The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1873, Page 7

THE EMERALD ISLE. Annual Meeting of the Catholic Union of Ireland. THE NEW UNIVERSITY Deeds and Misdeeds of the People. Dusuin, Dec. 6, 1873. ‘We have had this week the annual meeting of the Catholic Union of Ireland, This body was estab- lished about a year ago, Uf not in actual, in practi- cal conjunction with a similar union in England, intended to watch over the interests of Catholicism in these countries, The unions had their origin apparently in the movements against the Catholic hierarchy in Germany especialiy, but also in Swit- zerland, and even in Italy, At the meeting of the Jrish union Lord Granard, its President, presided, and he was supported by Cardinal Cullen, the Catholic Primate of Ireland, and many bishops and leading dignitaries of the Catholic Church, as well as several members of Parliament. Lord Granard, in his presidential address, struck the keynote of the meeting. He denounced the perse- cutions of the Catholic bishops and priests in Ger- many. He denounced the spoliation of the Church in Rome and other parts of Italy. He remarked on the failure of the English government to settle the Trish University question in a “fitting” manner, and spoke of what he considered the antagonistic spirit which was developing in England against Catholicism, The resolutions passed and the speeches delivered dealt separately with these points. There was a declaration of the attachment of the union to the Holy Father; there was a fer- vent expression of syinpathy with the persecuted bishops and priests of Germany and Switzerland; there wasa wail of profound affliction at THE SPOLIATION OF THE CHURCH IN ITALY, and the union declared itself firmiy attached to the principles of Catholic education laid down by the bishops. Then it was complained that in the administration of the Poor law in Ireland, espe- cially in the appointment of dispensary doctors, the Catholics were uniairly treated, The immense majority of appointinents, it 1s stated, were given to Protestants. Finally, the union declared itself to be entirely unconnected with the party politics of the country. The meeting was well attended, and the proceedings, if not enthusiastic, were at least unanimous. At about the same time a meeting of a very dif- ferent kind was being held at Dublin. I refer wo the ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ORANGE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND, This meeting was secret. We shall have no report Of it; but probably some address to the members will be issued from the grand heads of the institu- tion, who have thus been meeting and deliberating in solemn conclave. But a second meeting, and public, was held in the evening—if not of the Orange Grand Lodge, at least of Orangemen. It Was held in the Rotunda, The large room was trammed with people and bright, indeed brilliant, with flags of the various colors characteristic of the Order. Many Orangemen there—and there were very few but Orangemen present—wore an Or- ange sash, and the excellence of their discipline Was weil shown in the repeated rounds of Kentish fire which greeted prominent leaders as they en- tered the room, The proceedings were certainly tonducted with enthusiasm, The chair was occu- pied by Mr. W. F. Caldherin, Grand Master of the tity of Dublin, who assured those present that the Orangemen of the metropolis, if few as compared with their brethren in the province of Ulster, were “as firm, as determined and as honest a body of Protestants as there was in any city of the world.”’ The first resolution complimented the at- titude of those who, in recent sessions of Parlia- ment, had opposed the concessions to the uitra- montanes and entered a protest against any more of such concessions. It was proposed by the chap- lain to the Apprentice Boys of Derry, and he de- clared that the Orange institution would not be content with gaining for the Protestants the ben- efits of civil and religious liberty; they would en- deavor to extend those privileges to the Roman Catholics, He adverted to the proposal of a ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, and instanced the protest of the Roman Catholic students against the education it was proposed there to give as evidence of the desire even of Roman Catiolics for that education which gave Protestants an advantage ever them in the race of life. The resolutiun was, of course, unanimously agreed to; and then came the lion of the evening, Brother William Johnston, of ballykileg, M. P., who proposed a resolution calling attention to the tyrannical proceedings of the Executive at Coul- island and Rotherdown. Mr. Johnston seemed altogether at a loss to find language strong enough to condemn ose proceedings, The Coulisiand business arose out of a procession of Sunday school chijdren—surely not a terror-inspiring thing—who were, as is alleged, set upon by a number of Roman Catholics headed bya priest. The police, ‘we are assured, were appealed to in vain for pro- tection to these little children, They were left to the mercy of their assailants—‘Savages,” as Mr. Johnston called them. The Protestants of Stew- ardstown, however, came to their assistance; and forthis the ‘Oullenite Executive in Dublin,” as Mr. Johnston called it, wanted to con- vict them and punish them, The Roman Catholic party had already been returned for trial, this “Cullenite Executive’ now wanted the Protestants to be sent forward likewise. Mr. Johnston pledged himself to bring the matter be- fore the House of Commons. He equally strongly condemned the conduct of the police at Rotherdown during the recent riots, and the resolution was carried in what 1 may be allowed to call a “blaze” of Kentish fire, A resojution tondemning home rule, and declaring that the Orange institution wonld oppose with ali its strength any attempt to disintegrate the British Empire, was carried with a like unanimous enthusiasm. Finally, a resolution was passed, jointly rejoicing at tne welcome given to the Canadian brethren in Ireland, and ex- pressing a fervent hope that the bond of Orange union between Canada and Ireland would be still more strongly knit. Before the proceedings closed a gold ring was presented to the Chairman from an unknown admirer. It bore the words, “The glorious, pious ‘and immortal memory,” and had also a likeness of King William, It is perfectly true, as Mr. Jolinmston said at the Dublin meeting, that we are not yet done with the annoying Coulisiand business. The magistrate here twice refused informations against the Vrot- estant party. The third time it came up, after being partially heard, the Bench suggested that the prosecution should be dropped, but the Attor- ney General has ordered it to proceed, and it will proceed, though we shall have @ relief from it until the 18th Inst, ‘The jarge amount of DRUNKENN prevalent in most towns of Ireland has long been a matter of grave complaint, Monday has become almost proverbial as the drunken day or day of drunken cases at the police courts, and Magistrate a‘ter magistrate, chairman of county ater chairman o/ county, and even high judges of the Bench, have complained of the evil. For the last two or three sessions bilia have been introduced into the House of Commons for the purpose of shutting up pubdite houses on Sundays; but as yet they have not passed. I observe that the Lord Mayor of Dublin has called a meeting to consider the sub- Ject, and doubtiess it will only be the beginning of an extended movement in behalf of Sunday closing. Some little commotion has been caused in Ro- man Catholic circles by the publication of A PROTEST or memorial sent to the Irish bishops on the cur- riculum of the Irish Catholic University. You know that the hierarchy have been bending all their energies towards a thorough revival and ex- tension of this institution, This memorial ts ened by students, past and present, of the unl- NEW YORK AERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. versities, Including many priests, They point out many defects in the university curriculum. Es- pectatly do they complain of the almost total omis- sion of scientific study, They refer to the sneers which English scientific men have re- cently been throwing at the Catholic uni- versities fer thelr apparent hostility to science, and the memorialists declare, if the extracts which I have seen be not garbled and misquoted, that if sctence 1s not to be taught in the Catholic University they must seek it in Trinity College or the Queen’s University. Science they consider at the present aay an indispensable study. They also complain of the comparative neglect shown in recent yeays to modern languages and literature. The memorial is at present under consideration by the bishops, These bishops in- Mirectly but yery pretentiously, replied to the pro- test on Wednesday, when the commencements of the Irish Catholic University were held, This was regarded as @ very great and imposing occasion, It was the first appearance, so to speak, of the Uni- versity as the head of the aMliated Catholic educa- tional institutions—the first meeting since the bishops resolved on casting off the State and trusting to their own exertions to secure a tho- roughly Catholic education in the higher branches. Cardinal Cullen presided, There were a very great many Catholic ecclesiastical dignitaries, Letters were read from English and other Catholic noble- men praising the resolution of the Lrish bishops, encouraging them to persevere, and one at least—Lord Denbigh—assured them that, though the government might at pres- ent appear very firm against them, @ moment would come when pressure would be pos- sible and perhaps easily successiul Monsignor Woodlock delivered an address, sketching the general outline of the curriculum of study, and stating, almost parenthetically, that “it was need- less to add there would be a bachelorship of sci- ence.”’ ‘this was the University’s answer to the stu- dents’ protest. The Cardinal spoke, the Archbishop of Cashel spoke and several members of Parliament delivered brief addresses, all auguring well for the future of the Catholic University and all more or less complaining of the injustice done to Catholics in Ireland by refusing them either an endowment or charter jor their University. But they were all resolute on persevering without etther, believing that the desire in Ireland fora “free Catholic edu- cation” was s0 great that the funds to support the University would be forthcoming, while its degrees would be sought after, notwithstanding the want of a charter from the State, THE CIVIL SERVANTS have been again to the front, but modestly and civilly, This time it was the Post Office ofMicials in Dublin, They held a meeting—not quite an indig- nation meeting, but a complaining meeting. They complain that their salaries are small, their gen- eral position indiiferent and that they have been negiected, though attention to their claims was promised some time ago. They beg the Lords of the Treasury to have some compassion on them, and at least order an inquiry into their case. Another case of no little importance has been recited in the City Presentment Sessions of Dublin. It had connection with the case of one David Mur- phy, who, in 1872, was employed in the J/rishman newspaper office. In this office met a committee of persons interested in getting subscriptions for the Kelly defence fund—Keily having been accused of shooting Head Constabie Talbot. Marphy had asserted that the funds collected for Kelly’s de- fence were being misappropriated, and the pro- prietor of the newspaper in question accused Marphy in return of embezzlement. He was in- dignant at the charge, and openly stated that, if the trial went on, he would state im Court what he Knew of the misappropriation of the Kelly fund. The night before the sitting of the Court he was fired at and wounded in the head. Three persons were seen together near hin at the time, and one of these was soon afterwards arrested with a pistol in his hands and subse- quently convicted and punished, murphy applied for compensation under the Penal Preservation act; but the Dublin corporation disallowed the cia. Hence this appeal. For the corporation it was contended that the attack upon Murphy did not come under the act, which had been enforced for a special purpose, and that, if Murphy’s claim Was admitted, persons who might be set upon by a gang of thieves might equally claim compensa- tion, Judge petty, took time to consider his deci- sion, aamitting that there was something in the argament for the defence, and that a line must be drawn somewhere. THE DRAINAGE OF THE SHANNON is to be looked after yet. At least Mr. Gladstone has stated, in reply to a letter addressed to him on the subject, that the government intend to bring in a bill ior this purpose next session. It will be a great relief to dwellers on the Shannon to be freed Irom periodical floods; and it will be almost as great a relief to people not residing on the Shan- non, to be saved the, almost perpetual discussion of saggested plans for ending the evils of that well Known river. MR. M’CARTHY DOWNING’S appearance and speech at the home rule confer- ence in Dublin has, it seems, given satisfaction to the members of the Kauturck Farmers’ Club. Be- fore this they were very much displeased with him. He had been neutral on the question of home government, and the farmers of the club could not understand neutrality on such & sub: ject. They were preparing to contest the repre- sentation of county Cork against Mr. Downing, putting up a tenant farmer in opposition. Some of them had, however, half repented of this resolu- tion at their last meeting, but it was left for de- cision at the conierence in Cork on Toursday. And this conference resolved that 1t would stick to the tenant farmer resolution for the present. A very serious case of embezzlement by a bank cierk is at present being investigated by the police authorities in Belfast. As usual in such cases the most extraordinary rumors are afloat as to the amount involved, but from what I have learned on very good authority I believe the amount lost will turn out to be at least £40,000, or, pornepe, £50,000, The only person yet arrested 1s a Mr. W. H. Smith, who has jor some time past held high festival in a house situated in a respectable locality in Belfast, ‘The Belfast Banking Company are the losers, and when Mr. Smith was in their employment he was called accountant; now, when he is prison, he ts described as clerk. Another person 18 said to be implicated in the transaction—a manager of one of the branch banks of the company. There may have been others, but the’ investigations into the matter had been conducted in private, and, as probably the whole truth is not yet known, it is impossible to tell the exact number of ope rators. ‘he method of conducting the “business” has been described to me as follows:—Tuhe Belfast Banking Company had as agents the Union Bank- ing Company of London. With this company they kept a large current account for the convenience of their customers in the metropolis. The manager of the Belfast Branch Bank had the power of making out draits which might be drawn on the Union Company in London and paid out of the Belfast Company's account, These drafts were forwarded to the head office in Belfast; they were put in the accountant’s hands to book, and ne ‘hooked’? instead of booking them. In course of time—it seems to have been the work of six or eight montis—the Belfast bank’s account was con- siderably overdrawn, and, on its continuing thus, the London company, probably suspecting that all was not right, wrote to Beliast asking an explana- tion of the unusual occurrence. Thus the discovery was made, and then was Mr, Smith arrested. The branch manager is said to have received sufficient * notice to enable him to decamp; but tf, as I hear, he took passage for Canada, there can be little doubt he will be arrested on his arrival there. It is a large affair, and, as may be supposed, is a great subject of talk in the busy “commercial capi- tal of Ireland,’ as its merchants love to call it, not without some truth, A CLEVERLY AUDACIOUS ROBBERY has been committed in the Munster Bank, Cork. A gentleman named McMahon was waiting to lodge £100 in bank, The notes were on the counter before him, when some one near him dropped a half sovereign, which McMahon good- naturedly stooped to pick up, When he again raised his head to the counter his own money was gone from it. The person who took them was gone toe and has not stnce been discovered. Mr. McMahon will probably be careful next time ne goes to make a lodgement in bank to allow persons who may drop half sovereigns to pick them up lor themselves, He has paid dearly for his too courte- ous politeness, SLIGO has just supplied us with a most atrocious murder of one brother by another. In the early morning a car driver going along the road from Tobercurry to Ballymote was horrified to see on the roadside a@ bieeding body trightfully mutilated about the head. The carman had seen aman moving off a8 he neared the place; but his wits were so dis- ordered when he came in sight of the murdered man that he for some time could neither pursue the runaway nor do anything but gaze in horritied fascination at the murdered body. Ultimately recovering himself, however, he gave information to the police at Tobercurry, and it was in time dis. covered that the murdered man was named Gil- more. His brother Michael was missing, but was goon after arrested on the charge of murder. There Was blood on his clothes, and tt has since been ascertained that the two brothers had been constantly quarreliing about the possession of a few acres of land belonging to their aged mother, Hoth wanted to secure it on her death, and Michael seems to have come to the conclusion that the surest way to get it for himself was to kill his brother. He has probably by this time realized his mistake, for he has been committed for trial, and the case against him seems strong. THR NOVELTY OF A NOBLEMAN preaching a sermon attracted a Mag large crowd tothe Union Presbyterian church, Lower Abbey street, Dublin, on Sunday last. The preacher was the Earl of Carrick, and he is said to have spoken both earnestly and eloquently on the frty-third chapter of Isaiah, that which gives @ prophetic outline of the Saviour's sufferings. This week the excitement of the THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS bas beep syoceeded, in some towns least, by Increased commotion in connection with the elec- tion of mayors. It is not always easy to fathom the depths o/ local politics, or that which gives rise to such an intense feeling about what the outer world gives itsell no trouble at all, But the excitement rises nevertheless; and in the case of Limerick, for instance, the election of Mayor has this year been a matter of much greater local interest apparently than ever was the election of member o1 Parliament. For days before the city was in @ state of great excitement, so much 80 that a section of the magistrates petitioned for an extra lorce of police on Monday, the day of elec- tion—a proceeding which gave great offence to many persons in the town. On Monday morn- ing, however, it almost seemed to many that the recaution was a very proper one, The city was all in commotion, The women, especially those from historic Garryowen, had taken up the subject with immense zeal, ‘they assembled in force at the Town Hall. The contest was between the present Mayor, Mr. Cleary, and Mr. Cregan. ‘The Garry- owen women were all for Mr. Cleary. They crowded into the hall when the doors were opened. They cheeréd My. Ofeary an i6 Support: efs, while they denounced in terms more pithy than polite Mr, Gregan and his friends, Moth candidates were nominated in the midst of con- siderable din and great confusion; but Mr. Cleary was successtul by 14 to 4. The crowd were deé- lighted, They rus%ed forward, women and all, and almost shook tne Mayor’s right arm off ip the warmth and fough fervency of their congratula- tions. He had afterwards to drive through the principal streets of Limerick, precedea by a band and followed by his still excited but triumphant supporters. There was, however, no disturbance— whether this was owing to the fact that the head constuble appeared on aly armed with a black thorn stick instead of a rifle, 1t would be impossible to tell, In Cork the conservatives made an elfort jor the mayoralty, but they did not succeed, Mr, Nagle, an advanced nationalist, was elected by a very large majority, In Drogheda there was a rather unruly scene in the Council, but Alderman Cantwell was unanimously re-elected. In other places there was no contest. NEW PALLAS, county Limerick, must be an extremely uncom- fortable place lor peaceable people and dangerous for even the most unruly, It bas an ugly reputa- tion; and still there are a suficient number ol bad men and cowardly scoundreis in it to keep up its | orien in evil ways. There seem, as tar as can gather, to be two factions in it—the ‘threes’? and the “fours.” Why they are so designated I certainly cannnot tell. Perhaps it is because they goin gangs of threes and jours; but, however this may be, it seems the fact that the chiet object of their existence is Aghting. The one cannot meet the other without a tussle; and, occasionally, in default of male victims, they set upon women. The latest instances are of this latter sort. Tnere was a fair recently at New Pallas. This seems to be an occasion sacred in the fighting interests of the “threes” and the “fours,” They fight each other at the fair; but, lf the market in this respect has not been “brisk’? and they have not had enough, they waylay decent people as they return home. Three fellows of one of these factions turned up suddenly on the roadside one day, as a farmer was nearing home with his wife, who was pregnant. OTE that their object was to beat, perhaps to kill him, but be- lieving they would not touch his helpless wife, the man fled from his pursuers. He speedily found he had mistaken their characters, for they at once proved their meaply savage nature by Knocking the poor woman down and kicking her ‘as only in- satiate brutes could do, She was left on the road insensate, but was somehow conveyed home, had a miscarriage soon alter and died. Her rul- flanly assailants have not yet been arrested, and yet the police at New Pallas are said to be a very efMicient body, which they may be, though this does not look like it. Another woman, in a simi- Jar condition, was similarly beaten and kicked, and the last I heard of her was that she was in a “precarious condition.” And these are only two examples out of many of “life in New Pallas, county Limerick.” ‘here is, 1 think it will be ad- mitted, great need for reformation. The members of the “threes” and “fours” factions ought to be sent to the Gold Coast. They might be of some use against the Ashantees, though their natural position would be among them. A farmer in Castle Claney has just supplied some fresh and not very agreeable work for the criminal lawyers, He attempted to murder his wife, He caught her in an outhouse, and, beating her ter- Tibly about the head and body, left her, apparently convinced that she was dead. Heat all events went and told some of the neighbors so, adding that she had been attacked by a party of men with blackened faces, and, of course, unrecognizable, The farmer was ‘a blunderer, While he was en- deavoring thus to deceive the neighbors and the police, with whom also he communicated, the poor Woman, who was pregnant, revived a little and Was abie to make her way to an adjoining house, Here she was carefuily attended to and a medical man sent for; so that when the police and her hus- band—no doubt surprised not to see her where he so recently leit her—at last found her she was able to identity the vile miscreant in her villanous “lord and protector.’ She is still, however, in @ very precarious condition, and the would-be mur- derer has been remanded until the result is ascer- tained, He has made nothing by his black fraud or rather barefaced story. WAILE UPON CRIME, and very disgusting crime, too, | may as well tell you of a ghastly story, which comes from Galway, where pigs would seem to have uncommon easy access to young infants for feeding purposes. About a fortnight ago a in the village of Miner was attacked by one of these brutes, and its hands torn from its body and eaten. The poor creature lingered for a couple of weeks, but, of course, died. It was surely better 80, But on Sun- day last a worse scene happened on the Bowling Green of Galway itself, A poor woman went out for a few minutes, leaving her infant in the cradle. You may imagine her horror on returning to find the child outside the house with a pig busily tear- ing its body—the throat and breast already terri- bly mangled. It was no easy work driving the pig away, and in a few miputes the infant's sufferings ended in death. Yetitseems that in Galway itis still the habit of many poor people to keep pigs in their house. lam sick of these recitals. But before getting into better material aliow me just to mention that Corough, in county Kildare, has just supplied us with an instance of highway ovat K A farmer named Flynn, whose place is called Donore, was returning home one night when he was set upon by two men, knocked down and about £60 stolen trom him, Mr. Flynn informed the police, and at least one arrest has been made on suspicion. Enough now of MURDEX AND ROBBERY, Let us come jor a moment to Lurgan, where the magistrates have this week been greatiy ex- ercised about a row which occurred in that not always orderly town on the 1st_ of November last. its ‘cause was a drum, Drums, you must know, are distinguished institutions in the North. In many hands, more especially Orange ones, though their opponents also affect them, the drums are both the soul and body of the music. The ‘Boyne Water” or “Garry- owen” would not, it would seem, sound half so sweet to the ears of this class of musicians were they played by a military band as they do when rumbled out of six drums and @ solitary but shrill fife. The drum often receives hard treat. ment, Its “tympanum” is sometimes broken by the energy of the drummer, who, on great occa- sions, considers it an honor to have bleeding wrists from the severity of his exercise. It is, therefore, no great wonder if the unoffending drum occasionally becomes the cause of strife among its worshipping but not very wise masters. On this particular single instance the quarrel arose among a number of Roman Catholics, who had at least one drum among them, and it came to grief in the mélée, supplying, in the end, staves with which the angr owners or the instrument of musical thunder beat one another. Why they quarrelled I really do not Know, nor does it matter much. The magis- trates, after what must, of course, have been @ pa- tient hearing, adjourned the case tor six months, to see, Isuppose, how the rioters would behave themselves in the meantime. But they can quar- relno more over their oid drum. It is silent for- ever. If they must have a new quarrel, it must be over anew drum. The Jrish Times, in terms of GREAT INDIGNATION, tells the story of an attempt to burn the little Wesleyan chapel at Clontarf, on Saturday last. The sacrilegious fellows, having got into the chapel, collected ail the Bibles, hymn books and papers of vhe church into heaps, the largest heap being Placed in the pulpit, and set fire to them, They rip, yp the cushions, cut the bellows of @ valuable harmonium and otherwise injured it, and then decamped, carrying with them the communion service, Fortu- nately the gas was turned off trom the street or their efforts might have been successful, AS it was, some neighbors observed the flames and managed to extinguish them. Two young men, brothers, who had at one time been members of the chapel choir, but had been dismissed, have been arrested on suspicion, Drogheda 1s not pleased with its sanitary condition nor the con- duct of its municipal authorities in that matter, The Loval Government Board was appealed to, and the Local Government Board sent an in- naif! to investigate the allegations of filth, But the local commissioners dia not like the proceed- ing. near of course, could not refuse to receive the Local Government Board Inspector, but they determined on the next best thing; they were very civil and made themselves very agreeable to him. They sent the town engineer around with him, who showed him, so it is intumated, among the best parts of the town, and did his best to send the inspector away well pleased. What was worse, as those who believe the town to be very dirty assert, the local officials had the streets carefully swept before the inspector came, and the weather, as if to spite the dirty detractors of their brave town, was so bright as to make everything, every nook and corner, even mud itself, look more bright and pleasant than they naturally and properly do. It is teared the inspector will report favorably of the stave of the town. Mr. Blake, Inspector of IRISH FISHERIES, has just mace an urgent appeal on behalf of the widows of three fishermen lost recently on the west coast. There has been a deal of bad and very stormy weather there for some time back. But one day several cruisers ventured out in spite of stormy appearances, and, ooint, taken in a heavy sea, all had difficulty in reaching land, and one boat was capsized, the crew, three in number, being drowned. They all leave wives and children, and much sorrow ts felt for the untimely fate of the really gallant fellows. Their widows and chil- dren mast fee) more than sorrow; they must ieel the bitter pinch of poverty and hunger uuless suc. cory comes to them Irom otuers. SIR SAMUEL BAKER. His Address Before the Royal Geographical Society. CENTRAL AFRICA. —e—_—_. ot the of Wales. Speech Prince [From the London Daily Telegraph, Dec, 9.] Sir Samuel Baker made his first appearance last evening in the theatre of the London University, when he read the paper whict he nad been pre- viously prevented trom doing by illness. The prog- nostic afforded by @ dense throng besieging the doors 01 the University long before the period for opening them was amply verified, for within a few minutes the large room in which the soctety holas its meetings became packed by an assemblage comprising at least a fair proportion of ladies who had survived the crush, more fortunate than those who, it was currently reported, had fainted under the ordeal, During the interval of waiting for the expected arrivals, speculations were rife—as well they might, on looking up trom floor to balcony, and seeing not only every inch of space occupied, but some adventurons spirits driven, for lack of standing room, to find a place in the re- cesses of the windows above—as to the possibility of introducing the renowned traveller into the room at all, not to speak of the very illustrious personages who were to grace the meeting with their presence—i, e,, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh. The centre was early occu- pled by a large number of gentlemen and ladies, who clustered round the President’s table, behind which were displayed large maps of the regions of Sir Samuel's labors. Among the company were the Lord Chancellor, Sir Henry Rawlinson, sir William Sinclatr, Admiral Osborn, Lord Houghton, Admiral Richards, the Rey, Mr. Moffatt, Sir J. Gib- bons, Sir William Broderick, Projessor Owen, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M, P., and Professor Leone Levi. Upon the arrival o! eir ove Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh, at half- past eight, Sir Bartle Frere took the chair, and, after offer- ing a few preliminary remarks, gaid that those present at the meeting might feel in the position of our ancestors when one oI their fellow Englishmen, like the oid sea kings or Crusaders, returned to tell of regions which had hitherto been unknown to them. Without further pretace he would ask Sir Samuel Baker to give the meeting an account of what he had seen and heard and done in the regions of the Upper Nile. (Cheers.) Sir Samuel Baker, who was received with loud and long-continued applause, addressing the Presi dent, the members of the Geographical Society and the ladies and gentlemen present, stated that, after a protracted absence, he had returned to the Society with an increase of pleasure and also of regret—of pleasure in seeing around lim so many Jaces of friends, and of 1egret at missing many of those faces which he had remempered, one of the most dear being that of the father of the Society, Sir Roderick Murchison, After remarking that he had looked lorward as his very great reward to the reception which had been given to him, he satd he would proceed to give his report, and in as con- cise a manner as he could present an outline of all that had passed from the commencement to the end of his late undertaking. But betore doing that it was important to everybody to know what was the real intention of the Viceroy of Egypt in undertak- ing the great enterprise which had been carried through. In those countries beyond THE REGIONS OF THE UPPER NILE there were between 10,000 and 15,000 slavers, mis- erable outcasts fron society, and those men, in- stead of cultivating their country, avoided the ne- cessity of iabor by kidnapping men, women and children in the intertor. The Viceroy, having heard of this crying evil, had determined to put it down; but the question was how to stop this traffic, which had existed from time imme- morial. He (Sir Samuel Baker) had received an invitation from His Highness the Vice- Troy to accompany him and the Prince and Princess of Wales on their tour through Upper Egypt and having heard of the horrible system of slavery that prevailed, and conversed with the Khedive of Egypt, the Prince of Wales, with the Kindness of heart which was s8o.well known, had interested himself in the cause, (Loud applause.) Had it not have been for that interest in this question, Sir Samuel would never have re- ceived or accepted the command ; for it was by, he might say, the k'nd personal interference of His Royal Highness that he was named to the Viceroy. He felt. perfectly certain that the English public would rejoice that he had been enabled to carry out his enterprise and not disgrace his country. It was necessary, in the first piace, to make all kinds of arrangements, The Viceroy found A GREAT EMPIRE in his land in which was existing this slave trade, which he was determined to suppress, and the first requisite necessary for the suppression was a mili- tary force. He accordingly went forth with 1,700 men; but it must be remarked that the progress of Egypt was represented by three persons—tlie Vice Troy and two of his Ministers, Nudar Pacha and Cherif Pacha. When, therefore, he undertook this great reform he placed himself in opposition to the opinions of his country; and Sir Samuel, find- ing himself in command of 8 Mahometan force destined to put down this cherished Mahometan institution, the meeting could imagine that the ex- pedition was thwarted by every possible intrigue. The staff of the expedition was composed of Lieutenant J, A. Baker, Royal Navy, sir Samuel’s nephew, Mr. Higginbottom, a most abie engineer, six mechanics trom Samuda & Co., Dr. Josh, Gedge and Signor Marco Polo, On arriv- Ing at Khartoom he found that his officers had fra- ternized with the slave hunting parties, and the expedition proved then a failure. He having com- menced the expedition with 800 men found a great and terrible change had come over the Nile—in- stead of the grand stretch of river there was nothing but an immense marsh, which was neither land nor water. Tue siave hunters had cut through with immense diffiquity; but he found on arriving there that it was periectly impossible to cut a way for himself in time to avoid the rains, and having lost 100 men he found it was absolutely necessary toreturn, However, he would not go back to KHARTOOM, as he knew there were intrigues that would utterly ruin the expedition ; and, therefore, ne retraced bis steps only so faras the mouth of the Sobat, com- ingin conflict there with one of the stations of the slave-hunters, and, after an encounter with them, releasing a great number of the slaves. ‘The fol- lowing year he started again with an increased force of 1,200 men, and succeeded in cutting a canal through the marsh and tangled vegetation, and putting asmall steamer upon it. By these means he dragged the whole of his force through until he struck the clear Nile. Upon reaching Gondokoro he found that the siavers, liaving preceded him, had formed intrigues and incited the natives against him. Now it might be supposed that a person going out from England would meet with @ great reception irom (he natives, if they knew his object; but tt must be remembered ttiat the men who lectured at Exeter Hall upon a “man and a brother’? knew very little about it, (Laughter.) His experience was that a man and a brother would invariably, if he could, enslave another man and a brother. He felt something between a general and a missionary, and he tried to persuade the native chiets of thé object of the mission he was upon. He had preached almost a sermon to a highly intelligent chief upon the iniquity of the slave trade. He explaimed to him what ao abomination it was for human beings to be bought and sold like cattle. On the borders of the Nile iron was of extreme value, and the most valu- able form it took was that of a small piece of metal anything could be purchased the coun- ue the have like the ace of spades. with it, it being the try. After his long lecture upon iniquity of buying and selling children, chier replied:—It is true it is horrible; you got ason?” “No,” Treplied, “I hi Jortunately.”’ ‘Well,’ he Said, “1 hav very thin how. If he were to go with grow fat. He isadear boy, and I wiil sell him to you for a slave.” He might say he thought this put beiore the meeting the original knave of spades, (Lond laughter.) That would give the meeting a La idea of the obtuseness of these people. They id not believe ‘i the horrors of slavery at all. That was the exact position of the diack people throughout Africa, and in fact he had not only to suppress the slave hunters, but he had to reiorm the whole character of THE INHABITANTS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. Sir Samuei then proceeded to give an account of of the difficulties he bad with his troops, a coa- spiracy having been formed among them which might have thwarted the expedition. By means of making presents of cattle, and paying wherever he went, he made his way among’ some of the most warlike people without firing a shot, obtaining camels and everything he required. As be marched ov he found that this beautiful country, like many others he had for- merly known in a flourishing, happy state, had been devastated by the ged slavers; there were whole tracts of country where the women had been carried off, and in iact, he might say, the whole population gone, The only thing to be done was to give the siavers notice to quit the country, and promise the protection of the government to the people, although it seemed a difficult matter, 600 of his men having returned to Khartoum, leaving him with only 500 men at Gondokoro to carry out the Vicetoy’s instructions, to annex Oen- trai Alrtca and suppress the slave trade. However, he proceeded to Lusinde, where he found a popula: money of tion of 8,000 men, bachelors, apparently, there being no = women—a bad sign among the natives. On one occasion there was an attempt to poison the men of his force by means of tiquor given to then, apparently with the Knowledge of the Sheik, which was fol- lowed by a general attack on the camp by the natives, armed with guns, who, after a sharp bat- tle, were defeated, and the march resumed, The King, however, had managed to escape A MOST SANGUINARY MONARCH, who had murdered all dus relatives; aud Sir Samuel gave an interesting account of the funeral of tne oid King and the enthroning of his successor. The best thing that could be done appeared to be to go on to whe country of @ neighboring monarch, the old enemy of this man, and place him upon the throne. ‘The line of march lay through tracts of land on which the grass grew 9 fect or 10 feet high; it was the ramy season, and there were 93 miles to cut through; there were just enough provisions 10 last the men four or five days. The march was conducted in periect silence in single file, the path being not more than six or eight inches wide. There ayant be Es peg men lying around in am- he traveller not aware of a single soul ing in the country. The first intimation of their presence will be a sariil, peculiar wlustle, in imita- tion of the cry of @ bird, and then thank goodness for the Sniders! The troops had to open fire right and leit, and in this Way they jought for seven days, losing very tew men, fortunately, but having 0 wounde He had never known men behave in @ more adinirabie Manner—the black men he was speaking of—for, though they had tew oMcers and litte to eat, they were perfect metal for soldiers. (Applaus ‘The lecturer then described an inter- esting ceremony by which he attached the King Mayonda to his interest—i, ¢, exchang- ing blood, each making slight ins cision in the other’s arm, and mutually sucking the wounds, Upon his return he found that a camp which he had established had been at- tacked by the slavers and the survivors put to flight, that being, in fact, the origin of the report which had reached England of his (Sir Samuel's) death, (Cheers.) It seemed too bad, after sur- viving incredible hardships, to hear this bad intel- gence, The natives, however, having seen the difterence between the government soldiers and those rascals, had remained true to the govern- ment, and showed very good feeling; they had further seen the troops literally walk over these men With the bayonet when they had met them, and the terrible effect of the Snider rifles; and in- deed in every expedition there was nothing like using force in the most strenuous manner when- ever it was necessary two resort to it—(loud cheers)—for now he could assure the meetng there was not a single slave- trader in the country. (Applause.) Sir Samuel then gave a humorous account of his establishing a tax paid in corn, and paid regu- larly, which was more than could be said of some more civilized countries, judging by the acknowl- edgments of “consciennce money’ in the papers. (Laugnter.) The whole country was now in a state of the most perfect order, for no tribe could make war without the permission of the government; there was nothing but peace and good will in the whole of the great territory; ais trials were over, and he had nothing to do but to thank God tor the success which had veen extended to the enter- prise. Sir Samuel concluded an address of about an bour’s duration by stating how the thought of the weicome he would receive had cheered him in all his dangers, though he must consider that the best hali of the meeting had come in compliment to the Prince, whose presence, he felt, was the greatest honor that couid possibly be conferred upon him, (Cheers and applause.) THE PRINCE OF WALES, who was enthusiastically received, said:— LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL Socisty—I do not intend to give you any long address, ior, aiter the able one which my friend Su’ Samnuel Baker has given you, an ad- dress irom me would be out of piace, although [ am anxious on this occasion to offer a few words of welcome to him. (Applause.) On behalf of the very large meeting assembled here this evening, I do tender him our warmest thanks for his inter- esting and clear lecture. My friend Sir Samuel has been kind enough to allude to me on several occasions during the course of the lecture, and he has often been kind enough to say that Ihave a been instrumentai in some way in further- ing the inception of the expedition whicn he has so clearly shown you has proved 80 great asuccess, He has said almost too much tn that respect—(No, no”)—but I can assure him what ever conversation I may have had with the Vice- roy With regard to the plans for the expedition, the conversation Was one which gave me the great- est pleasure and in which I took the greatest in- terest. I felt sure that the Viceroy would place entire confidence in Sir Samuel Baker, and that he would be able to carry his enterprise through. (Applause.) The difficulties he bas met have, no doubt, been extreme; those aifMficulties, now- ever, I feel convinced did not come trom Cairo. Sir Samuel has toid you what an enlightened ruier the Khedive of Egypt is, Perhaps he is too much in advance of the time for his own country. At any rate I feel sure that that ruler was sincere in his wish to obtain the emancipation of the slaves and the abolition of slavery in Central Africa, But it must be remembered he had to deal with people who were thousands of miles irom him, and it was impos- sible for him to control what occurred at so great aaistance, I will not say anything further, but to assure Sir Samuel of the picasure that it has given me to see him here this evening, and that Ihave always looked forward to meeting him. Though we were all startled atthe news which reached us, I felt convinced that while there is life there is hope—(*Hear, hear,’’ and applause) — and I feit convinced that as a traveller and as a sportsman he would not easily succumb. AS @ Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and now, if Lmay say so, in a higher character, a8 having carried out a great work for the benelit of man- kind as a philanthropist, I tender him the cordial Welcome of us all on his return, (Cries of “Hear, hear,” and loud applause.) SPEECH OF SIR BARTLE FRERE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—lI feel assured that lam giving utterance to what is the general feeling of us all in saying that this nignt will be an era in our lives, Imay say that it will be a marked day in the history of the British Empire, because you have this day welcomed back among you one of whose work it is not sufficient to say that England will never have occasion to be ashamed. It is some- thing to have heard of the wonderful country which Sir samuel Baker has described, witn its barbar- ous customs, its unlimited forests, its aimost in- superable. difficulties of travel, and to have heard how the difficulties of the great work which has been so long before you—the sup- pression of the slave trade im those regions—. were surmounted, It is something to Jearn that through all these difficulties our race still holds its Sway, and our countrymen have always shown the ability to command and the power of flounding em- pires—an ability and a power which | think 15 not likely to depart from the race which Sir Samuel so well represents. (Cheers.) 1 think also we have not heard of your Royal Highness now for the first tuume as @ traveller, or as having by any means shrunk from dangers, We should not let the meet- ing close without alluding to Lady Baker's share in the expedition, for the strength of affection which she has exhibited is a feature in this great work which | am sure will not be forgotten. And while we tender our thanks to Lady Baker for her share in it, do not let us jorget those other members of the expedition, of whom its promoter has so gen- erously spoken. Some of those who were worthy to tollow him have left their bones in those deserts, not having, we May trust, done an uniruitfal work in following Imm through them, There are those who have returned with him to share in the thanks which We give him for the work which has been done; and I trust that a grateful country will not let go unrewarded the merits of those officers who have followed him so well, Lastly, Iam sure, quite as unanimously as eye | that has been ex- pressea this yeni. you will allow me to express our thanks to the Vice President of your society, is Royal Highness the Prince of Wales—I do not Say lor merely coming here this evening, a3 he has so kindly done, but for indicating a path in which all England may be proud to follow him, in taking a large and very effectual part ina great work of philanthropy. Sir Samuel Baker, you will allow me, on behall of this meeting, to return to you and Lady Baker the very unanimous thanks of this society for the noble work you haye done. dir SAMUEL BakeR—I only wish to say one or two words in reply to the kind expressions of His Royal Highness, As he now honors me after many difMl- culues, so in every dificulty and danger I have bad a full recoliection of the Kind support which His Royal Highness has given me, When L listened to the kind phrases which he spoke I could not | help feeling that those phrases came rather from the goodness of his heart than my deserts, Sir Samuel then brought to the notice of the society the valuable assistance which had been rendered to the expedition and to geographical knowledge by his nephew, Lieutenant Baker, R. N., in the To- pographical Department, and trusted that the re- sult of his labors would be accepted by them as they deserved. The meeting then broke up at a little past ten o'clock, ~ MASSACHUSETTS, Sentence of a Forger—The Sale of Poi- sons—Protessor Agassiz’s Successor, Boston, Dec, 20, 1873. Charles H. Foster, convicted of defrauding Ebe- nezer Chaddock of a large sum of money by for- gery and other swindling devices, was to-day sen- tenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the State Prison. The Coroner's jury in the case of William H. Sage, who committed suicide by taking laudanum, returned a verdict to-day censuring the practice of apothecaries in selling laudanum and other poi- sons to strangers without the sanction of a pre- scription by a regular physician. By the deed of endowment of the school at Peni- kese, Professor Agassiz had the right to select his successor as President, and he chose his son, Alex- ander Agassiz. JUDICIAL ANOMALY, Discharged, Rearrested and Held to Bail, Some days ago John Culhane, driver of a horse and wagon, living at No. 92 Horatio street, was arrested for running over and killing Daniel Fee- han, a boy, who lived at No, 425 West Thirty- ninth street, Oulhane was taken before a police Magistrate, who, after examination, became noti- fied the killing Was accidental, and accordingly di charged him from custody, Coroner Kessler on Friday commenced an investigation into the cir- cumstances of the case, and as Culhane failed to to appear in time in consequence of delay in sum- moning him, Coroner Kessler issued @ warrant for his arrest, and yesterday afternoon Oulhane was brought before the Coroner and held to bail in tne sum of $1,500, Patrick McManus, of No. 16 Cornelia street, becoming bis bondsman. The friends of the deceased boy seemed quite satisfied that Oul- hane did not purposely Kili the boy, and the pris- oner himself asserts most positively that he did everything in bis power to prevent the accident, Arrested, 7 EX-RABBI SCHLAMOVITZ — ‘ Evangelization of the Jews—Catholic Mission t¢ the Children of Israel—A Converted Rabbi the Apostle of the Hebrews—Inter- view by a Herald Reporter, The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in this city are so few and their flocks s0 numerous that they have not, as yet, been able to attend to the missionary duties which exclusively concern the conversion of the Jews, There have, from time to time, been accessions to the Catholic Church frons the ranks of Judaism, but they have not been the results of any concerted effort on the part of priests to Christianize the Jews of New York. A movement ison foot at the present moment to introduce Catholicity to the Hebrews, as the diving fulfilment of the types and figures of the old laws The guiding spirit and originator of this movement is Emmanuel Moses Schlamovitz, a converted rabbly who arrived in this country about three weeks ago, and is, at present, the guest of the Paulis# Fathers in West Fifty-ninth street, On Saturday evening a HERALD reporter interviewed the dis¢ tinguished ex-rabbi, who is now known as Profes+ sor Schlamovitz, when the following conversation: took place :— REPORTER—Having heard that you are about ta inaugurate 4 movement for the conversion of thé Jews of this city and neighborhood to the Catholia faith, I have cailed, in the interest of the readerd of the HERALD, to learn all about the proposed mission and something of your own history and conversion to Catholicity. RABBIS HISTORY. Professor ScHLaMovitz—It will give me great pleasure to answer your questions. I shal) answer your last question first, and when you have heard the story of my conversion you will be the better’ able to judge of how my heart yearns to communi’ cate the trutn to my misguided’ brothers of thd house of Israel. I was born in 1840, at Riga, in tha Province of Livonia, Russia, From my earliest years I was carefully instructed in the religion of my fathers, and from youth to manhood all my tinie and all my talents were consecrated to thd study of the sacred Scripture, the Talmud and rabbinical literature ; until I was raised to the dignity of rabbi. As a rabbi my attention wad especially given to the prophecies and the promised made by God to His chosen people. After much study and meditation and prayer I became cond yvinced that the prophecies had been fulfilled, tha¢ the Messiah had comie and that Jesus was truly the Christ. HIS BAPTISM IN THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. Four years ago I was baptized in the Protestan® Church and became a missionary in London undeg the supervision of the Rev. H. A. Stern, a mos zealous ofiicer of ‘The London Society Dp Brcmory ing Christianity among tne Jews.” As a mission: ary of the London society I visited my brethern 0 their homes, delivered lectures and held publi discussions on the fulfilment of the promises madi by the prophets. I found the London Jews rather unwilling to be convinced that He whom their fore« fathers had crucified, was indeed the Christ, “tha expected of the eternal hills,” bat eager to em- brace Christianity as soon as they were satisfied! that the Messiah had really come. While a Prote eStant missionary my soul was sad and ill at ease on account of the dissensions and bickerings and jealousies that harrassed the Church of England. Doubts of the divinity of my new religion became very frequent, and finally, while travelling 1m Ireland, I found the peace and consolation that my, soul hungered after in the bosom of the holy Roman Catholic Church. I was BAPTIZED A CATHOLIC January 6, 1873, by tne Rey. Canon Murphy, im Marlborough street church, Dublin, and was last summer confirmed by Monseigneur the Archbishop) of Paris. The Papal Nuncto to France, Monseigneur, Chigi, and the Archbishop of Paris have in th kindest manner encouraged me to visit New Yor! and estavlish a Catholic mission to my people, who are, I have heard, numerous an prosperous in this busy’ city, The great freedom and immunity from persecution’ which the Jews enjoy in this country render their conversion much easier here than in those Euro~ pean countries where they have been maligned,; persecuted and degraded. I have great hopes thag the mission which Iam about to inaugurate wilt transfer the Jewish love and veneration for thé type to the typified, their reverence for the shadow to the substance. REPORTER—May I ask you, sir, what line of argu-. ment you propose to adopt in your public lec~ tures and discussions? PLAN OP PROSPECTIVE WORK. Professor SCHLAMOVITZ—Certainly. I shall first prove from the Tanach (the Old Testament) that the time for the advent of the Messiah has long since past, and then I shall prove from the prophets that Jesus was the Messiah promised b} God, when He said to Satan (the disturber), “! will put enmities between thee and the woman and thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head.’?, And, finally, I shall establish the divinity of tho; Son of David from the prophecies, and the Trini from those texts of the Tanach in which God 1g spoken of as a Triune being. REPORTER—But wili these arguments convince the Jews? Prolessor SCHLAMOVITz—I hope 80. I shall speak to them in the Hebrew, the German, the Russian and the English tongues, and it will indeed be strange if ali prove so blind that none should see the truth. ‘he proofs that the ‘Anointed’ has al-. ready come and redeemed His people are, to mind, overpowertng. In the Book of Breshith (Genesis), chapter 49, we read that when the’ patriarch, Jacob, was on his death bed he called, | his 12 sons, and, having blessed them, he told them what would happen in the last days; but when he came to his fourth son, Judah, he sald:— “fhe sceptre shall not pass away from Judah, nor @ ruler from his thigh, till Shiloh comes, and unto hun shall be gathered the nations,” But the king- dom and the sceptre passed away from the tripe of Judah when King Herod died, and, therefore the Christ had come before the death o! Herod, the last ruler of the tribe of Judah, When Daniel was languishing in the Babylonian, captivity the Angel Gabriel told him the exact! time when the Lord would va and redeem His people. “Seventy weeks (of years) are shortened upon thy people—that TRANSGRESSION MAY BE FINISHED and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled and the, holy of holies may be anointed.’’ But tuese 490 years have long since passed away, and, as the angel says, “after 62 weeks Christ shall be slain.” Again, God addresses the unhappy cap- tives in Babylon through the prophets Aggai and Malachi. Consoling them for the inferiority of the Temple of Zorobabel to that of Solomon, He. says :--"Yet one little while and I will move all nae tions and the desired of all nations shall come,’? &c. (Aggaill, 4.) Again, when the fretful Jews were complaining of divine Providence, God said to them, “Behold, I send my angel, and the angel, of the Testament, whom you desire shall come to his tempie,’’ &c, From these prophecies it is evi- dent that the temple of Zorobabel was to surpass in glory that of Solomon, because the “desired of ail nations’? would come to it. There can de no doubt that the Messiah has come, and it is equaliy certain that Jesus, the son of Mary, is the “Anointed,” the “desired of nations.’? In Him are found all the characteristics which the pores foretold were to distinguish the Christ. For Jesus was of the tribe of Judah and of the tamily of David. He was born of a virgin mother as Isaias predicted (Isaiah, vil., 14), and in the city of Bet! lehem, which Micah said would be the birthplace of the Redeemer (Micah, v., 2), He ied a life of! poverty and humility sach as Zachariah foretold | the Christ would live (Zachariah, ix.) He was; just such a miracle worker as Isaiah said He would be (Isaiah, xxxv., 6, &c.) He was put to deatn as Daniel said He would (Daniel, ix.), and in the very; manner predicted by Isaiah (chapter Hil) and spoken of in the Psalms (Psalms, xxi). His resur- rection and glory are faithiully described in the Psaims, 16 and 109. There are various other arg ments from the Hebrew Scriptures, but I fear to tire you with them, A REPORTER'S RESIGNATIO! REPORTER (resignedly)—Thanks! 1am not tired in the least. Iconaider it a rich treat to listen to such wonderful biblical knowledge a8 you e@vi~' dently possess. But the arguments you have ad~ duced Will tend merely to Christianize, aud now necessarily Catholicize, your breturen. Professor SCHLAMOVrTz—Many thanks for the compliment! If not better engaged, you might come and hear me lecture. My first public mis; sionary act in your city will be a lecture addressed) to the Jews and delivered iu German at St. Mary's! Literary Institu! melrose, at which I expect many ISraelites to be present. The subject of m; lecture will be “Why Am I @ Christian?” I shal uswer the question, “Why Am I @ are dnristian?” aud in that lecture T will eh deavor to skow that the Roman Catholic Church is the only Church on earth founded by Christ. FIRE IN THE GARDINER MANSION, New Lonpon, Dec. 20, 1873, The manorial residence of the Gardiner family, on Gardiner’s Island, New York, was discovered ta be on fre about five o’clock on Saturday morning, 18th inst., and was only saved from total destrac«. tion by the furious rain storm then prevailing. The fire originated in the servants’ hall from a chim- ney. ‘The rooms above and below were occupied, by some 20 or more persons, who were awakened by the snapping and crackling of the Names, The. fire ig supposed to have been in progress siuce, noon the previous day—some 16 houra, ‘he were all absent from home. STATISTICS OF THE PORK TRADE, CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec, 20, 1873, The hogs slaughtered in this city since Novem ber 1 numbered 415,000; for the same time las! year, 330,000,