The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1872, Page 7

‘STORM IN EUROPE. “Sweep of a Terrific Gale Over England, Ireland and Wales. net ees al Pedestrians Lifted from the Earth and Sud- denly Prostrated on the London Pavement— War Ships and Merchant Vossels Parted from Their Moorings—Imminont Peril to Life and Immense Destruction of ‘Property—The Sanctuary Rendered Unsafe and Miraculous Escape of i @ Church Congregation—Tele- : graphs Silenced and Unable to Tell the Disastrous Tale. “TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERAL9, ~~ Loxpon, Dec. 9, 1872. England was visited yesterday by a terrific west- erly gale, which swept coastwise and interiorly over the land, causing great destruction to prop- erty of every description, both afloat and on shore. STREBT SCENES IN LONDON, WITH PERSONAL INJURY TO PASSENGERS. In this metropolis a large number of pedestrians ‘were dashed to the ground by the violence of the hurricane. Street lamps and advertising boards were blown down and many persons injured by the flying d¢bris which was carried from the ruins, COAST MARINE CALAMITIES AND MAN-OF-WAR'S MEN IN PERILOUS POSITIONS. Telegrams which have just come to hand from the seaport towns of the kingdom report the oc- currence of numerous marine disasters, Eight snips were blown asbore in the harbor of Plymouth. The British Nagship Narcissus, 2,665 tons, parted ‘ther moorings in the harbor of Devonport, put the crew succeeded in again anchoring her before any serlous damage was done. The gunnery practice ship Cambridge and three mall merchantmen lying in Devonport harbor iso parted from their anchors and were blown ashore. The crews were in great danger, and were rescued from their perilous positions by the exercise of great exertion. 4LEARED FOR NKW YORK, BUT CLAIMED AS A WRECK. The Liburna, from Sunderland for New York, ‘went ashore and was wrecked off Lowestoit. ‘rhe crew barely escaped with thelr lives. THE SANCTUARY RENDERED UNSAFE AND MIRACU- LOUS ESCAPE OF A CHURCH CONGREGATION. Tnree pinnacles of the tower of St Thomas’ ‘church, in Exeter, Devonshire, were blown down while the congregation was at worship, and, fall- ‘ing on the roof, crushed through into the body of the church. The congregation was seized with a panic at the first intimation of danger, and rushed from the ‘uilding. None of the people were killed, and their escape ds regarded as miraculous, THE COLLEGE CLOISTER IN ANXIOUS CONCERN. At Oxford the chapel of Oriel College, Oxford University, was badly damaged. QUICK “TURN OUT” OF HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS. Many of the huts used by the troops at Aldershot ‘Were destroyed. “RUN NEAR A GREAT RATLWAY, The freight depot of the Great Western Railway ‘was entirely demolished. SCIENCE TRMPORARILY SILENCED BY THE STORM. In England the telegraph wires were pros- trated, and in the Northern districts of the King- dom the lines are not in working order to-day, GENERAL LOSS OF PROPERTY. Despatches from all sections of the country bring intelligence of great destruction of property. ‘SISTER KINGDOMS SORROWING INVOLUNTARY SYMPATHY. IN NEW YURK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1872—TRIPLE SHEKT. FRANCE. Ministerial Proclamation of Cabinet Com- missions and Present Concilia- tion of the Public Crisis, oi ae Transitional Expedient of the Chief of State— Probable Reunion of Parliamentary Power. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. Panis, Dec. 9, 1872. The eXecutive appointment of M. Goulard to the Cabinet porttolio of Minister of the Interior; of M. Leon Say, Minister of Finance; M. Fourton, Minis- ter of Public Works, and M. Calmont, Profect of the Department of the Seine, are published this morn- ing tn the oMctal journal. Though the Thiers Ministry, as now formed, is regarded as transitional, the above named commis- sions indicate a termination of the public crisis and secure to the government the support of the Right Centre and Left Centre in the National As- sembly. POLICE ACTION AGAINST THE RIGHT OF OITIZEN PETI- TION IN PARIS. The police entered several wine shops yesterday and seized copies of petitions for the dissolution of the Assembly, which were circulating there for sig- natures, ” GERMANY. Lay Power Action Against Roman Catholic Church Invocation and Altar Discipline. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK WERALD. BERLIN, Dec. 9, 1872. The Roman Catholic Church edifices in the city and province of Posen, which belong to the gov- ernment, have been closed because a special ser- vice was celebrated therein, ‘placing the church of Posen, in her present trials, under the especial protection of the Most Sweet Heart of Jesus.’’ The pastors of churches and teachers in the Cath- olic schools have been summoned to appear before the magistrates for examination on the charge of publicly reading an exciting pastoral letter issued by the Archbishop of Posen. Prince Bismarck’s Position Agalast Cler- ieal Reactionary Agitation. The Premier Prince Bismarck defined his position towards clerical agitation on subjects of govern- mental legisiation, and particularly with respect to an organized system of priestly opposition to the educational system of the country, in a speech which he delivered during the progress of a Par- liamentary debate on the Prussian Schools Inspec- tion bill, His Excellency said :— It is true that a great number of petitions have come in against the Schools Inspection bill; but it is very easy to get up petitions, especially in the Catholic districts, and while the Reichstag is sit- ting the Ultramontane leaders used to order or countermand petitions at their pleasure. In proof of tiis statement Prince Bismarck read some extracts from letters which had been addressed by “a prominent member of the Centre party” to Canon Kozmian, at Posen, and which were seized by the police in the canon’s house. In one of these the canon 1s requested not to send any more peti- tions to the Reichstag; and in another, signed by a German Catholic Bishop, the writer says:—‘There is a certain prospect that, sooner or later, the Cath- olic Powers will come forward in favor of His Holi- ness the Pope, and then the German Princes will not dare to prevent such intervention, if they be- come convinced by means of petitions that this would cause much discontent among the Catholics in Germany.” Turning to the Evangelical party Prince Bismarck said he was not muspuaeg at the at- titude of the Poles, whose nationality and religion afford grounds {or 0; sition which are entitled to respect; but he could not understand ‘the pas- ponate hostility with which a great part of the Vangelieal members of the House, and especially those who had formerly shared the conservative opinions of the government, to which it still ad- heres, have opposed the bill.” He cautioned the conservatives against the machinations of the Ultramontanes, 0 are endeavoring to get up & popular agitation md the government by ac- cusing ft of attempting to Prussia “a God- less State.” Such manwuvres Were totally at va- riance with the character of a conservative oppo- sition, and the government could not believe that the conservatives would give any countenance tg them. The Prince then pointed out that since the de- feat of Catholic Austria and France by Protestant Prussia the German Ultramontanes have entered upon the flelc of foreign political intrigue, and he qnoted on this subject a despatch which he had just received from “one of the most prominent German Ambassadors at one of the most important posts in Europe.’ This despatch says, “The re- venge which France desires is connected with the arousing of religious dissensions in Germany, The The storm was equally severe in Wales and Ire- Jana as in Engiand and accompanied by lightning ‘and rain, Many towns were flooded. Several vessels are ashore in Cork Harbor. The damage to property in Cork city is very @reat. Many buildings were unroofed by the gale, 4nd trees blown down at different points. BRIDGEWATER DURING THE BLOW. A number of cottages at Bridgewater were blown own during the storm on Sunday. Steamship Over-Dac—Hundreds of Vessels ‘Wind-Bound in Port. Lonpon, Dec. 9, 1872. Tho steamship City of Bristol has not yet ar- gived in port, and much anxiety is felt in regard to her. {The Inman steamship City of Bristol sailed from New York on the 2lst of November.) CARDIFF HARLOR CTOWDED WITH DISTRESSED CREWS. The harbor of Cardiff-is crowded with shipping. Ovor @ hundred sail are lying there wind-bound. ENGLAND. ‘The Horace Greeley In Memoriam Meeting in the Metropolis. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dee. 9, 1872. The meeting which was held at the Langham “Hotel on Saturday night to take action regarding the death of Horace Greeley was well attended. Mr. Dorsheimer presided, and among those present were Messrs, McCulloch, Rody, Altman, Bates, Stephannis snd Digby-Seymour. Mr. Dorsheimer, on taking the chair, paid a feel- ring-tribute to the memory of the deceased, whose | -death he lamented and whose private life he ex- ‘tolled. He deprecated criticiam in the newspapers «at the present time, Resolutions of eulogy and regret were adopted. ‘The Balloting to Commence in the ‘Legislature To-Day—Scott, Elliott and Patterson Each Actively Engaged in the Canvass. Co.umsra, S. C., Dec. 9, 1872. ‘The contest for the Senatorial seat, tobe made vacant by F. A. Sawyer on the 4th of March next, “4a being earnestly contested for. There are three Prominent candidates in the fleld—viz., Ex-Gover- mor R. K. Scott, Congressman R. B. Elliott and John J. Patterson. The two first named candi- ‘ates have all chances, except those that can be sgained by the lavish use of money. Patterson asserta that he will be voted into the “United States Senate, and that by a full vote too, Scott relies on his personal friends. Inthe General Assembly there are those | who say he will not get twenty Votes on the first allot, but from a close examination a senator has set the number at ci and believes that to-mor- ow's developments will justify this figure, as the balloting commences then. Elliott, who has been elected the Third district, is re. to Congress from eee Purely upon a question of color, and he is strong in thatquestion. li Patterson does not act as ‘of his Chemies say he will the race will be ni wed down to Scott and Elliott, and if the last i# not elected upen the first ballot then t goes to the Senate, Sawyer, who is acknowl- be more than the peer of all the candi- is virtually out of the contest, becanse le appears to be entirely unannreciated have [ded tetera More Germany are to be paralyzed Passage of the Counties Reform Bill by the Peers. BERLIN, Dec. 9, 1872. The Counties Reform bill finally passed the Up- per House of the Prussian Diet to-day by a vote of 116 yeas to 91 nays. SPAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Mannip, Dec. 9, 1872, The state of siege at Bejar has been raised, all signs of disorder having diappeared, ITALY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Turn, Dec. 9, 1872, The foods in the north of Italy continue to spread, Some of the larger towns are threatened. WEATHER REPORT. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFVICER, WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec. 10—1 A. M, bilities, Probai In the Northwest diminishing pressures, calm and partly cloudy weather, followed by increased tem- perature and winds veering to southeasterly to- Morrow; on the Guif and south Atlantic States northwesterly winds, veering to northeasterly, with clear, cold weather and high barometer; on the Upper Lakes and thence to the Obio Valley northeasterly and northwesterly winds and clear weather, with low but steady temperatures and high pressures; northwesterly winds and clearing weather, except occasional light snow on the Lower Lakes, in Camada; for the Middle States and New England northwesterly winds, shifting to northerly and possibly to northeasterly, with clear weather, increased pressures and low tempera- tures. Warning signals continue at Buitalo, Rochester, Oswego, Portiand (Me.), Boston, New London, New York, Cape May and Baltimore. The Weather in This City Yesterday, ‘The following reeord will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, a8 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s. Pharmacy, HERaLy Bullaing:— 1871. 1872, 1871, 1872, f 32 28 3A.M. 36 «3:30 P. 6 A.M. 37 6P.M “4 9A, M. 37 OP. M 16 12M + 33 36 12P.M 16 Average temperature yesterday. Me see 28 Average temperature for corresponding date last year.. vin & THE HUDSON RIVER, The Last Freights of the Season Being Rapidly Towed to Port. Povonkgerstr, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1872. ‘The weather is growing cold fast. The river is filled with Noating ice as far south trom Albany as Tivoll. The steamboat Isaac P, Stnith bas gone into Win- ter quarters at Rogers’ Island, between Catskill and Hudson, ‘The steamboats Ontario, Sunnyside and Redfield passed south this aiternoon, ‘TheOntario is from Albany and she had a large number of loaded barges ant canal boats in tow. The Sunnyside is from Catskill aud las alouded bis 4 in tow. The Redfield is loaded with freight from Cox- sackie, ‘The freight depots at Athons, the terminus of the Athens and Schenectady Railrows, are closed for sue Winter. A DAY OF HORRORS. Terrible Murder in a Cincinnati Slaughter House. Fall of Scaffolding from a Building—Four Men Instantly Killed and Four Wounded— A Heartrending Scene—A Murderer Convicted. CinciNNaTt, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1872, This has been an eventful day in tne local tragic history ofthe city. {It was ushered in by one of the most cold-blooded murders on record. The! parties were butchers, employed in Fieber & Co.'s slaughtering establishment on Central avenue, who, ten minutes before the tragedy, had touched glasses and drank together as friends, Valentine Baum, the murdered man, and William Wolf, the murderer, both Germans and single men, under thirty years of age, quarretled in their cups on Sunday afternoon} about some trifling matter; but friends interfered, and the diMculty seemed settied, At five o’clock this morning, before commencing work, they drank together, and then entered the slaughtering pen and stripped for work, A few angry words passed between them when Wolf on a sudden turned round on Baum and plunged his butcher knife into his breast. The blade, fully eight inches long, penetrated the chest a little above and to the left of the nipple, and, by the force and leverage of the blow, literally cut the heart in two, Baum staggered forward twenty fect and fell dead, Tho murderer put on his coat, went back to the. saloon, took a drink of whiskey, and, observing to the barkeeper that he “guessed he had given that fellow enough," walked out and disappeared, The police are on his track to-night. TRRRIBLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT. Eight men were at work on a scaffold seventy- five feet from the ground in a new engine house for the City Water Works at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. The contractor was told that it was not strong enough to support the heavy trugses being put in place, but he disregarded the warning. Suddenly the whole thing gave way and fell with its living burden to the engine pit beneath, a distance of fully seventy-tive feet. The crash brought all the em- ployés in the work to the scene in a moment, but all human aid was in vain. George Hughey and James Britt, frightfully mangled and dead, lay on the top of the timbers. Charles Case and Frank myer were buried in the water, mud and: débris under eight or ten tons of timber, fron and fallen masonry, crushed, no doubt, like mince meat, Lawrence Costigan had his right arm and left thigh broken. John Cahill, right thigh broken and injured internally. Thomas Britt, brother to one of the killed, back broken. He will die. Barney Healy, bruised’ very badly and several ribs broken; recovery doubtful. When the wives and children of these men heard of the catastrophe and rushed (o the scene the manifestations of their grief beggared description. They rent the very air with wailing grief which’ nothing could assuage. The poor, frantic women tore their hair and flung themselves upon the mangled remains in paroxysms of woe which no one dared to interrupt, and it was only after they had completely exhausted themselves that the Coroner could organize his inquest, which is not concluded to-night, but can only result in a strong | condemnation of John Foley, the contractor. Louis Shiber, a carman, residing in Kentucky, but here temporarily on business, attempted sui- cide this morning by severing an artery with his penknife, Disappointment and despondency were the cause. He was removed to the hospital. CONVICTION OF A MURDERER. Thomas J. Bond, on trial several days for hatcheting the Rev. J. J. Thompson, a minister in the Methodist Church,jwhom he suspected of crimi- nal intimacy with his aflanced last Summer, and whom he professed to have caught in the act ofguilt, was convicted this evening of assault with intent to kill. The plea of insanity was strongly urged and ably argaed, but it failed, and Bond will go to the Penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than five, CRIME IN VIRGINIA. > TB, se. Alleged Attempt a necndiarism in Richmond with a View of Sccuring the Insuranee—The Impudent Thief Champion Indicted tor Robbing tho" New York Merchant at Rocketts, 7 RictMond, Va., Bec. 9, 1872. A most diabolical attempt was made here this morning to insure the destruction of a grocery and dwelling by fire, occupied by Denis O'Day, 1,909 Main street, between Nineteenth and ‘1wen- tieth streets, for the purpose of obtaining the in- surance on the building, stock andfurniture. The house is owned and occupied, as stated, by O'Day, the lower floor being used as a grocery store. O'Day and his family went to Washington a few days since, leaving the premises In charge of George, his nephew, who slept up stairs, Karly this morning Benjamin Bragg, who lives next door, discovering smoke issuing from the prem immediately gave the alarm, and upon forcing the door a_ fire was discovered | on the floor and playing around an empty kerosene barrel which had been turned upside down near the spot. The flames were soon extin- guished by a plug stream, and upon examination the shelves were found almost bare of goods and the flooring burned through. Up stairs in the bea- room were three or four mattresses which, with the floor, were completely satttrated with oil, there having been apparently no less than twenty gal- lons of that material poured upon them. A lighted candle was burning upon one of the mattresses, and a portion of the plastering of the stud parti- tion knocked away, and the interstices between the laths were filled with light wood, so that if the bungling incendiary had not attempted to fire the house on the lower story he would have had @ terrible confagration as the result of his careful preparations up stairs. The building was iusured for $5,500 in the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, and the stock and furniture for $4,000 in the Andes Insur- ance Company. The attempt created the most intense excitement in the vicinity, as, but for the timely discovery of the fire, a large number of re might have been destroyed, or the city itself might in have to pass through another disastrous calamity. George O'Day, the alleged in- cendiary, Was committed to jail this morning until Weanesday, when the case will be investigated | by the Police Justice, before whom twenty-five witnesses have been summoned to testify on be- half of the Commonwealth. Zack Champion, the highwayman, who robbed and assaulted a man named Henderson, from New York, on Friday last, has been indicted by the Grand Jury of the ‘Hustings Court, the penalty eed the laws of the State being death for that | offence. A BILLIARD TOURNAMENT. A Series of Contests for the Champton-: ship of Massachusetts and the Diamond | Cuc—The First Games in Boston Ycs- | terday. BosTow, Dec, 9, 1872. The Massachusetts billiard tournament for the champion diamond cue of the State was com- menced in this city to-day. The players who have | entered are Messrs. R. Wilmarth, Edward ) Kendall, ©. B. Wilson, Frank Dennison, Jonn Peck and R. F. Bullock—all at present residents of | this city. The rules adopted for the playing pro- vide that the games shall be 600 points, American | caroms, on @ table donated by Governor Briggs as | the second prize in the tournament. ‘The affair has created considerable interest in billiard circles, , and the attendance at the opening this aiternoon was quite large, and in the evening the audience was larger and included quite a number of ladies Pen: ue tournament, which will continue fou days, itis expected that Cyrille Dion and other celebrated players, from New York, will be present and add interest to the occasion by their exhibti- tion of the science of billiards. | ‘The first game this aiternoon was between, Peck and Bullock, and was ee ter one-sided. Peck winning by a majority of 155, In the second game Kendall run the game out in nine inings, | averaging 66, Wilmarth scoring bas M41. The first game of the evening sessiogm was be- | tween Wilmarth and Wilson, anit was well played on both sides, Wilmarth veating his opponent 81 | points, averaging 35, The second game was be- tween Kendall and Dennison, who was the last champion of the State and resigned the cue to this Congress, and in this Kendall again showed his su. periority by twking the lead and winaing the game | tn fourteen innings, Dennison’s score amounting | to only 213, FIRE IN GREENE STREET. A fire broke out last night in the third fvor of the building No. 83 Greene street that caused a damaye | of avout one thousand dollars, Bish & Abrahayns, | dealers in hats and caps, occupied the bouse, | They were insured in the Pacific oy $1,000; at, Nicholas, $1,000; Sefe Guard, $2,000. The ouiiding is the property of Gustavus Gambreotit and w: injured to tne extent of $350, Insure |. Fire Mar. shal McSpedon Will hold an cgalupration ito the cause Of the fire to-day. | severe cold snap, the house was fatrly full. | the audienc AMUSEMENTS markable because the season had been anuaually . Ds q me because our New York audiences are —— ven “ot a" good ung “lwnen Sroiongeadt Miss Neilson’ Pauline at Booth’s/ The truth is that Luce® grows in public Theatre. favor, and that whenever sh¢ performs people Miss Neilson gave her third character delineation before an American audience at Booth's Theatre Jast nignt, the part being Pauline in “the Lady of Lyons." The performance was m every way less satisfactory than either her Juliet or her Rosalind, and in the first scenes it was spiritiess to the point of insipidity. The piece itself is a piece of mawkish sentiment, but it retains its place on the stage be- cause it 1s poetic even whon it is most absurd, People will laugh at it in spite of themselves, and the most excellent acting cannot thoroughly save it from derision, A good Claude Melnotte or a per- fect Pauline cannot altogether redeem it from the contempt false sentiment always begets. Last night it had neither of these, and outside of the hero and heroine, with the exception of Mr. Sol, Smith's Glavis and Mr. A, W. Fenno’s Colonel Dumas, the support was as poor as poverty could make it. Even Miss Mary Wells’ Madame Deschappelles lacked her custom- ary vigor, and it was deficient in the indvidu- ality with which she usually tnvests her parts, Miss Kate Heathcote’s Widow Melnotte was as bad as it Was possible to make it, and was insipid even be- yond her standard. of insipidity. Throughout the play was so wonderfully weak that nothing but iss Neilson’s excellent dramatic training and Mr. Wheelock’s conscientious endeavors saved it from roving a complete and utter wreck. And Mr, heelock is not destined to any great success = a8 Claude Melnotte, He is impulsive, hasty, purposeless and uncertain, He sings rather than speaks his high-flown speeches of love and nonsense and falls to give the: self-sacrifice of a husband ening wp his beloved but falsely wedded wife with any of the grandeur and greatness which it was Bulwer’s intention to express. But his acting was passable if not great, and this ia saying much for an actor of his experi- ence in ® part so diMeult. Under these circum- stances Miss Neilson's Pauline ought to have been very great to make it worthy of her reputation or of this theatre, It was not great, She was singu- larly lacking in emotion, True womanly feeling had little to do with her interpretation, Her pride Was rancorous and her devotion devoid of tender- ness. Where she rejects the peasant husband she is a termagant; where she suddenly deter- mines to make his fate her fate she is unreal, Her acting shows no motive forthe heroine's change of mood, She neither repels with a sense of earnest wrong nor recalls with overflowing love. Only in the last act in the scene with her father, where he thanks her for sacrificing herself to is security, does she show the merita which we saw in her Juliet, and more especially in her Rosalind, A greater disappointment in an artist. who in other parts had shown herself very rapes great was hever seen on the American stage, and it is to be regretted that she attempted the character alter the pleasant impressions we had of her. The “School for Scandal” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Brinsley Sheridan's splendid comedy, “The School for Scandal,” was given at the Fifth Avenue Theatre last evening, for the first time. The cosey little theatre was well filled, and, it is needless to say, the play was handsomely put upon the stage. Mr, Charles Fisher prayed the part of Sir Peter Teazle. it will be remembered that this is not his “original” character in the piece, the part which he was wont | to take years ago being that of Sir Oliver, It is too early to say whether the change has been injurious to the actor or whether his representation of Sir Peter will prove as praiseworthy as was his BODES. sentation of the otner in gone-by days, Last night he was too nervous and spasmodic, or rather too brisk, to make any certain judgment possible. Miss Fanny Davenport, in that exceedingly difficult and exacting character Lady Teazle, was gen- erally excellent, but she at times seemed to lose sight of the true character of Lady Teazle’ and become common place in her mannerisms, The profigate Charles Surface was well done by | Mr. George Clarke, though it must be sald he was just a Iftile too “lively” to be natural. Mr, Grif- fiths, as the blufY, honest Sir Oliver, was excellent and Miss Morant as Mrs. Candor acte with her customary conscientiousness. Miss Linda = Deitz made the part of Maria that of .a true, sweet, gentile and loveable ; girl, a8 Sheridan’ meant it to be, but she wag too | lachirymose to be entirely faithful to the part, ‘Miss Mortimer as Lady Sneerwell was ®\ently out of her element entirely, and ir, Louis James ag Joseph Sur‘ace was to stagy and imitatt' coh gaturel or original, The Moses of Mr. James Lewis was a piece of excellent eccentric character. Ization, but the feature of the performance was r, G. A, GriMtha’ Sir visver. Sart i the pait #0 well as to add fresh Taurels t ? tation, and was fully appreciated in his excellent acting. pares “La Belle Helene” at the Olympte. Mile. AimCe opened another season of opéra boufe last evening at the Olympic Theatre with “La Belle Héiéne,” and, in spite of the sudden and The music of the opera is, of course, pretty well known by reputation to lovers of Offenbach; but itis now | several years since the work was last produced | on the stage, and the exceptionally prurient and salacious passages which make it specially in- teresting and remarkable had probably passed out | of the memory of most of those who wit- nessed the representation of last evening. No one, of conrse, expects to find high moral teaching | or very decent models of dress or deportment in a | bouge opéra, Hélene,” as it is now rendered, surpasses in daring i But the second act in indecorum and positive viciousuess anything that | can be remembered even in the “Grande Duchesse.”* Mile, Aimée contrives in her “make-up” to subtly combine the coquettish charms of the artful con- cealment of her beauty with the dazzling splendo:s of iis open display. She is literally hall nude; two of her limbs are wholly uncovered, while the others are but impertectly draped. {tis not, however, alone in this that the piece is most indecent, ‘The dialogue is shamelessly coarse, and ho gesture or grimace that can add to the effect of a singularly disgusting and repulsive scene is spared. Yet, with all this, the strength of the representation lies in the finish and force of the acting of Mile. Aimée, though M. Juteau and M. Duchesne deserve praise for the meaning and in- terest they manage to infuse into their parts. To | any one, indeed, who understands French and has no scruples about the decorum of what he sees, | “La le Hélene”’ will give a bg | pleasant even- ing. The mounting of the piece is very fair, and | the tableaux are skilfully and tustelully arranged, “Norma” at the Stadt Theatre. Bellini’s celebrated work was given in German last night at the Stadt Theatre, with the following | cast:—Norma, Madame Lichtmay; Adalgisa, Mad- ame Louise Beckman; Severo or Pollio, Mr. Horn; Oroveso, Mr. Speigier. The disappointment on Friday night, when,.on account of the sickness of the basso, the opera of “The Jewess” was not given and the house-was closed, militated heavily against the attendance last evening. It isaserious mistake to dress up @ purely Italtan opera in Ger- man habilimente, as it Is to give “Der Freischutz” or “Fidelio” in Italian, The smooth, melodious phrases of Bellini sound very strangely in the guttural accents of the Teutonic tongue. “Casta Diva,’ one of the loveliest melodies that ever emanated from the brain of an Italian musician, sounds very Fy te as “Keusche Gbitinn upd Silberklange.” e may make similar remarks, although in a somewhat | modified form, of this opera, When presented in English. The Germans, doubtless, love their na- tive tongue so well that they will consider even an Italian composer honored by placing such words as zersplittern, brantgervand, or, in @ cadenza, druidensitze, to his music. The German language | is sturdy and rugged, expressive in its disdain of | the sensuous elegancies of the Italian tongue, and | it has plenty of first class musicians of its own to do it justice without calling upon Bellini or Verdi. Therefore we protest uncompromisingly against the production of Italian (ed in German, as we would decry “L’Allandese Damnato’” (“Fliegende Hollander”), in Italian, Regarding the per- | formance last evening, a great deal of praise is due to the “Norma. Madame . Lichtmay is a reliable artist, and she hax had am experience of an enviable character, in Germany, France, Beiginm and America. In | Paris she sang; in French the leading roles tn | Meyerheer's operas, even at the time that Marie: | Sasse was the reigning favorite of the French | capital. Her rendering of “Casta Diva’ (we cling to the Italian words) was marked by a depth of religious feeling and 4 wealth of expression that | brought back the memory of Lagrange and Grisi. ‘Te tenor, Mx. Horn, made quite a success among as he has a voice of considerable wer, ald at the same time kept within the ands of true art. He was called before the curtain four times after the second | act. jame beckmann Was @ very uD satisfactory Adalgiva, She took unwarrantable liberties with the score, and at times one wonld think that she never heard of such & composer a8 Bellini. There is a great deal of matic recitas tive in “No but even Madame Lichtmay, bmi the rest, filed to do it Mult justice last night. Italian Opera=jThe Last “Mignon.” Although the subscription season of ttalan opera for thirty nights ended last week and the manager ventured upon giving three extra nights and a matinée this week without subscriptions, and de- pending entirely upon the public, there waa large and jashionable audience last night to “ear “Mignon” for the last time, ‘This was (he Myre ze- Night of “La Belle | | | will go to see and hear her, ‘Mignon’? has been repeated several times, still it attracts. It’ i# un- necessary to discuss the merits of the opera or of the performance, as they have been pretty fully re- viewed heretofore. Without mentioning the per- formers individually it may be said that they im- prove by the repetition of their parta in this opera, aud no doubt the same experience in others would produce the same resulta, On Wednesday we aro to have wnew opera and novelty, “the Merry Wives ce Windsor” im German, with’ Lucca as Mistress age. THE OHIVALRY AGAIN, Two Ferocious Editors im Mortal Combat, Avauata, Ga., Dec. 9, 1872, James 8 Heyward, editor of the Times, \d Mal- cotm J. Browning, editor of the News, two weekly papers published at Orangeburg, S. C., fought a duel thia: morning at Sandbar ferry. After the ex- change of two shots without bloodshed the parties saluted and leit the Held, MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Idaho: will! Itave this port on Wednesday tor Queenstown and Liverpool. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMice at half-past elevon.o'clock A, M. Tuk New York Henaup—Kaition for Europe— will be ready at hail-past aine o'clock in the morn- ing. Single copies, in wrappers for maiting, six cents. a ee a INSURANCE. — THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, A One or two statements officially published in the daily papers over the signatures of F, 8, Wiuston, President, and W. H. 0. Bartlett, Actuary, In de- fence of the recent action of tho company, de- mand a reply from me. ItisoMcially stated that ‘the trustees of this company, alter a critical examination of the thirty years’ experience of the company, and on mature deliberation, unanimously resolyed once more to reduce the rates of preminms,.'’’ Also:—“The rates of premium first used by this company were bor- rowed, of necessity, from English companies. In the year 1853 alterations and reductions were recommended by Mr. Charles Gill, the first Actu- ary of the company, and adopted by the trustees. In 1868 Mr. Sheppard Homans, then Actuary, pro- posed further corrections, many of them reduc- tions in the table of rates, which, after investiga- tion, were adopted on his recommendation."" No recommendation was ever made by myself, a3 Actuary, to reduce the rates of premium, I have never heard that Professor Gill, the first Actuary, ever made such @ recommendation. The rates of premium of the Mutual Life Company never have been reduced by resolution of the trustees, on my recommendation or otherwise. Slight changes have been made In the premiums, rendered de- sirable by the adoption o: improved mortality tables; but the margins added to the net rates for expenses and contingencies have each time been increased, not reduced, The premiums at certain ges, by reason of errors in the mortality tablea tormerly used, may be a trifle less now than in the earlier history of the company, but the premiums on the average are higher. Nothing has ever been sald or written by myself that would favor dis- crimination between present and future insurants, as is now contemplated by the company. . The rates of expenses published by the company are incorrect, unjust as compared with other com- panies, and are calculated to mislead. The striking success of the Mutual Life Is not uestione but overy element which has conduced to that success is an argument against the measurg recently adopted by the trustees, ie ii The issues involved in the adoption of this meas- ure by the trustees of the company, and which seem to have been overlooked by Mr, Winston and Prof, Bartlett, are sipply these :— a ae itave the dialect oe aatrlctiy mutual corpord: tlon the right to admit new members upon more favorable terms than haye bee and will continue to be exacted from existing members? Have the trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance,Gompany the right to charge lower premiums for few insurances thon have been paid and are still reqnired to be Paid by existing policy holders, eapecially when this may involve expense to the fatter, may dimin- ish their security and may prejudice their rights and interests? The whole plan is a bid for new business upon terms which would be certain fuin to any new company without the security affrded by a large guarantee capital. The present agsets of the com- pany belonging wholly to existing policy holders, in well-defined proportions, would be staked as a guarantee or security against extra expenses or unexpected losses under reduced premiums. These assets, heid in trust, may not beyhazarded for such purpose, or by permitting pres@nt policy holders, if in good health, to sell out, withdraw their entire shares of the assets, and be insured at less rates than they now pay. The security now atforded persons of impaired health would be lessened, if not utterly destroyed, by sucha course. Three actuaries, whose opinions were asked by the officers of many companies, have stated as their deliberate judgment :— We are unhesitatingly of opinion that the reduc- tion of premiums as proposed by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York is unwise, defi- cient in security, unjust to existing poilcy holders and prejudicial to their rights and interests, and deserving our unqualified disapproval. Two of these gentlemen in professional attain- ments and character are among the ablest actua- ries in this or any country. They are men of the purest personal character. My own experi- ence of seventeen years in the Mutual Life Com- pany would seem to entitle my opinion on actua- tial matters to some ¢onsideration. As an old policy holder I have a right to express my opinion. Assuming the motives of philanthrophy and benevolence urged by Professor Bartlett in its sup- port to be the true motives, the measure is a blunder; but if the real motives are igss worthy than those stated, as has been charged, tt is a measure deserving the condemnation not only of every person interested in life insurance, but of every one who desires Integrity and just accounta- bility in corporate management. SHEPPARD HOMANS, Consulting Actuary. New Yous, Dec. 9, 1872, LETTER FROM AN ACTUARY. > New York, 34 Beaver Steeer, December 9, 1872, To. THE Epitor:— I, notice an attack upon the Mutual Life Insur- ance Company in Saturday's press, by three of my distinguished professional brethren, but caloulated to make the public believe that its action is con- demned by Actuaries in general. This.may be the case with those in the employment of rival com- panies, but 1, for one, think favorably of the meas- ure asan eae at Actuary. You may pethaps recollect that, in 1869, a similar atterapt Was made by the International Company to use great names in support of @ bad cause, and that. was one of the Actuaries who assisted, with others, in breaking that bubble. (see. First Annual Report,.State of New York, age Tam the oldest Actuary in the United States, having: acted professionally in London and else- where since 1626, and having been Actuary of one of the New York companies irom 1961 to 186% Dur- ing this. experience of over forty-five years I have seen more of the inside troubles:of sick companies than perhaps any one else, and have protesaionally studied the causes which have ted them Lato their dimeulties, I am convinced that, in the tigh position of the Mutual Life, a reduction of gates would, in their Wivvoe case, be generally beneficial. Respect- y yours. N. G. Be GROOT, Consulting Actuary, 34 Bolaver street, New York. THR REDUCTION IN LIFE RATES, Tne Epirors or THE p The attempt fs made tolead people to believe that a change in the tates or charges of life com. panies is wuneard 6f aud necessarily unjust to existing policy holders. Nothing can ty less true than this, Soveral of the companies have made changes in their rates at different ‘“imes. The Mutual Life has made auen changes, ‘and decreased tts rates, not only in its earliest, “duys, by the advice of its first Actaary, Mr. Gul, but later, by the advice of Mr, Sheppard Homans, ita second Actuary; and the folowing note trom Mr, Edward P. Bates, of the firm of Vanuxain, Bates & Lambert, general agonts of the Mataai Life in_ Philadelphia, recalis ta recollection the fact that Mr. Homans, who now @o sterniy dis- | approves the loworiug of the Mutual's rates, Was, 7 —_. INSURANCE, ware while Actuary of tht Company, of & quite diferent mind, Mr. Bates write?! wWew York, Dec. 6, 1872. My Dear Sm—It may be # utter of interest to you to know that the late Actdasy of the company, Sheppard Homans, Esq., comsidetod the reduction of preciam rates as a measure that tls company could adopt with perfect safety. In the course of @ conversation with him two or three years ago, when urging as 4 reason (or haste ti the decla: tion of the year's dividends, the fact that other companies were usb the delay just us in soliciting risks, his reply was, that, ff they pushed it to far ‘Phe Mutual Life’ would at once fower its rates thirty per cent, and thus declare the divi- dend in advance. ‘10 4 inquiry, “Can you doit safely?” he replied that the experience of the com- pany showed, up to that time, that it could be done with pertect safety, Very truly yours, bw. P. BATES. Mr. Homans’ beliet in the safety 01 reduced rates in the Mutual Life some years ago is very Wels known to its oMcers; these were not then entirely satisfed that there had been a sufficiently long experience. But surely the public will want to know how Mr. Homans can now turn his back ow his-tormer- decisions, A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY. Barneti'’s Miniature Toll ASSORTED COLOREL XES, containing, let Appendage, admirably adapted to the Toilet Table nd traveller's portinantead, ACUBPTARLE MOLIDAY PRESENTS, Whotesale by druggista’ sundry men every- A.—For a Stylish and Klegant Holiday HAT yo direct to the manufacturer, ESPENSCULED, 18 Naasau street. A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION. SAFER, 251 and 252 Broadway, cornor of Murray street, A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn, ~~ corner of Fulton avenue and Boerum street, ‘Open from 8 A. M. to 8 P. M. On Sunday froin 3 to 8 P.M. A.—Peremptory Sale of an_ Entirt Stock of JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, CORALS, &C: ‘Must be closed hetore January 11, 1873. VICTOR BISHOP, Fifth Avenue Hotei, RIGHT SIDE (NORTH HALF) ONLY, | Of the store Iately occupied by Bishop & técim A High Testimon The Rev. Dr. PRIME:concludes the account of his. of Laughing Gas at the Colton Dental iation as jows:—"The Doctor has @ big roll of manuscript, which he requests cach owe who has been operated u} in this room to subscribe his name. | Thev ai Regularly, and my name was opposite 40,500 ‘This is not the noble army of martyrs exactly, ing witnesses tothe safety and eMcacy of for in the whole number, some of whoni hi oo (pow numbered (now 61,872)~ but of” liv- tho e had fi teeth removed ut a single sitting, not an accident has @. Q, COLTON. oceurred,”” A.~Royal Havana Lotter Grand Ex- traordinary Drawing. J. B. MARTINEZ & CO., Bankors, lv Wall street; Post office box 4,685, New York. a roe ae @ persistent hy the general sfrength waste Mineurable complaint established thereby. Dr JAYNES EXP RANT is an effective remedy for coughs and colds, and exerts a benoficial efect on the pulinonary and bronchial organs. A.—Bronzes, Fancy Furniture, Piano Covers GL, KELTY & 00., Tame Covers, &c. T2 Broadway. For Holiday Presents. A.—This Cold Wind Brings Winter. For WEATHER STRIPS go to ROEBUCK'S, 53 and OB Fulton street, near Clif; same office for ten years, Astonishing.—The Progress Made by the WILSON UNDERFEED SEWING MACHINE. In- ventive skill has been taxed to its utmost, and the result is the most perfect and desirable machine for general and family use yet produced. It is simple and easy to Operate, ts not lable to get out of repair; its work inthe best, as was shown! by the first premiums awarded it at the Northern Ohio Fair, and it is sold at a less price thaa any other machine of its rank. Salesroom at 107 Broad. wiy, New York, and in all other cities In the United Statss, The company want agents in country towns. Batchelor’s Hair Dye.—Is the Best iw the world; the true and perfect dye; harmless, roli- able, instantaneous. At all druggists. Barke! Aurora Will C€ Any colored hair to a beautiful golden blonde; perfoctiy harmless, | 1,275 Broadway, near Thirty-fourth strect. 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