novel feature is the cumulative voting principle, which commences at the foundation of the political structure in the election of the Board of Aldermen, and is repeated step by step in the choice of the heads of all the city departments until it runs through the entire municipal government, both in its legislative and executive branches. This principle, at present purely an experi- ment, is designed to secure a representation of the minority party in the Aldermanic Board, as well as in all the city departments; but whether it will justify the hopes of its proposers, and give to the minority any more power and patronage than they have hitherto secured in the ordinary course of political events, remains to be seen. As this is the point upon which the Committee of Seventy has been the most persistent, ond which has called forth the sharpest criticism, the question of its consti- tutionality will no doubt be speedily tested. At present grave doubts are entertained on the subject, and many reputable lawyers have ex- pressed the opinion that it will not stand be- fore the Courts, while others maintain that there is no constitutional objection to the casting of nine votes by an elector for a single candidate. It is desirable on all accounts that this nice issue may at once be settled judicially, since the principle of cumulative voting and minority representation underlies the whole charter, and should it be found to be uncon- stitutional after an election has taken place under the new law, the city would be thrown into a deplorable state of anarchy. The full charter as finally passed will be found in the Heranp to-day. It provides for an election for Mayor and Aldermen on the twenty-first day of May, the third Tuesday in the month. Nine Aldermen are to be chosen from each Senatorial district in New York, or forty-five in all, and an elector has the pri S—The Charter (Continued from Fourth Page)— Interesting Proceedings in the United States Supreme and New York Courts—The Great Hubbell-Finch Case—Free Schools—The Wil- Hamsburg Ferryboat Suicide. 6—Editorials: Leading Article, “The New York Charter—The Law under Which the City is to Be Governed and the Duty of the Citizens’— Amusement Announcements. ‘J—Germany and France: Prospect of a Renewal of the War Between Imperial Germany and the French Republic—The Alabama Claims—The War in Mexico—Miscellaneous Foreign and Domestic Telegrams—Business Notices. 8—Financlal and Commercial 111; Govern- ments Firm; Southern Securities Steady; Money Quiet; Foreign Exchange Dull—The Brooklyn Rink Reformers—A Bloody Bar- room Brawl—The Unknown Dead—Marrlages and Deaths—Advertisements, 9— Advertisements. 10—News from Washington—The Bar Assoclation— Shipping Intelligence—Advertisements. I—Advertisements, A2—Advertisements. Vanperpir’s Prorosep Extension of the Harlem and Hudson River Railroad by the construction of an underground road to City | @iall Park passed the Senate yesterday by a | vote of 22to7. His scheme for sinking the track from the Grand Central depot to Harlem River by means of an open cut wide enough for four tracks meets with considerable opposition nthe Assembly from the advocates of the funnel system, and will have a hard struggle | ou its final passage. The central underground | ‘rapid transit scheme was rejected yesterday by the Senate. Tae Arrack on Matamoros has, according to our special despatch from that city, for the present been abandoned by the revolutionists ‘under Trevifio and Quiroga, who appear to be | ill prepared and wanting in the necessary war | material for the siege of that important place. ‘The failure of the revolutionists to carry out lege of voting nine times for a single candi- date, or of dividing up that number of ballots among several, as he may please. In the Board of Aldermen are vested all legislative authority and the exclusive power to appro- priate money for every object of city expendi- ture. They possess the key to the wholy city government, as they hold the purse strings and can cripple or extend the facilities of the several departments at their will. They also share in the executive branch of the govern- ment, as they elect four of the Commissioners of each of the Departments of Public Works, Public Parks, Charities and Correction and Finance, and the six Commissioners of Pub- lic Safety. It will be seen, therefore, that the Aldermen are the most powerful agency under the new charter, and when we remember the character of the men usually elected to that position we must confess to some apprehen- sion as to the wisdom of this mixing up of the legislative and executive branches of the gov- ernment, If it does not lead to combinations, | bargains and conspiracies more exten- | sive and dangerous than any to which we have hitherto been subjected it will only be because the people are unceasingly vigilant and careful in the selection of their candidates. The power of the Mayor is unduly restricted. Although uamed the chief executive officer of the cor- poration and clothed with some valuable patronage, he has, in fact, but little absolute power. He can remove at his will the one commissioner he appoints in the subordinate executive departments, but not any of those selected by the Board of Aldermen, except their designs at this important juncture must injure their cause, while it correspondingly raises the courage and improves the prospects | of the government garrison in Matamoros. Reinforcements for the relief of th city are | daily expected, and after their arrival General Palacios means to assume the offensive against the revolutionists under Trevifio and Quiroga. ‘The Juaristas in the State of Coahuila, under the leadership of Governor Zapada, are also reported to haye gained a victory over the rebels, and to have recaptured the important city of Saltillo. Tue Japanese Union with THE UNITED Srares.—The Henaxp telegraph news report from Yokohama, which appears in our columns to-day, supplies facts of a most encouraging character, not only as they relate to the just opening prospect of the grand future of the empire, but as they apply for the assurance of ‘the perpetuation of the friendship which exists between the Japanese and American eoples. The news of the reception of the perial Embassy in San Francisco had been | published in extenso in Yokohama and afforded @reat joy to the residents. Forty Japanese ptudents took their departure from Yokohama on the 26th of March for America, They be- long to the aristocratic classes of society, some of them being related to the Mikado | by family. The sacred city of Kioto was | thrown open for the management of an in- | dustrial fair, foreigners being allowed to visit | the place and display their products during a | Bpace of two months, This wonderful step in | the cause of progress has been undertaken by the Mikado’s government in consequence of | Awa Kura’s visit to America. The country was | Perfectly quiet. Thus do wo evangelize the ‘youngest of the great nations, enlightening the most hoary on its path to reform, and teaching yy moral suasion the decendants of these Asiatics who withstood the war forces of the jEuropean arms during many ages. A “CoLoreD GENTLEMAN IN THE Woop- Yrr."’—Bayless W. Hanna has been making peeches to democrats in Indiana portraying them their duty in the present crisis, He Meclares that “this government of Ulysses 8, rant has been a perpetual carnival of usurpa- ion, debauchery, corruption and crime,’’ and order to remedy these evils he would like to under such restrictions as render the seeming authority given him to do so a mere farce. Hence he cannot be expected to properly en- force efficiency and honesty in the executive branch of the government, and cannot be held | directly responsible for the manner in which the | duties of the departments may be performed. | This we regard as a fault of the charter, as one | of the first principles of sound municipal gov- | ernment is concentrated. executive power and | direct responsibility of the chief magistrate | for the good conduct of all the departments. The officers to be appointed by the Mayor are the following:—One Commissioner of the Board of Public Works, one Commissioner of the Park Department, a Commissioner of Charities and Correction, the Comptroller, the Corporation Counsel and fifteen Inspectors of Common Schools. The Mayor is ex officio chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Public Safety, and each of his appointees in the several departments is chairman of the board to which he is attached. The commis- sioners of all the executive departments are entitled to seats in the Board of Aldermen, and may participate in the discussions affecting or | relating to their departments, without the | right to vote. | Several important changes are made in the | departments as they at present exist. The authority of the Commissioners of Public Parks is restricted to the parks and buildings thereon and to publie places which are of the realty of New York, their control over the streets and boulevards now under their man- agement being transferred to the Department of Public Works. The Department of Docks is abolished and its business is also trans- ferred to the Department of Public Works, The present Departments of Police, Fire, Health and Buildings are swallowed up by the Department of Public Safety, which is thus made one of the most important in the city government, Its commission- ers hold office for six years, three vacancies occurring every third year, after the terms of the first six elected shall have been | settled by lot. The other commissioners of | departments are to be elected or appointed for one year only, Inthe Department of Public Instruction thirty Commissioners, forming the Board, are to be elected by the people—six from each Senatorial district, on the ‘‘cumu- pee Thomas A. Hendricks President. Here is © “colored gentleman in the woodpile.”’ ‘That's what's the matter with Hanng,"* lative’? plan—and are to hold office one year. These Commissioners appoint Trustees of Com- mon Schools and of the College of New York. In the general provisions of the charter clauses are inserted against bribery and corruption; giving citizens the right of action when spe- cially damaged through a corrupt vote or dis- honest act of a public officer; providing for the examination of public officers on a judge's order; prohibiting double office holding, and for other purposes. These are in substance the main features of the new charter. It is a law experimental in its character, complicated in its machinery and destitute of that directness and simplicity which more than anything else tend to secure good and honest government. Unless a great change has come over our politicians and office seekers—we are likely to see more corrupt bar- gains and conspiracies under this law than we have ever known under any former charter, for it will be impossible to prevent collusion be- tween the Aldermen and the departments if dishonest men manage to get into power. We have advocated from the first a strong but simple form of government, vest- ing all legislative and money rais- ing power in a common council and all executive power in a Mayor, who should appoint and remove the heads of sub- ordinate departments at his will, and be directly responsible to the people for the honesty and efficiency of the whole adminis- tration. If the State Legislature had been composed of men of integrity and broad intelligence it would have given us o law that would have greatly promoted the progress and prosperity of the city and have united New York and its suburbs in one grand municipal- ity. Under such a charter we should in a few years have had a splendid system of river streets, docks and piers under the plans of the present Dock Commissioners, and two great viaduct railways running along the avenues near the two rivers and opening up the northern portion of the island and the beautiful lands of Westchester county to our citizens for residences. But the Legislature has chosen to give us a very differ- ent sort of charter, and the people must do the best they can under the circumstances. The election is close at hand, and it is most important that active, energetic, honest and live men should be placed in power to initiate the new government. Our citizens must guard against the stoppage or the crippling of any of those great works of public improvement now under way or contemplated for the benefit of the city by electing to office men of liberal views who are able to appreciate the future that is in store for the metropolis. The Department of Docks bas been abolished, but the work laid out by the Commissioners must not be abandoned. The powers of the Park Commission have been crippled, but the fine boulevards and parks that will soon make New York one of the handsomest cities in the world must be pushed to completion. The lnst election purified the political air and dis- posed of much evil, but we must be careful that the next does not either carry us back to the old corruptions or put a drag on the wheels of progress. Enterprising, intelligent and honest officers can do much to remedy any defects that may be found in the new charter, and the people should take care that none others are chosen. The politi- cians are already busily engaged in making combinations and bargains, but the work of November may be repeated in May, and all their labor may be thrown away. At all events, our citizens will insist that party nominations shall be made on other considerations than those of political dickering and trading, or’ they will take the reins into their own hands and drive the municipal wagon for themselves. We have got a befogged and muddled law; let us have young, vigorous, enterprising and honest men to carry it out, France The Trouble Between and Germany. A few mornings ago the London Daily Tele- graph published what seemed a sensational article on the relations now subsisting between France and Germany. By some of the other papers the news on which it was confessedly based was questioned; and the correspondent of the London Standard, writing from Paris, pronounced the whole thing an idle and base- less rumor. Yesterday, as will be seen from one of our cable despatches of this morning, the Telegraph, in an editorial, maintains its posi- tion and asserts in most positive terms that its statements made a few days ago relative to the relations of France and Germany were founded on most undeniable facts. On Monday last, according to the Telegraph, Count Von Arnim, the German Ambassador, presented to President Thiers the German ultimatum. In the new French Army bill and in the speeches of certain prominent officials, both in and ont of the Assembly, including the speeches of President Thiers himself, Germany sces a determination on the part of France to seck vengeance as soon as possible, if not a willing- ness to repudiate her indebtedness. Bismarck therefore demands that the huge and growing armaments of France be reduced and the war estimates diminished. If France will not con- sent to adopt this course Germany will reoc- cupy the evacuated French territory, and France may have a fresh war, if she chooses, In confirmation of the news published and commented on in the Telegraph we print this morning a special despatch from our London correspondent, giving us substantially the same intelligence, taken from the Allgemeine Zitung—a& journal notoriously conducted under the inspiration of Prince Bismarck. The German journal takes the same view of | the situation as does tho London Zelegraph. | Germany is indignant at the course pursued by President Thiers, Bismarck sees danger to Germany if France is allowed to go on arming as she is doing. He demands that the arma- | ments be reduced and a check given to those warlike preparations. If the answer is not satisfactory France must be prepared to sub- mit to reoceupation or war. The Allgemeine Zitung emphatically states that Germany | cannot stand still while France is collecting | arms and 80 enormously increasing the effective force of the army. The article is supposed to have been inspired at Berlin, It is hardly possible that such statements, publishedand commented on in two such jour- nals, can be without foundation. It is not con- ceivable that the Telegraph would s0 emphati- cally repeat what it had said, and enter so minutely into details, if the whole thing were an invention or a bascless rumor, In a few days at most the truth must bo known, ond it is reasonable to take it for granted that the edi- tors of the Telegraph made sufficient inquiry before it ventured upon a repetition of tho statement. Taking it for granted that the report is founded on fact, it is not to be denied that the situation, as between the two nations, has again become very serious. It is im- possible to blame Germany for keeping an eye on the enemy and diligently watching and faithfully guarding its own interests. It was a hard won victory to the German govern- ment and people, and there is no class in Germany who wish to see the fight resumed. At the same time it has to be admitted that France has kept her word, and faithfully, so far, at least, paid the indemnity. Few will deny that France has a perfect right to do her best so as to put her army in such a con- dition that so dreadful a humiliation will not befall her in the future. There are those who think that Germany asks too much when in time of peace she interferes with the domestic arrangements of her neighbors. On the other hand, it is not to be denied that the public men of France, from President Thiers down- ward, have spoken unadvisedly and given just cause of offence to their German conquer- ors. Ithas been publicly maintained by one class of politicians that, in consenting to pay the war indemnity, President Thiers and those who acted with him betrayed the country, and that rather than pay France should have fought to the bitter end, Thereconquest of Alsace and Lorraine is matter of common talk. Then there is no doubt that just cause of offence has been given to Bismarck by the new French Army bill. If the recommendations of the committee are adopted the new French army will number considerably over one million of men. In the estimation of many friends of France Presi- dent Thiers has grievously erred in fanning into flame, as he has done, the war spirit of his countrymen. As another war would ruin France and place the whole south of Europe at the mercy of Germany it is reasonable to conclude thatsuch arrangements will be made by the French gov- ernment as shall render reoccupation or war unnecessary. The Alabama Claims Question—Eng- land’s Counter Case in Geneva, A synopsis of the English counter case against the American demand for compensa- tion for damages inflicted on the national com- merce and the naval interests of the republic generally by the Alabama and other British- built or British-equipped privateers during the progress of the war for the Union reached us from London by cable last night. The sum- mary is made up from the Foreign Office plea of defence which has been delivered to the Arbitration Court in Geneva in the mame of Earl Granville, with the consent of Queen Victoria. Mr. Gladstone's | government sets out its declaration with a pro- fession of the liberavi animam—a solemn avowal of the absence of evil intent. The Queen's Cabi- net will not reply to American imputations of hostilé motives and of insincere neutrality, A sense of self-respect compels Great Britain to refuse, distinctly, to enter into a discussion of these insinuations. Allegations of this char- acter are irrevelant to the main issue and tend to inflame the controversy. In such words, as will be seen by our telegram re- port, England publishes a very sweeping preface to her argument. She brushes away, it must be confessed, a large amount of inflammable drift and tinder which was liable to ignition by the application of a very slight spark. Having accomplished this work, to her own satisfaction at least, Her Majesty the Queen is made to come to the treatment of the more solid portion of the sub- ject—to a discussion of the points which are likely to furnish matter for some future Livy to write of in elaboration when speaking of the debts and duties of the nations and rulers of our day. The first sentence in this part of the coun- ter case announces that no reference will be made to the subject of indirect damages in Geneva, for the reason that a correspondence on that special point is now pending between the governments of Great Britain and the United States. This resolution, if persevered in, will detract vastly from the force of the public interest which attaches to the proceed- ings of the Arbitration Court in Europe and be very likely to roll the current of public feeling both in the Old World and the New towards Washington. England presumes that the American claims for direct losses are lim- ited to those incurred by the four most notori- ous of the Anglo-Confederate privateers, but Her Majesty does not object to the intro- duction of the names of nine others by the government in Washington. Whether this agreeable acceptance comes as the result of conviction and contrition for repentance and atonement or as an evidence of recklessness or defiance remains to be seen. The cases of the Boston and Sallie may have been included in the list ‘inadvertently’? in the American capital. What the exact meaning of this sen- tence is we cannot say, but we incline to the opinion that itis intended and used in a slightly st ical sense, and perhaps with the view of imputing against our people or Ministers the indirect charge of entertaining motives for “piling on the ogony.”” The arbitrators are enjoined as to their judicial functions with regard to the nature of the tes- timony and cautioned—this in connection with the preface—against the acceptance of hearsay, of rumor and of ill-founded report and garbled statement, At this point the Foreign Secre- tary of Great Britain comes out in full official tilt against a whole army of minor officials of the United States who were serving abroad during the war of the rebellion, and endeavors to clear away their consular records and state ment, with a stroke of his Downing street pens pretty much after the fashion of Joachim Murat in his personal action against the Czar’s Cossacks during the period of the advance of the army of Napoleon the Great towards Mos- cow. Murat was wont to exclaim, “Get out of my way, you crawlers,” and we greatly fear that the ‘most noble Earl Granville entertains about the same sentiment towards a number of embryo states- men and diplomats in America as did the French cavalry commander towards the horse- men of the invaded. But, then, where was Murat after, with Moscow in ashes? and where may be Granville and Gladstone officially when the arbitrators have shaken the ashes of the ‘‘pipe of peace’’ on the floor of the council room in Geneva? So may the mem- ory of our American consuls abroad be rectified. England next alleges that a neutral Power is not bound to a municipal law at the dictum of a belli- gerent. Hero—and subsequently in the coun. | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. ter case—we have the grand essential of the belligerent rights acknowledgment of the Southern confederacy and the reasons for it repeated. Then Great Britain cannot clearly understand the twelve American propositions as sent forth from Washington. She accepts the declaration of the Treaty of Washington in the matter of the duty of neutrals with reference to the delivery of a vessel of war to a belligerent despite the ‘overstrained construction” put upon the point by the government of the United States. A French authority on international law is cited against our national position in this respect. If Secretary Fish can recognize the force of the Frenchman's argument, why, it is good. In retort Queen Victoria calls up the cases of Lopez, William Walker and of a host of the most illustrious of the Fenian generals as they operated against Cuba, Mexico and Canada and urges them as matters of ‘‘set off’’ against the American precedents cited in our case. She alleges also that American privateers have from time to time ‘‘harassed’’ England, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Canada; so that Her Britannic Majesty writes history for a number of European and trans- marine peoples who would not have known how badly they have been treated were it not for her rehearsal of their wrongs. ‘I never knew,’’ said the client of a pettifogging lawyer, “how much I was abused until I heard the counsellor tell it in court.” From Part IL to Part IX. of the counter case we have again the whole smoke- stack principle of the blockade runners; dates with regard to Minister Adams’ delay in his application for the detention of the Alabama; a statement that he did not per- mit time for the accomplishment of the duty; and then again histories of the Florida and Shenandoah, and then a recapitulation, and again a disavowal of the award for interest from July 1, 1863. This point is declared un- tenable. Direct losses from capture of ships and property are the only ones which the arbitrators can take into account, accord- ing to the British Cabinet. They hope a friendly result and the delivery of a very gentlemanly adieu. And so ends the counter case of England to-day. Two of the London journals express themselves well pleased with the counter case ; one of the papers inferring that our indirect damages claim is not only gone, but that our ‘whole fabric of laborious ingenuity tumbles to its foundation.”’ Is this so? We can scarcely realize the fact, and must consequently await the complete issue of the Geneva arbitration patiently and with great faith. 8ALE OF THE LOCKWOOD COLLECTION. Leavitt’s auction room, in Astor place, was crowded last night by the friends of the late Le Grand Lockwood and a number of the prominent art collectors of the city. The interest manifested in the proceedings was very great, and the bidding for the paintings spirited. To-night the more im- portant works will be disposed of, and we expect the competition will be close and keen. On Satur- day the auction will be brought to a close by the sale of the statuary of the collection and some beau- tiful clocks and vases of French manufacture. The following are the prices realized by some of the more important pictures;—‘« Blight ‘Misun: Ne fading ‘Bocttther, ‘Saks “Now Don't You Tell," Boettcher, $260; “Landscape,” Hart, $215; “Fruit and Wine,” Wilms, $560; “Italian Landscape,” Bierstadt, $440; “Landscape “Summer,” Gignoux, $430; “Deer,” Hays, $950; “Castle St. Angelo, Rome,” Arnz, $525; “Ttailan Landscape,’’ Ropes, $230; “The Old Mill,” Duntre, $750; “Italian Cattle Drovers,” Fay, $520; “The Luncheon,” Siegert, $525; ‘Market Scene,” moonlight and candle light effect, Culverhouse, $465; “Church Interior,’ Calle, $580; “Autumn Landscape,” Hubbard, $410; “Landscape and Cat- tle,” Cooper, $1,050; “Scene in Bavarian Alps,” Leu, $250; “Too Hot,’ Wesichebrink, $560; “General Sherman in Camp,” Kaufmann, $410; face ten Harbor” (mooulight), Jacobson, $380; “Swiss Landscape Among the Alps,’ Becker, $325; “Have a Shine, Sir?” rown, $360; “Interior—San Marco, Venice,” Neal, 770; “The Youthful = Teacher,’ Dillens, —_ $535; “Highland Sheep,’ Jones, $400; “Morning Devo- tion,” Salentin, $900; “‘The Bookworm,” Spitzweg, $750; “Scene Of the Coast of rador,"? Bradford, $330; “The Young Jehu,” Guy, $500; “A Regal Dessert,’ Preyer, 32,000 ; « Scene,” Van Schendel, 12,000 5 -Y, $2005 “TReturn from Market,” he Wetterhorn, Switzerland,” 1g, $1,000; “Sunday Afternoon,” Geselschap, $370 ;"“Interlor—A Mother's Happiness,” Sohn; $2,325; “ Autumn Landscape,” Whlttredge, $610; “Caught in the Act,” Plathner, $405; “Thun- der! What's That?’ Beard, $710; ‘Wooded Landscape,” McEntre, $320; “Katrina Van Tassel,” Huntington, $550; “Landscape and Cattle,” Verboeckhoven, — $1,160; “The Young Mother,” Meyer, $3,350; “Cupid Caught Napping,” Schrader, $1,250; ‘“Moer Mountain,” Gifford, $725; “Via Appia, Rome,” Achenbach, 700; “Hustling Pennies,’ Mount, $490; Mountains,” Shattuck, $475; “Winding the Clock,” Becker, $1,000; “Rocky Mountains,” Bierstadt, $2,000;"“Marine View,” De Haas, $370; “Love In “White Winter,” Hubner, $350; “The ’ Wine’ Tasters,” Hasencleiter, $3,625. NAVAL ORDERS. Wasuincton, April 18, 1872, Owing to circumstances which were unforseen at the time the order was issued relieving Rear Admi- ral Smith from the command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Secretary of the Navy has ordered that a change shall not be made until June 1. Rear Ad- miral Smith will be Geer to the Governorship of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, and Rear Admi- ral Lardner, at present in charge of the Asylum, relieved from further duty altogether. Commander George H. Perkins is ordered on duty as inspector of the Second Lighthouse district; Passed Assistant Surgeon F. M. Dearborn to the Naval poate at Chelsea, Mass. ; Passed Assistant Surgeon D, McMartin to the receiving ship Ver- mont; Passed Assistant Surgeon H. M. Rundlett to the Sabine; Chaplain Robert Given to the re- ceiving Met Philadolphia; Commander John 8. Walker is detached from duty as Lighthouse In- spector of the Second district and granted twelve months’ leave; Lieutenant E. B. Thomas, from the | Vermont and ordered to the Hydrographic Survey; Captain Theodore J. Eckerson, Assistant Quarter- master, is ordered to report to the Retiring Board at Philadelp! for examination. DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD. Utica, N, Y., April 18, 1872, A despatch from Dr. Poters, of Litchfield Observa- tory, Hamilton College, announces the discovery by him of another world at two o'clock on Wednesday morning. It was in eleven hours, fifty-six minutes and fifty-two seconds of right ascension and in four dégreed and forty-five minutes of south declination, with a retrograde motion of thirty-nine seconds to- ward the north, three minutes per day. It is be- tween the eleventh and twelfth magnitude, THE WEATHER REPORT. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasuiIncton, D, C., April 19—1 A. M. Provabitities. Rising barometer will prevail very generally on Friday from the lakes to the Gulf and Middle and South Atlantic, with clear and pleasant weather very generally, and northwesterly and southwest- | erly winds, and extend over New England during the day. Dangerous winds are not anticipated, ~~ AQUATIOS. Ellis Ward Accepts John Biglin’s Chal- lenge. New York, April 18, 1872, To THE EprTok OF THE HERALD:— In reply to a challenge emanating from the Messrs. Biglin Brothers, of New York, which ap- peared in the HERALD last autumn, offering to match John Biglin against me in a shell-boat race, and which chailenge did not specify any limit of time for a reply, please insert the following:— Tam now ready to enter into terms with Mr, John Biglin for a race to be rowed at a place agreed upon, half way between home and home, for $1,000 aside, the race to come off in one week or there- abouts after lis engagement in. the pair-oared con- test at Philadelphia, If this 1s agreeable to Mr. Higiin the match can be arranged at Mr. Patrick Kelly's, Ay Lay ow this City. any time within ten days from date. Very respectfully, ys from dat y resp ELLIS WARD, AMUSEMENTS, Comeert and Operatic Performance for the Benefit of the Woman's Hospital, 4 One of the most interesting and artistic entertain- ments of the kind given in this city during the pres- ent season took place last evening at Robinson's Hall, in Sixteenth street, being the second and last under the direction of Signor Albites for the above’ worthy object. Notwithstanding the inclement weather the beautiful bijou theatre was crowded to its utmost capacity, and full evening dress seemed to be de rigueur, The concert came first and introduced the following artists:—Madame Gazzaniga, Mrs. Yanaga, Miss Graziella Ridgway, Mr. William Doug- las, Mr. F, Bartlett, Mr, Albites, Mr. Vilanova and the Saturday Night Glee Club; Director, Herr Rei- nold Herrmann, Some of these do not ch the title, “artist,” being non- eign certainly, as far asability is concerned, they deserve the honor, A small, but well selected orches\ played a couple of works at the commencemens of each part of the concert. The Saturday Night Glee Club, consisting of about thirty-five gentlemen, made their maiden effort Iu public in Hatton's “Good Night” and Mendelssohn's “Rhine Wine, Considering that this clab was only organized in January last, and has had but little time for practice, the finish, spirit, correctness and expression which they displayed were very encour. aging signs of their ability and earnestness. Two duets on the programme deserve special mention. One was the lovely *Notturno e Barcarola,’’ by Vilanova, of which we have spoken before, an which was capitally rendered by Mrs. Yznaga and Mr. Douglas. ‘The other was the well-known duet between Azucena and Manrico, in the second act ot “Il Trovatore,” sung by Mme. Gazzaniga and Mr. Douglas. It has rarely been as well au at the Academy. Mme. Gazzaniga’s broi dramatic style of singing is well known to the New York public; and Mr. Douglas hag a tenor voice of rare sympathetic quality, unusual smoothness and evenness in all its re; ters, remarkable flexibility and high cultivation. ‘The Manricos of the operatic boards here are almost innumerable, but we doubt very much if any of them could have invested the “Mal reggendo” with such expression and sweetness as did Mr, Douglas last evening. The sume gentleman sang a romance from “Mignon,” the same as he selected on Satur day evening at Vilanova’s concert. Of Mrs. Yana- ga’s voice we gave our impressions on the occasion referred to, Nature and art have united in making her an eminently desirable acquisition to the con- cert hall. Miss Ridgway, one of the most suc- cesful of Signor Albites’ pupils, sang the sparkling “Ombra leggiera” from “Dinorah,” displaying her extraordinary facility of vocalization and limpidity of tone, extraordinary in one so Ong: The last act of “La Favorita’ was rendered by Miss C. Sima, apromising pupil of Mme. Gazzaniga, Mr, Leon Berthelog-and Sejlor Fossati. In a fiyancial point of view, These two entertainments given by Signor Albites have been very successful and have rendered material assistance to the worthy institution for whose benefit they were designed. Wallack’s Theatre. The presentation of Dion Boucicault’s comedy, “London Assurance,” last night was brilliant be- yond expectation. It is not often sucha treat can be offered to the public in any city as was fur- nished by the array of talented artists wha assembled on the stage of Wallack’s The- atre last night. It is dificult to decide which was the leading character of the play, each artist making his own personation in turn the leading feature of the entertainment. The play itself is well calculated to bring out the best qualities of the carefully selected com- pany which places Wallack’s at the head of our theatres as the home of high comedy. ‘London Assurance’? purports to be a picture of what is called, or calls itself, “good Lepeena and certainly the author has limned his characters to life. The icture 18 80 true that it becomes a satire where hose who run may read. It exposes the hollow- ness and corruption that conceal themselves under the respectable exterior of conventional gentility, and lets in a flood of light on the selfishness and rottenness of those aristo- cratic upper classes which steeped in vice, look down with contempt on the toiling mass of human- ity, by whose labor and sweat these unwholesome parasites of a decayed system grow fatter and richer day by day. Had the piece no other recom- mendation than its portraiture of Sir Harcourt Courtley as a representative of a by no means small class it would be worthy of study and approval. But the other characters that go to make up society are limned with no less firmness and clearness of line. Those who Know London society recognize them ata glancé miliar acquaintances, from yyhom fey has been momentarily separated, it is true that he is not likely to regret them much ifhe be a man who esteems honor and virtue more than the gor reous glitter of vice, even when mad@ respectable by the usages of “good society.” If people will go to “London Assurance” and carry away the lesson it suggests so strongly—that honesty and virtue are better things than aristo- crotic birth or polished manners—humanity will have gained some knowledge worth preservin, from this ‘holding of the mirror up to nature.’’ would be dificult to find an artist capable of giving a better interpretation of the character of the polished old scoundrel Sir Harcourt Courtly than that offered last night by the veteran John Gilbert. With nice discrimination he displayed the polish, self-possession, egotism and utter selfishness of the old fop, balancing his colors so nicely as not to give undue prominence to any of the attributes of the man of the conventional world. Shallow as heart- less, Sir Courtly is still preserved from contempt by his knowledge of the ways of society and a kind of instinct which causes him to hedge himself round with an impenetrable barrier of class conceit. His hide is as impervious as that of a rhinoceros to the shafts of plebeian wit. Sarcasm cannot sting him, because from the lofty height of aristocratic pride he looks down on the small world of merely useful ople with much the same feelings that Gulliver did upon Lil- iput. Even the keen-cutting quips of the irrepres- sible Dazzle, Esq., can excite only the scorn of Sir Courtly, who never feels abashed by the superior intelligence of the man he attempts to frown down by rig ht of birth. Charles Matthews plays Dazzle as only he Knows how to play the wide-awake man of the world. Sparkling, light and eminently natu- ral, he isso much at ease that he makes the audi- ence feel perfectly at home while he chats to them with the familiarity of a man unconscious of any effort. Lester Wallack has just one of those rdles in Charles Courtly best suited to his peculiar genius—dashing, rollicking, careless young gentleman, with a penchant for good wine and a weakness for pretty women. We must compliment him especially on the tipsy scene. We hope he did not have to rehearse the part too often to obtain such a thorough insight to this hase of reasonable humanity. John Brougham’s ax Harkaway was a genial characterization, redolent of the hunting feld, but untinged by coarseness. Harkaway is not a polished fellow, but he has a food, honest heart, all of which Brougham conveys in a charming and effective manner. Stoddart was droll and entertaining as the officious lawyer, Mark Meddle, and Polk found a congenial role as Mr. Spanker. Miss Helen Tracy made an in- teresting Grace Harkaway, and Miss Plessy Mor- daunt overflowed with fun as Lady Gay Spanker. Mrs. John Sefton played with spirit the part of Pert. Mr. Holland's acting as Cool deserves special men- tion. It was quiet, subdued and well considered. The hearty reception given by the audience to the old favorites on their reappearance in comedy gave roof of the intense satisfaction which is felt if the heatre-going public at the restoration of the tem- ple of comedy to its legitimate use. Certainly the a have a right to be grateful for the good hings the management has provided for their delectation. We would advise those that are any- way melancholy to make their way to Wallack's at once and laugh their cares away at “London Assurance.” Bowery Theatre. The attraction last night at this popular east side establishment was Foster's Yocal dratna entitled “The New York Burglars; or, the Wedding by Moonlight.” Although the clements were not at all favorable towards the managerial coffers there was, nevertherless, a fair house, and the sen- sation, as usual, afforded general satisfaction. The drama was produced some time ago and created a favorable impression. It need scarely be added that the plots develop some of the characteristic exercises of the professional housebreaker; that he succeeds in his nefarious schemes for @ short period, during which innocence, vir- tue and honesty are at a discount, and that at last he comes to the end of hig tether. All classes of robbers Ur ead in the piece, from the dock rat nD, and their eXploits form the prominent features ot the numerous scenes and incidents which abound throughout, It was well placed on the stage, and the happy termination to what at first seemed sad disasters gave rise to a general feeling of relief and ratification, Manager Freligh announces a new drama—“A Lost Life’—which will be brought out on Monday night. Metropolitan Gossip. Bobby Newcomb has a benefit to-night at the San Francisco Minstrels, “Article 47° is underlined at Mrs, Brooklyn Theatre, “Black Friday” is the title of the coming sensa- tion at Niblo’s Garden, A rehearsal of the Phitharmonic roolaty takes: place this afternoon at the Academy of Music. Edwin Booth Hg ara at his theatre on Monday as Sir Edward Mortimer in “The tron Chest. “Richard II.’ will foliow immediately. MacEvoy’s “Hibernicon,” which illustrates the principal points of interest in Ireland, is drawing crowded houses at the St. James Theatre, “tucretia Borgia” to-night at the Academy of Music, with Madame Parepa-Rosa in the title rote, Miss Phillips as Orsini, Wachtel as Gennaro and Sant. ley as the Duke. A matinée of “ll Trovatore” will be given on Saturday. At the next Sunday Concert at the Grand Opera House, the Ninth Regiment Band, le, Chat Perl, Mile. Anna Elzer, and Messrs. Jacob Muller, Campagnoli and Stratford (harpist of the Parcpor Rosa Qerg Woupe) will appegry Conway's