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reodfved on the excess would be sufficient to wepay all the cost, while the general rate of’ jtaxation would be materially decreased and: property owners would be rid of the burden of unproductive property now eating itself up An interest and taxes. The President of the West Side Association 4s right when he says ‘‘the city is in a situa- tion in which it needs a statesman to increase Sta resources, and not merely an auditor to diminish ites expenses.” At the same time ‘our stagnation policy, brought about mainly through departmental jealousies, has not diminished our expenses. We have foolishly done nothing in the last two years to im- Prove our condition or to remove those evils of which all our citizens except a few obstinate and wealthy obstructionists, who consider themselves well enough off as they are, are constantly complaining. But our debt is nevertheless increasing and our rate of taxation mounting higher and higher. We are in that unfortunate position in which increased expenses aro'certain to follow inac- tion, yet we lack the brains and the energy to make a discreet investment, which would speedily repay itself and rescue us froni all our financial embarrassments, We need capacity as well as honesty now in the administration of the government, and until we secure it we shall only continue to get deeper and deeper into difficulties. Tue Treasury Dest Srarement, just issued, shows that on the first of this month there was @ decided improvement in Mr. Richardson’s accounts and a more hopeful state of things than since the late panic. The public debt had decreased in the last month $2,590,047, still the debt had increased since June 30, 1873, $7,061,353. This increase is seen, of course, in the non-interest bearing debt—in the draft apon the legal tender reserve. Itis a debt that will have to be paid some time, but it does mot add to the tax burdens of the country. There is additional evidence, too, that the Treasury is recovering from the shock of the late panic, for the Secretary has given notice that he will sell three millions of gold in the month of March. He has had no gold to sell lately, and #vas afraid, in fact, of his stock of specie being so reduced as to cause embarrassment. We hope he may be able to make his income meet the expenditures before the spring is over without calling for more taxes. Tux Street Cieaniye.—Mr. John W. Am- brose, who seems to understand street clean- ing, testified yesterday betore the committee of the Legislature that the present system of cleaning the streets is ‘a sham and a fraud.” He is a contractor, but is not in favor of the contract system. He believes there should be & regular department of seven hundred labor- ers and three hundred and fifty carts, the whole outfit of which could be had for three hundred thousand dollars to start with, after which the pay would mainly be for laborers at ten dollars a week. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Viscount Tarbat, of England, is at the Brevoort Gouse, General W, B. Tibbits, of Troy, ts quartered at the Sturtevant House. Nathaniel Hooper, of Boston, has apartments at the New York Hotel. General J. M. Herrick, of Wasaington, has quar- ters at Barnum’s Hotel. Judge Platt Potter, of Schenectady, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. United States Judge Howe, of Wisconsin, just ®ppointed, has gone to Florida. R, M. Field, manager of the Boston Museum, is stopping at the Westminster Hotel, J. W. Bailey, the Danbury News map, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. A Georgia paper dispdssionately points to Sena- tor Morton as that “crippled Senatorial black- guard.” The Rev. Mrs. Van Cott is so populat in Omaha that no church in town is large enough to contain the congregation which she gathers, Colonel Blood ascended the office stairs of the St. Paul (Minn.) Press to thrash the editor, put was struck in the stomach by an inkstand and rolled to the bottom. Senor J. F. Lamadriz, the Minister of the Cuban Republic to Peru, arrived from Aspinwall by the steamer City of Panama on Saturday. He is now visiting in Brooklyn. Hon. Benjamin H. Kell, of Georgia, in response toa petition from the people of the Ninth Con- Gressional district of that State, has consented to tun for Congress. Mr. James H. Lucas, who died recently in St. Couis, left an estate valued at $7,000,000, Previous to his death he gave his sons $2,000,000. Mr. Lucas was the fatier-in-law of Senator Hager, of Cali- fornia. The Cuban General Rafael Quesada on Washing- ton’s Birthday posted Jean Batiste La Coste, 0: San Antonia, Texas, who had pubiished a libel against him, as a cowardly wretch and babbler, devoid of ll principle .and honor. Rev. David Howard, a colored Methodist preacher, has been sentenced at Wilmington, N. ©., to five years in State Prison for stealing @ fat boat load of tar trom Rock Springs wharf. It ids said that he is a victim of “tar heel’ animosity to the colored race. M. Delcour, Minister of the Interior of Belgium, has discovered that Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, was @ Belgian instead of a Greek, as most people have believed him to have been. The Independance Belge says that of course it matters Hot that Belgium did not exist at the time of Hip- pocrates, and tnat M. Delcour should be thanked for the service he had rendered to Belgian national history and the lustre he has given to Belgian mea- icai science by his aiscovery, HEALTH OF EX-PRESIDENT FILLMORE, BUFFALO, N, Y., March 2, 1874, Ex-President Millard Fillmore has had an attack of paralysis, At last accounts he was better, and his phystcians think there is a chance of his getting ‘up again. NAVAL In’ TELLIGENOB. Arrival of the Wabash, Pinta and De- spatch at Hava: Havana, March 2 1874, The United States frigate Wabash and despatch boats Pinta and Despatch have arrived in the harbor. The-Yantic at Singapore—Movements of Admiral Parrott’s Flagship. The Singapore (E, J.) Times of the 15th of Janu- ary reports :—The United States ship-of-war Yantic arrived in the Roads this aiternoon, She comes jast (rom Batavia and intends visiting Acheen. We hear also that Admiral Parrott intends visiting ‘Singapore shortly in his fagship, the Hartford, Transfer Orders. WASHINGTON, March 2, 1874, Captain Francis A. Roe has been detached from ‘the Boston Navy Yard and ordered to the com- mand of the Lancaster, at Key West, relieving ptain Nicholson, who is ordered to await orders Key West; Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Clark has been detached trom the Mahopac and ordered to the Asiatic squadron; Lieutenant Com- imanders John W. Phelps and Thomas Nelson, ‘having reported their return home fram the Asi- atic squadron, have been placed on wat orders? Lieutenant C. M. soy has boon ae ‘tached from the Canandaigua aii placed on the Bick leave; Carpenter gosml . Carter has been i ae from Wi db and placed on waiting NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. SPAIN. A Bloody Battle and Severe De- feat of the Republicans. One Thousand Men Said to Have Been Killed. Disastrous Retreat in Face of the Royalists. Madrid Subscriptions in Aid of the Wounded. Imperialist Austrian Sympathy with the Bourbonists. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bayonne, Maron 2, 1874, Five thousand republicans who were encamped near she village of Somorrosto, fifteen miles north- west of Bilbao, were surprised by the Carlists, and & bloody engagement took place, in which 1,000 of the former were killed. RRTREAT BEFORE THE ROYALISTS. The remainder took to fight and were closely pursued by. the royalists, CAPTURS AND DEATH. All of them were either captured or drowned in an attempt to cross a river in the way of their retreat. Spanish Official Acknowledgement of a Serious Reverse. Mang, March 2, 1874, The oMctal reports of the battle on the heights of Somorrostro admit that the government troops | lost 800 in killed and wounded, CITIZEN AID FOR THE SUFFERERS, Subscriptions are being raised here tor aid to the wounded, The merchants of this city and the pro- vincial deputations offer the government men and money. REINFORCEMENTS, General Pavia to-day reviewed 5,000 troops of the reserve. AUSTRIAN IMPERIALIST SYMPATHY WITH THE BOUR- BONS. It is reported that the Archduke Albrecht of Austria is visiting the camp of Don Carlos incog- nito, Bilbao Said to Have Surrendered. Bayonng, March 2, 1874. A despatch has been received by the Junta here reporting that Bilbao has surrendered to the roy- alists, It 1s eaid that one church, several banks and | seventeen private houses have been destroyed by the bombardment of the city. Reinforcements Marching to Santander. Maprip, March 2, 1874. General Loma’s force will embark at San Sebas- tian for Santander, where it will be Joined with the troops under General Moriones, FRANCE. ‘A Prominent Revolutionist Returned to the Assembly. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, March 2, 1874, M. Ledru Rollin, has been elected to the National Assembly from the Department of Vaucluse to fill avacancy. He received a. majority of 8,000 votes over Dis opponent, CHAMBORD. :Tho Leader of the French Legitimists Seriously tm TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, March 2, 1874. It is reported that the Count de Chambord is seriously il. (The Count de Ohambord—the “Child of the Miracle’—was born in Paris, on the 29th of Sep- tember, 1820. He is the son of Prince Charlies Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke de Berri, who was assassinated in March, 1820, and of the Princess of the Two Sicilies, the famous Duchess de Berrl.— Ep. H&RALD.] ENGLAND. Ministerial Appointments of State and for the Church, TELECRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 2, 1874, The appointment is officially announced of the Earl of Pembroke to be be Under Secretary for the War Department, and of the Earl of Rossiyn to be Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Steam Boiler Explosion—Twenty Persons Killed and Many Others Wounded. Lonpon, March 2, 1874, A despatch from Blackburn, Lancashire, brings | intelligence of a terribie boiler explosion, causing @ startling loss of life, in that town to-day. Twenty persons were instantaneously killed and thirty injured. Many of the wounded are very badly hurt, ana it is believed some of them will aie. TICHBORNE. The Motion for a New Trial—An Appeal to the House of Lords Probable, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 2, 1874. It is stated that if the application of Dr. Kenealy, counsel for the Tichborne claimant, for a new trial is refused, he will make an application to the House of Lords on behalf of his client. PRESS OPINIONS OF THE SENTENCE. The London morning journals approve the ver- dict given against the claimant. Some democratic journais deplore the verdict, denounce Chief Justice Cockburn for unfairness in the conduct of the trial, and quote against him the criticisms of Mr. Caleb Cashing in his recent book on the Geneva arbitration. RURAL RECOGNITION OF THE VERDICT. Salotes were fired on Saturday in several places } on the receipt of the news of the verdict im the | Tichborne case. At Wardour, Wiltshire, @ cannon turst an several persons were kilied and wounded. ARMY INTELLIGENCE WasuINGTOoN, March 2, 1874, @aptain J. 0. G. Lee, Assistant Quartermaster, is - relieved from duty at Jeffersonville, Ind., and or- dered to relieve Captain J. W. Bradley, at Charles ton, 8. C., who will proceed to Ogden, Utah, and relieve Captain G. A. Hall, military storekeeper at | With the comic pantomime, ASHANTEE, Bumor of Misfortune to the British Troops. TELEGRAM TO TH’ NEW YORK HERALD. Lowpon, March 2, 1874, Rumors of a. very bad nature in regard to the Asbantee expedition are current in the city, but they can be traced to no trustworthy source. CUBA. Volunteers Marching to the Field—Defeat and Dispersion of an Insurgent Band. TELEG:AMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALY. Havana, March 2, 1874. A detachment of 300 volwateers, the first mobil- ized since the Captam General’s decrees were is- sued, went to the Cinco Vilias district to-day for active service in the field. Two thousand more leave. to-night for Puerto Principe. SPANISH VICTORY. The Governor of Sagua la Grande announces the Gefeat and dispersion ofan. insurgent force at Muleacita, near St, Domingo, within two days alter its appearance. Havanese Exchange. Havana, March 2, 1874. Exchange nominal. On the United states, sixty days, currency, 75 a 77 premium; short sight, 78 a 80 premium; sixty days, gold, 96 a 98 premium; short sight, 100a 102 premium, On London, 119 & 121 premium. AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—Mignon. Despite the trivial character of the music as ap- plied to grand opera, “Mignon,” by the force of a few taking melodies, and.more espectally by the Doetic, naive rendering of the rdle by Mme. Chris- tine Nilsson, seems to be @ popular attraction at the Academy of Music. So it was last evening, for & very brilliant audience atvended the second per- formance of the Swedish Nightingale. Although Goethe’s “Wilhelm Meister’? supplies the names of the principal characters and the leading Incideats, yet the Itbret- tists, M. M. Carré and Barbier, nave done their work commendabiy, and have given a very interesting series of scenes. The treatment by them is graceful and effective. Ary Scheffer has given Mme, Nilsson the cue for her Mignon. The caild-heroine, as this artist lmned her, is taithfully represented on the stage by Mme. Nilsson, The Wayward, yet sentimental chila, not such as Goethe created, but such as Ary Scheffer painted, lives and breathes in Nilgsonirom her first appear- ance among the gypsies to the scene of the jinale in her ancestral home. The librettists have done their work in this opera in a more satis- lactory style than librettists generally \ do, ‘put the — composer, Ambroise ‘Thomas, has entireiy falled to grasp the emotional points of the subject. Since its first | production in Paris at the Opéra Comique, eignt | years ago, when the Mignon was Mile. Gaili-Marie, nothing but the genius o! Mme. Nilsson has even sustained the very existence of the work. There is no deoth to tne music. M. Thomas never reaches beneath the surface. The music is frag- mentary and often Offenbachish. Exceptions there are, it is true, but they are far between. “Kennst du das land” and “Tue Swallows” are the ony tolerable musical numbers in the title rdle, | and they were admirably given by Mme. Nilsson jt evening. Affection, tenderness, impulse and waywardness, those striking qualities of such an impersonation, united to the clear, Italian-like atmosphere that seems to en- compass her beautiful voice, brought out the lyric porter of Mignon in the strongest relief. We ave so repeatedly reviewed the Guglielmo of M. Capoul, the Federico o1 Cary and the Lotario of i lo Nanuett, that we deem it uunecessary to add to our former remarks, Filina 1s one of the best of Mile. Torriani's roles. “Aida will be re- peated on Wednesday evening. “Lohengrin”? is in active preparation, and will be produced on St. Patrick's Day. Stadt Theatre—Lucca in German Opera. The “Kieine Pauline’ commenced last night her farewell engagement in opera in this city. On this occasion she returned to her first love, the stage on which she won her earliest triumphs, the German opera. The opening of the short sea- son, which may be considered her farewell to New York, Was nota satisfactory exhibit of her excep- tional talents. “Don Juan” ts one of the least ad- visable operas that a manager can present. Une company out of a hunared is capable of doing it justice, and one audience out of a thousand can Sppreciate its inherent beauties. Audiences of the present day like the sensationalism and blare of the modern schools, and Mozart's operas are to them to a great extent unin- telligible. The old master used simple means of instrumentation, which will last forever with “musicians as thoroughly efficient in their line; but ,the general public nowadays want something Stronger, more highly spiced, more catching. Hence the diatavor into which “Don Juan” has of late years fallen in this city. Another reason for this may be found in the extreme difficulty ot find- ing at the present time a company capable of | limning the delicate nuances and thereby remoy- ing the inherent grossness of an opera the very subject of which is offensive. The cast last even- ing was fair for a German collection of artists, Mme. Lichtmay was the Donna Anna; Miss Roe- mer, Donna Elvira; Mr. Pflueger, Don Ottavio; Mr. Lehmann, Don Juan; Mr. Miller, Masetto, and Mr. Herrmann, Leporello. We omit trom this cast the name of Mme. Lucca as Zerlina, because she was the star of the occasion. Mme. Lichtmay’s Donna Anna was characterized by forcidieness and earnestness, if those qualities can be accepted in lieu of true artistic appreciation of the exigencies of the rdle. Mile. Roemer was a very inefficient and uninteresting Donna Elvira, aithougn we are of Mme. Nilsson’s opinion that the role is One of the most important in the opera. Certainly there is more genuine hard work in it than any other part. Mr. Pflueger sung the music of Don Ottavio conscientiously and correctly, al- though it was not exactly adapted to his peculiar style; but in the omission of the well-known aria, “fi mio Tesoro’ (to use the Italian name) and the substitution of another melody far less effective, he made a serious mistake. Lehmann’s Don Juan was sprightly according to the conventional sense of the term, and a worse Masetto than that of Mr. Muller it would be difficult to conceive. Herrmann was entirety out ot nis natural element in the dificult role of Leporello, The most grateful task is to chronicle the com- plete success of Mme. Pauline Lucca in the co- | Quettish part of the peasant girl, Zerlina, The only numbers in the score that fell to her share, the duet, ‘La ci darem,” in which Leh- mann took part, and the solos, “Batti, batti,’” and “Vedrai Carina” (the Italian names are in- telligible to all) were delivered by her with that Wonder{ul wealth of voice that has long ago raised her to the foremost rank of singers, There is something electric and irresistible about the tone of Mme. Lucca’s voice that goes ht to the hearts of her hearers, One is inclined to forgive many inartistic shortcomings, notably leaving the Stage before the conclusion of the first act, and thereby spoiling the tableau, in the glorious tones | of that voice. The bitter experience of a terrible season in Cuba has detracted naught from the beauty and magnetism of Mme. Lucca’s voice and acting. The iormer is as grand and impressive as ever, and the latter is in compiete accord with the phenomenal voice. On ednesday Mme. Lucca appears as Valentine in “Die Huguenotten.”’ The house last night was crammed from parquet to raat and hundreds were unable to obtain ad- mission. The Grand Opera House. Fox still reigns supreme at this house. He has 8 many tricks as the original old Renard, of the fable; but those of the modern are much the fun- niest. Last night he appeared as Hercules, King of Clubs, and though the part did not give him much scope, he coatrived to make it droll. The usual variety enter(ainmont was strengthened by the addition of new ballet aac by Mr. Grossi, entitled the ‘Fairy Home.” It gave oppor- tunity for a boi ak) brilliant dresses and de- lightiul scenery. e enter! iment concluded ‘Les Deux Fugitifs,” Masical and Drama Notes. Ada Gray has been playing “Leah” successfully at Cincinnati. The Aimée troupe were well received in the City | of the Montezumas. Smith’s Circus gave a benefit for the poor of | Puebla and netted $600, Heywood has had a verg successful benefit at the Dominion Theatre, Montreal, Rip Van Winkle has woke up in Covent Garden, and the Britishers think he ta very funny. T. U. King appears as Master Walter, in the “Hunchback,” at the Lyceum Theatre, to-night. Edwin Adams has been playing in the “Marble Heart’ at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, A Californian tragedian named McCulloch has es- Sayed the role of Spartacus, but failed to outshine Forrest. “Leatherstocking” is on his last legs and wily soon pass from Niblo'’s to the Happy Huntir.g that piace. Captain Hail will be assigned to duty AP fhe Spgrtormagiar'a denopak Rullapeinlia, Grounds, i | Hc concern, and should have thoughtful treat- | amusement. A _ The Gryot Mexigo bas a Gongervatory of Pusle.} xaglog VinGIABO. from the vings, which jt seems ‘Street Theatre, Philadelphia, last nignt in the It was dedicated on the eventng of ttle 28th of February. Maggie Mitchell appeared last night in. the “Pearl of Savoy” at Robinson’s Opera House, Porkopolis, Mune. la Marschale de MacMahon will give must- cal soirées during Lent at the Presidential Hotel at Versailles, Jima di Murska will sing in “Lucia,” at the Ly- ceum, on Thursday night. She will be supported by Vizzani as Edgardo, Charlotte Cushman appeared at the Walnut cnaracter of Meg Merrilles, The Wallace Sisters nave just concluded & suc- cessiul engagement in Macon. The Georgians gave them an enthusiastic send-of. “The Heir-at-Law” 1s underlined at Wallack's for Saturday night. John Gilbert, having recov- ered from his illness, will reappear in his old rvle. The gala performance given in St. Peterspurg in honor of the Austrian Emperor's visit lasted only eight hours, It must have been a sovereign bore. Kate Fisher has played an engagement at Wood's Theatre, Cincinnati. A local critic declares her horae in Mazeppa to be one of the best on the stege tm that character. “Love's Labor’s Lost” was withdrawn last night to make room for “Charity.” 1t proved an ex- pensive experiment, popular enthusiasm tor Shakespeare not rising to paying point. It is not ltkely to be reproduced in New York. “Charity” wl be produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre to-night. It ts by Gilbert, the well known English playwright. On its production the London public was somewhat riled by severe sarcasms on British society, Great care has beéu taken in putting it on the stage. The “White Pilgrim” is the title of a romantic drama at the Court Theatre, London. The sub- Ject ig the “Spirit of Death.” The Engtish critics speak of the play as a laudable effort to construct something better than usual modern dramas, The idea of making grim Death amuse an audience is a strikingly original idea. THE CLERGY ON POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. The Subject Discussed Yesterday at the Conference of the Protestant Episcopal Church—The Theatres of the Present Day Not Endorsed. The nineteenth regular conference of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church was held yesterday after- noon in the chapel of the Church of the Incarna- tion, Madison avenue and Thirty-fifth street, ‘There was a Jair atvendance of clergymen both old | and young. The Rey. Dr. Osgood was called to the | chair, who advised the Conference that the subject for discussion was “The position of the Church with regard to popular amusements,” and that in | the absence of the Rev. C. RK. Hale, selected toread | un essay upon the occasion, the question was open | for consideration. It wasa subject of vast pub- ment. At this juncture the Rev. Dr. Montgomery, recter of the Church of the Incarnation, bitterly complained that he had been misrepresented in some of the daily journals in reporting the pro- ceedings of the February conference, He de- manded that it was only justice and right that he aud his brethren should be fairly treated in this wise and not have bis utterances turned upside dowa. Acommittee appointed at the hast conference to consider the matter submitted that their meet- ings had become of so much importance tt was thought better to increase the machinery and so the additions proposed were first, That all | | \ | | j | speeches upon the subject of the day unger discussion be confined to ten minutes each; second, that in discussing @ subject no person should be entitled to a second hearing until every member desirous 01 speaking shall be heard; third, that a committee of three be selected who shail have power to select subjects tor discussion, essays and essuyists; fourth, that it ve the duty of this committee to select speak- ers, not exceeding three, to follow the essayist in | discussing the subject. All these were put in the Jorm of resolutions and passed, though the latver excited some opposition, on the ground chat it | would do away with the pleasant informality of the meetings and tuat it was not democratic. The comuittee appointed by the Chair consists 01 the Rev. Drs, Gallaudet, Holland and Cornwall. In calling tor volunteers to speak upon the sub- Ject set down for discussion the Rey. Dr. Cornwall | said, to open it, that amusements of the kind must | be de.ended on other than Christian grounds, and | thus they do not have many defenders among | Christian men and women. The speaker then at- tempted to prove that the actor should be de- nounced on scriptural grounds. He did not like the introduction of operatic songs in churctes, | and they should be abated at once as a nuisance, and the passion plays, representing the lite and sufferings and death of the Redeemer, were in- Stigated by the uevil. | ‘Tbe Chairman thought the issue should not be | asa popular amusement. There were many other ways to please men, and, perhaps, draw them away from spirits and tobacco, the two greatest scourges of the age. Pubtic gardens snd music in the summer, and in the winter reading rooms, where tilustrated papers and journais may be bad and where hot coiiee could be obtamed at a low rice were desirable. He had been told by Dr, olter that @ (epee? uf the latter had given $50,000 to the church for the maintenance of rooms | where the intelligent poor could find recreation without dissipation, The Rev. Dr. Wise combated the ideas advanced by the Rev. Dr. Cornwall that the actor should be denounced on scriptural grounds, and trusted such } expression should not be allowed to go fortn as the sentiment of the Conlerence. He thougnt | that. Christianity does not educate unto judg- meifts, and We should not detgrmine precisely who are Christians by assent aud aisseut only. The Kev. Mr, Cowley supposed that there is vast difference inthe delineation of a historical matter | on the stage and such plays as the ‘Black Crook.” | He did not beiteve that those who protessed to | Save any Christian manhood about them would | visit such plays or go into cellars hunting for He believed that when a mad is exhausted with labor—when he could not be of any | service to hunseif or friends at home—a visit | 10 some place of amusement, with his wile, for in, stance, would be beneficial. The speaker had seen the representation of Charles I.in Londou, and | was recommended to go and see it by a Presbyte- | rian minister, who was indeed a godly man. Tue Rev. Dr. Washburne followed in, words of advice about what constituted the authority of the Church, when the Secretary said he noped the discussion would be more practical. The theatre of to-day should be referred to. Are they such ‘that his hearers. couid go to them that night? He thought not, as it was impossible lor any Christian | man or Woman to attend a theatre at ihe present day without bringing a blush to his or her cheek. Tne Rev. Dr. Cornell thought there was great difference in One ol Shakespeare's old plays or one ofthe old English comedies aud the French trash | now going around the cities, While we are in the | world we mnust take 1. asitis. The ministry, it | seemed to the speaker, were in Jawt in many in- | stances in not treating subjects. of this character — with more liberality. He thought that it would be easy tomaxe @ proper use of public amuse- | ment. } A member said that he had come from his quiet | parish with the hope that, after listening to the | discussion, he could go back and tell his people | something new in presenting the opinions of the | clergymen present upon the important question | Ol popular amusements; but he did not think that | he had gained much addittonal knowledge by tne visit. Ferhaps he should not denounce the theatres of today because. he Was unacquainted with them. Yet there are forms of sins which should be denounced without being familiar with their working The discussion terminated with the Chairman, who said that, while they In general did not bold hard views O! life, he thought tt wrong to advise their Irieuds to attend the theatres as they are o1 the present day. CHARLES KINGSLEY. | contined to the consideration of the theatre alone \ | A Lecture om the Norsemen at Associa: tion Hall-How They Missed the Din- | covery af America=Where “Jim Biyd- | so” Comes From. Charles Kingsley delivered hia second lectare | last night, at Association Hall, to a large and ap- Pprectative audience. On the platform was a nuu- ber of representative ciergy, including Bishop Pot- ter and Dr. Adams, The Subject of the lecture was—“The Norsemen as the Kirst Discoverers of America.” Mr. Kingsley commenzed /by describing a scene | in the North Atlantic 860, years ago, which, he said, \ would serve ag a text for’what he had to say, and | was representative of the hardiness of the race. | The era velonged to that period of the Scandina- vian, people when/they had their great time. | ‘Th Norsemen, ‘were then on the edge of 4 discovery that might have changed | th whole aspect of modern history. They dis- govered and colonized Greenland, Iceland, and | ‘reached Labrador, naming it Helemland, and | Nova Scotia, which they callea Markland, and had come down the coast of New England as far as the mouth of Narragansett Bay, calliug the entire | at all times as it ts now, to them to produce. They had heard of countries further south. where the climate was alwa: warm and people had a higher civilization. The Norsemen, he thinks, just missed being the earliest colonizers of America, as they just missed being the conquerors of Knygland in the eleventh ce! tury. th the ioothold there gained they became the progenitors of 4 large portion of the fng- lish = people, and thus their blood flows tn American veins in land on which they came 80 near being the eariieat settiers. The Norsemen had sailed as tar south as New York, and @ Scandinavian dynasty might have sat upon the throne of Mexico, The facts in relation to it are wellknown to antiquarians, and the stories and traditions in relation thereto bear an evidence Of truthfulness, Ail these jolk, be said, are not phansozs, but ties, There can be no couvt hat the Scandinavians effected an entrance on the coast of Vineiand.600 years before the Puritan Fa- thers, How was it they missed itt The knowledge of Lapland, iceland and Whitemansland died away their memories. One rea- son, too, which was creditable to the Norsemen should be mentioned. They were colonizing nearer home. Greenland, Denmark and Britain were being retained. They have leit iheir mark upon every part of Europe. The iaws and constitution of every part of Europe and America are more or tess affected by the Scandinavians, Canute about this time was just calling together hts sons from the Baltic coast to conquer England, Under such circumstances it was not unlikely that Vineland should be iorgutten to be colonized, Mr. Kingsley here graphically sketched the con- quest of Englaud by the Normans, show- ing that the-e were the Norsemen of for- mer days, civilized and adapted co the coun- try they bad adopted, For the description of the battle ot Hastings he recommended the Treading of ‘‘«reeman's Norman Conquest,” “The Fifteen Decisive Batties of the World,’’ and Lord Lytton’s romance of “Haroid.” This conquest of England by the Normans was right; and li Aweri- cans went to visit the scene of that battle, and studied it weil, they would come to the conclusion that “God's ways are 1ot as our Ways.” lt was & terribie thing for the English that they snould pave had two such conquests, within sixty years, as those of Canute’s and Wiliam’s. There were tra- ditions that a kind of white slavery was cariled on. in England previous to those times, William brought with him from Normandy a true Statesman’s instincts. What was the re- suit of all this misery and wrong? The Norman conqnest was the making of the English people, and from which race the Americans were descended. Very few of the nigher class of Englaud can trace tieir names to the Batue Koll. ‘The peerage is largely mave up of families who have known success in lle. The popuiation. of England was by this battle welded together in one homogenous mass. They were, he was airaid, at One time an idie and sleepy people, but this con- quest resulted in making them a better race, by exciting and stimulating them by need to higher uses. Whence came their Christianity? Much ot it came direct irom Kome; and much of tt came from that mysterious Western Church, the “St, Patricks’ and the “St Bridgets,"’. which had even covered Iceland with toeir churches, The heroism of humanity, of generousness and the jesson of the cross was learned trom the monxs of Ireland, Let us be- lieve that the influence of women was not want ing too, and that the story of Malcolm was told to many of a Scandinavian lord, and he could not resist the creed of tne Irish family tnto-which he had married. He did not speak from his imagina- tion, but irom iacts, The Celt had the music of nature, grace, rapidity of action, and this, united with the Scandinavian’s character, resuived in & slowing creed and caused the springing up oj cloist-- | ers and Norman minsters all along the north of Europe. This was the indication of a splen- did repentance. These Norsemen were lovable despite of tneir bold daring, their coarseness and their disregard of human lie, English and Amert- can poets love them. Their blood runs. in every two out of the three men ip Engiand and America, He could not read. the works of Bret Harte and Colonel John Hay and the stories of the Western men without thinking of the Norsemen. Their characteristics were reproduced alter eight cen- turies in their remote descendants. in America, Mr. Kingsley concluded his lecture with another vivid story from the Scandinavian legends, and said that the ‘Jim Bludso’s” and the “fom Flinns"” showed that this brave, heroic and endure ing spirig was still active in our midst. ANTI-DARWINISM, ea AS eles Saat Lecture by Professor Waterbeuse Haw- king at the Union League Theatre—The Harmony of Species—The Doctrine of Evolution Cantroverted—Special Illus- trations. Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, the naturalist, lec- tured last evening at the Union League Theatre, it being the first of a series showing the “unity of pian and evidence of design in the animal trame, with contrast and comparison of monkeys and men.’? In introducing the lecturer Mr. William Cullen Bryant made a few happy remarks, quoting both Shakespeare and Mrs. Harriet B Stowe, taking Hamlet and Topsy to iilustrate his meaning. Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins came forward and said :—I do not propose to put before you the evo- lution theory, I only propose to put before you the animal frame as it is to-day, and has been since the earliest day. Upom the researches of animals which existed ages ago it_is extraordin- ary, upon the discoveries which have been made, that any one can bring up the evolution theory, instead of believing that it bas been the same for | all time as it has been found below the geological Strata. How can it be supposed that at one time these animals were imperfect? Yet this is the theory of evolution, or natural selection. The generality of the philosophers disbelieve Mr. Dar- win’s theory of this selection, as he gave it in the | “urigin of Species.” But when it came to the descent of man, then it verged into the absurd. I do not attempt to disprove this, because 1t appears exaggerated, and yetitis extraordinary that such a theory has obtained great popularity. The lecturer then went on briefly to show what Dar- win’s theory was and where lt proceeded from, coming as it originally did irom Wolfe. The theory, of course, dismissed the creative power as evi- dences of design. How this can be associated with any religion he did not propose to discuss, and he hoped the audience would sympathize with him when he did not enter into any discussion. He proposed simply to show that the progressive de- velopment theory was not consistent with the facts of the Case, leaving out alone the fact that the theorists Dold the possibility O/ a creation without a creator. He would show that there was not a pro- gressive development, but that-there was one general system, Mr. Hawkins then showed on the blackboard the differences between the vegetabie and the animal Ktngdom—the egg and seed and rock and fowers— drawing a terrestrial plant and a water plant on one hand, the animal on the other; giving one of the intusoria attached. in the water to some small filament, composed of a series of little globules working above each other, baring little arms, | which it thrusts out, grasping its prey by growth. Tae next low form of anima) life, giving the shape of @ devil fish, but not by the power of suction. A creature Which has every function of a stomach without any appearance of one. [tis known as the “Leba.’’ his animal also has the power of memory and will and understanding, as the lecturer had constantly to make one eat when it would not, while a iriend always. tried the experiment successfully. It may be said that a locomotive has tne, same power of perception and distribution, but the will aud understanding are lacking, though thay exist in the lowest form of lacking 19 the man’s chine, and here is the point of difference between the work of man and the lowestiliving creature, This is the one great proof of tho existence of God. It is ceftainiy a power much greater than anything man is pos- sessed of. Man cannot make the hundredth part of ap inch of a living body. The next form illus- trated was that of the vertebra, first, shown in the shape of u aj the companent parts of the fisn. Ai this, said the lecturer, was in the egg, and was so in ali time, not being evolved in any manner from any, other kind of mal, From the fish Mr. Hawkins.’ 1d to the ator, sim- ply changing some nove of the principles; thence passing to the ho still the same principles being observed, showin; the similarity of fisb, reptiles and mammals. Mr. Hawkins said the transition canld be readily made to the order of birds, which yet appeared -0 diferent. He, however, first the order deer, Cagle: | the elk and palmed deer. Then he took the bird and gave & ready illustration of now the same principles existed in this, with slight modifications. arious in farm, while one design pervades the whole. The lecturer closed by saying that every ortion of this evolution theory was unsupported by one fact, there being no indication of any pre- vious modification, All this appears to have been ‘VER the most. enthusl- astic naturalist must o reigned gt all times, an Nieving vhat there fh: Naturalists have been few at all times, few and far between, and the subject has not been betore given the attention it receives now. { cau only say that i creation the grand plan ef uaity is and, always haa been the same. THE AMERICAN GUARD. The officers, ex-members amd, members of the ‘ Seventy-first regiment N. G8. N. Y. assembled last evening at the armory tor the purpose of ex- hibiting their disapprobvation of the actiou of the Armory Committee of the Board of Aldermen in refusing to renew the lease of their present ar. Colonel Vose, ex-Coliector Coles, Major rere the same principles CAN See NO reason jor be- mory. nd others addressed the meeting. The fins te Colonel Vose were received with marked enthusiasm, Upwards of 2000 members of the militia were present. Letters were read from General Shatet and other officers denuncia- tory of the action of the Board of Supervisors, It is understood that the building can be had ata much reduced rent and that the “Armory Commit. 7 DAVE URE E MARA 10 ACGADT te fish, most beautifully draw- | the forms of the fish, but .| The. marvel of aii this, | | guid the lecturer, ie that, while one, these are all so i ny chi 0 all this, Nak BL dae ten ae | maker and. imporcee of Human ceived the stamp of publ | Shyears and has acquired a reputatio ewhich | is Dr. TF. Gt 7 Fatal Pressure of the Famine in the Bengal Presidency. A Million of Peopte Starve ing to Death. British Official Report of the Visitation. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERAKD, Lonpon, March 2, 1874 A despatch has been received at the Indiam Office from Hon. George Campbell, Lientenamt Governor of Bengal, giving a most alarming report of the condition of the people im that Presidency. 4 MILLION OF PEOPLE STARVING TO DEATH. Lieutenant Governor Campbell says fally 1,070,000 persons are starving to death .im the districts affected by the famine. FRESH VICTIMS YOR THE GAUNT DESTROYER The report also states that all the poorer classes are beginning to feel the want ef food, Facts from the Local Inspectors. The Culcutta Englishman of Jauuary 23 pe lshes the lollowing summary of the condition of aflairs existing. im the afflicted pertions of tae Bengal Presidency, according to the latest reports of,the government inspectors :— The eignth special narrative of the dreught im Benyal, reaching. down to the 15th inst, records another algo lull of rain in Patna, Tirbut, Arran, Monghyr, Bhaugulpoor, Barhi, Pusneso, 1 Ky, Fartidpur and Gowalpara, on the 12th and 13th, Hall an average cold weather crop ts expected im Patna, and generally in Southern Bebar the uspeet Of Affairs is hoperul, but in North Behar it is stil very untavoraple. In parts of the Patua division distress is thought to be rapidly approaching, the numbers on the relief works are increasing, and tm Tirhut there is said to be distress .in some vil- lages. Tne most unfavorable syimptom dis- closed by the narrative of the drought ia Bengal is the insuMiciency of the meaua Of carriage available for the transport of the graim now in the Course of despatch te the distressed districts, Thougt Jalure is not at present antiel- pated, it ts evident that with the utmost exeriiogaa great difficulty is found in getting grain promptly orward, winie private imporcanions are bemg seriously hindered for want of the means of traas- port, If this is the case with the present moder- aie despatches, tt is obvious that even if the gov- ernment had unlimited commandol grain the want ol carriage alone would render it unaole to meet a much greater emergency, From independent sources we hear tuat there is a complete biock on the East india Ratiway, at whose stations gram is accumulating faster than it can be forwarded. People will not keep up the means of transpers any more than. they will maintain large surplus stocks of grain at a loss, so that the extent of the requirements oi ordinary seasons is in some degree the measure of the amount of carriage immediately available in an extraordinary season. THE SUFFERING DISPRICTS. Even in Rungpur the reports say that cases ot Qistress are becoming common, especially among projesmonal beggars. The tracts in which distress 18 most imminent are thes: Parts of ape the northern half of Sarun, the northern northeastern part of Tirhoot aud the adjonme parts of Bhanguipoor and Monghyr, the eastern cor- ner of Gyah and the aajoining part of Monghpr, the eustern part of Purneah, the northern part od Mal- dab and all the northwestern hall of Dinajpur. AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATES. ‘The estimate that the harvest of 1873 would give about nalf an average crop 1s supported. by the latest reports, but the estimates are not Considered pertectly trustworthy. 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