The New York Herald Newspaper, June 26, 1874, Page 5

Conspicuous Failure of “Mont Blanc.” Le Cocq's New Opera Presented at the Strand Theatre. Lonpon, June 12, 1874, It does not need very acute powers of observa- tion to notice the regularity with which the princt- pal London theatres have their turns of luck and M luck. ‘The quality of the work produced at them does not seem much to influence this result, for sometimes a very bad piece will have an excep- tional run, while a tolerable piece, decently played, May prove a total failure, Ill luck seems to be in the ascendant just now at the Haymarket Theatre, where there has been no real pecaniary success since Mr. Giibert’s “Wicked World,” ana where the latest novelty, ‘Mont Blano,” has not proved an exception to the rule. A great deal of preliminary puff had been bruited about the forthcoming new mew play, which was announced ag the work of the veveran journalist Henry Mayh2w and his son, and disappointment was proportionate when, on in- spection, ‘Mont Blanc” proved to be neither more ‘Bor less than a very bald, very bad apd very vulgar translation of the well known Palais Royal farce, the “Voyage de M. Perrichon.” Tie piece ts not merely silly, but offensive. ‘The hero im the French drama érama ts apicasant, hearty bourgeois ; in the Eng- Msn translation he is a vulgar pickle merchant, while his daughter, the heroine, is @ most objec- tionable young person, talking nothing but horsey slang, and utterly unlike the English young lady which she is intended to represent, The scenery 4s most admirable, the courtyard of the inn at Chamoun! and the Grands Mulets at sunset being Perfect specimens of Mr. O’Connor’s gracefu? art. This may be said to have saved the piece, for, not- withstanding @ certain amount of practical buf- feonery such a8 is involved in falling down cre- vavses and slipping on the snow, there was a good dea) 0! hissing on the fall of the curtain, and tt is evident that the new plece will soon be removed from the bill. BRONSON HOWARD ANGLICISED. At the Court Theatre has been produced a four act comedy calied “Brighton,” written by Mr. Frank Marshall, who candidly conjesses that he has taken the main inclaents irom Mr. Bronson How- ard’s well known play of “Saratoga” Re- taining, then, the plot of the play, Mr. Marshall hasturnished some very smart dialogue, turning omcurrent English topics, and so far the piece 18 amusing enouzh; but there is a specialty about the place, the company, the doings at Saratoga Springs, which Brighton, a mere ordinary English Watering place, entirely lacks, and one is obliged to make believe as much as did Dick Swiveiler’s Marchioness, when she tried to think that water and lemon peel tasted like wine, to comprehend the improbabilities of the story. Mr. Marshall, however, has succeeded in turnishing two hours of rattling and pleasant amusement, and though he hhas decidedly not made any advance in his pre- vious work, the comedy of “False Shame,” he filis the house and never gives his audience the chance for 3 yawn. LECOOQ’S NEY OPERA, On Saturday last the whole of the company who at the Brussels Opera House, the Fantaisies Parisicnnes, have been recently playing ‘‘Gironé et Girofia,” appeared at the Opéra Comique, in the Strand, and presented M. Lecocq’s new work in its entirety to a London audience. ‘The house was Alled tn every nook, and hundreds were unable to obtain admittance—indeed, as I think I have be- fore mextioned, all the stalls and boxes are taken for three weeks to come. The libretto, which, it will be observed, has that soupyon of pruriency now apparently necessary to all stories in the French language, is as follows :— Acertain Don Bolero 4’Alcarazas (M. Jolly) has a threatening creditor, Marasquin (M. Marto Wid- mer), and a fierce Moorish neighbor, Mourzouck | has, also, twin daughters, Girof¢é and Girofla th impersonated by Mile. Luigini), wh exactly alike, are distinguished by colors, wearing blue and Girofa pink. Aurore (Mme. Delorme), the wife of Don Bolero, has hit upon the plan of marrying these young ladies to the banker and the Moor, and the curtain rises upon the pre- Mminary fesvivities of the “double event.” Maras- quin duly makes his appearance, but Mourzonck, Baving @ toothache, sends an excuse, and there- ene on Bolero wishes to pat both weddings off 1 next day. Marasquin declines to ‘post- pone his happiness, and the ceremony takes place, in the general excitement of which Girofla is selzed by a bund of pirates and carried awey, so that when Mourzoack, whom @ denust has cured, unexpectedly arrives, there is Bo wife to offer him. The emergency is great, but Aarore proves equal to it, Confident that pur- suit will overtake the pirates in a few hours, she ehanges Gironé’s distinguishing ribbon and pre- sents the bride of Marasquinto Mourzouck. fhe @aring of tue expedient carries it through, and before the situation can be realized Girone 1s the of two husbands, Everything now dépends upon the return of Girofa, and when uews comes thatthe pirates have eluded puranit for that day the state of things is extremely embar- rassing. However, the festivities go on, and Mour- gouck sacrifices so liberally to Bacchus that Don Bolero and Aurore easily lock him in his obamber, where he relieves the ‘monot- ony of imprisonment by smashing the furniture. So far the dificulty is got over, but the Bext morning sees it renewed. The liberated Mourzonck, hand on dagger, requires an explana- tdon from Don Bolero, which that worthy avoids by begging Giroflé to goon personating her sister. Marasquin naturally objects, out ultimate! yom m order to save his tather-in-law; the un- retanding being that Mourzouck departs alone, on some expedition, in an hour's time. Raving first had a private interview with his wife, lonely watched by Marasquin, goes away; but re- turning immediately, discovers Giroflé and her real husband exchanging a joyful embrace. gouck demands an explanation, and, not getting it, challenges Marasquin to single combat. Maraa- qain prefers to tell tne truth, but just as the Moor’s anger is rising to the highest pitch, Giroffa is re- stored to her home, and the embroglio happily ends. & Ginet), whom he greatly wishes to appease. (ot | Do Way in | the ice was of very poor quality owing to the ex- con: | The Moor, | Monr- | Much of the music is very charming, notably the | ‘Wedding March, a duet between Marasquin and Giron¢, “Je dirai ce qu’tl faut dire,” a genuine comic air, ‘Je vous présente un pére,” and the Gnale to the first act. But there is equally no @oubt, that most of the audience were disap- | sumers tn this ciiy, pointed; they went prepared to hear an opera | Douffe and they beard an epera comique; in the | it was in the previous year, One instrumentation may run mad and vocaliza- tion may be carried to any length, in the other the Unities. must be. maintained. Mr. Lecocq’s new work isof a much higher class than ‘‘Madame | $20 per ton. Angot,” but it is so high as to be over the heads of | the average British audience. There is no air in it likely to be as widespread by the barrel organs asthe “Couspirators’ Chorus,” or the other well- known ‘Madame Angot” tunes. THBATRICAL CHARITIES. The meeting of the subscribers and the sup- porters of the Dramatic College was held Jast week, when it appeared that, after the payment of all expenses, there was a balance of nearly £000. at the bankers. But the account showed that another (the third) anony- mous donation of £1,000 had been received daring the year, and it seems odd that no one thonght of commenting upon the fact that in the absence of this anonymous benefaction there Would have been an actual deficit. One of the speakers complained warmly of the want of interest exnibited by the actors and of the comparative paucity and of the small amount of their subscrip- tdons and donations, The fact is that this Dramatic College has never been liked by the theatrical pro- fession. Despite its high sounding name it is nothing more or less than a theatrical poornouse, ‘the inmates of which are cut of trom any possible participation te che society to whicn they have | and Puerto Cabello, in Veneguela, Telegraphic | She subsequently arrived at Jamaica and pro- | ceeded on ber voyage | one. aituate many mules from London on a bleak moor, | been accustomed; from any chanee of visiting the | theatres, which have been their life-long homes. ‘The right way tomake happy 4 worn out actor of the lower claas is to give him £1 a week and let nim nire a bedroom in @ street out of Drary lane, whence he can issue immediately intoa neighbor- hood reeking with theatrical gossip and enjoy him- kelf to the top of his bent. Another theatri eal charity, the General . Theatrical Fund, which at one time enjoyed a large popularity @ good revenae, seems to be in & pad way, The calls upon it have been many and heavy, aud ita income has not been forma proportionate to its expenses, A large portion of ite revenne was de- rived from the contributions called forth pr ae sloguence of the Chairman at the annual dinner, ramati 4 bus ho mighty fallen! The festival is announ aud I see the cbair 1s to be taken by an AL THE QUABRELS OF AUTHORS. Mr. F. ©. Burnand has dramatized Mrs. Ed- ‘wardes’ novel of ‘Archie Lovell,” and his version without change of title at t! alty Theatre. Miss Henrietta Hodson La ta the hero- with saificient piquancy, and the piece is ~tolerably attractive, though, the hot weather comes on, people find it impossible to bear the want of ventilation in the cramped little bandhox. It seems, however, that Mr. Bur- naod has—to put it in the midest form—neglected the laws of courtesy. Mrs. Edwardes writes to the journals complaining that in January last she acct. dentally heard that Mr, Burnand intended 10 dramatize her book; but as she meant to diama- tive it herself, with the help of a welh known theatrical writer, she saw Mr. Burnand on the subject. Fe parured. her that hig tomedy would in erfere with her proposed work, his plot, characters and diaiogue being totally dissimilar to hers, awd he distinctly promised not to use the name “Archie Lovell” elther ior heroine or title! ‘This question of coryRicu? 1s cons: cro} up, and the laws regarding it are rth ag Last week an action was brought ander the following circumstances;—Mr, Hollingshead wrote an article in a magazine, which he afterwards turned into @ drama and ache ae Mr. Toole, of e Meantime a Grattan had the magazine and had also turned itinto a farce. Mr. Toole brings an action to pre- vent Mr. Grattan’s farce being played, put the Juages decide that, although Mr. Holl:nshead wrote tue original article out of which both the dramas were made, and actually wrote one of the dramas himself, he has mo copyright in hia own brains; that is to say, that a novelist has no protection against any larcenous fool who chooses to take his novel and hash it up into dramatic shape, My ex- perience of this was even worse. ‘iwoor three years ago I wrote a novel called “Nobody’s For- tune,” which this same Mr. Grattan, without ask- ing my permission, turned into a play. It waa produced at the Surrey Theatre, and when the curtain fell on the first night I, sitting .n a private box for which 1 bad to pay, heard the audience shouting for “the author,’ and saw Mr. Grattan Walk on to the stage and bow his thanks. struck me 88 being one of the clearest cases of adding insult to injury ever known. THE ICE SUPPLY. Pear arr s Why the Present High Hates are Main- tained—No Further Advance in the Price of Ice Probable—Popular Indig- nation at the High Prices. The complaints about the high price of tce have become more and more gencral as the summer progresses, Since the ist of June there has been another advance of from $1 to $2 per ton, and as the price increases go does the grumbiing on the part of consumera The needy boarding-house keeper, who pays $1 per hundred weight and paid only sixty cents last summer, feels the loss keenly, and considers that the ice company ‘‘robe” her of the forty cents difference. The hotel keepers, who use several tons of ice per day, gramble also, although they are much better able to stand the “highway robbery” of the ice company, as they call it, ‘This was the forcible expression used by several hotel proprietors yesterday. One of them, who keeps one of the best known hotels in this city, said he was paying only $3 per ton last summer and now the Knickerbocker Ice Com- pany who supplies him with ice charged him $8 per ton, ‘‘Ob, iv’s the worst monopoly in this city,’ the gentleman said in a tone of indignation, “There is no particular scarcity of ice, but the ice companies pretend there is because they want to make al! the moncy they can. The Knickerbocker, in particular, has bought op several of the smaller companies AND ENJOYS PRACTICALLY A MONOPOLY of the ice trade. You see, they can afford to lose $50,000 rather than allow a rival company to gain any headway: and if a new company is formed they reduce the price to such a figure that it effect- ively ruins the new enterprise, and as soon as it is “burst” they put their price up again as high as they pleave."’ Other heavy ice consumers ex- pressed themselves i a similar manner, and there seemed to be a untversal conviction that the pre- sent Digh turiff was not justifiable, ‘Well, the fact person is,” said one gentleman, ‘the ice companies know that on a scorchiug day like this we'd rather puy any price than go without ice, and they can make us pay any price they like.” In order to hear the other side of the story the principal ice companies of the city were called upon. Mr, Reeve, the Secretary of the Knicker- bocker Ice Company, siated that the present rates were as follows :—Hoteis, from $7 to $12 per tou, according to localily and quantity; private fami- les, $1 per 100 pounds. Some of the familics fetched the ice from the dock, and were only charged forty cents. ‘This low price was pertectiy | Justiflable, as the delivery of the Ice at private | nouses | WAS ATTENDED BY ENORMOUS EXPENSE, Last year the ice was furnished to private families for sixty cents per 100, and Mr. Reeve thought altogether ine advance in the price was not quite fifty per cent. 1 was the experience of the company that the Jargest con- sumers complained the least. While those who used about ten pounds of ice per day bothered them the moat and grombied the loudest. On an average a private family occu- | pyiug thelr own residence required about fifteen ye a day, for which they paid fliteen cents. r this small amount ef money they sent a turn- out with two men to the house and gave them a piece of ice which preserved all their mear and cooled gailons and gallons of their water. The trip alone, Mr. Reeve thougut, was worth a shbil- AL? The Knickerbocker Ice Company was trying to keep the price down’ but there was a great scarcity of ice owing to the iatlure of the last crop and the expenses and wastage iucident to the delivery of the ice were something enormous. The wastage was particularly great this season as traordinary wildness oJ the winter. another difi- culty with which the ice company had to contend was that the men who laid up the ice were mani- pulated by brokers and would no longer sell to the company at the old prices. The consequence was that THE CONSUMERS BAD TO SUFFER. Mr. Reeve gave it as bis opinion that there would probably be go farther advance in the price ol ice unless there should be unforeseen destruction’of ie cargoes or other causes ending to produce great scarcity. In regard to the umption of ice in this city he stated thut it averaged 500,000 tons per year, half of which waa shipped by tho Knickerbocker €om| ‘This year, however, the demand tor ice had been very small and tne con- sumption would fall far below that figure. Most of the ice came irom Maine. it was shipped on schooners which generally carried cargoes of from 350 to 400 tons. ‘The wastage was 80 great that in some jmstances they turned out only half thetr origioul cargoes, During the hot weather the company supplied ubout 2,000 tons a day to con- A gentleman prominently connected with the Washington ice Company stated that they supplieg hotels last year at $4 40 to $5 per ton, and private families at. sixty conta per 100 pounds. boy ine hotels were charged $7 per ton and private 1 Hes $1 per 100 pounds. The principal reason for this advance was the snort supply, the last crop on the Hudson River having been only half of what < He did not think that THE RATES CHARGRD WERE EXTORTIONATR. and recalled the time—in 1870—when families were charged $1 50 per hundred and hotels about As the ice froze at an anusually high temperature it was Not so solid, and the wastage Was, therefore, exceedingly ‘eat. All this explained and justified the high price of tce. IL Was not probabie, however, that there would be a lurther advance. Boh sides of the story have thus been given. One thing is clear—the ice companies try to make as much money as possible and the consumers want to pay as little as possible. Thus there ts created a conflict, which, like the great civil war, might fitly be culled “irrepressible.” DISASTER TO A MAIL STEAMSBTP, On the 8th of this month the Engush mail steamer Claribel, commanded by Captain Tren- naman, left this port bound for Port au Prince, in Haytt, Kingston, in Jamaica, Curacos, Laguyra newe received Jn this city from Kingston, Jamaica, states that she went ashore on the passage at Bird Rock, near Tark’s Island passage, on the 12th | inst, id thas to save the vessel upwards of 1,700 , packages of cargo were thrown overboard, | to the Spanish Main, Purther telegrams ‘state that a large portion of | the cargo thrown overbeard was intended for Jamaica, The cargo of the vessel was an assorted SHOT BY HI8 PA’ Aspecial despatch from Manchester, Ohio, the 22d, tw the Cincinnati Znquirer says :— William Fambleson and son, of Bentonville, Adams county, Ohio, went out hunting Saturday evening. The boy not getting ready as soon as the Jather, they agreed to meet at a certain mulberry tree, The father started out, and the boy got ready aud started for the tree. On reaching fh tree, and pot seeing his father, the boy took ni hat and sat down to wait the coming of his ‘The old gentieman came on soon after. Mini the boy for ‘ound hog, he raised his fired, putting s load of number one shot in head. . The boy lived about one hoor. He waa th: teen years old. Dr. Stephenson, of Manchester, removed twenty-seven from the head of the unfortonate boy, A SON MISTAKEN FOR A GROUND HOG AND THER, | We demand the taxes he has collected at Loma | the | Robinson's exercise 0! his gut | tive in former jon, when sentenced to fourteen years, | he has become what ts termed in Jai! phr: ogy & ' chaplain's pet. His early piety obtained hima ticket | AUSTRALASIA. Mail Companies’ Contracts and Commercial Rivalries, M. Rochefort’s Escape a Cause of Anxiety in New Caledonia. THE ORUISE OF THE OHALLENGER. Sypnsy, N, 8. W., May 7, 1874, It was not until Tuesday last that the mails which left San Francisco oa March 31 were deliv- ered here, greatly to the satisfaction of the oppo- nents of the transpacific route. The delay was occasioned by strong head gales and hurricanes during the entire passage from Fiji. There has been, however, suflicient time to send replies by the out- going mail leaving to-day, as Well as answers to letters sent irom Engiand per Victorian mai that left ten days after that via California, The Penin- solar and Oriental Gompany endeavored to pre- vent the latter hy detaining the Sydney portion one day at Meibourne—a trick successful twice during the present year, 1s may be readily imagined that this is helping to keep alive the un- Pleasant feelings existing between the gov- ernments of the two colonies. A further cause of complaint sgainet Victoria has arisen out of the recent escape of M. Roche- fort and his companions; one of whom— M, Ballere—aiter seeing his iriends off for San Francisco, proceeded to Melbourne to take a direct ship thence to London, The government omMcials at the latter city at once embraced the opportunity of assuming the right to speak on behalf of all the colonies by sending @ despatch to the Secretary of State, London, com- plaining of dangers arising from contiguity to the French convict settlement at New Caledonia. What the dangers to Victoria are may be inferred from the fact that not more than two trading ves- sels have ever left Noumea for Melbourne, while there are two regular lines besides a monthly mail steamer plying to Sydney, THE FRENCH COMMUNISTR, Reference to the Rochefort party reminds me of the altered relations existing among them just prior to their departure hence, as I stated in my last month’s corre- spondence, Rochefort was the capitalist of the company, and it was the letter of credit ob- tained by telegraph from his friend M. About, of Paris, that furnished the requisite funds to pro- ceed home. The non-division of the cash on Com. manistic principles appears to have offenaed MM. Grousset’ and Jourde, and termt nated the intimate relations existing on their arrivat here, it Das transpired recently that the captain of the P. C, B, received £326, his oMicers and crew £75 between them for conniving at the escape of the six prisoners, but it Was not until they were at sea that he really knew Rochefort was one of them. The officials at Noumea, awaiting with fear and trembling the consequence of their negiecs to search the vessel immediately prior to sailing, vow vengeance against the captain and his only regular passen, ger, ‘‘Mr. Sutherland,” neither of whom are likely to be seen there again for some time, though the latter has mot yet done with the isiand, THE BRITISH DISCOVERY 6HUP CHALLENGER, during her stay here, completed an ouvfit requisite to euable her to complete her cruise, including the extra duty of sounding along the route of the tele- graphic cable hence to New Zealand. The austra- lian end is to be landed at Broken Bay, a point fif- teen miles north of Sydney heads. The prelimi- nary soundings on this coast have revealed the fact that the Pacific deepens abruptly to over 2,000 fathoms within twenty miles of New South Wales, so that itis considered probable that an immense chasms, such a6 1s known to exist contiguous to the West India Islands, will be discovered beiore the ship arrives at the New Zealand terminus of the line. I shall transmit the result, as it may prove interesting to American Savana. FiJ1 TERRITORIAL CESSION, Commodore Goodenough, after completing the duties connected with the Angio-Fitan commis- sion, arrived here two days The formal ces- sion of the islands to Great Britain bas by no meant smoothed away internal dissensions, urston’s presence in the new executive is considered inimi- cal to the interests of the majority of the white residents, and Thurston, in conjunction with the consular body, is as obnoxious as he was when acting as ‘chief adviser’ to Vacoban Rex, ander @ more pretentious title. Maafu has absolved him- self irom all connection with the Leouka poten- tates, ignores their authority and denies their right ma Cacoban is powerless, his treasury is empty, his generals existed only so long as be had perquisites rtionate to their rank, his Navy vanishes the war vessel Vivid formerly a cutter yacht of twenty-three tons) nt to pleces on the reef, while Maafa bas cash, sredit, two Smail war vessels and @ strong retinue 0} native warriors. The King’s poticy has alien- ated the white population, whereas his rival’s | efforts have been constantly directed towards maintenance of cordial reiationa with the planters, It is not dificult to foresee that uf Fngiand does not accept the sovereignty or pro- vectorate of Fiji. Magia will assume the crown, un- less prevented by foreign intervention. He was only prevented doing so before by the threat of the American Consul that if he attempted it he should dangle from the yard arm of @ maa-ol-war. The visit of a United States stip to these waters might be the means of preventing the Stars and Stripes being desecrated by vessels engeged in the South Seas. It ia a well-known fact that the Ziska, a British built vessel, has been fitted out in Syd- ney, her name changed, @ clearance obtained for an American vessel, and in her new guise is no longer amenable to the provisions of the Polynesian Labor act—a modest title for the new law t prevent British ships from turning slavers. What bas been done by one ves- sel can be done bya fleet, and 1 shall not be sar- | rised to hear that all the South Sea Island traders | ve changed their nationality. Public opinion in New South Wales is strongly against Sir ibernatorial preroga- ‘doutug the gang of highwaymen known | as Niners mob, some of whom were sentenced jor lile, the leader opening wish the miider pen- alty of thirty-two years’ ham igbor. As ona ‘cules | of leave by which be was enabled to collect a gang of eight desperadoes, with whose aid he attacker and robbed the (aphebedys gold escort after shoot- ing several of the armed guards. This ruffian and | his confederates it is proposed to des) 4 ‘fornia per mail steamer on an early di ‘MINING. ‘That English capitalists are turning their atten- tion to the mineral resources of Australia is a source | of gooa fortune to colonial owners destitute of sufficient capital to work their properties on their own account. The steamer satling to-day takes away an agent of a large London proprietary, who have, through him, imvested largely. ‘Tne gull.- bility of some of the Cockney big bags was prom- inently developed by a Victorian adventurer, who visited the great metropolis as agent for the sale of @ mining property, grandiloquently termed The Great Australien, He did the clubs, the Row, the shooting box of his newly acquired friend, Lord Tom Noddy; raised a few thousands by the sale of some of his promoters, and. after honoring the leading tradesmen of the city with orders for their costliest wai shipped he could obtain to bydney, following them in the mail steamer, though by some strange inadvertence his name did not appear on the pagnenaee list. His menage has since been brought to the hammer, and he has doubtless gratefn reminiscences of the hospitable Ree le he met in the old country. He may figure yw York politics some day, After a short stay in New South Wales, daring | which he was lionized, Dudley Fiela proceeded to Brisbane and from thence per Torres Straits mail steamer to singapore enroute for Hong Kong and Japan. . was quite unprepared to find that the development of civilization 10 Australia had arrived at such a stage. Aa a reminiscence of | his visit he presented a gift of valuable books to | ‘he colony of Queensiand. VICTORIA has announced through the ballot box that she neither intends to change her rulers nor her fiscal Policy. The protectionists have returned a lal ge Majority to the Legislative Assembly, even the city of Melbourne contributing to their triumph by rejecting the free trade candidates. The main insae, a8 proposed by Premier Francis, was the re- form of the upper branch of the lature on & lan somewhat resembling the Norwegian mode of rranging any diversity of action between the two | chambers. Sir Jonn Oshamassy, an ex-Promuer, re- | signed his seatin the Upper House to oppose a min- isterial candidate for the Lower, oniy to ve beaten | by an immense majority and blotted out of the list | Of present legislators. Sir James McCullocn ts the only politician of note who obtained a seat as an avowed opponent. The Ministry lost time ran ig. enotr programme, and have sum- moned Parliament to meet next week, Hardly had the elections terminated before Mr. Francis was compelled to ize his Cabinet, a va- cancy in the Supreme Court having deprived him of the services of nis former Attorney General, now Judge Stephen. Mr. Kerford was apaginies bis ccessor, The Hon, A. Makay, late Minister of , Was transfe! to the charge of the De- tment of Education, lepying ong yacancy ye | | Berke to be filled up, Astale of the sea has come to ght Wo of the parties interested, fa mt ethourne ae the Kate ney arrived at ew jour, sallora, rx up at sea in an a ... bogt. They very plausible natrative of shipwreck and suffering, which passed current of the Liverpoot liners bay ba guma, from London tor ape oo shorthanded, five ofher crew having mutinied, and alter shoot- fog the by te though not fatally, seeured the mate and remainder of the crew until they had time to launch the long boat, provision her and leave tbe ship. The scene of the attempted piracy being found to a) proximate to the position where ‘the sup shipwi men were picked a caused Riruier inquiry, resulting in,the arrest eommittal of two of the mutineers; the other two had left the colony. One of the prisoners made & tall coniession, sleaing. im extenuation that they were driven to desperation by the dronkenness and barbarity of the Captain. Forster, the Spirit- uaitst, has fared better than his predecessors, Who thought Australia required a new sensation. Either the spirit ie stronger 1p him than in the others or he ig a more plausible imposter, perhaps both, but certain it 1a that he is making his trip to the a ay pengeomelts aay ‘$5 each for adan and borin lay Howard, tho to Anosnee tenkect whose experience of colonial sight-seere cannot prove otherwiee than satisfactory. Lauded by the ere Hilling the treasury nightly must be as agate ing v0 her ag itis to the managers of the Tne- ai yal, Meibourne. Some of the most repul- Mavg. antares of the dangers arising {rom contact with Chinese residents sre now occupying the at- tention of the authorities of Melbourne. The dit closures are said to be of such @ character as to warrant eve; tail found at large being run into the ca bite ‘ee QUEENSLAND may profit largely by the numbers attracted there from time to time by reports of rich discoveries of surilerous wealth, without increasing tne reputa- > tion of their actual value. Four times within a few years a regular exouus bas been occasioned by these fictitious rumors. There was certainly a dow of foundation for them—nothing more; yet they induced thousands to leave the other col- Onies 1D searck of gold, The latest rush—thet to the Endeavor—has been moss disastrous, 7,000 miners landed at Cooktown, the nearest port to the new mines, where they found no ac- commodations, no food, no means Of transit. The wes season had set in and rendered travellin landward impossible. To return by sea cost money, and of that they were destitute. An at- temps to take forcible possession of @ steamer which ensued caused the government to take measures for the relief of the gulled multitude, the government of New South Wales adding its quota in the shape of a $6 per head premium jor all brought back to Sydney. The tin mines have roved @ more reliable source of wealth, Nearly i tons of ore and 230 tons refined metal were snipped irom Brisbane alone daring 1873. SOUTH AUSTRALIA is bidding as high as the siater colonies for a share of the surplus population of the Old Worla. ‘We want immigration’ has become such @ popular cry that the colonial government can afford to disre gard it; therefore one’ of the best measures" proposed by the Ministry when Parliament met, on the 30th ult., was an amended land law affording feenn facilities for taking up land. This measure as not yet become law, but uniess it does it will be an absolute waste of money to import intending settlers, who, on finding a more iMberal land policy elsewhere, will choose jor themselves where it wt be most advantageous for them to settle, ‘The re- cent pepareen of the colony has been great. . Last year’s imports were valued at $95 per head of pop- ulation and the exports at $115. After wasting @ Week 1D negotiaiions an amicabie settlement of the causes of dispute between the copper miners and the mine owners was effected and work was resumed on terms more favorable to the strikers, who have now consolidated their strength by the formation of @ union, NEW ZEALAND has reached a (seripictan of glory too brilliant to eed Sa rpning jut evanescent, Vogel is one of most magnificent of Premiers, a very Crwsus in ideas, and, if not possessor of Aladdin’s lam] bas a wondertul jacil! iy for obtaining money, even increasing the puplic debt by bere 4 ‘to pay in- terest on what was previously due. ‘Then, agai, the plan of immigration he has devised 18 of such magnitude as to overshadow all rival claims for a ortion of those seeking new homes. South Island Trading Company. capital $10,000,000, 19 @ gorgeous thing on paper, promising immense profits and the guaranvee of @ colonia! govern- ment. - If raising money and spendtcg it as rapidly. a8 possible are aproo!l of nations! pri rity New Zealand isthe most favored of islands. Can it last? ts @ question suggested by each new development of the Vogel policy. lopine not, and if there is not & Crash there ere long tt will surprise many. SHIPWRECK. The crew of the ship Durham at Auckland, from Tahiti, report the wreck of their vessel on Variety island. The Captain and hts officers navigated the a to Papete, a distance of 700 miles, and Jani all hands safely. MILITARY VISITOR: Arrival and Reception of a Crack Massa- chusetts Corps. Nota little interest was manifested by our sol- diers and citizens on the arrival in our midst of the First battalion of Massachusetts artillery yester- day morning. This handsome command, with its splendid appointments, reached our city by the Fall River line at pier 27, im the elegant steamer Bristol, at seven o'clock A. M. After some delay, consequent upon the debarkation of the guns, bag- gage, &c., and the necessary burnishing of the pieces and hitching of horses, the battalion formed in column of pieces on Murray street, with the | right resting on Broadway. It was expected that | the mob was about. At one time, while the Twenty-second regiment wouid turn out to re- ceive and escort them, but after waiting for some time an honorable escort of commissioned oficers from various city r ents made their appear- ance and the colamn moved down Broadwa: to the new street through the City Hal Park and up Park row to the entrance ofthe Park. Here a short delay was had, when the ‘‘forward’’ was sounded. by the bugiers, and, headed by their commander, Major Follett, the battaniodt passed in review before His Honor the or, is “crack” organization of our sister city con sists. of two batteries, numbering six guns aud ninety-five men each. Battery ‘A,’ commanded Captain E. 0. Langley, is com; of eix 10- poun o Parrott guns; battery ‘:B,’’ commanded by tain ©. W. Baxter, ts composed of six light 12-pound guns. Major D, H. Follett is accom: panied by his reguiar staffof eighteen officers, with Lieutenant Granger as Adjutant and an honorary staff of ten gentlemen. The outfit of the batteries is complete, and nothing Was waoting to make this battalion rival in beadty, discipline and completeness any organ- ization in the country. the reguiars not excepted. There was an immense turnout to greet the visitors at the City Ha'l Park, and as they marched up they were received with @ periect ovation by Citigens, Their uniform is very hendsome and the carriage and general bearing of | | | the men 1s soidier-like. The horses were furnished — here and consequently were “green,” yet admir- ably managed by the drivers. Alter parking the guns in Tompkins square the command proceeded with their band to ie Grand Central Hotel, whict is to be thé fe rters while in the gity. The officers were Cie Ed escorted to the rife range at Creedmoor, To-day there [a tobe a parade of the battalion, escorted by the Twenty-second regiment, and a drill in Tompkins square, after which. will be reviewed by General Shaler previous to their departure in the evening for Boston. THE LAWRENCEBURG MURDER. Attempt to Lynch the Murderer of the | gAitettece Bradley Family—Pluck of the Sheriff and His Wife. The Cincinnati Commercial has the following regarding an attempt-made on Savurday to lynch McDowell, the supposed murderer of the Bradiey fatnily at Lawrenceburg, Ind., details of which have appeared in the HERAL Between twelve apd one o’clock yesterday morn- ing Sherif Weitzel, who had retired, was aroused by a rap on.the iront door of the jau. pecting some demonstration during the night, but on hearing the modest rap. thought it was by the village marshal, who intended making a call at the jail 1p case any new developments were made, The Sheriff unlocked the door, opened {1, and admitred a man who stood on the step, This man at once stated his business and demanued the keys of the jan. The Sherif, a one-armed man by the way, Wok in the situation ata glance. The street was filled with @ Ih interested looking crowd of men. He shoved his visitor outside, and had just time enough to close and bolt the door before a rush was made against it. The hinges and locks were strong and resisted the first onset. Then the doughty Sheriff, who stood inside, proclaimed that the first man who came in wouid be shot. In this Manner he kept the crowd at bay for about an hour, du which time a crowbar was used with the effect 0} ihe | the door in several places, bat not to that of forcing it open. An al Sgr was made on the bituds at @ window at a side room with a crowbar, and they were partial forced open; but here was the wile of the Sheriff, provided with a revolver by her husband, and in- atructed to shoot the first head that appeared. The woman stood firmly on guard during ¢! pA e bi were held ‘tly open under the strain of the crow- bar, several men peered in, bat no sooner did the ‘ceive the gieam of the revolver than they sud- | lenly dodged out of that, and made no more dem- SvADOUY Thall-past_one o'cl « ut ‘halt-past one o'clock the siege was given up. The active party was composed of men from Aurora and Manchester, ana as spectators was large crowd of the citizens of Lawrenceburg. Bhe Sheriff staves that he knew the party he pad to deal with, and didn’s feel that he was called on to give way to it. It was composed of a set of men not bearing the highest character tor determina- tion, So it seems, “PATAL PALL, Mrs. Mary McOormick, fifty years of age, while engaged in hanging clotnes on the line fyom the second story window of her piace of resid No. $1 Myrtle enue, Brook P yesterday, ao her balance and iell tothe im the yard, -8ne Way fatally imored, | | He was ex- | YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1874,-TRIPLE SHEET. : ©. CHAREIOK AND GARDNER, ing the Sat, | Police Commissioners Charlick and Gardner Convicted of Misdemeanor. THE ELECTION LAW VINDICATED The Judge’s Charge—Verdict, Guilty. SOENES IN COURT. [ Brief and unseneational as was the trial of Police Commissioners Obarlick and Gardner, which occupied the Court of Oyer and Lerminer, Judge Brady presiding, only two days, there has seldom been a case before that tribunalso fraught with Important interest to the citizen. These two de- fendants—Poltice Commisatoners—were selected by the Board of Police Commissioners to appoint in- spectors of election at the various polling places throughout the city at the last fall election, The statute which gives to the Police Commissioners the authority to makes such appointments, gives also to the citizen the right to appeal to the coorts whenever in the interest of any one political party the Police Commtsaioners violate the provisions of the statute providing for a fair and impartial bal- lot at the polls. It wae charged against the defendants in this case—Police Oom- urissionera = Charlick «and Gardner—that they did violate the statute in the interest of one Political party as against the rights of the other, in removing Tammany inspectors duly appointed by themselves without notice of such removal or | stating the cause therefor. This is a misdemeanor ‘under vhe statute, and it was upon this cnarge the defendants were indicted. Outside political circies there was not much puolic interest manifested during the two days of the trial; but yesterday, as it was pretty well known the case would be closed, the court room was crowded and the clostng pro- ceedings listened fo with much interest, and the result, when the jury had retired, was awaited with great impatience. The defendants were early in their places, near their counsel, while their great opponent in the case, John Kelly, the Tam- many magnate, sat modestly among the crowd ta- side the bar, awaiting developments with his usual seeming placidity, but hardly feeling san- guine of the triumph that awaltea his effort tn se- curing the invegrity of the election law and the purity of the ballot box in the conviction of Messrs, Charlick and Gardner. THE PROCEEDINGS. The first witness called was Richard Croker, who testified that he knew John Sheridan and lived in his district; that he himself took down a list of inspectors of the Righteenth Assembly district, and that Jobp Sheridan was on that list for the Twenty-third Election district. The defence then called COMMISSIONER MUGH GARDNER, who testified that he believed he did Jjoiu in re- moving Jobn Sheridan on the 34 of November, Q. On whet ground (id you do 90? Mr. Fairchiid objected that It mattered not what the grounds of the action were. If the Commis- sioners deliberately did this act without com- plying with the legal prerequisites they were guulty, whatever their intent or whatever their grounds, . Fullerton maintained that there were two constructions of the statute, aud that the Com- misstoners had accepted that construction which counsel now held, that under the working of the statute the power of inétant removal was given jor any Wek conduct on days of registration, revision of registration and election, ‘and for im- proper conduct as an election officer.” He called attention specially to this word “and.” If it only meant for !mproper conduct on those days it was QB impertinent “and.” The truth was, it added another case for removal without notice, ‘im- hase conduct as an election officer” either dur- ng his present term orin any previous term of o ice. Mr. Hall called attention to the ruling in the Bogert case to sustain the rule that an honest misunderstanding of the law could not be the foundation of a crime, Mr. Fellows called attention to the distinction between acts wrong in themselves and acts pro- hibited by the statute, and cajled attention to the Hogan case, in which a man, by advice of counsel, undertook to act as inspector for another man under power of attorney. In that case the Court who tried him refused to aamit that evidence, aad the General Term unanimonaly sustained the Court below, though all were 80 satisfied of his honest imtent that. the Judges and District Attor- | mey united in recommeuding bis pardon, and be was pardoned promptly. For the purposes of this Urtal the prosecution Might concede that the pri- soner acted with the highest motives and with the purest intent, and it would avail them nothing. Mr. Fairchild followed, contending that the phrase “‘and for improper conduct as an election monn’ was @ mere qualification of the previous words, day, limiting ‘peremptory removals, even on those Gays, 10 casen, of improper conauct a8 an election officer. The “and” here, he argued, was one of mere emphasis. The draughtsman of this ‘act eemed to have been Pert iond of the word, using it repeatedly merely for purpose of emptasis. Any other interpretation woald enable cians, on false or forged affidavite—and this was on an aMdavit im part pot eae procure, the night be- fore election, the safeguards of the ballot box. The question of intent was one for the Court when propounoing, Gentence, or for Executve clemency—not for the trial of the case, He had at fret thought it anfortanate that the indictment was wea down that they could wot go into the whole case and show @ conspiracy. But he had since concluded that It was better as it was, since it was not so important who were Police Commissioners, or whas the nt, a8 that ail future Police Commissioners should re- colve Aire odie to oonerve the law. pac r. re} &t some length, say! nat Mr, Fairchiid’s interpretation Moony revent the Com- missioners from remo pector was en do ated oF was ing the voters’ ets. He quoted Judge Brady ‘a comments in The Brooks Judge Brady said he had taken much paims to examine careiully the law Of 1872, and he had ar- eived atthe conclusion that a. Commis- stoner except for eis conduct upon a day of registratton, revision of registration, ‘or.on elec- tion day could legally remove an inspector of election without due notice and without stating the cause of said removal. The Court then took a recess. recess, spen Kirby laced by the , Spencer was placed by the stand, He was the registrar of voters in the Twenty-third election district of the Fighteenth Asspmbly, district. He was shown the | registry book and at the house No. 4 Bast Thirty- second street there was a John Sheridan who reg- istered on the 1stn of October, and a John C. Sheridan who registered on the 24th of October. Witneas identified John Sheridan as having reg- istered ia bis district. He registered under the name of Jonn Sherid: end wnen his attention was called to the fact that there was another Jobn Sheridan in the same house he said that he was | christened John Charles, ‘To Mr. Fetlows—That was the John Sheridan who was appointed election inspector and served for four days; he ahowed me his certificate of ap- ointment. =__ Me Mr. Hasbrook was recalied and asked by Mr. Hall if he, as Chief of the Bureau of Elections, had notified John Sheridan of his appointment? This nestion Was objected to by the prosecution and the Court ruled it out. : JOHN SHERIDAN was placed on the stand and asked by the defence if ne woul dace the certificate of appointment, to which he replied that he could not find it, nor dtd he know tf he searched if he could produce it. The detence here res and the prosecution stated that t had nothing else to offer, but wished the Court to strike out the evidence en which vas oo by. Messrs. Kirby and Hasbroo! jail then made ordered by the Court, Ex-Mayor several requests to be chai some of which the read several propositions of JUDGE BRADY'S CHARGE, eae Brady then proceeded to charge the jury. je suid :— GBNTLEMEN—The E preh which yon are to dts- pose of in this case is one of publio interest, It Ought not to have in your conaiceration any jolitical aspect—I mean by that, any aspect relat- ing exclusively either to one or the ot of the parties in this county or of this State, or to any one Of the numerous political parties tn 4 simply @ question ariaing Vee! an lege of law, and the question, of course, is, Whether the defendants are guilty of the act charged in the in dictment. The tare have thought of it, and, doubtless, it is a wise provision to draw around the elective franchise all the sateguaras Decessary to protect @ citizen in the exercise of it that that should of it d Violation in be ‘aon, "because, th mn use tl deposited in the ‘ballot’ vg a at MS mode by which wo the person office—wnho their country. It then, so tmp t it 8 equally ign and strayagem phat eer sr a om jiving the power to remove on election | by the Qourt, to | rosecu fM objected, and algo ; ms city. Tits | 5 poyea to prevent tte being tampered wi! liverted OF destroyed, as its effects mast be ee and no master what was the character of the legis- laston or how comparatively littie may be the con- sequences the et Was tO preserve the Integrit; of the; baltot, was a very high Sheree SS ee Sa of law in reference toit, and the statute of 1872, That statute has 1p some te created & new order of thin; ‘The Pottce Commisgioners Were authorized nader the ofthe act to appoint inspectors of election of certain qaalifications, and they were given the right under certain contingencies to te- move these inspectors after appointment. There were contingencies set jorth which shonid justily the removal of such inspectors with notice of removal, and there were contingencies which jus- tifed their removei without notice. The charge here is that John Sheriaan, who was duly ap- pointed an inspector of elestion, was removed vy the deiendants illegally, alter he had entered upon the periormance of duties as inspector. You have heard the disoussion with rejerence to the formula tbat should be observed, if has been stated in your hearing, and I have adopted that view of it, that when an is not on ob the day of registration, or on the day of the re- vision of the registration, or om election day, ana is sought to be remove: 3? OAN ONLY BE DONE after notice is given to him stating fatriy and dise tinctly the cause which prompted his removal, and itis for you to say whetter the Jonn Sheridan named in the indictment was appointed and was removed in the mauner indicated. It was con- ceded in this case that @ John Sheridan Ay ap- pointed, and tt is also conceded that a John Bheri- dan was removed, and he was removed not on any one of the days I have named, and removed with- out any notice the cause of his removal. You have offered to your consideration as estab- Ushing the guilt of the defendants for a violation of the law the statement of Mr. Croker to this effect, that the John Sheridam that was on the stand was the person designated by the name’ of Sheridan, whose name he handed to the Police Commtssioners, and was person that was intended to be appointed Inspector. You. have the evidence of Sheridan himself that he re- ceived the appointment and that be acted as tn- ector for our days, and thet be was then noti- fea of his removal. Of course, in all crimmal cases the case on the part of the made ous beyond any reasonable doubt! right of the prisoners to require that it should, and it is for you to say whether the evidence to which you have listened ta sufficiently satisfactory and fonder, | vo your minds that these acts, were commit by defendants’ appointment of Sheridan, the witneas who was on the stand, and his removal from office without the notice required by the statute. There ls no contradictory evidence op that subject, notwithstanding you have a right to exercise your own judgment in de- termining whether the evidence satisfactorily establishes the cha preterred om the indict- ment. If you ool jer this evidence true of course you have to consider it is not contra- dicted; then it will be your duty to find a verdict of guilty. Ifyou consider the eviaence unworthy of credibility, Went, the exeretse of your duty, you will acquf{t the defendants. tis my duty to charge you, in this as im every case, tbat ii you have any reasonable doubt of the evidence lor the prosecution the defendants are entitled to it; it should not, however, be a douot arising frqin sym- pathy, or apprehension of the consequences aris- ing from your verdict, but it should be a doubts springing legitimately from @ due fair discrimt- Dating consideration of the evidence. Gentlemen, 1 do not deem it necessary to say anything more. The Jury returned into coart after an absence of three-quarters of an hour and rendered a verdict of ity. The announcement was received im court with @ burst of applanse, which was promptly checked by the court ofcers. Mr. Hall, then made an ap; jon that the detendants be admitted to pending a motion in arrest of judgment. The Court fixed the time of bearing the application for this mocning 33 eleven o'clock. Mr. Hail then moved that the be axed for the trial of the defendants on the other indictments. Colonel Fellows stated that it weuld be time enongh to fix the time for the other trials when jadgmeat would be pronounced in stile case, and he Court so ruled. Mr. Hall then stated that he wished to ask for time If the motion was decided ie morning, aa he) desired Ww up and present @ bill of exceptions in. ie CARE. The Court then adjourned until this.morning. THE DEATH OF THE BOGS. One Hundred and Forty-two Doge Dee, stroyed—How the Poor Wretches Are Tortured to Death. Never did day break fairer on Manhattan Island | tham yesteraay morn, which was fixed as the Jast on earth of 142 growlers, who had offended against. society, in so far that they were homeless, hungry and despondent curs, and consequently liad found ‘their way to the Dog Pound. Every dog hae his day, and this particolar “group,” as the Interna- tionalists call it, had bad their day, and were bound by the Draconian laws of the New York dog ordinance to die the death, The poor captives ; looked despondent and conscious that they had | Deen soid to deatn for fifty cents a head by schem- ing and unprinctpled boys and men. Some ap- | peared, however, to have resigned themselves like lost dogs, snd sat with determina- tion firmly expressed in many a piebeian | born hound. Some were “passant,” others “rampant” apd a few “oouchant,” but they seemed to know intuitively that a “bar sin- ister” would soon make their names empty legend of the past and their bodies were to be floated down the big river by the offal boat or damped at midnight of the Quarantine grounas. The oid Poundmaster, Captain Marriost, wno acted the part of Charon {et bie SA! speaking), cast fight my ‘ola be 1 a ” Towards ‘noon, by some mystic tnfuences, the dogs became pai subdued and ceased their occasional growls an yelping protest. ‘The reagon of tms was believed to be that their attention was called to ay sterione ai between Superinten- dent Hartfleld and Inepector Walling, which meant that the dogs oognt to be thinking of their home in x b's «animal. paradise, where policemen do not throw their clubs henner tie a where they are ap] sy ated as they were, long years. e it, Burns, wien be HrSte tthe We bo le8.”” the readers of the history of the great French revoltition may remember t! while awaiting the order of execution and the Of “4 VAdDaye!™ it was customary and admire: by all present to be calm and cereicss, although assassination was st | Rand. To compare human beings with dogs is an | Unauthorized and unwai ited act; but there were’ | dogs of courage among uniortunate cura, Who went into the aspt: ting vat wish courage and deter: were killed by acid; but the majority of the dogs were tortured for over half an hour tii death came to their rehef. Forty dogs were spared as. a nucleus for the next journey to “the happy land of canine.” MANIFESTO OP THE LEADER OF THE DOG OOMMURE, PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, Jane 23, 1874. To THe Eprrom oy THR HERALD:— ts In a brief editorial of this-day you inform the pub- ie shat they are invited by me tosend the dogs which they desire to have destroyed to this society. Aless amiable person than 1 am would employ a haran sounding, ill looking word of two syllabies, beginning with an “f and terminating with a “d,'* in speaking of this assertion; ‘but I prefer to char- acterize it simply as HERALD frescoing, done with an unmuzzied pen. Were it not for that sweetness of disposition for which the undersigned is distin- guished he would retaltate by informing the Com- monistic dog stealers that On the corner of Filth avenue and Thirty-cighth street there reside three aristocratic canines wich pass their time in chant~ img requiems, i at night, over the de- parti souls their race at the dog pound, ana: which be appropriated almost any day, eithe: within or without the princely premises—for it is. presumed the dog Commune is not foolishly squeam- ish about the locality whence property is derived— and for which a handsome redem| fee would be paid by the owner sooner than they shonld be imperfectly asphyxiated at the poutom of Thirty-seventh street, North. Bina f you per- cetve, however, he refrains from sil all to the sublect and confines himeelf to on of the florid design and coloring of artist... In toe interests of ine veracity this note should be published in the where the. erives Gerhetrye! he was tn! ah — reary like—that 4 litely request you not to do ry order ther ney | be done tn conformity $_ well enone bs ey of your lively journ: rent obedien' SAD AOUIDENT OW LOWa TeLaBD. A Grist Mill Blown Down im a | Gale—Several Workmen Killed an@ | Wounded. About fifteen miles from Mount Sinai, Long | Island, at @ village calied ‘The Branch,” egress: | Stone grist mill was blown down by the heavy gale of wind which prevailed there about six o'cloom on Wednesday evening. The roof of the edifice ‘was carried clear sway to @ distance of twenty- | five feet. [t fell upon # horsé and wagon with thundering crash and simply snnibilated | quadru} and driver. As soon bs the toot waa lifted off the immense bled neap of ruins, Thi were buried eneath, the. debtia aba proeuaabiy were Killed outright. Two of the unfortunate millers are severely injured, and the ir miracus burt. The lousiy escaped, more frigniened Py Blog hs trom tp prs of that bus little p made | covery of the bodies The banal AMBEICAN SOCIETY FOR THB I a Mr. l'Hommedien and has long very unsafe atructure,