The New York Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1873, Page 3

SHAKESPEARE, Diseovery of the Mask of the Bard of Avon and Ms Effect in the Shakespearian World. THE TRUE AND THE FALSE POET. “Your love and pity doth the impression fll, Which vulgar scandal stamp’d upon my brow.” ‘In 189, twenty-four years ago, after a search of two years’ duration, a plaster mask of the Bard of Avon was discovered. During this long interval the fact of its existence, despite its being a faith/ul reproduction of the poet's face, has been unknown to the world at large. The reasons for such course having been pursued respecting 90 impor- tant a likeness of Shakespeare by the few aware of ite recovery will be discussed in the body of this article, The mere statement that such a relic has been brought to light will cause a profound sensa- tion in the Shakespearlan world. The mask estab- lished three points, First, all the portraits that now endure—such as every one is familiar with— but remotely resemble Shakespeare. The illustra- tions of him in books, the pictures of him in thea- tres and the innumerable Parian busts and en- gravings of him that ornament our walls, without taking into consideration the so-called original paintings of him in Europe and all the portraits ‘there, are all really caricatures. Second, that Skaxespeare’s forehead was disfigured by a deep nd ugly wound. Third, that Shakespeare as he ‘was is not known in art. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ENGLISH MASK. ‘In 1848 or '44 the effects of an old German family, ‘Von Kesselstadt by name, whose hereditary seat ‘Was near Cologne, on the Rhine, were sold at Mayence, the last of the line being deceased. The ‘Von Kesselstadt private museum, disposed of at this auction, contained a little picture, dated 1637, and labelled, “The Death Bed of the Great English Poet, William Shakespeare.” By way of ‘antithesis to the title, the scene exhibited Shakes- peare lying in state, crowned with laurel or bays. The owner had probably not taken into considera- tion that in England the dead were not decorated ‘with such chaplets on their death-beds, but simply previous to the funeral ceremony, or he would not have appended his erroneous label to the Picture. After the dispositién of the little rarity 4t was not heard of again until 1847, when: it was purchased in England by a Mr. Ludwig Becker. He became much interested in it, and studied it with considerable enthusiasm. His exammation jae careful and reverent, as he undoubtedly fully ‘appreciated ite value, He said:— ‘This must be a correct likeness of Shakespeare. How was it painted? from the corpse directly? There should be something else connected with this ‘relic, It should have a key. Now, if! seek out the place where it was sold I shall discover something Felative to it of importance. In accordance with this idea Becker visited May- ence, and, upon inquiry, ascertained that a plaster Mask of the great Englishman nad hung side by mde with the little picture for years in the Von Kesselstadt museum, and was labelled “Mask After Death of the Great English Poet, William Shake- @peare.” At the sale it had gone with the reat of ‘the curiosities, The buyer was unknown. It is on record that a member of the Von Kessel- stadt family was attached to an embassy from his country to the Court of James the First, about the period of Shakespeare's demise. He must have been nt at the funeral, Seeing the wax face of the t—which it will be presently demonstrated was sitively taken—as it was exposed to view prior the ceremony, with the grave clothes arranged about it in imitation of the appearance of the real ‘toe. and in conformity with the usual custom of that age, Bed very ot ordered @ plaster mask to mae . iy establish the fact that a wax O. ¢ He uate mthe face of Shakespeare, it beonly necessary to examine the Von Kessel- stadt mask, or the photographs from it. On the of the @ fiat mark, evidently the effect of the pressure of some heavy article which ‘been thoughtlessly laidon the wax face from the plaster mask was cast. Had the of the poet’s face been obtained through the medium ofa plaster mould, no such mark would have ogee ~ iol rf 7 body placed u) aster is extreme when dry, ana is capable of enduring @ much greater strain upon ite surface than would seem possible to s superficial observer, Neither could this mark on the ridge of the nose have come from the pressure of the plaster on the skin while athe artist was forming the mould, as the work was done too nicely and delicately for such a result to follow, even iy the case of those. parts of tie ‘tace where considera le flesh or in. 16 was of the nose there is hardly any flesh, while ‘the skin ategif ia always quite. thin there. In making @ wax mould the wax is heated sufficient}: to cause it to flow easily without being of so in- tense a temperature as to injure the skin in any way. Ic is preferable to plaster, as ita are. ‘gion of the face is secured with more facility. Being fet prepared for ite redeption with grease, Pi r its reception je. wher the wax has solidifed it is rently shaken out, and what remnants of grease adhere woiltare wiped of, The artist has then a perfect reproduction of the face of his subject, every line in i) visible in this wax mask. It requires greater Skill to produce a perfect plaster mask. But a very sthall quantity of the pean is at first applied. Itis oy, own over the face till it sssumes a ve! thin tency, which, after being todry. When hardened, this arch of plaster is ag to bear the additions subsequently employed. us the plaster mould is built up. ‘The mask is turned out ofit in the same manner alre; described was separatea however, a plaster then to be chipped off in pi io ive fhe cast, ind el Pieces to save the as, should it be removed in the ordinary way, the latter would be destroyed with it. {fn such in- stances it is termed a ‘waste mould.” The Von Kesselstadt mask was fashioned from a mould;’’ for, on the left cheek, the dent of the tron implement used in breaking the mould is Glearty visible. Not calculating exactly the thick- ness of the last, the artist inadvertently injured the first, The indenture is no slight one, as the photo; en ofthe mask seen by the writer very stify. ho! strot FOUND IN A PAWNBROKER’S SHOP. Delighted to find that he had not been amiss in hia theory, that worthy and indefatigable gentle- man, Mr. Becker, commenced a search for the mask which had kept company with the little pic- tare in the museum of the ancient Von Kessel- stadts. Wandering over a large portion of Europe fn his quest, his ardor and tenacity were finally Fewarded at the expiration of two years. He found the mask in 1849in @ pawnbroker’s shop, aniong nails, old tron and odds and ends of similar ‘worth. How excellent ® repository for the mask of Shakespeare! ‘The mask was greatly mutilated, coe being Gan teen the nose, upper cheeks and tore- head. into the back of it, our friend dis- covered the date of Shakespeare’s death plainly eet within—A. D. 1616, It should be remem- red that this was then the only plaster mask in existence. There was first a wax mould, then a ‘wax face; afterwards a plaster mould, an Lat the plaster mask cast from tt. Becker hastened to id with his prize. Placed before the most in- competent judges—literary men—it was received ‘with incredulity. “How,” asked @ number of these, ‘‘could a mask of Shak are have been carried away into Ger- many? Nonsense! this affair cannot be genuine.” Becker's candid affirmation that everytni Pointed to its authenticity did not lace muc! etect, Nevertheless, he continued steadiast in his Deltet. Lett in the possession of Professor Owen, the ‘Mask remained {1 a eae sae, buried in drapery. After a while it was to be taken back to Ger- Zaany. It is now in the library of Prince Louis of Darmstadt, though re the property of Becker, a descendant of Ludwig, its discoverer. r, Becker is private secretary to Princess Alice, ‘wife of Prince Louis and daughter of Queen Vic- toria. The plaster mask of the face of Shakespeare, aed in this city, from photograpna fn objet or, general intereut Thome ts ageing interest from ui Bisvory*end tie rank it must eas work, of art. art id among Shakes) jan vel 3 echolars its merit ana tk ene: creation will doubtiess be vel rita discussed. As this mask resurrects from the old portraits— ‘which hy “ee failures—the true Shake- mpeare, ecessa’ attempts which were made mm he. we meats. Past to success. fully represent him previous to descri quask Itsell, ‘The history. of the latter in toeemeny tertwined with that of the former, to compre- hend the one, without narrating the other. A GLANCE AT THE OLD PORTRAITS, In 1023 Heminge and Condell, two iriends and fellow actors of Shakespeare, published the first complete edition of his plays. On the title page of their folio 1s impressed @ head of the poet, tu which in aMixed the ature of Martin Droeshout, the engraver. This print slows Shakespeare in the court costume of ot akiiful js time. As & Work of art it is ‘even for that period. They certain better artists, Seven years earlier Chapman yh issued, With an engraving of that ve! “Homer” had bee! Bee Ss the very finest type. It is believed hont copied very Crude as ie retained face, of OF the poe! SPE entirely destitutc. INT. n of the Droeshout in the folio editien at the Astor is much clearer than several the writer has geen elsewhere. This is, perha| explained by the book being one of the Marat im ressions,”? espeare has here a very grave exterior, and when that 1s sald one has tid all. The stiff bristiing about his neck; the hair brushed out of ceri and heavy with pomade; the best portion of beard and mustache shaved off, togetner with Droeshout’s execrabie execution of the whole, make the print what it has frequently been called—‘an abominable libel on humanity.” In spite of the disagreeable ensemble, there lurks beneath its blunders an unmistakaple correspondence with the Chandos portrait and the Stratford bust, both of which are certainly genuine, THE STRATFORD BUST. ‘The eyes of the Stratford bust are extremely poor im character, the curves of the lids having no grace, while the lids themselves are far froin re- sembling those natural to Shakespeare, which were unusually broad. This breadth to the eyelids did not lose itself in the socket of the eye when that vrgan was opened even to its Widest extent. On the contrary, it was still conspicuous. The eyes of tue bust have no pro- tecting prominences of bone, the whole of this im- portant ieature being tame and superficial. The nose 1s curtailed, and the distance between it and the moutp is greater than is common in both the foiio head and the Chandos. Viewed in front, the bust looks irregular and out of drawing; yet Dr. Drake maintained that there was a close and re- markable similarity between it and the engraving from the Felton Shakespeare. The bust is of life size, and was done mechani- cally—by geometrical ta, It is formed out of a block of soft stone, and waa formerly patnted over in imitation ef nature. The hands and tace were of fiesh color, the eyes of light hazel, and the hair and beard auburn. The doublet or coat was scarlet, and covered with a loose black gown, or tabard, without sleeves; the upper Dart ‘of the cushion upon which the hands reposed was green, the under half crimson, and the ee In 1798 Malone had the figure painted over with white paint, imagining he thereby improved it. The result, in the judgment of others, was not satisfactory, mor yet flattering to Mr. Malone’s THE CHANDOS PORTRAIT, The Chandos portrait recalls the Venetian style of painting frem its mellowness and warmth, 1t was taken from life when Shakespeare was about forty- three years of age. is fixes its date 1607, It was origin: bag chs for Josepb Taylor, our poet’s Hamlet, is brother John, who pursued the art of portrait painting with some success in his day. Taylor the actor dying about 1653, at the age of seventy, leit it oy to Sir William Davenant, Shakespeare’s on,—@ gentleman accounted by some of a ih nearer and dearer relationship to our dramatist—who, in tact, openly deciared himself the poet’s natural son. Its subse- mucus owners wore numerous enough. At the leath of Davenant it was bought by Betterton, the actor. it is supposed that Betterton vol- untarily offered it oR ‘at the shrine of Mrs. Barry’s beauty—the famous Barry, Rochester’s pupil and the most charming of actresses, She parted ‘with it for forty guineas. A Mr. Keck, ofthe Inner Temple, was the purchaser. From him it passed to Nicoll, of Southgate, whose only daughter mar- ried the Marquis of Caernarvon. While in Betterton’s possession it had been en- graved for Rowe’s edition of “Shakespeare.” During its transit through these various hands ved engraved first by Vertue and then by Hou- ‘aken. tt became the property of the Duke of Chandos by marriage, from whom it gained its name, and thence descended to the Buckingham tamily. Toca superior as a likeness to either the Strat- Jord bust or the Droeshout print, it has grave dis crepancies, as the American mask very perceptibly proves. It had been painted over ere its conces- sion to the National Portrait Society of Engiand, 1ts present proprietors. Desirous of restoring it to the condition it wasin prior to the perpetra- tion of that act of vandalism, the ‘Society placed it With cleaners, who succeeded in removing its sin- gular disguise. The Arundel Society of England then photographed it, None of their photographs, however, can now be procured. These three—the Stratiord bast, the Drocshout print, and the Ohandos portrait—were the only Teally authentic representations of Shakspeare known at tp) to the world before the year 1849, notwithstanding that a number of portraits more or less spurious or unworthy, and by various artists, were in existence. all’s print was a fanciful caricature of the Droeshout. JANSEN’S PICTURE. Cornelius Jansen’s picture was the portrait of a German, not of an Englishman. The true expres- sion of the Shakespeare face he ignored, substitut- ing instead a look of calm impenetrabillty suitable to the ieite ot & German mystic, but suggesting nothing of who was at once human and thor- oughly Euglish—human in weakness a8 well as in pegs Gite Re tees ree oe jom of spi and, above glish, purely Eng- ilen'in thought. SIR GODFREY ENELLER’S PORTRAIT. Sir Godfrey Kneller’s portrait, painted for Dry- den, depicte SRapeeneatey not as he actually was, ut as he had been given, again and again, in the ivers copies of the Chandos, then extant, with this difference :—The evidence of a master hand in the treatment of the picture iteelfand ofan original mind in the conception of the expression ee iat i Crnet Waa area e comple! gould not yery well have given a just likeness under such ecuatitaneon THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN MASK. Over two years ci a distinguished gentleman called upon Mr, William Page, the artist, to ask him to paint hima picture of Shakespeare. Upo! consenting to perform such 8 task, Mr. Page only in mind such materials as the Droeshout print, the Chandos portrait, and the Stratford bust af- forded tor tne composition of the work. Finaing, afterwards, that Messrs. J. Q. A. Ward and Launt Thompson, the sculptors, had each a photograph of a certain mask of espeare, which was an ob- jéct of some speculation to them just then, on ac- count of their joint competition in furnishing a model for the statute of Shukespeare to be erected in the Central Park, he promptly. visited their studios and examined what was indeed to revelation, Both his prother artists asserted bid not suificient data to settle the authen- ticity of the mask. Mr. Ward had availed himself of his Photograph toa certain extent in the begin- ning, but r, feeling uncertain Fesbecsing OS he laid it aside, long before his model was perfected, Finishing ‘his picture for the gentleman mentioned which the latter wished to have approximate in general character tothe Chandos portrait, Mr. Page commenced the magnum opus of his life. He soon obtained from England some twelve or thirteen different views of the mask, a photograph of the Chandos as made by the Arundel Society and the information concerning Becker's discov- ery, &c., which has already been set forth. When he had fairly entered upon his work the whole mat- ter seemed more and more plausible—the authen- ticity of the mask, its resembiance to the Droes- hout, the Chandos and the Stratford bust. It was Ro easy. process to properly fill cavity after cavity irom which the original pieces were wanting in the Becker mask and still preserve or rather re- vive them in hisown. Had Becker’s mask happily occupied his studio then, much of this trouble might have been obviated and the opportunity of termi- nating his laber at an earlier day been given him. It was left for him to overcome these difficulties, THE SCAR ON SHAKESPEARE’S FOREHEAD. One thing was somewhat puzzling. What at first looked like a blotch, on the mght temple, he decided to be, after carefully scrutinizing it, noth- ing else than @ scar. Some one suggested that it might be merely a cnip out of the original mask, which the photograph had faithfully reproduced. Several surgeons to whom it was submitted em- phatically pronounced it a wound. Their close in- vestigation positively assured them, so they main- tained, of that fact, The bone had been injured, probably, by some very severe accident, @ iece of the skull being gone. The depth of the indentation verified this assumption. The translucency of the skin in life made the scar less noticeable than it is on the opaque surface of the plaster mask. It was observed more, Bape ng when the light struck through the skin, creating, as it must have done, @ reddish or bluish shadow of the size and shape of the cavity itself, But the con- cave suriace of the wax mould brought out the blemish into unmistakable distinctiveness, while the plaster mask taken from the wax one even more clearly defived it. Now, how came this scar upon the forehead of Shakespeare? What record have his ¢ biographers and com- mentators left us_ relati to it? There a@ well known edition of the poet’s works in which nearly every line has @ bushel of netes eee from the four winds, All the wis- dom of all the annotators is winnowed and gar- nered and set in array. After all, whi ne critic says the next insays and the next coniounds. On reading a dozen such pages ‘we close the volume in despair and carry away but one poor id jat Shakespearian criticism is like the occupation of the prisoner in the Bastile, who, to keep a madness, used daily to scatter a hand- a of Ped Skin bon that hi gi Ps em- loymen' icking them up again, ie critics jave not mentioned the scar. ‘WAS IT OBTAINED IN SOME DISREPUTABLE SCRAPE? It is possible that in the earlier editions of the works of Green, the dramatist—wno, it will be remembered, gave Shakespeare the “Shakscene”—wherein much personal matter respecting Shak are could be found, but of anature too coarse for frienuship to wish to ae are raped bese sllenions % the foal 0 which every’ point as the pena’ pec by the poet for be been mixed up fasome lisreputable scrape. Sh: peare was human, like Dickens, who penitently informed Dr, Holmes that such was in truth the case with himself, which must have absolutely astonished that autocrat of the breakfast table. A higher authority than a cavilling commentator shall be welcomed in the columns of the HERALD touching this question of the sear. SHAKESPEARE’S OWN TESTIMONY. are’s direct testimony res,ecting the be openly alludes to it, may be seen in onnet, which, with the two preceding it, has always veen conceded to be strictly personal, It t8 as tollo what is it? That ye Jove and pity doth the impxession fill ‘hich vulgar scandal stamp'd tpon brow; For what care { who calls me well or ill er bad, my good allow? and I must strive alses from your tongue ; To critic and to sateen, are. Mark how my neglect Pyne You are so strongly in my bred That all the world besides, metinnks, are dead. “The impression which vulgar scanaal stamped upon his brow,” and which the love and pity of his irtend were med to ‘fll’? (mark the word!) was unquestionably the ugly gash reproduced in the Von Kesselstadt mask. WAS IT THE VESTIGE OF DISEASE ? As several who have seen the American mask have hinted that the scar in their estimation was the vestige of a loathsome disease, trom its loca- tion and general nature, all that it will be neces- sary to say in refutation of such a charge is that every surgeon who has inspected it has certified it to bé quite destitute of any features susceptible of such @ construction, After the Chandos portrait had been cleanea, agreeably to the order of the National Portrait Society of England, it presented a very mottled appearance, Owing to its having been painted over in so many places. The right side of the forehead particularly was cracked @ good deal, and evinced not only the ravages which time had sown, but the inierior talent that had hoped to retrieve the effect of ignorance by mis- chievous curtailment. Two scars had evidently been painted there—one quite near the side of tue face; the other, somewhat removed from it, being more toward the centre of the forehead. The last occupied the same position as the scar visible in the Von Kesselstadt mask, This was the one Taylor patnted in the beginning, but was ultimately obliged to obliterate. Being @ poor draughtsman he bad drawn the eyes, through miscalculation of their natural situation in the head, in such a bungling manner as to require him to make an ad- dition to the side of the forehead to hide his blunder and lend some harmony to the parts. In doing this he was compeiled, as a matter Of course, to conceal the scar he had previously 80 well defined, and introduce another that should conform with the now changed form of the face. ‘This he placed close to the side of the forehead. In the progress of time it was also effaced, from a cause since forgotten; so that simply the spots, where the scars once were, are the only indications that remain of their jormer presence in the Chandos. But the spots are corroborative of their aering been really in that portrait of Shakespeare, and attest that the poet had surely one such blem- ish, and that, consequently, the Von Kesselstadt bares is @ true and fuithiul reproduction of his features, A SLIGHT SCRATCH. In the photographs of the Von Kesselstadt mask in the possession of Mr. Page the traces of another scar on the forehead can be very easily seen. It must have been fully three inches in length, ‘It runs in @ transverse direction, com- mencing over the left temple, near the scalp, and ending about the centre of the forehead. It is merely a seam, and was, no doubt, but a slight in- jury—nothing but a scalp wound, the bone remain- ingunburt. That Shakspeare had @ number of such wounds about his person one would naturally infer from what has been said on the subject by himself, He tell us, in his sixty-second sonnet— But when my glass shows me myself indeed, Beated and chopped with tann’d antiquity, Mine awn selt-love quite contrary I read, Selt'so self-loving were iniquity. From the scars of which some mention has been made we can very well judge that he had been in- deed ‘“Beated and chopped,’ and could aptly say from experience, ‘He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” Doubtless he was no mean hand in rencounters with the sword. But whether he would “Quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, hav- ing no other reason but because he had ‘hazel eyes,’ is another question, though, “What eye but such an eye would spy out such @ quarrel?” All these vouchers of the authenticity of the Von Kesselstadt mask are too interesting in themselves and have too important a bearing on the mask of the poet just finished in New York for any apolo; to be offered here for the space they have filled in their recital or what slignt interruption they may have caused to the direct history of the wor! proper. THE AMERICAN MASK AS IT APPEARS, The American mask is about two feet long, and were a figure of proportionate size made for it the whole would stand seventeen feet high. Never was there so wonderfully expressive and majestic @ face as this. In it nothing is omitted; nothing is made out by negation. The veins, the wrinkles in the skin, the indications of the muscles under the skin, the smallest part izable to the naked ven there with the same ease and exact- the same prominence and the same sub- ordination, that they would be caet from nature— te. in na.ure itself, Alternate action and repose are admirably displayed init. Now tne lids seem abput to open, the shadow of a smile appears to linger on the lips; now again the face 1s grave and meditative. ere is a harmony, a unity of diffused tnroughout the wondrous mass, and every part of it, which is the glory of it. It has the free- dom, the variety, the stamp of nature. There is no ostentation, no stiffness, no over-labored finish- ing. Every part is in its place and degree and ut to its proper use. ¥ xtfemely Conscions face. It is not the It is an countenance of one in death nor yet of one who sleeps. It is that of a man who has but closed his eyes to recall the checkered panorama of his life. As that passes before him in review the quickly changing thoughts are traced upon the surface, The man’s face becomes an index to his past ca- reer. Each successive event of ser or of sorrow that filled some portion of it is stamped there in indelible characters. Fitty-two years of life’s experience; there they are, in their rich har- vest of memories. ITS MOURNFULNESS, AND SHAKESPEARE’S ALLUSION TO HIS IMMORTALITY. It is evident this lightning of the mind has left some blight and blackening behind it, for, with no very great stretch of the t ination, we see the eyes open with a proud flash, in defiance of the 8 “scorpion’s sting, nd we bh those lips fling back a taunt to the shadow of the past:— Not marble, nor the Of princes shall out But you al ine tore bright in these contents ‘Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wat And broils root out Nor Mars his sword, ar’ ‘The living record of your memory. ‘Gainst death and all oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of ali posterity That wear th{s world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes. Bee ee ete ee ee Your name from hence jmmortal life shall have, Though J, oncé gone, to all the worla must die; The carth can yield me but a common grave, ‘When you entombed in men’s eyes shall lie. FR Ponament shall be my gentle verse, ich eyes not yet create: Which i ated shall o'er rea nd tongues to be your being #1 When all the breathers of this world are dead ; Zou still shail hive (such virtue hath my pen) Where breath most breathes—even in the mouths of men. ITS SOLEMNITY. Some have spoken of the solemnity of the face; more of its gentleness. But in reality it ts simply a mirror to each man’s mind. His eye follows like an eager lover the pleasing images ofall he would be, and all he is, 48 they rise and flit here and there, like wil the-wisps; yet, unlike them, they never fade. ‘A lo quod, certe est quod me tibt temperet astrum/” exclaims he, with Harley LEstrange. There is @ ‘pervading presence” to the mask that produces the impression of its pane @ flesh and blood reality, not a mere counteriet' presentment. Over all there is thrown the light, the glow of consciousness. IT8 RESEMBLANCE TO TIE OLD PORTRAITS. As poor as the Droeshout, the Chandos ana the Stratford bust are from an artistic point ot view, it is yet acurious study to trace the resemblances they assess to this mask. These traits are dissimilar in each, The Droeshout and the bust verify the prominency of the chin. The Chandos and the print give the broad eyelids; but all three fail to show the mouth as it was in lite. ‘The maker of the bust (he does not deserve the name of artist), imagining the sad, solemn expres- sion about the mouth and the banging of its nether Up to be the effects of death, altered them s0 ma- terially in his work that all resembiance was lost. A t portion of the beauty of the human face ts in the nose and mouth, and when they are in any way curtailed or changed what must be the resuit? Especially were these ieatures in Shakespeare's face attractive. And why were they se? Solely for the reason of their being so truly characteristic. They appeared as they really were—germane to, the rest. PECULIARITY OF THE MOUTH. Every one will recollect the scene in the Boar's Head Tavern, in the fourth act of “Henry 1V." Prince Henry says :— Do thou stand for my father and examine me on the particulars of my life. Then, Falstaff having made his chair his state, a dagger his sceptre and a cushion his crown, 8: among other things, in his speech that follows ‘That thou art my son I have partly thy mother's word, partly my own opinion; but chiefly a villanous trick of thine eye and a foolish hanging of thy nether lip, that doth warrant me. Here we have another example of the t intro- ducing personalities in his plays. In the present instance it is extremely pertinent as an illustra- tion. it is an endorsement of the mask. Each, how- ever, is equally corroborative of the other. The author of the bust made another miscalcula- tion in copying from the mask in wax taken alter death, for that was most assuredly his model. Noticing that the lower part of the cheek was not sufictently full and rounded for the face, as he de- cided it must nave been, he, faithful to that idea, filled up botn cheeks. From this cause his bust looks like a Dutch admiral when compared ‘with the American mask. In that the cheek bones are high, and the cheeks themselves are somewhat furrowed, though they are by no means thin or Leg much of the character of the face lies in them. THE FOURHEAD THE MOST STRIKING FEATURE. The forehead is the most striking feature, It fs extremely high, full tion thoughtful. The capacity it denotes is astenishing, even at the firet glimpse obtained o/ it. It is that you see before you observe anything else. Walter Scott’s ‘dome of thought” was nothing to this great globe. And “giobe’’ the ever-conscious Shakespeare called it:— Remember thee ? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat Tn this distracted globe. Its size could not have fated to strike him, and ite shape, arching and majestic, was, indeed, sug- ative; but the World of strong realities within, ‘in shape and hues more beautiful than the fantas tie si ie was even & more plausible oxcuse for ‘ust figure. The 4 yet ween the two eyebrows is un- usually broad. Thought herself seems to have Made there her seat; as the bone upheaves very prominentiy on each side, hinting what the picture must havo been of the brows kuit together in deep meditation, as the poet ‘was Wont perhaps, to contract them wheg pondering over tne plot of one of his sides Of the nose differ very 6 has @ slight elevation near the makes it jess perceptib! crooked when closely exam! . The right side is straighter. ‘The nose is well set upon the face, joining harmo- niously with the other features, RESEMBLANCE TO CAESAR AND NAPOLEON. A side view of it in connection with the face recalls the countenance of Julius Cwsar. 4 front view of the face recalls Napoleon. As it is not an “eagle nose,” as Cmsar’s was undeniably, it is puzzling to account for the resemblance. Ye* it is tnere, nevertheless. Withal, it isa goodly nose, and well formed, the nostrils Dg delicate apd sensitive, sponen, not of that exX¢rémé thinness so unpleadan’ if some physiognomies, The lips are as indicative of humor as of gravity, They denote a sweet and nobie dis- osition, because there is such a predisposition in hem to graciousness. ey are eminently the “gentle Shakespeare’s,”” Their corners are hidden by the mustache, which, instead of being curled up alter the manner of that in the Stratiord bust, is brushed down around the mouth, EVIDENCES OF HUMOR IN THE FACE. The nether lip is full, and evinces a temperament easy-going and merry—one which, by a happy optim- ism, saw nothing to fret and fume about in the whirling world, but was more naturally inclined to join in its jollities witn a hearty, tree and sprighti; air, Its iellow is grave and dignified. Its prou and melancholy aspect at times must have causea that poor nether lip to hang foolishly and shrink- ingly beneath it, like a simple swain in the presence of his betters, In one we recognize “Will”? Shakespeare; in the other, from its sen- sitiveness and conscious power, we detect the mettlesome spirit of the poet—we see the ‘immortal’ Shakespeare. The chin re- minds us of a gladiator’s. There is @ marvellous deal of power in it Yet it is so tempered in its strength and prominenc; by the oval outline of the face, the lofty forehead, the contradictory mouth, the eloquent eyes (which, closed as they are, have a language of their own), that the fierce and fiery qualities which were ap- parently somewhere locked up in its possessor ‘we know to have been perfectly under his control. A small ‘stiletto beard” graces the chin. The eyes, large, round and full, have a meaning and a charm, even when they themselves are alone considered. We can readily infer from them what words were to Shakespeare—how like leaves he tossed them about. To catch the Ve ie apts of this mask it must be seen. ws like a living face, too mobile for description to do it adequate justice. It is Shakespeare himself, after fifty-two years’ peering into the nature of things. The world has now Shakespeare as he was, and to America is it indebted tor so great a boon. What they neglected to do on the other side we have accomplished here by the aid of materials by no means £0 ample as those once in tre possession of the poet’s own countrymen, The American mask, while resurrecting Shakespeare, is a reproach to those who ignored the original, trom the photo- ‘aphs of whic it was made. The face in New ork would convince the simplest boor—one h ces rant of the first principies of art—that it is indeed @ true reprodaction of the features of him who was ‘Not for a day, but for all time.” Truth is always self-evident, and its lesson would be very effect- ively conveyed in such an instance. CENTENNIAL PROGRESS. The Plans for the Great Exposition Building—Memorial Hall—The Pro- posed Musical Organization. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9, 1878. The development of Centennial matters during the past week indicate a greater progress than that of any other season of which your corre- spondent has taken note. In selecting a plan for the theatre of the great American Exposition, the committee, by choosing that submitted by Messrs, Vaux and Radford, of New York, have not only hit upon the most admirable and original one at their disposal, but have also taken the first step to in- sure pecuniary success. It is true that, by failing to comply with the given requirements, Mr. Vaux ‘Was not even mentioned among those who were fortunate enough to secure the four prizes. Itis true that tnose unacquainted with the demandsof the moment anticipated that one of the four prize plans would be tne basis of the desired building; but at the same time, by repudiating all of them and making the choice already announced, the committee have insured to themselves a structure that may be the admiration of the world, and also one Which can, without question, be built within the given time. Upon two different occasions has Mr. Vaux’s plan been sketched for the readers of the HERALD, 60 that it is unnecessary to describe it now. Besides, the proportions are to be consid- erabiy changed, the plan submitted to many modi- fications, and until the architects present it once more to the oommittee any elaborate review of it would be full of errors and premature, THE GENERAL DESIGNS. All thi said with safety is that the plan of the b rectangular, being 2,040 feet long by 680 feet wiae, with greater width at the centre and ends up to 952 ject. The governing dimension on the plan is & sangre oF pavilion measuring 136 feet on each side, hé Math patelclogren. orig: ing the building is therefore fifteen of thése pavil- jons long and five pavilions wide, an area equal to 31.84 acres. Tne increased width 18 obtained by adding on the long sides projections of three Pg ilions at the centre and one at each end. It ill cover thirty-six acres. It has been decided that Memorial Halli shall be distinct from the main Ex- hibition builaing, and the report of the committee recommends the following, whica will be ac- cepted :— First—That the Art Gallery should be placed during the period of the Exhibition within the Memorial Building, and the proposed separate structure for the Art Gallery dispensed with, Second—That the Art Gallery (or Memorial Hall) should be a separate and distinct structure trom the main ix- hibition Building, but sufficiently near to it to be easi accessible by covered ways, £0 a8 to form a part of an harmonize with the generai Exhibition. Thtrd—That for the Art Gallery (or Memorial Hall) a building coverin, g at a maximum one and & half acres of Found will be sinple for the requirements ot the Art rtment of the Exhibition. rth—That the Art Gallery (or Memorial Hall) should be located upon the piece, of ground Immediately north of the main Exhibition Building, and included within the curve formed by the Lansdowne drive. This site, which affords about ten acres, 1s in the opinion of committee the only one upon which the Memorial can be placed, so that i traction during the Exhibition, and remain weli located after the other buildings are removed. Fiyth—The committee has also concluded that tt will be necessary to erect the following buildings, viz. 1, The Art Gallery, covering one and a half acres 2 The Grand Pavilion, or Main Industrial Hall, cover- ing thirty-six acres The Machinery Hall, covering ten acres 4. The Agricultural Hall, covering tive acres, 5. The Conservatory. After considerable debate among the members of the Centennial Supervisors of the State, Messrs. Collins and Autenreith have been selected archi- tects to submit at once a design for their Memo- rial Hall and Art Galiery, the Memorial Hall of their own design being too elaborate and expensive to be finished. within the given time. The following table shows the number of designs submitted, their separate cost and the reasons why both committees have decided as stated above :— SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES. Tempo- ‘Art Pun and rary Memorial\ Build-| Totals. Architect, Building. Halt, | ing, 1. J. ©, Sidney... |$2,250,000) $1,840, 000; $300,000, $4,390,00) 2. Plowman é asi 2,281,543) 3,213,000} 364,400) 5,878,943 3, Gatchell & 1,125,000] 1,229,420) 200,000) 2,654 520 4. Sims & Bro. 168,998} 1,487,621) 429,777] 4,086,397 5. Sloan... 1,971,644] 2,587,088] 321,940] 4,180,673 & Mirthur.s...-°-| 1,840,172) 3,142,000) 928.800] 5,606,172 7. Vaux & Radfor 2,871,500 | —| 2,871,000 § Rath see 500,000], 228,000) 10,050, rieth . 4,500, 2 r 9. Pairta: 2,613,325] 215 582) aria 10. Vrydagh . | 7,880,084) 320,000) 9,738, 2 The question which naturally rises in this con- nection is, when will the proposed buildings be undertaken? The answer is, just as soon as the architects submit their modified designs. In two weeks’ time 1t 18 confidently expected that ground will be broken for the foundation of the structure. THE MUSICAL PROGRAMME. There has been a movement made in the direc- tion of forming a Centennial Musical League, which, while being ambitious enough, must fall short of rendering this part of the programme anything like what it ought to be. ith no or- chestral organization or conductor of any note, with no series of concerts in which a given num- ver of men are enabled to attain a creditable de- gree of culture by means of constant practice, with no season of the year devoted exclusive! to the compositions of the grand masters, Philadel pis cannot hope to assume anything like a prom- nent position in arranging & musical programme, or in securing musical celebrities such as the neces- sities of the Centennial demand. There are only two orchestral conductors in the country who have what may be regarded as a national reputation, or who have any influence whatever abroad. Without them nothing can be done which, to the world, would appear otherwise than ridiculous and bur- lesquish. It is sincerely hoped that the Executive Committee will not rest satisfied with what their local Ceganisesions promise to do, but will at once take vigorous steps to render the music of the Centennial international as the Exhibi- tion, Philadgipbia is naturally iow place, and to keep t ople here during the time of the Exposition tt will be necessary to arrange amuse- ments which the city never has possessed and never will of itself afford. If this is not done New York, Baltimore and other cities, all of which are moré active and awake then Philadelphia, will serve as the headquarters of visitors, wile the admirable railroad facili will easily allow them to visit the fair once or twice each week. The American Centennial Exposition must represent our beat inevery sphere; give, then, the musical arrangements to the discrimination and judgment of our best musician, or if the labor be too great tor one, give itto the two most noted conductors, There are two men, and only two who have made such pements sacrinoes and stand in a musical capacity @o {ir above all others that there is scarcely @ child in the country who could not pronounce their names, Let the Executive Boara consider these thoughts and answer at once according to their own conclusions, ARRIVAL OF THE TGRESS, _— Tyson’s Statement of the Circumstances Attending Captain Hall’s Death. ——_ What He Alleges That Ne Saw on Board and His Opinion of Buddington, The United States steamer Tigress arrived yester- aay morning from her voyage to the Arctic tn search of the Polaris and her crew. The details ot her cruise have already appeared, THE VOYAGE FROM ST. JOHN. The Tigress sailed from St. John, Newfoundland, the morning of the 30th ult., after a stay of four- teen days at that port, during which time the boilers were repaired. October 28 and 29 a revere southwest gale pre- vailed along the coast of Newfoundland, which prevented the Tigress from sailing as soon as was intended. During the gale, while lying at anchor waiting for an opportunity to put tosea, a coasting brig came into port, and while endeavoring to cross the bows of the Tigress missed stays and fouled the latter vessel, carrying away her fying Jibboom, Friday, 7th, at 2:15 P. M., took a pilot on board from pilot boat No. 9 (The Pet), southeast of Smith Shoals Lightship, 250 miles from Sandy Hook, and Passing the lightship at 6 P. M. the ship’s course was changed for Fire Island. Saturday morning the wind hauled ahead to northwest, forcing her to head for Barnegat and tack to and fro all day dnd night, She made the Highland lights at 6 P. M. Savurday evening, but was unable to get inside the Hook until about 6 A. M. yesterday. Allon board are in excelient health after their trip north, LIST OF OFFICERS, Commander—James A. Greer. wart Ogicer—Lieutenant Commander H. C. iC. Navigator—Lieutenant George W. Wilkins. on nts—K, M. Berry, U. Sebree, Washington Joe Masters—George E. Tyson; assistant, E. J. Chipman. Engineers—First Assistant, George W. Melville, yep +; Second Assistant, William A. Mintzer, assist- an Assistant Paymaster— George E. Baughman. Assistant Surgeon—J. W. Elston. Apothecary—W illiam E, Bullard, M. D. Buddington’s Arrival Announced By the Herald—What the Men of the Tigress Think of His Report—Tyson’s State- ment. Before leaving St. John on our outward pas- sage the HERALD of October 10 was received, an- nouncing the arrival at Washington of the steamer Tallapoosa, having on board Captain Buddington and his party. The further announcement in the same despatch that an investigation would soon begin, excited great interest among the officers and men of this vessel. It is the opinion of all on board that facts will yet be revealed, probably in this investigation, which will reveal a deep laid plot to set aside any and all persons, by fair means or foul, who stood in the way of the ambitious schemes of the Polaris commander. Long since it became generally understood among the oMcers on board that Captain Tyson, the com- mander of the “ice party,” could, if he were willing, disclose many facts connected with the death of Hall and the events preceding and following that event, which would go far to con- demn Buddington. As Tyson became more ac- quainted with the officers he would, at times, be- come communicative, but would invariably exact & promise that nothing said by him would be made public until after Buddington was found and a full investigation nad, which would permit both sides of the story to be heard. Since returning to St. John’s harbor in the Tigress, Tyson has been very reticent and anxious to know what explanation Buddington would give of the separation of the “ice party” from the Polaris and their abandonment to a perilous six months on the floating ice. Just before leaving St. Jobn, for the first time Tyson read in the New York HERALD the statement made by Buddington. “FroOw'd SPRGTAL SPATRMENT, Your correspondent, on the way down from St. John, engaged in conversation with Captain Ty- son regarding the journey on the ice, and this led to other matters, which are given below, as nearly as possible in hts own words :— When the old man (Hall) died Chester was watch- ing with him, and as soon aghe died he (Chester) covered him up and came below where we were and turnedin. Buddington came down in a few moments and asked ifany one would lay the old man out. I said I'd go, and Morton jumped up and sald he’d help. We went up and went into the cabin, and there the poor oid man lay in his bunk just covered 4 with his blankets. We gota big plank and got the body out of the bunk, taid it on the piank and washed it. I did not notice any- thing about Buddington or the doctor (Besse1) at the grave. I took @ party of men ashore, about half a mile over ice and land, and dug the grave, and it took me nearly two days to do it, the ground was frozen so hard. At the grave I was engaged holding a lantern for Bryan to see to read the burial service. CORRESPONDENT—How did this story about poi- soning start? Was there any talk of it on the ship? TY sox—Well, there was a good deal said on board, one way and another. When It was sug- gest of course, it set all hands wondering whether there was anything in it or not. CoRRESPONDENT—W hen was it first heard? Who started it? Tyson—The first of it I heard was within an hour after the old man died, when I was in the cabin. Before the body was cold ‘Bud’ came and calied me out of the cabin into tne little alleyway be- tween the cabin and the rail, and said, “Don’t you say thing about it to anybody, but that —— utch doctor, old Bessel, has poisoned the old man.” I said, “I don’t believe it. I don’t think so;”” when “Bud” said again, ‘Yes, he did; — — him. I know it, I tell you; but don’t you say anything about it.” That was all that was said then, but wards “Bud” used to come be- iow very often (to the room where Morton and I had boarded up the alleyway, 80 a8 to have a room to ourselves with some privacy), and tell us to “look out for Bessel. He poisoned the old man, and if you ain’t caretul he'll serve some of you the same way.” “Bud” talked that way all the time. CORRESPONDENT—Do»you think Dr. Bessel poi- soned Captain Hall, or had anything to do with his death? - Tyson—No, I don’t. He and Hall didn’t get along well together; but I don’t think the Doctor had anything to do with it, ifthe poor “old man” was poisoned. CORRESPONDEXT—Were there any suspicious cir- cumstances connected with Hall’s illness to make you think he was poisoned, or was there apy sus- Picion of any foul play * Tyson—I never saw anything to make me think he was peisoned. I heard, as I stated in my testi- mony to the Secretary of the Navy, of what Hall told Joe and Hannah, but 1’m inclined to think it was only his delirium. Hall, during the latter part of his sickness, couldn't bear to have Buddington come near him, and Herron, the steward, said that he saw Buddington seize and choke Hall because the “old man’ wouldn’t sign some papers, and aiter that Hall seemed afraid of Buddington, and On one occasion, when Buddington went to him to help to tarn tim or help him some way or other, the ae man’ seized him and flung him half across the cabin, CORKESPONDENT—Did Herron say what papers Buddington wanted Hall to sign? Tyson—No; but I guess it was the papers turn- ing over the command to Buddington. CORRESPONDENT—W hat papers? Did Hall have any idea of ig 4 the command over? ‘Tyson—Yes. I'll tell you how it was. After the “old man” and Chester came back from the sledge journey, and he got better from his first sickness, e talked to several, and said he thought oy ifhe turned over the immediate command of the ship to Buddington, PCa Mel of her move- ments, he wouid stand it better, as the responsi- bility resting upon him was so great that it made him sick and worried his mind, He thought that if he did that he would be relieved of the responsi- bilt be teh on » SA eh ad vo a to the exploring part o! expedition and would get weil, He said that he wouM make out the papers and would sign them, giving the command to Buddington. He took me with him one ~ upon the ice and told me_ this, and asked me what I thought of it, Weill, you see how I was fixed; Icouldn’t say anything at all about it, and I vold him 60. A day or two aiterwards, when the old man was sick again, Bud came around me while L was working on the ice, and asked me inf Hall said to me when we were on the tce. id 1dn’t tell bim, and he then began talking about what Hall had said of the papers relatin B t ig command being turned over to him (Bud), aid sald, “ him, he (Bud) would make the old —— — — sign them;” and 1 gees ites something about the same papers that mad heize Halk for Bud said then that he would make oSommumrospenr—Were wey signed that you know off 4 1 aon’s think they were, for if they Co tay by Hall’s death ? Tyson—Oh, he isn’t @ man to be much by anyshing: ‘although when he wants to make oint he will and take on as if he was as earted as a child, Why, when poor Hall was at twenty-five minutes past three in the ing, November 8, and that same evening Bud below and wanted to decency to wait till the poor “old m: cold at least. I’m not a swearing man and I want to swear alter what God did for me in me off that horrible ice, but I do feel like it think of that man, To show you what Kil man he ts, I’li tell you. You asked me if be any feeling about Hall’s death. Some time hext spring alter Hall died I was ashore one put up @ good headboard at the grave im the rough one that had been put up, marked with a lead pencil, and Buddington went with After I had finished at the grave we walked back towards the shore and were talking: of Hall and- the whole business, aud Bud talked over again why he had advised. Hall to turm the ship south the fall before, instead of staying where we ought to have done; and then about our prospects of getting further south when the ice broke out. We stopped at’ the edge of the. hill and he talked some time; when we started on he Stopped and turned around, looking toward the poor man’s grave, clenched his fist and struck downward with it, as if ne was striking some one, Stamping his foot at the same time, and said, and poured forth a voiley of foul abuse w the dead man with threats to some of the ly fs And that was not the only time he talked that way before me and before others. Now that'g * the amount of feeling he had for the man that madé@ ” him all he was. He’s a good sailor, Vit say that for him, and he’s as sharp and keen as they make ’em; but I tell you he’s a bad man. He was so well known among the whalemen that none of them hardly would have anything to do with him, Isee by the papers that Buddington says that neither he nor any one else on tie Polaris saw anything of ws on the ice after we broke away. Now, how lar was it from where they lived last winter to McGary’s Rock, off Littleton Island? 3 ConnmsronDENT—Not an inch over a mile anda alf. i Tyson—Well, when I saw the Polaris the next morning after we broke away, going up, she .ay just at the rock, where we saw her hawsers ashore. 1 tried to get on McGary’s, and came within afew fathoms, when tne ice swept me of, I see the ship plainly—everybody did; and if nobody saw us from the Polaris it was because some one om board was particular to take care that we were not seen, or else has browbeaten whoever did see: us, 80 that he dare not tell the trutn. I believe truly as I belicve that a merciful Providence bronght nineteen people safely through the cold ~ and starvation of 197 dayson the ice that it was intended that we should not be seen, THE NEWARK FRAUDS. More Official Whitewash—The One Huns dred Committee Settling Down to Energetic Work. For over two months, as the people have been given to understand by the officials, three salaried experts have been making a thorough overhauling oft the books, vouchers, bonds, &c., of the city. These experts have reported progress’ twice—the last time last Friday night—but so far, th they claim to have made a most searchi investigation into the most importand departments, have found nothing in. the shape even of “irregularities,” except im the case of Broadwell. In his case they have found several thousand dollars’ worth of ae ties.” As he has been indicted, and 1s now in the hands of the Court, it is sate to find more evidence against him. The affairs of all other city official say the three experts hired by the officials an paid with the people’s money, show everything in apple-pie order. In view of the late Grand Jury’s presentment, which distinctly set forth that “ir- regularities” had been discovered and, ‘at least in. one instance,” traced directly to a city Cy inen| and of the startiing and never contradict reports of the committee it 1s, of course, not to be wonaered at that these city officials’ experts re- | Sbey have excited only a smile and been fairly laughed out of the court of public opinion, an set down as merely more white- wash, hence the Commitee of One Hun- dred seems. more determined than ever to prosecute its work. On Saturday night a meeting of the sub-committees was held preparatory to the meeting of the Committee of the Whole to- night. The sub-committee meeting was not public, but it is underst that those present agreed a pian upon to be submitted to the meeting to-ni This is toappoint a committee of five exper! clothe them with iull powers to Investigate, no’ one department, but all, all being linked so tha’ it is almost impossible to finish up any cage with- out going from one governmental department to another. The plan further provides that the sub- committees will remain as now, and aid the ex- perts as beat they can. As an evidence of the popular desire for the committee to vigorously on with its labors it may be stated that, despite the dulness of the times, the Committee on Fi- nance, with comparatively little labor, have col- lected ample famda to pay all expenses 80 far as they have gone, OITY MISSIONS. The Evangelization of the Metropolis Providing the Gospel for Those Desti- tute of It. Active BenevolencemAnm Ape> peal for Aid. The City Mission Society, whose object it is te furnish tne Gospel to that large number which is not provided for in our churches or other places of worship, and which, in furtherance of this, hag found it necessary to indulge, toa considerable extent, in works of practical benevolence, is just now making an appeal to the Christian public in order that its labors may not be curtailed, and at @ season when they are most needed. For this pur- Vacs @ meeting was held in the Madison Square resbyterian church last evening. The Rev. George. J, Mingins, of the City Mission, was introduced to ~ the audience by Dr. Adams. He said, “We come to make a report to you, Knowing that the work im which We are now engaged is as important as ever and that the destitution is greater.” He then pro- ceeded to show the paucity of churches in certain wards of the city, instancing the Fourth ward, where there are but two Protestant churches and two missions for @ population of 22,000, while there is a drinking shop for every sixty persons; and the Sixth ward, which has ten churches and four small missions, while it has one dram shop for every forty-eight persons. Contrasting with those he mentioned the Nineteenth ward, which has 32,000 population and twenty-two Evangelical charches and nine missions. He said in looking over the field it would be observed that the two extremes of so -iety were well provided for, while the great middie class—the artisans, the workingmen, the shop girls and others were destitute of the means of enjoying the Gospel, and the efforts of the mis- sion are at present devoted especially to these. He spoke at length on what had been accomplished by the missions and stated that, in view of hard winter beiore us, greater demands than ever before would be made upon the active benevo- lence of the society. At the Helping Hand, in Water streel, the society had hah | the past na furnished 6,000 meals, 8,000 lodgings, and talked, advised and encouraged witu 24,000 per- sons, and the entire cost, including payment of the missionary and wile, had been $2,027. The societ; has already overdrawn $2,000, and it is doubtful if it can borrow more. To carry out its objects it re- quired $17,000 betore the 11th of December, else the work must be largely curtailed and at a time when the poor most needed the assistance furnished them, He closed with an eloquent appeal for aid. Acollection was then taken up and Rev. & M. Hamilton and Dr. James 8, Murray followed in ad- vocacy of the claims of the society upon the ir- ality of Christians. UDDERZOOK DECLARED GUILTY. WEsT CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 9, 1873, Judge Butler received a note from the jury at nile o'clock this morning, and reassembled the Court in order to open and read it in the presence of the jury and the prisoner. It was a request to confer with the Court, The foreman declared he did not think they could agree, but requested to have cer- tain papers sent in tor their information, The Court recalled to them their oath and their re- sponsibility before Goa and their fellow citizens, and sent in the papers. At two o’clock they camo into court with their verdict, the foreman weeping freely. ‘The usual questions as to the verdict were then put, and the foreman answered, ‘Guilty of murder 1m the first degree.” The usual formula was @D- swered to by each member of the jury separately. The balloting by the Jury was a8 follows:—First ballot—6 guilty, 6 not guilty, 1 undecided. Second—The same. Third—6 guilty, 6 not guilty. 16 not guilty. Filth—4 3 Hrd Oxi An even ballot,’ At f they went in and received the instructions of the venth ballot—o ty, 3 not Court, i guilty, 1 not guilty. On the tw Pfr al voted gulity in the first degree, and biowed the second act of this crime. ‘The which kept the jury out so long is underst Sic aan aeene aan tity of fe yernd This appears to have been set at rest the exbibition of the letters written by Goss Wiison and a review of the evidence of Dr. Baily. THE PATAL AOOIDERT AT GRBYOOURT, Povenkggrate, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1873. The remains of the woman killed at Greycourt by an Erie train last evening have been recognized a8 those of the wife of an brie brakeman named Daniel Roe. The unfortunate woman was about twenty-two years of are, Ah ee