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| SPAIN Poyalist Preparations for an Assault on Fer- rol by the Army and from Sea. ‘Municipal Application for Delay—Probable Sur- render of the Insurgents. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, Oct. 16, 1872. An official telegraph report from Ferrol, which ‘eached the Ministry of War at a late hour last ‘@ight, states that His Majesty’s frigave Vittoria ‘was hourly expected in the harbor, and that Preparations were being made for an attack upon ‘the insurrectionists by the combined lana and sea forces of the Crown. Hostilities were to commence at four o'clock yes- ‘terday afternoon if the rebels had not surrendered sat that hour. . MUNICIPAL BFFORT FOR DELAY AND HOPE OF A SURRENDER, The members of the municipality of Ferrol, yes- derday, requested the commander of the govern- @ent forces to suspend making his attack on the revolutionist insurgents, who were concentrated an the arsenal, as negotiations for their surrender Were in progress at the moment. A FEW HOURS OF MONARCHICAL GRACE. King Amadeus’ commander consented to sus- pend active operations from the moment of the receipt of the municipal message to the afternoon of the same day, but repeated, at the same time, ‘his determination to attack the insurgents in Fer- fol if they had not surrendered at that time. Parliamentary Allegiance to the Throne. MADRID, Oct. 16, 1872, The Cortes, by a vote of 205 against 68, has voted ‘tthe reply to the address from the throne. Those ‘who voted in the negative were the republicans and Alphonsists. GEGISLATIVE VACANCIES AND A LOOK OUT FOR ELECTIONS. There are now ten vacancies in the Cortes, and elections for members to fill them have been or- dered tor the 34 of November. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. pee CR British Judicial Decision in Support of the Final- ‘ity of the Geneva Settlement. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 16, 1872, An English judicial ruling which has just been wendered reaffirms and sustains the position that ‘the decision of the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration ‘between Great Britain and the United States is inal on all matters of claims arising from the Ala- ‘bama privateer case. ‘THE SUIT ON ITS MERITS AND DECISION OF THE BENCH. A sult brought against Mr. Thomas H. Dudley, United States Consul at Liverpool, by a man named Alcott, who enlisted as a seaman on the privateer Alabama, for compensation for his detention at Liverpool as a witness by order of Mr. Dudley, at rhe time the Alabama sailed, has just been brought ‘to @ conclusion, and resulted adversely to the plaintin. The Court decided that “the Geneva Tribunal had @ettied all questions connected with the Alabama ase,” and directed a verdict to be entered for the defendant. ENGLAND. ‘Wages Strike by Steamship Dock Laborers. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 16, 1872. Five thousand laborers on the steamship docks ‘im this city are on a strike. MONTENEGRO AND TURKEY. Royalist Satisfaction to the Sultan for Outrages On His Subjects—The Border Line Agitation; Its Causes and Tendencies, East and North. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 16, 1872, His Highness Prince Charles of Montenegro has ent a telegraphic despatch to the Sultan, promis- Ang to punish those of his subjects who recently had an encounter with a party of Turks at Leposa. Whe Montenegro-Turkish Agitation—Its Causes and Tendency. The conciliatory and prudent action of Prince ‘Charles of Montenegro, with reference to the insult which was lately offered to the imperialism of the Porte by hostile Montenegrin skirmishes against ‘the subjects of His Majesty the Sultan, may have ‘he effect of tranquilizing an irritating feeling which, if permitted to ferment much longer, will pei arf imperil the peace of the ‘abe teg Pld and mountain peoples of the East. ie ace ‘counts of the conflict, which is referred in our cable despatch from London, are contradictory. Accor ed one statement from Austrian sources Turkish and Montenegrin troops and peasants had come into collision, with Joss of life on both sides. Another account from Constantinople, reflecting what is no doubt the Turkish view, states tnat a body of the moun- ‘taineers, 3,000 strong, had attacked an Albanian AE, and killed eighteen Musselmen, This may be exactly true, for in all such cases the Montene- gins are generally the aggressors where Turkey concerned, and they are by no means scru- ulous either ‘in the search for @ pretext or the character of the operations undertaken. For some years past there has been peace that quarter; and the prudent measures by the Sultan’s government at the close of the last war, in erecting a line of frontier block houses and have checked the disposition to attempt forays on the part of the subjects of the Montene- ruler, ie Montenegrins are under the pro- tion of Russia, and dare not undertake war ‘without her approval; but Russia at present seeks peace for her own sake, and has given no reason to ‘sup; that she desires to foment troubles among the Sultan’s subjects. aeeurier on is Monte- @egro’s neighbor on the north, has the strongest interest in preserving tranquility on that fron er, and her good offices will, no doubt, be vi rously exerted to avert a present repetition o disturb- ances, and to effect an acceptance of the Montene- grin promise of justice in Constantinople. PORTUGAL. The United States Squadron Off the Coast, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lisson, Oct. 16, 1872. The United States squadron has arrived at Sag- ¢c3, @ small seaport town in the province of Algarves. JAPAN. ——___. Gailroad Commanication Between Yokohama and Jeddo—Imperial Inauguration of the Transit. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 16, 1872, A telegraph report from the Far East, to hand in this city, announces that the railway between Yokohama and Jeddo, Japan, has been formally Dpened by the Mikado. TRON ROLLING MILLS DESTROYED. CrNoINNATI, Oct. 16, 1872, The Vulcan Rolling Mills, situated in the Twenty- ‘Irst ward, opposite Eighth street and west of Mill Dreek, were totally destroyed by fire about one o'clock this morning, The flames were first seen ‘suing (rom a one-story frame building, occupied 4$8agrocery by aman named Wert, contiguous to the mills. They spread with marvellous rapidity, 4nd before an alarm could be sounded the store, Pe, to and vi —— of George Lambert an Mason, w' ry of John Davidson, were a The saloons and the dairy were fimi frame structures of two Stories, fronting on Eva strect. The loss on the milis is estimated at loss on 75,000, without a dollar of insurance, The ihe oth property is about five thousand two hun- GOLDSMITH MAID VS. OCCIDENT.” FROUDE. The Great Trotting Contest |The Great English Historian On the in California. Goldsmith Maid Wins the $7,500 Purse—Charges of Foul Driving and a Quarrel—Foff, the Driver of Ovcident, Arrested—The Contest a Great Disappoint- ment to the Spectators. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 16, 1872. The race between Goldsmith Maid and Occiaent at the Agricultural Park course this afternoon drew ‘@ crowd Of 10,000 people, among them being many of the leading citizens of the State. The race was fora purse of $10,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Goldsmith Maid hasa noble record, and of course is well known throughout the country. Occident is a sorrel gelding, about nine years of age, who served fora TIME IN A VEGETABLE WAGON, and was unknown to the public un‘il purchased by ex-Governor Leland Stanford, President of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and trained by James Eoff, a well-known horse man, The Maid was the favorite from the outset, $100 being freely svaked on her against $55 on Occident. Both horses seemed IN EXORLLENT TRIM this morning. The track was in splendid condt- tion, and the weather being warm and pleasant a lively contest was expected. This was the drat Trace for Occident, and no one could anticipate his action, His speeding tests this morning were satisfactory, and it was believed that he would do himself justice in the race. First Heat.—Occident drew the pole and the horses commenced scoring at hali-past two. Nine false starts were made. In the scoring Budd Doble always came up in front, Eoff holding Occident back. Eoff was fined $160 for refusing to obey the orders of the judges. After another false start the horses finally got off on the eleventh score, at half-past three o'clock. Oocident showed a length ahead to the first quarter (time, Sis sec- onds) ; opened a gap of daylight at the half-mile (time, bhi a but when approaching the three- quarter pole the Maid collared the horse and him. Coming down the home- stretol she pulled ahead, Dobie laying on the whip, and Maid passed the line three lengths ahead. Time, 2:20; dent's time, 2:21%. Oc- cident behaved splendidly, and was not fretted by the scoring. Neither of the horses showed signs of bs ie. ident has still many friends in the ing. “second Heat.—The betting was about tne same as at the commencement, two to one in favor of the Maid. Both horses came up fresh and got off at the first score. The Maid had the pole and drew out daylight at the quarter pole in thirty-four and @ halfseconds. The Maid increased the distance to two lengths at the half-mile, passing it in 1:08. There was no change in position to the home- stretch, when the id drew ahead and again assed under the string twenty yards in advance, ‘ime, 2:20. Third Heat.—Both got off at the first score, Occident made a spurt and took a lead of three lengths to the first quarter in thirty-four and three-quarter seconds. The Maid gained slightly, and before the half-mile was reached in 1:09%, she was closing the gap. In the third quarter Occi- dent broke bad a and the Maid passed him ten lengths before Occident regained his feet. The Maid then easily took the heat in 2:22, beating Occident by nevrly three-quarters of a distance. CHARGE OF FOUL DRIVING AND A QUARRRL, Budd Doble, driver of the Maid, charged Eoff with running into the mare before reaching the first Kee! and says that Eoff ran the wheel of sulky against his shaft and then over the foot of the Maid. The latter's foot is my fort scratched, but not damaged to any extent. She will probably be lame for a couple of weeks. This action on the part of Eoff is general condemned. After the race Eoff quarrelled wit! Jackman, the driver of the Maid’s mate, and struck him, and was promptly arrested. The quar- rel grew out of Eoff’s action. The result of tne race isa great disappointment to the people here, but it was not unexpected, Governor Stanford, the owner of Occident, stated publicly this morning before the race that his horse was either SICK OR TAMPERED WITH last night, but his assertion is not gencrally credited. The time surprised every one, especially oe sporting fraternity, who bet heavily on 2:16 and 2:17. Occident trots against Lucy in San Francisco next Wednesday. THE| BETTING. Poools sold in the morning—the Maid for $50 and Occident for $25; 2:16 was the favorite time, but the betting was dull, At one o'clock, when several thousand spectators were in the enclosure, the Pools sold—the Maid at $100 and Occident at $60— slowly. At two P. M., when tne horses were walk- ing to and fro, the Maid brought $25 and Ucci- dent $13. SUMMARY. UNION CouRSF, SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct 16, 1872.— Purse $7,500, offered by the Bay District Agricul- tural Association; mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Rudd Doble’s b. m. Goldsmith Maid. 111i J. L. Eof's b. g. Occident........... 222 TIME. Mile, 220% 2:20% 2:22 MR. SEWARD’S WILL. petanisies aca ee The Will of the Lamented Statesman Opened Yesterday—All His Property Bequeathed to His Three Sons and His Adopted Daughter. Ausurs, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1872. The will of the late William H. Seward was opened by his family to-day. It isa clear, succinct document, singularly free from legal technicalities, written entirely in his own hand. He bequeaths his late home at Auburn, with all its contents and pleasant surroundi: to his three sons, by one or more of whom it will doubtless be occupied and preserved intact, as far as possible, in its present condition. His other property, consisting in of securities, but eae of real estate in Auburn and this locality, he divides into four equal shares among his sons, Augustus, Frederick and William, id his adopted daughter, Olive Risley Seward, the last two named being deputed to execute this rovision of the instrument. No other legacies or juests are made. e pee, has not yet been appraised and it is impossible to say precisely what it amounts to. Estimates vary, but it will probably be not far from two hundred thousand dollars. SOUTH OAROLINA. The Electiqn Yesterday—Moses, the Re; lar Republican Candidate, Probably Elected by Thirty Thousand Majority. CoLumsra, Oct. 16, 1872, The election to-day has been the most quiet ever held in the State. General F. Moses, the regular republican nominee, is probably elected Governor by 30,000 majority. No disturbances of importance are reported. There was a cutting ps between two waiters at a hotel, arising from political ditferences, in which one of the combatants had an eye cut out, The only decided opposition offered by the demo- crats was in the Fourth district, where B. Perry, ex-Provisional Governor, under Johnson’s admin- istration, was nominated for Congress. It is thought that he is elected, defeating Wallace, the present representative. CHARLESTON, Oct. 16, 1872. Everything passed off exceedingly quiet at the elections to-day. No conclusive returns are in, but the probabilities are that Moses ana the regular republican ticket are elected by a large majority. IRISH CATHOLIO BENEVOLENT UNION. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 1872. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of the United States met in this city to-day, for the purpose of adopting rules looking to the more perfect organ- ization of the society and widening the sphere of its usefuiness. The first principle of this society ts charity in its widest signification, and with this as a guiding star they ask the united aid of all the Gatholtes in this country, But sixty delegat attended the meeting last year, while the meeti: this year bronght 3 The greater part of to-da} was spent in visiting places of public interest an in the transaction of business of a routine nature. The following are the officers of the society :—Presi dent, Dennis Dwyer, Ohio; VicejPresidents, Willia MeNerhanny, of Wasnington, D. C., and Patrick Bannon, Louisville, Ky.; Secretary, Martin J. Griftin, Phjladelphia, and Treasurer, Rev. James Henry, of St. Louis. ‘The delegates attended a ene, concert: this evening given by the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute, An address of welcome was de- livered by J, Darros O'Brian, which was responded to by M. W, Hogan, of Sv. Louis, and the Rev, Father Rooney, of Louisville. Over two hundred delegates have already arrived and others are expected. The Receiver of Taxes gives public notice that the tax books of real estate will be opened for re- fae hed payments at his ofice, on Monday. the 2ist ve Norman Conquest of Ireland. Seven Hundred Years of Cel- tic History. A Calm Review of the Causes of Trish Subjection. “ENTIRELY THEIR OWN FAULT.” Mr. James Anthony Froude last evening delivered at Association Hall the first of his series of lectures on Irish history before a strikingly intellectual and refined audience, and, in spite of a delivery which, to American ears, is by no means pleasing, he was listened to with close and uninterrupted attention. Mr. Froude has the “rising and falling” inflection which seems a characteristic of all English orators, and now and then the regular flow of his verbal cadences had a perceptibly soporific effect upon a part of his hearers, The interest of the. matter of his lecture, however, redeemed it from ali taint of dulnegs to those who were mentally strong enough to rise superior to the vices of style by which its de- livery was marred. Mr, Froude waa but rarely applauded, but there was, on the other hand, not the faintest murmur of dissent, although some of his opinions must have been by no means palatable either to Englishmen or Irishmen. The lecturer was introduced by the Rev. Dr. Crosby in a few appropriate words, and opened his lecture by referring to a letter written seventy odd years ago by an American ambassador—Mr. Rufus King—to an English Minister, which requested the latter to induce His Majesty George the Third to interpose and prevent the emigration to America of seventy Irish gentlemen who had been concerned in the rebellion of 1798 These seventy Irishmen—so wrote Mr. King—were Plainly infected with the detestable principles of the first French revolution, and could not fail to exert a baneful influence in a land where, as in America, the language was the same as their own. Mr. Froude used this incident to show that if an American could pass so harsh a judgment upon Irish rebels some apology might be justly claimed for the wrongs of which England had been guilty to the Emerald Isle. At the present day there were probably in America more Irishmen and men of Irish extraction than there were in Ireland, and America, therefore, had a direct in- terest in Irish politics. He had not come across the Atlantic to talk commonplaces about Englisn tyranny or Irish anarchy, but to appeal to America to judge between England and Ireland, as the com- mon friend of both. It was admitted that to-day, at least, two-thirds of the Irish people demanded separation, immediate and absolute, from England. It stood confessed that with all their (English) efforts they had neither made the irish friends nor broken their spirit. England forgot, but the Irish did not forget. When the English had left Ireland and troubled Irishmen no more—if that should ever be—they would perhaps be willing to interchange civilities with them and to take English money, if English- men were pleased to lend it to them, If irishmen could lift their anchorage and float out into the middie of the Atlantic, he did not think Englishmen would have any right to object, though to have to part with a bril- liant and enlightened race, who had for many centuries shared in English greatness, would be 8 disgrace to English statesmanship. But, unhap- pily, Ireland was no Laputa, or flying island, and philosophers had not yet discovered how to uproot the soil; and so tong as England remained a great Power, with fleets and armies and an Indian Em- pire and many colonies, and with national inter- ests in every corner of the world, she could not let go her hold upon an island lying close by her side and accept the risk of a hostile State standing between her and the At tic. England could not commit political suicide, and until Eng- land was beaten on her knees the inhabitants of Ireland must share the fortunes of the stronger country. Ifthe Irish race refused to be reconciled with Englishmen they must continue as they were now, each a thorn in the other's side, or the Irish must find another home, or they must fight for their independence and win it for themselves. And though as an Englishman, in such a contest, he would side with his own countrymen, he, for one, when the work was completed, ‘would welcome them gladly into the great family of na- tions. But political freedom was too precious a jewel to be lightly earned. It was not to insubor- dination and mutiny, it was not to eloquent ora- tory or newspaper articles, it was not to sectional agitation or hustings speeches or even votes, that the fates awarded the crown of national indepen- dence. That crown was the reward only ofa persistent determination to be free—a deter- mination which flinched at no _ danger, which hesitated at no sacrifices of personal interest, which expressed itself in deeds as well as in words. To win independence men must first learn to obey and to count themselves as dust beside their country’s cause; they must forget their quar- rels jong each other and fuse themselves into one harmonious whole, with a common heart and a common purpose. li he were to sum up the secret of Ireland’s misfortune he would say it lay in this—that while from the first she had resisted England, complained of England, ay Sag to heaven and earth against the wrongs which England had inflicted upon her, she had al- invited others to help her and bad never made an eifective fight herself for her own rights. A nation which unfiinchingly, with a single heart and mind, retused to yield to the invader possessed already the constituent elements of independence, No violence could permanently bind such a nation. and when she had shaken of her oppressor she could take charge of her own destiny. Mr. Froude then described the di Tesistance offered by Scotland and Ireland to the English invaders, and showed that in the former case the Scotch had ket stood shoulder to shoul- der, @ compact, patriotic mass, never resting a moment while the foot of the foe was on their soil, while in the jatter the Irish had fallen an easy prey to the oppressor, because they had been divided among themselves. At Bannockburn the Scotch repelled 40,000 Englishmen, while for years Ireland had been held by an English force of not more than 1,500 men. A Douglas ora Camp- bell cared more for his country than himself; an O'Donnell or an O'Neill was always ready to espouse the cause of the Englisn, if the English would aid him to help himself toa slice of his neighbor's land. It was an Irishman who, when reproached with selling his country, thanked God he had a country to sell. No people had more talk of patriotism on their lips than the Irish; no peo- ple, when it came to action, allowea performance to lag so miserably behind their professions. Who did not know that if accident set Ireland free to-morrow the first Lind after the declaration of independence would be a declaration of civil war? Who did not know that if Ireland broke into rebellion to-mor- row half Ireland would be found fighting on the English side? If ever a time should come when all ranks, all classes, all religious sects in Ireland should unite to demand the liberty of their coun- try, and ifthey were prepared to become a free nation or to die, no earthly power could prevent them from accomplishing their purpose, Six millions of people on thelr own soil could not be chained by force, and the public opinion of mankind would not, in this rmit them to be destroyed. And until they are thus united the independence they desire would be a curse, and not a blessing, them, England to-day had but one wish for Ireland—that e should share her prosperity to the very utmost; \d whatever measures of impartial justice lrelan should demand no English Parliament at this time would venture to deny. Mr. Froude wont on to hat to-day the solution of the future of he believed, rested with Ame- ~% and = he appealed to American ublic opinion to weigh both sides and render a just verdict, That verdict could not be resisted by nl. And he believed, further, that when the voice of America told the frisnman that, short of independence, justice had been done him and that he had no grievance, he would be satisfied. The common impression about tie Irishman, that he was thriftiess and incorrigibly insubordinate, was practically reiuted by the Irishman as he was in America. Tne Irishman in his own country re- quired to be ruled, but to be ruled like ali other men, by wise aud just laws. A movement in this direction had already been begun, The Land law of Mr. Gladstore was the most rignteous measure that had ever marked the course of Eng- lish legisiation jor Ireland. It should be remem- bered, however, that in redressing Irish griev- ances the very fact of the advanced stage to which English civilization had reached, itself stood to some extent in the way. He did not know how it was on this side of the Atlantic, but on his free con- stitutions had # tendency to throw rather too much wer into the hands of the rich, and thus vested interests, which in Ireland sometimes meant vested injustice, received rather too much attention and consideration, Besides, rich men, thus powerftl, showed a tendency to think that everything as it was was as well as it could be, aod it needed great efforts to persuade them that the world ‘Deeded bettering, especially when they Were invited t el tion from Ireland of 08 Ulster North of Ireland, who, like the the: had been driven from was not amon; who, like Mr. Gludstone, thought all Ireland’s troubles sprung from the upas tree of Protestant ascenden: ut, On the contrary, believed that matters would not be mended now by handing Ireland over into the hands of the oar Bronde then be aking to th q le then began speaking to the subject of his last eveni! Conquest of Ireland.” He said that the era pre- ceding the Norman conquest was generally re- garded as the golden age of Ireland, when the isl- and was as happy as it was good. Undisturbed by stran, the people were sompeens to have then lived in peate and plenty, under the mild sway of pa al chiefs, Their days were in un- roken contentment and enjoyment, and their saints presided over the pastoral scene. This peace- fulness was, however, pay, mythic, They then had no foreign enemies, but they fought handsomely among themselves, Their earlier chronicles were full of accounts of local wars, Their religion, how- ever, was of avery real and tangible character. Thetr saints, according to the Welsh historian, Giraldus, were at least amply sufficient for the prot lon of the churches to which they gave their names, inasmuch as they showed a re- markable faculty for cursing, ana as their curses were generally fulfilled they managed to make themselves thoroughly respected. But let it be re- membered, that this early civilization was one in which, if they excepted a tew Crslopean churches and round towers, there was not a single stone building in the land. The people lived in walled huts or burrowed, like rabbits, unde: und, He had himself unearthed one of these primitive dwellings, and had found on its earthen floor some mussel shells and bones, the relics of the last dinner that had been eaten in it. This showed conclusively the rude character of the existence led by the happy people of this early golden age of Ireland, about which so much had been said and sung; though, notwithstanding all this, he was open to believe that Ireland of the eighth century may possibly have had Teeny ot the cl 8 ascribed to it by ideal regrets. But two centuries before the coming of the Normans Irishmen had fallen alreaay a prey to the sea kings of the Baltic—mere heathens, who held the simple creed that the good things of this world belonged to those who were strong enough to take them, These Danes soon established them- selves along the coast, and fortified the harbors and founded cities—ai the rest Dublin and Waterford and Limerick. They also introduced mechanical industry, and were the first to teach the Irish the settled life of cities. Mr. Froude then proseedat to depict in vivid colors the ever-darken- ing story of Irish anarehy during the two centuries immediate! preceding the Norman Redes concluding by saying that the ferocity of the Danes begat even a wilder ferocity in their victims until the Irish had become little better than the red Indians of the American wil ess. To illustrate his point he read a dre: a chronicle of murders and massacres Petre trated in the year of grace 1160 and said that if this were multiplied by two hundred we had the state of Ireland under home rule for a couple of centuries before the Norman conquest. No learning, no culti- vation, no industry of any kind, a scanty and scattered population, living on the flesh of the wild cattle that roamed through the woods—this was then the state of the Irish people, as it was shown, not alone by Welshmen and by Englisnmen, but by their own chroniclers, who all told the same story and showed the same unconsciousness that any- thing else was to be expected or even desired. In such @ state of things a policeman was sadly needed and the policeman duly appeared, sent by the shepherd whose special duty it was to take care of all Christian focks—the Pope. The Pope in these days represented the conscience and the reason of the intelligent part of mankind. He had his agents all over Christendom, and through the re- ligious orders he was better informed of what was going on than any other living authority; and ‘when things were going especially ill, as in Ireland, he judged it his duty to interfere. And the Pope hi instruments ready made to his hand. The Normans had established themselves in France two centuries and a half before and had shown a re- markable aptitude for order and for organization, and became a nation of police, whose mission it Was to compel obedience to the laws of God and holy Church as they were then understood. Mr, Froude then showed that different as it was in its underlying principles to our modern theories of a justly governed society, the feudal system was in that early age rhaps the most eilicient means that could have been found to rescue Europe from anarchy, The Normans also for the first time made the Irish subjects of the See of Rol which for some unknown reason claimed capectal Jurisdiction over all islands, Mr. Froude then proceeded to show the difference in the char- acter of the ee, TE of England and of Ireiand _b; the Normans. In the former country they tri- umphed not because the people fallen into a state of anarchy, but had disintegrated—the indi- vidual instinct had overpowered the sense of patri- otism and nationality. They therefore, as they became absorbed by the Saxons, gained the Saxon love of personal treedom and of material prosperity, while giving him their own preee respect for law and genius for organization. They thus made the Englishman as he is to-day, and as he is known to history. But in Ireland the Norman leaven was smaller to begin with, and it soon lostivs distinctive character and became Irish, though of a flercer, seronger, more ferociows type than the Irish as they had found them. Thus gradually the island aga in fell into utter anarchy until in the time of fenry the Seventh it had become the most pitiably distracted country in Christendom, wholly given up to hate and anger and bloodshed. Mr. Froude concluded his lecture by reading some extracts from a commissioner appointed Ie Henry the Sev- enth to report upon the affairs of the island, and which were gloomy enough to fully illustrate his assertion. Mr. Froude was greeted as he closed witha hearty Tound of applause, ELI PERKINS’ LECTURE. Mr. M.D, Landon, “Eli Perkins,” lectures at As- sociation Hall thisevening. His subject is, “Defence of the Heathen ;” but the particular heathen who are to be defended or the value of the defence can only be learned from the lecturer himself, LOTTIE STANTON. Dying tement of the Woman to Coroner Young—History of the Mur- derous Brawl. Captain Byrnes, of the Fifteenth precinct, be- coming fearful that Mrs. Stanton, the woman whom it is alleged was struck on the head by Joseph Dempsey on Friday last, was going to ex- pire last night, he sent to Coroner Young, who arrived at the house, 18 West Thirteenth street at @ quarter past eleven o'clock last night, and, after two hours’ patient labor, succeeded in obtaining the following statement :— Iam twenty-one years old. My name is Lottie Stanton. I believe I am about to die. I have no hopes ot recovery, On Friday morning, between two and three o'clock, Daniel Bernstein, Joseph Dempsey and a man named Jones came into this house, They went irs and had wine. aiso. went up FA sir said ted tea money, as I wanted to close the house. Mr. Bernscein paid tor two bottles of wine. Mr. Dempsey owed for one botile of wine which Mr. Bernstein told ‘him to pay for, a8 he owed it. Mr. Dempsey refused to do ‘so, At that time Mr. in , Dempsey took some of Mr. Bernstein's garments and went down stairs with them. I went down after him, and he paid me for the wine with money which he took out of Bernstein's pocket, but he was ‘aispleased because I asked, him for it. Mr. Jones had been in bed, too, and he also came down stairs. Some one then’ took Bern- stein’s clothes up to him and he came down, Lasked Mr. Jones to settle his vill, and he said he would not. Tasked Mr. Bernstein and Mr. Dempsey why they x did’ not settle tor their friend. They e Was no friend of theirs; that he ran himseif in on them atthe races. I asked Mr. Jones a) to setile, and he told me he would not. . Nellie Morton said it he would not. pay she wo have the worth of it out of his hat. He replied “You touch my hatand Pil smash your face.” Betore she had time to say anything more Jones struck her on the head with his fet. ‘Sh : e then grabbed his nat and jumped into it, Dempsey then ran at her and slapped her. I mterfered and Dempsey hit me on the tace with his fst. Jones picked up an ottoman and threw itatine. It was an ottoman with @ wooden frame and brass castors. It did not hit me, because I caught it. Whem Dempsey saw that it did not hit me he caught up the piano stool, wht as an iron one, say- ing, “You worthiess thing, etiam od against you, and now I'll have 1t out.” He took the piano stool in both hands and struck me with it on the leit side of the head, which knocked me down on the floor. He then kicked me twice on the head until I became senseless. Iam too weak to write my name. Her LOTTEB STANTON, = ORDER OF AMERICAN MEGHANIOS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct, 16, 1872. The State Council of the Pennsylvania Order of United American Mechanics met this morning. A number of new members were admitted. The State Councillor was instructed to telegraph the greetings of the State Council to the State Council of New Jersey. now in session et Trenton. The reports of the Secretary and the Finance Commit- tee were considered and adopted. The reports of of the Special Committee on Councillor and Board of Officers were disposed of as follows:—A resolu- tion rs Of their oficial acts was adopted, The decisions on law and order during the past year by the State Councillor were approved. e recommendation of the State Councillor as to having a digest of the laws of the Order bay ared was the Board ed of, A recommendation of increase the salary of the Secretary of wee NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1872.-TRIPLK. SHEET. WASHINGTON. OUR MEXICAN BORDER DIFFICULTY. The Rio Grande Commission’s Report Foreshadowed. A RIVAL MEXICAN COMMISSION. Their Compromise Proposi- tions for Settlement. THE DEAN RICHMOND AND METIS DISASTERS. Secretary Boutwell and the Un- hatched Senatorial Egg. Attorney General Williams Re- ported Ready to Resign. WASHINGTON, Oct, 16, 1872. The Rio Grande Commission’s Report— A Mexican Commission at the Same Work—Their Proposition—An Internal Progressive Policy=The Old Mexican Claims Commission. The American Commission, appointed last Win- ter under an act of Congress to investigate the causes of the disturbances on the Rio Grande, although not yet having made an official report, have verbally intimated that the truth of the dis- orders on the Texan frontier has not yet been half told, and that Mexico in every instance is not only culpable but that she is really the aggressor. It 1s said that before our Commission: had fairly reached Brownsville the Mexican Congress was in- duced to pass an act also creating a Commission to investigate the-alleged disorders, This Commission was appointed from the shrewdest lawyers, and in- structed to collate information on these outrages from a purely Mexican standpoint. It has made its report to the Mexican State Department, and this report is as completely antagonistic to the one foreshadowed here as language is capable of ex- pressing. The Mexicans take the ground that the troubles along the frontier arise simply from an unorganized condition. of soc®@ty which acknowl- edges no legal or social obligations. This report even goes further. It shows that the freebooters are not confined to nationalities, but that maraud- ing expeditions into either territory are frequently made which have both Mexican and American lead- ers. One feature of the Mexican report is the charge that our Commission was bribed and intimi- dated from the outset, and that tt is interested in making out @ case against the Mexicans, The Mexicans do not propose to be browbeaten by a larger Power, nor to be intimidated into consider- ing any bill of damages the consideration for which does not appear. Any sacrifice will be made, consistent with national honor, to keep on friendly relations with our government, but the temper of the Mexican people is said to be such that nothing will be tolerated beyond this. ‘The Mexican Minister is charged with a compro- mise on this border difficulty. He is empowered to promote a special convention to pass upon this Matter, the convention to be composed of a joint commission to collate testimony and ultimately to pass upon the questions in dispute. It may be stated that this solution, being mentioned to several members of the administration, has not been unfavorably received. In this connection it is also stated that the Mexican Minister is charged with other considerations. Mexico is beginning to have a com- mercial ambition, and is indulging in a dream of imternal improvements. Under the charge of Gene- ral Rosencrans and other American engineers, a grand continental railway has been projected to run from the Rio Grande to the city of Mexico and thence to the Pacific Ocean, terminating at the port of San Blas. This railroad has had a large subsidy voted by the Mexican Congress, in lands and bonds, afver the manner of our Pacific railways, and M. Mariscal is to endeavor to negotiate a loan in New York to help build the road. The Mexican Legation also have their own ex- planation of the dificulties in the Mixed Claims Commission. It is denied that there is any trouble other than of a personal nature between the Com- missioners, Guzman was recalled, not because of any dissatisfaction felt with him by his own govern- ment, but because it was believed that his recall would facilitate the amicab!e progress of business. It was officially announced to-day that nis succes- sor has already been appointed in the person of Jos¢ Mana Iglesias, Acting Minister of Justice at tbe Mexican capital, and one of the most talented jurists of the Republic, The Report on the Accident to the Steamer Dean Richmond. Supervising Inspector General Nimmo, having carefully examined the report and evidence as to the recent bursting of a flue of one of the boilers of the steamer Dean Richmond, presented the same to the Secretary of the Treasury to-day. The in- vestigation was conducted by Increase 8, Hill, In- spector of Boilers at Boston, and Mr. Joseph Mer- shon, Inspector of Hulls at Philadelphia, The damage done was sight. The fracture made in the boiler was only six inches long and half an inch wide in the middle, tapering at each end to a mere crack. The conduct of the officers is highly commended. The freight and joiner work in the immediate vicinity of the boiler were ignited by unconsumed gases which rushed through the crevices of the furnace doors; but the fire was extinguished in about five minutes by a prompt use of the fire apparatus, which were in per- fect order. Two passing boats were h¢iled by the captain at once, and in order to prevent the possi- bility of danger the boat was at once run ashore. The responsibility of the accident rests entirely with the superintendent and managers of the line. The Dean Richmond was an extra boat, and Was brought out on the evening of the accident, after having been laid up for two months. She was also laid up from December, 1871, to the opening of navigation last Spring. The steamer was last inspected November 9, 1871. During the two periods in which she was laid up her boilers were badly corroded. It is a well-known fact that boilers decay much more rapidly when not in use than when under pressure of steam daily. Knowing this fact, the mAanagers are blamed for not having her inspected prior to the day when she was last brought out. The Investigating Board believe that the hydrostatic test would surely have developed the weak spot. Since the accident the in- spectors at Albany have subjected the boilers to & pressyre of forty-five pounds, but the Investigat- ing Board think that in consequence of their age and bad usage thev should be allowed to carry but twenty pounds of steam. The Secretary of the Treasury has, therefore, directed that the working pressure allowed to be carried shall not exceed twenty pounds, and that hereafter the boilers shall be tested at least once in six months. This is deemed necessary in order to secure beyond hazard the lives of the passengers. ‘The Metis Disaster Investigation. The report of the investigation into the cause of the disaster to the steamer Metis, made by Elisha P. Beckwith, local Inspector of Hulls; P. B. Hovey, local Inspector of Boilers, for the District of New London, and L. H. Boole, inspector of the District of New York, conciudes as follows :— In view of the facts presented to us in tlsis testi- mony as we have carefully considered tham, pain- ful a8 it is to us, we feel it our duty to revoke the licenses of Charles L. Burton, master, Abraham Torrey, first pilot, and William Palmer, sec- ond pilot; the second pilot for, carelessness in the discharge of his duty,,“in not tak- ing proper means to avoid the/ collision; the first pilot for careiessnes in not taking roper means for ascertaining the extent of the Ht done tot! ‘gamer Wen he waa speci Stloere “and Joe, u sigleacy, ile. by his superior t the clearing away and towering of the boats; and the master for general tnefictency in his manage- ment after the col and the total absence of ized plan for rescue of the u- ra Ay leaving on todo for themselves without advice or counsel until it was too late and be- yond his power wo tender them any assist ance. We also feel it our gg 4 to suspend for six months the license of W. H. Baker as chief mate, for leaving his boat to the care of a deck hand when those in the boat were in great need of his assistance. In this connection we must add that had all the requirements of the law been complied with in reference to the training of the crew of thia steamer, as provided by the rules of the Station bill, which every master bound by hia oath to carry out, we ik this unpleasant duty would have Seen spared us, The object of the investigation by oMcers of the dif- ferent loca districts was to secure an impartial re- ort; but as it appears by the law that local boards Only can revoke or suspend licenses the Secretary of the Treasury to-day issued an order to the locat board at New London to investigate the conduct of the license oMcers of the Metis for the purpose of ascertaining whether they were guilty of neglect of duty, and to take proper action in the premises. Attorney General William» Reported Kntention to Retire from the Cabinet The New Alabma Claims Commia- sion. It is reported that Attorney General Williams in- tends to retire from the Cabinet after the election, and that he will be succeeded by General Bristow, of Kentucky, the present Solicitor General. Should his intention be carried out there is no doubt thas Judge Williams wili be asked to serve as President of the Commission ‘for the adjudication of the Alabama claims that Congress is expected ta establish at ite coming session, and of which, according to present designs, Mr. Bancroft Davis, lately agent at Geneva,.is also to be amember, A desire to enter into professional engagements is assigned as the cause of the intended retinquisn- ment of his office by the Attorney General. Secretary Boutwell and the Massachu- setts Senatorship—rhe Five Per Cent Loan. Secretary Boutwell’s friends are confident of his election to the Senate asthe successor of Mr. Wil- son, but. give out that he will not withdraw from the Treasury until obliged to take his seat, inDecem- ber of next year. He wishes to renew his efforta to negotiate the remaining $300,000,000 of the five per cent funding loan, and will bring the subject before Congress,.as will Treasurer Spinner in bia forthcoming report. . The Claim of Mrs. Anna Fitzhugh. ‘The claim of Mrs. Anna Fitzhugh, a member of the Washington and Lee families, of Virginia, for $375,000 worth of wood, alleged to have been cut on her farm for the use of the troops quartered im and. about Washington during the war, came up before the Southern Claims Commission to-day, and after a partial hearing was continued in conse- quence of the absence of the claimant and the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, one of the witnesses to her loyalty. The Commissioners intimated to the coun- sel for the claimant that on the future hearing they might produce evidence in behalf of the govern- ment adverse to the claim. French Discriminating Duties.. The Bureau of Statistics has received a circular issued the French Director of Customs, from which it appears that goods imported by foreign vessels, except those coming from French colonies, are subject to an additional flag duty of fourteen and a quarter cents per 100 kilograms for importa- tions {rom countries of Europe or on the Mediter* ranean Sea, and of twenty-eight and one-half cents for importations from countries outside of Europe, west of the Cape of Good Hope, or east. of Cape Horn, and thirty-eight ceats from coun- tries beyond the Capes, The Washington Season—The. Lobbyista Drilling. There is every prospect that Washington will be: thronged with visitors this Winter. Already the best rooms in the city are engaged and an army of lobbyists is expected here to commence their work at the beginning of the coming session. Burnett's Mi ture Tollets.—Elegant. 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