The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1872, Page 3

te CURSE 0° CROMWELL,” Vectare by Father Burke on Ireland Under Cromwell at the Academy of Music. “MR. FROUDE’S GARDEN.” ee ‘The Uprising of the Irish at the Rebellion of 1641—The Theories of Mr. Froude Contro- verted—Recital of the Persecutions of the Irish During the Robellion. ‘The Academy of Music was crowded in every part ast evening by an attentive audience to listen to ‘She third lecture of the Rev. Father Burke, in reply to the recent lectures of Mr. Fronde. The snbject was, “Ireland under Cromwell,” and was treated, as will be seen below in the following outline, very exhaustively. The boxes and the dress circle were largely occupied by ladies, and the demonstrations of applause at the patriotic sentiments of the reverend lecturer were of a very enthuslastic eharacter. The lecture was longer than those pre- ‘viously delivered, but was listened to with an earnest and devoted ai Vather Burke said that he approached Jast night, am the answer to Mr. Froude, a terrible period in 4reland’s history—a period that he regretted any irishman should have to turn his thought upon. Mr. Froude said that the rebellion of 1041 began in samarchy and ended in ruin; that for nine years Ireland was held by the Irish, and that they were the saddest perio’ in her history. I refute these propositions and say that the movement of 1641 was not a rebellion; that if it did begin in disaster it did not end in ruin; that the Irish did not have these nine years in their hands; that they Gid not begin in anarchy, but in cisaster, and did notendin ruin, When Charles I. came to the throne 2 new spirit had risen up in Scotland and England. Im Scotland there was Calvanism in its most repellent aspect. oa THE SCOTCH FOUGHT vravely {oF their religion, and they augcecded in establishing it. ‘The Chirch ‘of England ‘admitted to the Church members who were strongly tinged with Scetch Calvinism, and trouble arose between she King and his people. The Catholics of Ireland thought they could obtain some assistance from the King under such circumstances, If they declared ‘their loyalty. All that the trish wanted was per- mission to live in their own land and to worship God according to their own cmsciendes. (Laugh- ter.) No sooner does the newly-found Puritan cle- ment discover that the slightest relaxation was granted to the Catholics of Ireland than they de- mand its revocal. This, to the eternal disgrace of Charles, was done after the Irish had sent to him no Jesa than $120,000. Falkland was recalled, and the Ear) of Strafford was sent, as he asstred them that @hasles intended to keep his word. “hen came the a for money, and the rh Parliament #ubsidies of £50,000 cach. She Parliament Strafford ‘fixed mpat hie memory disgrace of disappvinting the icon: He introduced the Com- ‘1 Defective Titles, which CONNAUGET rT, confiscated the former to the land, fer having previously been Was yooted out the na- doomed to starva- 4 ir} led ono fine jail. ‘This was the way Irolan this 18 the kind of rule the 1d y ‘was xi English carries to America and asks the American to by their verdict make them- welves accomplices of these rob! » (Immense cheering. irke ¢: ied how it was that the Irish ari sy became Protestants. For five hundred years before this, he said, there was [an @ drop of Protestant blood in the aristocracy of id. In the 3, 1640. ’s head was cut 3 and he woul @strange Irishman who would (Loud laughter.) In the meantime the ople rose against their King. They got something and achieved the purposes for which they rebelled, and the Irish Catholics were ground into the dust. The Irish, finding that the King was not free, said, “Let us arise in the name of the King aud assert our rights.” On the 23d of October, 1641, there came THE GREAT RISING of the Irish people. The lecturer then read the six reasons given by Castleradan, the Englishman, for this riring. It was the contempt of Irishmen by Englishmen tuat was the cause of the hatred ex- isting then as now. This, he said, he had said in each of his preceding lectures, and he proposed to prove it in this. Were not any one of these reasons a suiticient cause for rising, and would it not have Wade the Irish the meanest of mankind if they had not seized the occasion? (Cheers.) There was an- other reason for the revolt. Charles had the weakness to leave at the head of — the government Farley and Parsons, They were bitter Puritans and guardians of the Btate, and lent themseives to promote this revo- lution. They desired the King’s 0: lirow. ‘They were guardians of the State, and th tice of the advisements of the King that the Irish people intended to rise. Moreover the Irish knew hat their countrymen were carning distinction in the battle fields of France, Austria and Spain. They therefore rose in Octob 3, 1641, and what was the first thing they did; according to Mr. Froude, it was to massacre all THE PROTESTANTS. Thank God this is not the fact. (Cheering.) A sere was issued by their leader as the rst thing, in which it was distinctly ordered that there should be no shedding of blood. I will rove it from Protestant authority. (Applause.) ‘here was a taking of the cattle and property of the Protestants, but if they did they were only taking back their own. (Cheers.) The massacre pepe at Carrickfergus, where a number of Eng- lish and Scotch Puritans were garrisoned. That garrison slaughtered In the dead of night 3,000 un- armed Irish Catholics. How can Mr. Froude say that there were 30,000 Protestants murdered, when the following December a commission was issued to make diligent inquiry as to the Protestants who had been killed and plundered, but not one word about murder and massacre? (Lond cheers) Mr. Froude must acknowledge that the massacre was on the part of his countrymen and his fellow reli- jonists. Who can say that the Irish people held eir destinies in their own hands when they had to meet years of warfare? In 1642 the gentle- men of Ireland established THE CONFEDERATION OF KILKENNY. This was to watch over the army and prevent robbery and murder. During the first months most of the gates of the cities of Ireland were ned to the confederacy, and as soon as the gar- ng laid down their arms there was not a man's Afe but was held sacred, This confederacy soon experienced some reverses, and afterwards the army was placed under the charge of a man whom every Irishman ought to know, Sir Charles Coote, The lecturer read trom Clarendon descriptions of y took no no- the exploits of Coote and the cruelties practised — on them the English. In a word, the English committed atrocities which I am ashamed to mention. [am afraid to tell you cne-hundredth part.” (Sensation.) I ask you to contrast with that the conduct of the Irish soldiery, who gave to Cromwell! several hunared prisoners, and Cromwell returned it py parang to death thousands of men, ‘women and children. The lecturer gave instances of succor to the English by Catholic priests, and who were safely guarded to Cork by a guard of the Irish of Cashel. Now, my friends, the war went on with varying success from 1641 to 1649, Then came GLORIOUS NEWS. to Ireland, that the gallant soldier, Owen Rowe O'Neill, had landed, battle was fought on the shores of Benburb, in which the Irish were suc- cessful. Partly through the treachery of Ormond ‘and Freshman the confederacy began to sustain serious pean ant in 1649 wate tava ee cunt i fan yer Cromwell, Mr, Froude te) qhatt Hd Geheral wad 4 gr NY ratitl eye a , aud In ey that if Cromwell's policy ha nu been carried of the grievances of Ireland. ‘Cromwell,”’ said Mr, Froude, “designed the pacification of Ireland.” bagi Says that the design was to exterminate | Trish from Ireland. Vell, the best possible Way Of keeping a mau silent is to cut his throat. qCheers. and laughter.) Does Mr. Froude expect that the intelligent American people will believe that the man who went into Ireland with euch a purpose as this was the friend of the best interests of the Irish people? The words of Mr. Froude sound Aike bitter irony and mockery. Cromwell, said Mr. Froude, did not interfere with the consciences of the eras But Cromwell said, if you mean by liberty Of conscience the hearing of mass and the Saying of a Romish pricst, why, then, the Irish Pariiament will have none of it. But Mr. Froude says you must remember what the mass was (o Cromwell—it was vloodshed all through Europe. Why, Tsay that if Cromwell believed this he would have had more sympathy with the mass, (Cheers.) Mr. Froude says:—‘‘l hold Alva responsible for the bloodshed in the Netherlands.” Tdeny it. Alva shed THE BLOOD OF REDEL If those rebels were Protestants the Catholic Church is not responsible for it. It was the case With the Bartholomew massacre. It was a woman's intrigue, and Rome sung a song, not for the shed- ding of the blood of the Huguenots, but for the safety of the King. The blood that was should not have been speaking to you to-night | i | | but it came too late NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOV way {fom us sectarian Mr. Froude deplores the loa of that blood, “Jt is @ historical question, and 1 to payee says Mr. Froude, “that tole- jus igion. Im thin day of ours we endeavoring put ay Protestantism.” I wish the man’s statement was in accordance trath, I ask you in what times and have the Protestants been in the ascend- have net persecuted the Catholics Icannot find in any country, until that the Protest ve the live when they could take it Tsay this with regret. Iam not priest, but @ monk ; not only @ monk, but diate Marion perssqution, (Cheers, ) I rep seot I. pers, ‘The lecturer detailed the crueities in St. Peter's and at Wexford. Cromwell re- C mene ead wp nis war by saxing 80,000 men and ship} em to the sugar planta- tions at Barbados, In six years’ time such was the cruelty that there were not twenty men le(t, He sent 6,000 gentie Irish bey to Barbados to the same fate, Is this the man the gentlemaniy historian, with olly words, tella us was a great friend to Ireland? (Cheors. After this all the Irisu Catholic land owners were driven across the Shannon into Connaught. The coarse phrase of the Lord General was that they were either to go to hell or go to Connaught. (Laughter.) Hemale a law that no Irishman was to come within four miles of the river Shannon on one side or the sea on the other, We read that great numbers of Eng- lishmen came over, and I don't blame them, The oniy's fair counties of Munster and Leinster were waiting | Uromwell setued his PURITAN TROOPERS upon them, and nevér, according to Mr. Froude, Was a fairer scene than these counties presented filteen years after. I wish this picture, for Ireland's sake, was true. These filteen years must have been begun in 1653. There was peace, but what kind of peace? He made a solitude and catied jt peace, When Oliver Cremwell died what Was the state of Mr. Froude’s garden? (Laughter.) Tveland iny like @ wilderness; five-sixtns of her for them. people were perishing; women and babes were | preyed upon by rulers, had quitted ose men were said to of the ground to Oliver died, in — 1657, Major “Morgan, a Member of the Irisn Parliament, declared that the whole of Ireland was in ruins. ‘The wolves increased in Ireland from the desolated state of the country so much that they came within nine miles of the gates of Dublin. This is my first an- swer to Mr. Froude’s assertion that Ireland was a garden. The priest was also hunted down as well as the wolf, Two pounds were put upon the head of the wolf, and five pounds upon the head of a priest, aud ten pounds upon the head of a bishop and a Jesuit. But then, save Mr. Froude, the law was not put in force, yby, we found Portuguese Jews coming over to HUNT PRIESTS IN IRELAND. Of the 380 priests who were left not one of them was all een to remain unless he became a Protest- Man, desolate have eat, Deast and bird places. Hungry taken corpses out ‘The year before nt, beast who wag to be hunted was ihe toe Who Wave The Wild. band of outlaws who ac! hieved, by fire and sword in their own way, their revenge upon the Cromwellian settlers. The outlaws thirty years afterwards continued to iniest fhe country down to the latter end of the reign of feorge the ‘Third. And this was the garden, (Lang .) Charles the Second, stora- tion, left nearly the whole of Ire! srom- Cro wellian scitlers, who had brought his father to the seaffold, and left unrewarded and degraded the Irish, who had fought loyally for the King. Leland says that at this time the Irish were denied the commonest privileges of justice that were given to criminals. In 1673 the Eng- lish YVarliament demanded the expulsion of all Catholic bishops and priests from Ireland, and allowing no Catholic to remain except by license. My. Froude makes the strange assertion that when the Restoration came the Catholic re- ligion came back with it. The facts did not sup- port this statement. It is perfectly true that a bill of attainder was passed, but it was not passed against Protestants but against all who were in arms against King James. William came to Ireland and opened the campaign in 1690, and Mr, Froude said that THE ARMY OF IRELAND was never better equipped, This was not the fact, and the lecturer quoted authorities to prove it. At the battle of the Boyne Mr. Froude says the Irish did not manifest bravery, and I regret that Mr. Froude should have impugned the bravery of the Irish soldiery. (Loud cheers.) William's army was an army led by a hon; James’ army was an army led byastag. (Cneers.) Father Burke de- scribed the battle and the utter inefficiency of James. ‘The Irish troops, Mr, Froude says, did not make & respectable stand; but these Irish troops were not general led. The Duke of Berwick 1s my authority, and he says that even then the Irish troops’ charged the British troops ten times and dashed against the terrible lines of Wtliam’s veterans, and when they retreated they retreated in good order and under the orders of the commanding officer, Father Burke here de- seribed the steges of Athlone and Limerick. I have for Mr. Proude a sincere esteem and respect. I would ask him to take back the charge of cowardice that has been implied by him to Irishmen, for if it remains it will remain to breed bad biood some day. (Cheers) ‘ely was the Treaty of Limer- ick signed when a French fect entered the Shannon, tor the succor of Ireland. The Lords Justices went back to Dublin with the treaty signed, and Dr. Dopping preached a ser- mon on the sinfulness of keeping your oath with a Papist. The sheriffs and magistrates then dis- ossessed several of His Majesty's subjects, The Lords commissioners received letters from all parts of Ireland complaining of the treatment of the Irish, Now began a time that was most disas- trous to Ireland, The various pains and penalties enacted by the Parliament of William and of Queen Anne were detailed at length by the lecturer. He (the lecturer) would not have lifted this historic veil and compelled him to show his audience the treatinent their fathers had received at the hands of the English. He would rather let bygones be bygones; but let any man—and I would not mind who he was—say an Irishman has shown the white feather, if | were on my dying bed I would rise and contradict it. (Loud and Jong-continaed ap- | plause.) MIGRATION SOCIETY. ROUMANIAN E —_—_—+——_— Preparations to Assist the Expected Colo= nists with Means and Advice—An Ex- ecutive Committee Appointed—The Emigrants En Roate. Subject to a call made by the Executive Com- | mittee of the American Israelites a meeting of Prominent Hebrew gentlemen was held last even- ing in the vestry room of the Thirty-fourth street synagogue, for the purpose of devising means to provide for a large number of Roumanian Israel- ites, now en route to this country. The meeting was called to order by Mr. P. W. Frank, President of the New York Hebrew Benevolent Society, who briefly stated the object of the meeting, upon which Mr. Myer Stern was elected President, Mr. Leo Bamberger Secretary and Messrs. Joseph Selig- man, B. L. Solomon, Lewis May, Moses Strass- burger, ce Hallgarten and David Greenbaum trustees for funds to be collected, A number of LETTERS FROM PROMINENT CORELIGIONISTS outside of New York, expressive of their sympathy with the proposed action of practical relief were read. Among these were missives from Recorder 8. Wolf, of Washington, D. C.; Rev. M. Jastrow, of Wilmington, N. ©., and several others, Mr. M. 8. Isaacs proposed a series of propositions to govern the association, prominent among which was the appointment of an executive committee of uwenty-five, who are to possess full powers to act and administer to the best interest of the organi- zation, Which is entirely in the interest of the Rou- manian emigrants. The PRESIDENT stated that, inasmuch as an idea was prevalent that the entire Jewish population Was about emigrating to this country, and that the AMERICAN ISRAELITES were collecting funds to purchase lands and colo- nize them, he would take this opportunity to re- quest the press—so numerously represented—to rectily this mistake, At a conference of represent- ative Israelites held at Brussels on the 2vth ult. the question of indiscriminate Ciel at by Rou- manian Jews was settled by declaring the same in- ‘vxpedient, Mr. Stern pledges every assistance to emigrants from that country coming to our shores, and this score is for the purpose of helping them along with advice and means if necessary. As individuals these Roumanians are welcome to come and scatter among the population of the United States. In conclusion, he remarked that 150 of the emigrants expected to arrive have already been engaged to help in rebuilding Boston. Mr. Benja- min J. Hart followed Mr. Stern in a similar strain. There are at present some five hundred Rou- manian Jewish emigrants on their way to America, The Vienna Press on the Movement. The following extract from the Neue Freie Presse 6f Vietina, dated at Bucharest, November 5, was read in German by Mr. M. Ellinger, editor of the Jewish Times, The correspondent says :— The proposition for emigration to America has created the wildest joy among the Jewish Popul lon of this lace. While ho settled organization to assist the He- rewa in their emigration scheme has as yet been per- fected, sixty families have nevertheless started on their jon for “the promised land.” They are mostly stur- dy, skilled mechanics, and intelligent When asked one of then whither they are going, he answered, “We intend to pursue our journey until we make our way to America. There we shall be able to earn a living A ol handicraft, and not be subjected to the disgrace and hu- miliation of being. pointed atasa Jew, and at the same time maltreated like dogs.” ‘The enthusiastic emigrants adorned their hats with the American cockade, and on arriving at Giurgewo they were received by their brethren with a band of music. Tam intormed that a society has been formed among the jaboving men to establish @ small fund in aid of the emi- grants, KILLED ON A JERSEY RAILROAD, Aman named Thomas Northropp, an employé of the Pennsylvania Railroad, met with a fatal acci- deut yesterday at Monmouth Junction, He was riding on the construction train extra, No. 646, which was going at rapid speed at the time, when he accidentally fell off and was thrown beneath the cars, all of which passed over him, and when picked up it was found that his head was literally severed irom his body. Deceased was a native of shed is Ueland War pled suyiely begause | New sompey and ieayeia Wc and, AMUSEMENTS. irisieceriiaasmiclaerl The Merry Wives of Windsor=Mr. Charles Fisher’s Falstaff. ‘The revival of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre last night was one of the long-looked for events of the present dramatic aca- son, which ended neither in complete satisfaction nor thorough disappointment. Like most of the old comedy acting of the present era of American art the representation was jacking in the finish which can come only from study, and yet it was re- Plete with @ freshness in which there is great promise. The dressing of the piece both in costume and scenery was admirable. Both were innovations, but both showed Mr. Daly's ideal of the representation of | comedy—an ideal that is acceptable only when | every detail is faithfully wrought ont, The blend- ing Of the dress of the Elizabethan era and the age of the original Falstaff was poetic, to say the least of it, and the costumes were picturesque, which ts agreat deal. The scenery was lees cumbersome than we have been accustomed to see, and this Wwasan advantage, for the unities of the plece were never forgotten. For these things alone “The Merry Wives" is well worth seeing, and the acting is the best representative comedy acting we have had this season, In no respect can it be called great, and yet it seldom falls below mediocrity, 1% is good in itself, but better in its promise of better things, ‘These remarks notably apply to the Sir Join Fal- statt of Mr. Charles Fisher, It is not a piece of acting such as will be long remembered, butit has | elements ofstrength which may grow into a genuine triumph, In the first act Mr. Fisher was very tame— so tame, indeed, that failure sceme but in the second act he regained fis courage and confidence, and he began the fat old knight’s love- Making with an ardor that was clec words which but describe the trans which would draw the distinction e and the actor. He was Charles Fisher in the act and Falstaff in the second, Having once gain the Falstafian ideal he maintained it to the end, and, if he did not make an overwhelming triumph, he at least showed himself worthy to follow the great men who have made the despicable knight so great. The Slender of Mr. James Lewis Was admirable. It more than supplied the humor which Mr. Fisher's Falstai? lacked, and was well sustained throughout. Mr. Lewis represents awkwardness to the perfection of pngenliness and in look, in bearing and in hisirresistil He sponiecne | to “sweet Anne Page’ he made the character his own. His impersonation of Slender is the best thing he has done as yet, and, what is infinitely more to his credit, is the fact that he makes of the part the feature of the present yeyjval. Of the otnér parts little need be said. Mr. George Clarke’s Ford and the Page Oi Mr, Louis James a8 well as Miss Fanny | Davchnort's Mrs. Ford and Miss Fanny Morant’s Mrs, Page. are all passable performances, though they are not marked by any very striking exce!- | lences. Miss Sara Jewett's Anne Page is inferior to them, and in itself it falls below what is due to | the part. Her modesty pai tiy atones for her faults, | but her want of experience and perhaps of true dramatic genins show themselves in every part of her assumption — of the character. It was diticult to | feel that even Slender'’s adjurations to ‘sweet Anne Page’ were deserved ina performance so lacking | in individuality and strength. Mr. Lemoyne’s Dr. Caius was notable for the cleverness of its Frenchi- | fled English, but it is questionable whether French- { chief librarian, men ever so spoke in cither of the Falstaflan eras. | The Sir Hugh Evans of Mr. Davidge, the Shallow of | | | Mr. Whiting, and, indeed, all of the subsidiary parts, were well done, showin tail in the cast which could be reasonably | { expected. Of those the Dame Quickly | of Mrs. Gilhert is especially worthy of remark for its excellence and humor. On the whole the performance was a very good one. It | | combined more evenness of representation than is | generally seen in the production of Shakspeare’s Plays and an interpretation of this mirthful comedy which bristled with originality of conception and faithfulness of acting seldom seen on the modern stage. As the season progresses the performance cannot fail to improve in roundness and strength, and it may yet become one of the best representa- tions of “The Merry Wives of Windsor’ we have yet had in this country. all the beauty of de: Eawin Forrest's Hamlet. Last evening, at Steinway Hall, the tragedian | who is perhaps the last of the old monarchs of the | American stage, commenced a series of readings. | ‘They have been looked forward to as an interest: | ing event among old New Yorkers who can remem- ber that Edwin Forrest first played Othello in this city more than forty-six years ago, | and made his début at Philadelphia, like young | Charles Kean, in the character of Norval, in 1820, Even to those much younger and still not mere | boys his presence will recall old theatrical memo- ries that reach easily back to 1849, when his fame and his name were watchwords suflcient to raise men’s blood to the boiling point. All this has gone by. Mr. Forrest has retirea from the stage, only to reappear again and again, something like Signor Mario, with the once glorious light dimmed and the ancient strong belfef in his powers softened down to something like sympathy and regret, Four years ago he appeared in New York for a short period; since that time he has been heard of from various points of the Union, and at length he appears as a reader. His deep voice, com- manding presence, robust action, physical power and impassioned nature cast his greatest suc- cesses for him in the realms of heaviest tragedy, as the plays written for him, as the character of Metamora willattest, which was | one of his most as impersonations. The au- dience which greeted him with much enthusiasin last night was not a very large one; but it was unmistakably affectionate. Gray hairs and silvered beards were plentifully scattered around, and the pleasant associations which were as intimate with going to the play years and Pata ago as they are to-day might, with- out much imaginative effort, be seen like a mist in the eyes of many of the audience. Mr. Forrest read the first three acts of the tragedy of Hamict. Toa man of his energy—his necessity for muscular ac- tion to help expression—it must lave been a trial, as it certainly marred some of the effect. To strike the desk with clenched hand for emphasis docs not at all convey the sense of force which the reader wishes to 1m- part, yet it shows how th ied a the actor is struggling with the difficulties of tie position. This occurred two or three times, This diMmeulty inheres of course to all dramatic readings, and it is the more insuperable with men than with wo- men, But the chief necessity of a reading is to develop all or nearly the characters, clothing them each with their individualities as markedly as. possible within the range of voice and temperament and grouping them in proper contrast with the central figure of the play. In Mr. Forrest’s reading this was but partially com- plied with, his most subdued efforts of voice never realizing an approach to the modulation of the Queen mother, much less the tender grace of the [ote Ophelia. The ghost even was little less ro- just than Hamlet, and Polonius, altnough appear- ing in his querulous tones fora moment, would drop in the next to the profound bass of his inter- locutor, Horatio, Rosencrans and Guilderstern were better marked, but the difference was very faint between them. Hamiet alone of all stood forth in the light of Mr. Forrest's conception, and this unavoidable emphasization of the title rdle tended, notwith- standing the other defects, to concentrate the in- terest where the reader was strongest, and ina manner preserve the unity that was continually in danger. It was, in fact, Mr. Forrest play- ing Hamlet in an easy chair, with the rest of the characters the merest shadows of them- selves. With the veteran actor's impersonation ail old playgoers are familiar. Last night, how- ever this suffered, it had much of the old force and intensity, but at the same time the unevenness of intonation and want of delicacy in tender passages, even when momentary, as in the interview with Ophelia, were apparent. The soliloquies were commendably delivered, with the exception of that marvellous piece of emotion, passion and in- hg ele where, after the speech of the player on the sorrows of Hecuba, he begins:— © what a rogue and peasant slave am I! There ia a variety in this speech which gives scope Jor the display of mapifold shading with a wonder. ful effect of climax. This did not receive such treatment. The soliloquy on suicide was given with great care and pleasing effect. The play scene Ask ga to our mind by the over-weighty accéntuation on the words intended to tent the King to the quick, as:—"No, no; they do but jest— poison in jest; no offence i’ the world.” The word “poison” was given in such thunderous tone as to lose ay the Keenpess of the process of “tenting,” being more in the nature of stunning. ‘The closet scene, with which the rea oo closed, was perhaps the best as 4 whole, a)ipoug he comparison between the pictures of the dead k {hd the living one, he gave way to a ranting whic! had not appeared previously, and where the words themselves were lost. It must not be thought that the reader lost sight of the finer beauties of this mysterious tragedy even where he failed to ex- press them. If he bestowed more care on the de- velopment of the other characters besides Ham- let, he would produce, without very great effort, a more acceptable whole, The general effect was that of @ strong nature and a Warm soul hiding, by absolutely crushing out of sight, what was lacking in other respects, The sec- ond reading Will take place on Friday, The new circus in Fourteenth strect has begun | its exhibitions in what used to be known as the Hippotheatron, Many improvements have been made in the general appearance of the building, and its waste places have been filled with the cages and one interesting caricsities, among which the Turkish giant, eight feet high, deserves conspicu- ous mention, ‘This monster weighs 640 pounds, and, thouvh he says he has ouly been in the counw; nine years, speaks English with the periect Dasal twang and the idiomatic quaintness of Y from the rural districts of Coune:- ticut. The equestrian business ig very goo! of ite kind, though it has no very novel leatures, James Melville, with his infant son, Alexis, the goat, Chee the most exciting act. which appeared at Niblo’s last season, was also re warded With rapturous apphiuse for ing feats, Seiior Monte Verde perfor! teresting acts of contortion, and the com displayed considerable strength in the acrol line of business, There was a ver¥ house, and the show bids fair to draw large audiences for @ long while to come, Bailey's Circus and Menagerie, at the foot of Houston street and Kast River, is still giving two performances a day, and is aiso worth a@ visit. It has lately added ‘several new attractions to its programme, and Professor Siegrisi’s performing dogs of course still continue to awaken enthusiasm and make plenty of fun. i Masical and Theatrical Notes, Niblo’s hae been so far prepared for business tha: the box office will be opened to-morrow for the sale of tickets, Mme, Patti had @ great success in the ‘Traviat at her début in Moscow, Russia. She was show- ered with Sowers, one bouquet of eamelias thrown ou the’ stage requiring two men to carry it. Miss Imogene Fowler now takes the place of Mise Plessy Mordaunt as the Baroness in “Agnes” at | the Union Square Theatre, the latter being com- peiled to relinquish her engagement on account of sickness, ‘4 Mr. Daly is negotiating with M. Offenbach for a new opera, to be produced at the Grand Opera Tiouse next year. ifthe negotiations succeed Of fenbach will lead the orchestra and Schneider and Therese wil! take the leading parts, The fret of a series of concerts of chamber music will be given at Steinway Hall on Thursday even- ing by Mr, S, B. Mills, pianist; Dr. Leopoid Dam- rosch, violinist, and Mr. Bergner, violoncellist. Miss Anna Drasdil, contralto, are engaged for this occasion. Mr. A. M. Patmer, manager of the Union Square Theatre, hasbeen presented with a set of compli, mentary resolutions, adopted by the Board of Di- rectors of the Mergantile Library Association, thanking him for his services while hé waa their the resolutions are bound in book form and cost $00, The play at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, this Week is called “The Wife of Two.” It 18a sensa- tional piece from a “great story in one of the weekly purveyors of literature; but it Jamentably fails to startle anybody. Mr. John Jack and Miss Annie Firmin, for whom the play was written, sus- tain the principal parts, Mine, Erminia Rudersdoriy, an artist whose repn- tation in England as a dramatie singer stands among the highest, will appear for the first time in New York, at Irving Hall, on Friday evening. She will be assisted by Miss Alice Fairman, contralto; Mr. Nelson Varley, tenor; Mr. Sprague, basso; M Liebe, violinist; Mr. Walter, pianist, and Dr. Wiliam Berge, conductor. The practice of handing bouquets upon the stage during the performance is becoming 4 nuisance at some of our theatres. At the opening of the Ter- race Garden Theatre on Monday evening it was in- duiged in to an unlimited extent, and on the same evening at Kooth’s it added nothing to the illusion of the piece for Miss Neilson to drag ina vase of flowers almost too heavy for her strength immedi- ately after fainting away for love. PIGEON SHOOTING, John E. Ireby vs. Colonel Hatch—The Former the Winnecr—A Good Match and Fair Sport. The match between Colonel Hatch and Mr. Ireby, which was shot on Monday, proving unsatisfactory to the latter gentleman—he having undertaken to | give the Colonel seven yards—they agreed to shoot @ second match yesterday at fifty single birds, each at twenty-one yards rise, for $100 a side; both to meet at Berthoii’s, 127th street and Eighth avenue, at ten A. M., and shoot the match out at once, Ira Paine agreeing to be on hand with the pigeon The shooting by both gentiemen was very good, the score being a tie at twenty, thirty and forty birds, On Monday Col- onel Hatch had all the luck, but yesterday he had none, six out of the eleven birds scored as misses by him being hard hit, and fell dead just out of bounds, The following is A SUMMARY, Match $200, at 50 single birds, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 144 oz. shot, H, & T. traps, John E. Ireby—1, 1, » 1, 0, 1, 00, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, Tih dy tel Gav hads t bde GL L G pes ah I, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1—Killea’ 40; misked, 10, 5 Colonel Hatch—, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 1,1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1) 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, i—Killed, 39; missed, 11. Total, 50. S. Tot War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OP THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, ‘The barometer has fallen on the Lower Lakes and in the Middle and Eastern States, with southwest- erly winds, threatening weather and occasional light snow. In the South Atlantic and Gulf, light, variable, southerly and northwesterly winds, with partly cloudy weather, In the Northwest and thence over the Upper Lakes and to the Ohio Val- ley, northwesterly winds, high barometers, clear- ing and very cold weather, with occasional snow on Lake Superior and in the Ohio Valley, Probabilities, For the Northwest, the Upper Lakes and thence to the Ohio River, clearing, clear and very cold weather, with high barometer and continued northwesterly winds, extending during the day to Tennessee; in the South Atlantic and Gulf States southwesterly to northwesterly winds, partly cloudy weather and barometers rising in the evening; on the Lower Lakes and over the Middle States, southwesterly to north westerly winds, with cloudy weather and occasional light snow, followed at night by rising barometer and clearing weather, In New England low barometer, southwesterly winds, cloudy weather and light snow. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— 1871, 1872, 3 +4 48 » 8 Average temperature last year........ seeeeee M4 A BIOT FRUSTRATED AT GREENVILLE, Uprising of the People Against the Ring—Threats of Tarring and Feath- ering. The people of Greenville, N. J., have suffered for the past three years from a ring more exacting and tyrannical than Tammany in its worst days, when the resources of the inhabitants are con- sidered, Efforts were made in two suc- cessive sessions of the Legislature to obtain redress, but the Ring was all-powerful at Trenton, and the movement for reform proved abortive, The Street Commissioners issued bonds at their pleasure, and laughed to scorn the protests of the taxpayers. The people, under the leadership of Matthew Armstrong, carried the case into the courts and the litigation in one form or another continued until three months ago. The taxpayers at last became exas- perated, and they determined to redress their enue vy their own hands. A meeting was held on Monday night, and @ resolution was offered that the chief members of the Ring be TARRED AND FEATHERED, The Chair, however, declined to entertain the resolution. Last evening @ meeting was held at Charley Schreiner’s, amd speeches of a most inflaMi- matory character were delivered. Among those ae, rary Der ed ot for vengeance were the treet Commissioners ANd & well-known lawyer, who has been their chief adviser. In anticipation of @ riot a posse of deputy sheriffs, under com- mand of Mr. William Mould, of Hudson City, was inattendance. This only IRRITATED THE ASSEMBLAGE, and one of the speakers went as far as to declare that armed rufians from Jersey City were hired to prevent the free expression of the will of the people of Greenville, The taxes and esments are 80 exorbitant that violence will certainly be resorted to if the people receive no redress from the courts ah Legisiature, A movement 1s now on foot ANNEXATION TO JERSEY CITY, and an election to determine that question will be heid in Greenville on Tuesday, oth of Dee ber, when the question “Charter” or “No chart ARLASAMGL SAIGARANO TASBARSTIG ABS &@ URWHDUM J WH be BHUMAILED to the ReywE. EMBER 20, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET WASHINGTON The President and the New. Peace Departure. H Brownlow Loving Not Wisely, but Too Well. Mixed Condition of the Official Mind on the Mixed Commission. Berit BACKSLIDING ON CIVIL SERVICE. a Rene as | Genera! Sheridan Impatient with the Christian Friewds of the Blanket Indians. oe Lt NG AT ST. DOMINGO. SQUIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1872, The President's New Departure. Li confirmation of the new Southern policy of the administration, it is mentioned that in answer to an application from the United States District At- torney and the United States Marshal at New Orleans for the use of troops as a ready aid in the enforcement of the laws of Congress concerning elections, the department commander, General Emory, replied, under positive instructions from Washington, that no troops would be furnished as circumstances then stood, but that they must pro- ceed according to the laws themselves ip the Prosecution and punishment of persons charged with their violation, Parson Brownlow Loving Not Wisely, But Too Well, It 18 freely asserted by friends and supporters of the administration that the late third term@tetter of Senator Brownlow gives great offence fo the President, as being wholly foreign to his personal feelings and incompatible with his respect for the great party which has clevated bim for the second and last time to the highest place in the govern- ment. The President was not disposed to attach any consequence to the letter, both in consequence of the physical infirmities and mental vagaries of the Tennessee Senator and the too ready abase- ment of native Southern politicians of the dominant school, Bat the manner in which the matter has been taken up by many journals and public men of both sides elevates the latter to the rank of an annoyance to the subject If not the author of the epistie, q Mixed Commission Muddling and Annoying Oficiuls and Entaugling Red Tape. Some consternation has boen manifested by the rovernment officials engaged in the settlement of claims arising out of the late war in consequence of certain of the awards of the British American Claims Commission, as reported for the press. ‘The almost unrestricted jurisdiction conferred upon that Commission by the Treaty of Washington, and the enormous claims filed under its alleged au- thority, gave rise to hopes on one side and fears on the other that the Commission would be led to go beyond the comparatively limited jurisdiction re- sulting from acts of Congress and the decisions of the federal Courts in the settlement of claims of our Joyal citizens, It was felt hoth by the large and influential class interested in the prosperity of the claims business and by the government oficers that whatever rules of aliowance the Commission should make in favor of aliens who were but neutral when not positively hostils in act or spirit, could not long be withheld trom our own citizens hy Con- gress, Hence the interest of the proceedings be- fore the Commission has been greatly deepened by the recognized presence of the unseen stake that Jay behind, On inquiry it is ascertained that no award has been made by the Mixed Commission that will lead to any trouble of the kind referred to; and, so far as it is proper to entertain an opinion as to what the Commission is likely to do, it is not believed that there will be any cause for fear of such action. In the absence of more specific jurisdic- tion the Commission is limited by the laws of war mm general force, but would not be likely to exhaust. a jurisdiction inferior to that residing tn those laws. Inaccuracy of the published reports is the cause of whatever apprehensions the other gov- ernment officers and commissioners engaged in adjusting war claims may entertain, Backsliding on Civil Service—General Sheridan Disgusted with the Christian Friends ot Noble “Lo.” The new-blown hopes of Civil Service advocates have withered under the appointment of L. Edwin Dudley, Secretary and Chief Manager of the Pitts- burg Soldiers’ Convention, but a foreigner to the Indian service, to be Indian Superintendent for New Mexico in place of Nathaniel Pope, who has been removed, it Is said, at the direct instigation of General Howard, though the Board of Peace Commissioners are alleged to be consenting par- ties, There are several agencies in the Superin- tendency, and the Civil Service reformers claim that the promotion of one of the agents was due to at least the spirit of the Civil Service rules, and that @ departure from them to favor an inexperienced stranger is inde- fensible. Simultaneously with this complaint comes a report from Chicago that the commanding officer in that territory has informed General Sheridan that the Apache Indians, whom General Howard permitted to leave the Tulerosa Reserva- tion, where they had been placed by Vincent Coll- yer, and remain in the vicinity of Canada Alamosa, had been committing great depredations upon the settlers, who had again taken alarm for their lives. As Superintendent Pope had informed him that General Howard was then among the Apaches in Arizona, and would be endangered by any military operations, the commanding officer declared bim- self unable to take any repressive measures against the outrages till General Howard should take himself out of danger, The papers are on their way to Washington with a plainly-worded letter from General Sheridan, in which he says that the course pursued by General Howard among the Indians has been most unfor- tunate, and that the excellent scheme of civiliza- tion devised for the Indians is constantiy endan- gered by the incompetency of the so-called special commissioners sent from Washington to put it into practice, He adds that the permanent settle- ment on the Tulerosa Reservation of these Indians who are now devastating the new Mexican settle- ments was just on the point of being completed by the military officer m charge when the inter- ference of General Howard broke up the whole affair, He expresses his anxiety to carry out the wishes of the authorities of the War and Interior Departments, but is so beset with uncertainty that he is prevented from doing what would otherwise seem to be his plain duty even when, asin the present case, the results of mismanagement are disastrous. He con- cludes by asking if the Talerosa Reservation is to be kept up now that the Indians have left it, or whether the troops shall be withdrawn and sent down to the Rio @ ade, over which the Apaches are crossing their stolen stock into Mexico, Domingo Looming Up. Judge Suilivan, who has just arrived here from St. Domingo, where he is interested in the develop- ment of the material prosperity of the country, re- ports that the people of that country are greatly disappointed at the action of the Senate in regard to the proposed treaty of annexatinn, and that in consequence the desire to become a 4ependency of the United States is not as strong as when the Commission visited the island, Baez continues to be popular, and has no policy § to enforce against the will of his supporters, ‘The proposition for annexation must now come in good faith from this country. The crops in St, A Dawayry ate KOPALLGN YH VNUMUAMY KORA Ua Xo@r> 3 ae -¢ It is also stated that the representative of the Gere | man Confederation bas used his tnfluence to dis- | Suade the leading men from entertaining any idea of surrendering their independence. In future, treaties the San Domingo authorities expect more liberal terms, and are not willing to concede as | much as heretofore, Exit South Carolina’s Top Sawyer. Senator Sawyer has abandoned all hope of being | bis own successor, and leaves Governor Scott and the colored Congressman Elliott to fight the matter out in the Sonth Carolina Legise lature, Senator Pool, of North Carolina, thongh confronted by @ democratic Legisia- ture and Judge Merrimon, the fusion candidate for Governor, does not give up the hope of remain- ing in the Senate, by arrangements made with’ democratic members. In Alabama, where the race lies between Senator Spencer and Provisional Governor Parsons, the former claims to have ope position votes enough to beat his fellow republicam competitor, The New Solicitor General. Samuel Field Phillips, the new Solicitor Generale’ | will enter upon his duties Thursday next. Costa Rican Congratulations. . Mr. J. P, O'Sullivan has delivered to President Grant the translation of a letter, dated Paria, Oc- tober 13, addressed to him by General Uuardta,: | President of Costa Rica, wno desired to expres his thanks to President Grant for his courteous, attentions to him while he was on a visit to this country last Summer, and alsa congratulations on his “probable re-electior to the Presidency,” an event, he says, which would} seenre to the great American peeple the continua+ tion of their colossal progr and at the same time to the Republics of Central America the con-' struction of an inter-oceanic canal as the great connecting link between the two oceans and the’ highway of the world. The District’s Contribution to Chicago A Hitch. There is about $80,000 nnexpended of the $100,000 appropriated by the District Legislature’ for the relicf of Chicago, A Mr. Hammond, of Chicago, to-day applied to General Cooke for tha balance, but was refused on the ground thatt Chicago had given out that the city no longe needed assistance, but if the Mayor of Chicago would make the proper requisition the amoun{ would be turned over. The agent said that the money was not needed for Chicago but would be turned over to Boston. Failing to accomplish bi: mission, the report was circulated to-night that the district was bankrupt, Protection to Kmigrants from Euvope. The Emigrant Protection bill, designed ta alleviate the horrors of the middle passage across the Avantic to New York, Baltimore and Boston, will be taken in charge by the President and Treasury} Department and every effort made to constitute ig one of the laws of the coming session, No im-! portant opposition is expected, but it is feared the bill may fail for want of time if not specially looked after, An Iron Clad with Prow Toward Cuba. The United States steamship Powhattan will sail from Philadelphia for Key West this week, having in tow the iron clad Saugus, to ve left at that stay tion Russia and the Revenue. The Treasury Department has received notic# that the following new regulations relative to the Custom House guard of Russian ports have gong into force t, three nautical miles from thet Russian coast is considered the radius ot the marly time Custom House, within the limits of which vessels will be subject to the Cus~ toms authorities; second, vessels catering thereit may be visited by the coast guards, when masters must produce, if required, all documents relating, to the vessel and her cargo; third, all vessela within the limits of this radius are required to stom when approached by a Russian cruiser carrying the Custom House flag or they will be brought to. Property Destroyed in the Military Sere vice. ‘ ‘The Treasury Department has decided against allowing compensation to owners of property de= stroyed while in the military service, either by im- pressment or contract, unless it comes fully within. the provisions of the act of March 3, 1849, and cam be shown that it was taken for public use, They question came up under the claim of Perry and Company for impressment of teams during the Utab war. The Georgia Railroad. The Collecto¥,of the First Georgia district hawt been ordered to make a reinvestigation of the case against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Come pany, of Augusta, The case is similar to those re. cently settled against the Central and other raile roads of Georgia, which were in charge of the sam@ officer, The Postal Service. The Post Ofice Department adopted a new formy of contract for mail service, in conformity to tha new postal code, Mail contractors will hereaftes be held to a stricter responsibility under thete bond, The Postmaster General has received ing formation that the new postal treaty with Francq has been completed, fixing the rate at eigh@ cents or forty grammes for letters of one-third ounce sent either to or from the United States, and that it only awaits the signature of the Miuister of Finance. It will be forwarded to the department through the French Minister. Mutilated Currency. H By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury tha practice of transmitting transfer checks in the re+ demption of old defaced and mutilated currency im sums of $5 and upwards, and legal tender notes im suis of $50 and upwards, forwarded by express ta the Treasurer of the United States, will be discon~ tinued December 1, 1872, Thereafter returns for sach remittances will bel made in all cases by express, at the expense of the Department, in new legal tender notes, or fractional currency, in such denominations as the owners may request, When no request is maiq returns will be made in currency of the same kind_ as that received, Tobacco Hand Stamps. Upon the petition of several large tobacco manu facturers to be allowed to use a hand stamp to ime print their respective names gpon registered to~ bacco stamps, instead of writing such names, the. Commissioner of Internal Revenue has so far modie fled the existing regulations as to allow that privi- lege, provided such stamps are so made as to give a facsimile impression of the handwriting of the manufacturer, of his own or his firm's name, a¥ written on his or their ordinary transactions. Any person or firm manufacturing topacco who may be desirous of using such a hand. stamp will make direct application to the Commis~ sioner for a special permit so to do, presenting az the same time samples of the fac simile impres~ sions proposed to be used, which samples will b@ kept on file in the office of the Commissioner, witia the applications and a list of the names of manu- facturers to whom such permits have been given. The Committee on Appropriations. A majority of the Committee on Appropriation held 4 meeting at the Capitol to-day and remained, in session two hours. The business was principally: confined to questions preliminary to entering upom the duties before them. Woman's Post Office Rights. The President to-day appointed Mrs. Elizabetia Porter to be Postmaster at Russelsville, Ky., vie@ Elias Porter, deceased, Domestic Afflictio: A niece of General Sherman, daugiter of exw Governor Bartley, died this morning of dyphtheriag ‘ ¥ CIVIL SERVIOE, The following announcement was yesterday ciré culated throughout the Custom House for the benefit of those desirous of competing for promo, tion to higher salary :— NOTICE FOR PROMOTIONS. » Notice is hereby given that a competitive written ¢ amination of applicants from the other grades of ti roup for the purpose of filling vacancies, as follow oreign export clerk, Thitd division, salary $160 p: annum—in the office of the Collector, it any’ such app't eania shall be found competent, will be held at the room: of the Board of Examiners, in the yang Bones, on No. A.M, Th vember 22, 1872, at nine o'c! A tending t compete must hotity the Board of Examiners in writing on or before the 2th day ot November, of their t tention to appear, and mist present the s prompulyt at the time and r ann ine na