The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1875, Page 14

ee RNIMS. THE A Family Day Assemblage of the Members of the Great Prussian Clan. A Significant Epoch in Berlin Society. Bismarck’s (Official Danger Brought Home to His Door, BERLIN, Feb. 1, 1875. Afew days ago, at one of the largest hotels, Uuter den Linden, the Arnim family held their annual gathering, or family day, for tke purpose of regulating family affairs connected with the various branches of the house. These Prussian family congresses peresent very interesting features. They were instituted, I believe, by King Frederick William IV., of Prussia, some years after the revolution of 1848 for political and practi- cal reagons. Politically considered, the revival of the ancient custom served to erect a rampart against the revolutionary propensities which some of the younger scions of old aristocratic houses had shown in 1848; practically considered, at these annual gatherings all family matters of common interest to all the members were to be regulated, all disputes between single members to be settled by compromise or urbitration of the family senior. The old King’s institution proved to be based on sound principles; the aristocratic honses became more consolidated, and an end was put to the lawsnits respecting inheritance which in earlier times brought poverty or ruin to one or both contestants. CURIOUS LAWS OF INHERITANCE. In order to properly appreciate the value of these family settlements we must make a short digressicn’ on the Prussian laws of heritage in general, and the laws respecting the heritage of flef and allodial estates in special. Prussia pos- sesses several laws of heritage, which in many cases make the regulation of inheritance exces- sively diMcult. First, there is the general Prussian law of inheritance, which 1s in force only where no other earlier law on the question exists. In the Mark of Brandenburg, for instance, there ts the Cons:itutio Joacnimica, a law of heritage established by Elector Joachim; then in Pomerania there is the Copstitutio Bogu- lavl, while in some parts of Pomerania there exists, besides the Constitutio Bogu- lavi, the Labeck (Hanseatic). and even the Swe- dish laws of heritage. Thus in Pomerania there are four kinds of laws respecting inheritance, Now permit me to give you an example of the a@iMcult‘es arising in Prussia from these many jaws. There exists in . STRALSUND A CURIOUS OLD HOUSE, oue part of which was batt within the ancient city ramparts, the other half outside the walis, while in more moderu days a complete story was adgea to the entire structure. New suppose the proprietor of this curious old house should Gie, the first thing to do ts to Inform the City Court of Stralsund, witch sends a committee to see in which room the old gentleman has given up the ghost—a very important proceeding—be- cause if he died in a room within the Walls, his property is subject to the Lil beck law; 1! m a room outside the old ram, parts then to the Swedish law; but ifin a room of the new upper story, then the property must be divided according to the regalations 0! the general Prussian law, Supposing the old gentleman were to tall dead ina fit across the doorway dividing the two jegal territories, what would the city judges Of Straisund do?’ There would be an interesting legal squabble would there ngt? LEGAL ENTANGLEWENTS. This variety of rights, in connection witn the a@iMculties arising out of their proper definition “confusion respecting the inheritance of feod ana Qlivdial estates in the eastern provinces of Prus- ia, and during the two centuries before these family days were instituted enormous estates were the object of endless processes, which are gow usually settied by compromise and mutuai anderstanding. Do not imagine for a moment, Bowever, that tne Prussian lawyers are at ali sorry to tose these great lawsuits. Experience taught them that nese intricate processes did not pay for the time spent upon them, and at the present time there are two kinds of lawsuits which a German lawyer is afraid to become in- trusted with—in the eastern part of Prussia these Pomeranian processes respecting tnheritance and to the western part thé processes respecting Westphalian peasant farms—both of which have Ye be settied more by tradition and usage and ancient rights than by any written law. True. all these difMlicnities are at a future day to be removed py @ new German jew of inheritance, by which ail these ancient and conficting rights will be abol ished. Bur, doubtless, many years will elapse be fore the new iaw will be ready to be presented to the German Reicnstag. This year at THE ARNIM FAMILY DAY three questions came up for discussion, thus :— First —Report on the family funds. Second—Seiection of & committee. Third—Project Of a compromise respecting the fle and allodial estate ieit oy Rittweister Von Arnim-Sperren walde. Respecting the first subject it is interesting to Know that this - “PAMILY FUND," establisnea by voluntary donations from rich memvers, '8 used for aiding distressed and poor members of the Arnim family. The committee is welected in order to undertake the necessary pre- Miminar es for the next family day. Respecting the third subject, the property of the deceased gentleman was regulated without the aid of the tribunals, About forty prominent members of the family took part In the proceedings, and these represented but the Arnims of the eastern pro- vinces of Prussia, the Swedish, Saxon, Bavarian ng Hanoverian Arnims, each aaving their own famuy days. WHO WERE THERS. There were preseat the following members, al) Owners of estates :— Freinerr Von Aruim-Heinrichsdorf, President of the lamuly day. Count Arpim-Suckow, Major General, and Alde- de-Camp of the Emperor. Count Harry Yon aruim-Nassenheide (the ex- Ambassador) and ms son, Count Henning Von Arpim-Schiagenthin. Count Hermann Yon Arnim-Holzendort, younger | brother of the Chief President of Suesia (Count adol Von Arnim-Boytzenourg). count Arnim-Zichow, Hereditary Treasurer of me Electora Brandenburg, Captain of the Fires Garde Dragoons. Count Arnin imitz, Premier Lieutenant of the Garde du Cor count Aruim-Midenau, Captain and landed Proprietor. Freinerr Yon Arnim-Kréichlendorf, member of the Prussian House of Peers. And the landed proprietors :— Vou Arnim-Braudenstein. Von Arnim-Fredenwaide. Von Arnim-Recaiin. Von arnim-Tavznik. Von Arnim-Gerswaide. Von Arnito-Miimersaor', Von Arhim-Zeuensund POLITICAL POWER AND SOCIAL INPLUE ‘This list alone Will give you a taint idea of the great socta) and political tnfuence exerted py the | Arnis i Prussia, Members of the family oc- cupy the most‘ important positions tn military and politica: fein Prussia. There are Smy ar- nims ip the Prussiaa army, and all of them officers of the various degrees, and as tnany arg employed in the offices of Stave in Berlin. Though with the ascendancy of Prince Bismarck the Arnims ‘ave been for some time past ‘under a cloud,” so to speak, It is the general opinion in high aristo- eratic political circies Berl n that the Arnims wii soon Lave their day, and many clear-seeing men have prophesied that an Arnim (Boytzen- burg, the Chief President of Silesia) will soon occupy ® seat in the Prussian Ministry, and in case of Prince Bismarck’s fall or retirement may Li me Chancellor of the German Empire, BISMAROK’S POSITION Das recently been réndered unsafe. He is no longer the man of “biood and tron” that we knew Dears ago, He bas become bervous, irisavie, nay, application, was the cause of the greatest | NEW YORK HERAL‘), SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET, | despotic. The wild passions that has aroused in the minds of men, of Catholics, social democ rate and aristocrats he van no longer control, He has scarcely @ political party in Germany to which he can now 100k for unbounded support, excepting the Jews and some of the liberals. Day oy cay nis (riends fall away one by one, like rats leaving the sinking ship, ana the great halls in Wilhelm. strasse, where once the great Junker gathered to- gether the high and low of the land, are becom- ing deserted, and the Chancellor’s soirées re- semble more, It 18 sad, @ students’ beer-kneipe than tue social gatherings of parliamentary men. CITIZEN ASPIRATIONS. The Germans themselves begin to yearn for a release irom a despotism which is so humiliating. The Catholic clergy are persecuted for petty rea- sons, the social democrats are hunted after like rats and their places of assembly closed arbl- trarily by the police, the aristocrats boil under the indignation to which they have been compelled (with justice) to submit, the people are angry and discontented “because trade 18 entirely par- alyzed by the enormous military prepara- tions that are conUnually going on, moneyed men ‘ear to embark in new un- dertakings or to loan money for the comple- tion of important works, as in the case of the Nordbahn, and, in short, the whole Empire would be heartily glad to have a change, to breathe @ little freer, to have the military burden lessened, to have the press freer and less brivea, to have less police despotism and more constita- tionalism. Bismarck’s work is completed and well completed; his wonderiul, powerful genius it was that made Germany great end strong, but he has not given her that freedom which she dreamt was synonymous with unity. This will be the mission of his successor—not a Manteuffel, as some suppose, but an Arnim, he of Boytzenbarg. THE PERSECUTED COUNT. 1 ought to say that at the Arnim family day political matters were not discussed, All the memvers present, even Fretherr Arnim-Krochlen- dora, the brother-in-law of Prince Bismarck, showed the greatest marks of sympathy for the persecuted ex-Ambassador, Count Aruim-Nassen- heide. The latter’s chances for obtaining the Chancellorship are not so great so long as the present Emperor lives. Katser Wilhelm loves Count Arnim, I am told, like a brother, but he will have discipline maintained at all cost. ‘Disci- piine |’’—that was his only cry when he heard of the case, “Discipline, meine herren, this must be maintained!” He maintained it in his own family, it is but Natural he slouid extend it to nis faithfuis and his subjects, no matter what the consequences be. BISMARCK AND THE HERALD. ENGLISH QUERIES TO THE GERMAN CHANCEL- LOR—AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN POWER WHICH HE CANNOT “INVESTIGATE”—WHAT HE MAY DO. (From Vanity Fair (London), Jan. 23.) “I shall make a frightful blunder, some day,’’ observed Prince Chancellor Bismarck to a person woo was flattering him, as peopie always do fat- ter success. The question now arises whether the Prince bas not already made the blunder which he foresaw that he would make. He is determined, yes, quite determined, in spite of the checks he has received, to ruin Harry Arnim and all bis jamuy. This resolution scems to gather strength im bis mind and to become daily more despotic over bis actions, instead of diminishing and fading | away as a thing might do in vhe brain of a sensible man, who had begun to consider whether it was not better to back out of an imprudent act apd have done with tt, rather than push an obsti- nate and powerful adversary to the last ex- tremity. Tnus Prince Bismarck at first kept care- july in the background, and left the “permanent persons” of bis department, the Bulows and Buchers to worry Harry Arnim. So when a family counsel of the Arnims assembled at Berlin a few weeks agd, they could discover no fuotsteps of the Chancellor among the pack of invisible dogs who were hunting down their kinsman. If they had found apy traces of him they would have resigned their public employments in a vody, but they could hardly go to the length of retiring from their Sovereign’s service because hall-a-dozen clerks at the Berlin Foreign Ofice were miscon- ‘ducting themselves. Count Arnim-Boytzenburg, Governor of alsace-Lorraine, a distinguished man, boiding a high place in Court favor, was the first to geta glimpse at Prince Bismarck benind the scenes oO! the grim play going on, and immediately tendered his resignation. Prince Bismarck, however, did not lose his head or bis temper, but hid himself away again, as cupning!y a8 Earl Derby did ander precisely simi- lar cumstances, “Is my Lord Count implicated tn this business? Surely not I am merely letting things take their course according to te rules of the office.” He even went so far as to write a ‘strong letter to Count Arnim-Boytzenburg, in which he begged him as a persoaai favor to witn- draw his resignation, urging that his services were needed by tue country. But Arnim-Boytzen- burg was a very diferent person to deal with from im who was bamboozted by Earl Derby, and he answered sternly that the service of his country seemed Jor tue present to be the service of Prince Bismarck and his clerks, and that he (Count Ar- Dim-Boytzeuburg) could have nothing further to do with him under suca impossible conditions. He only consented to accept employment again at the personai solicitauon of the Emperor. The Ger- man Chargé d’Afaires at Lisbon, another nobie- man Of the Arnim jamily, neat threw up his com- mission, and then, not till then, the Prince Chan- cellor lost nis temper. * * * Meantine some very queer correspond- ence had passed vetween Harry Arnim and the Berlin Foreign Oiice, while that valued permanent person, Herr Von sulow, Was endeavoring to cun- coct @ case against him, after the most approved traditions Of the department. The despatches of Herr Von Bulow were characterized by the usual rudeness ana bad language whicn invariably form part of such compositions, They had rendered the breaca between Arnin and Bismarck irrepara- bie, and nad degraaed what was at first per only a difference of opinion between statesmen. tn which each was taking fair account of the other's strength, to tue level of a row in an alley between competitive costermongers. Herr von Bulow had not the slightest idea tuat his valued handiwork would ever ve read by the light of publicity, for was it not one of “the secrets 0] the office” (tney are ali of the same sort), nay more, Gid it not take the shape of “Stave papers,’! the puviication of which would expose ali persons ipstrumenta) im it to charges of “nigh treason,” and two years’ imprisonment in a fortress or eise- woere it Case they were enavied to allege extenu- ating circumstances or otherwise? I! publisned under exteuuating circumstances the offenders would be sent to a fortress for repentance; 1! not, they Would be shut up in @ criminal jail, with bard labor vo amuse them. It chanced, iowever (such things will happen), that the correspondent of me New York HERALD obtained possession Ol these precious writings, and tweuty-iour hours fterward they were printed ail over tne world. 3 Was checkmating Prince Bismarck and the valued Bulow on their own chessboard, An im- mediate revulsion of feeling occurred in Prussian public opinion, and it tur in heavy currens against the Prince Chancellor, Every one sac previous\y believed that there must ve @ serious case against Harry Arnim to bave led up to nis imprisonment 1D a lunatic asylum, with @ nospitas Jor mad dogs Opposite bis WiDdOWS as an OUtiOOk ; and when every one could see that there was nothing but Herr von Buicw’s impertinence, a sentiment not unlike that cl anger Was aroused, the Frederich , rom the Pariser Platz, where Count Arnim lives, to the palace of the Crown Prince, who is said to favor the Arnim party, clusters of curious people were assambied, reaaing the extracts from the New YORK HEkALD which had veen telegraphed to Berlin, and which bad fairly burst the Arnim bubbie into sothingness. Had Prince Bismarck been (ne rough jester that he was only a wW years ago he would have exploded ip one of ose \oud laughs 0! tis and enjoyed the joke as heartily as otver folks, But instead ol taking the ‘hing ID @ jouy Way, seeing that it Was done and could pot be undone, be raged like @ wiid crea- ware. Several Gays before he bad issued an order © correspondent of the HERALD under toe eo] the secret police, and now an or- der was issued for his arrest on @ charge of high treason for iaving published State papera, Yet he must have known, after such along experience of statecrait, that the New YORK HERALD was likely to be better served than any government. So, the outcome of all this noise and foolishness Was that a person In a very long greatcoat, sup posed or not Bapposed by the Berlin secret police to be @ horse dealer, who bad lived for two days a remarkabie retirement at the Prussian capital, got safely away trom it, and shat person was the correspondent of tae New York HEeRaLo. The Prince Chancellor and bi* valued Bulow, having thereby baa another opportunity of noticing that their shots were missing fire, might have stil put up their arma with a smile rather than cai gen- eral attention to their indifferent marksmansnip, Ifthney bad bagged the HeraLn corresponaent they might have made mincemeat of him, or pounded Dim in a mortar and potted him at jeis- ure, Men who are bold enough to take part in a State secret out of their owa couniry mus} pre- Pare TO AC’ sent the consequences of their temerity, oor Taide lor their own security. No Ambas: or could hbuve interfered with authority 10 and very sew would have do 80, Both the United of America and Great Britain are presented at Berlin vy experienced dipioma- ts, remarkable jor their discretion; and if the HERALD correspondent had been caught the se- verest sentence whicn the laws of tie Germen Empire could award might have been passed upon him without the smallest risk of international complications, People would have shrugged their shoulders and said, wit that charming idiffer- ence to thelr Own interesis which becomes them so well, “What could he expect? Bismarck shuts up Edmond About; now ne has got bold of an- other newspaper man. Come, let us be merry.” But a8 Prince Bismarck did not catch this other newspaper man his wise cou! would obviousiy have been at least to let official papers suggest the inference that there had been no official desire to catch him, and to laugh him and his news to scorn in @ pleasant, refresiing manner. Official wit 18 somewhat heavy, but it is troubled with few scruples, and it might have been equal to such aD easy task this, A telegram, however, was immediately sent off trom Bertin confessin; the defeat of Prince Bismarck and the value Bulow in vhese explicit terms :— The letters between Count Arnim and Goant, Bilow, ublished “simultaneously im New. York, London, rranktort and Vienna” (quoted from the Hinatp). aré looked upon as official documents, and an investigation into the circumstances is intended by the Prussian authorities, Investigation into whom or what, now that the publication has been made, and the publisner is gone away beyond Prussian jurisdiction? An tn- vestigation into the NEW YORK HERALD would be truly a deligntiul and even a profitable occupation for Bismarck and the valued Bilow. It is to be hoped they will meet with success in it, for no other sort Of tnvestigation will serve their turn at. present. Moreover, as though they had not been silly and incautious enough alr the Beriin Foreign Office has printed a deniai at the cor- respondence published by the H&RaLp ts official, at the same time that they declare tt to be so; and they take foolish pains to point out that one paragraph of it nas been altered. They are artiul enough, in their poor way, not to state pre- cisely which paragraph, because the passage Which 18 not precisely in accordance with the original text of the despatches merely opnressed| adirect mention of the name of the Empress Queen, and alluded to Her Majesty in terms of proper respect. The Arnim case just now stands thus:—The ex-Ambassador, who was imprisoned in solitary confinement @ few days ago, bas been suffered to return to his own home, because there was no longer any pretext for detaining him; but Prince Bismarck and the berlin Foreign Office are bent as firmly as ever upon his ruin. the Crown lawyers who advise them on the appeals now pend- ing think it safe to press the criminal cnarge, or what now remains of it—that is to say, if they put thetr allegations, which have been refuted, ito a form recognized by the Criminal Court— Harry Arnim must either be absolutely acquitted in spite of all the efforts and resources of govern- ment employed to secure a conviction or he must be condemned to the loss of his rights as a Prus- sian citizen and to the deprivation of his titles of nobility. Itigs avery pretty quarrel as it stands, managed, too, throughout by a permanent person, who misunderstood the Emperor King’s orders when the affair was first snbmitted to nim a few months ago. It looks very much as if Prince Bismarck and the permanent person wonld get the worst of lt. The Emperer is satd to have no will of nis own, but there are the Empress, the Crown Prince and the Crown Prin- cess, with all the German nooulity, the independ- ent lawyers and public opinion on the other side. Besides, are the reports about the Emperor’s su- pineness periectly trustworthyr He brave and kind old gentleman; a prince and a soldier. Itis certain, too, that he recently appomted a cousin of Count Arpim tobe his own alde-de- camp. Harry Arnim will fight to the death. He is courageous, and What is far more, he is rich. ‘There are some ugly rumors that Prince Bismarck wili commit suictde, He bad much better go back to Varzin; @ little quiet woula do him good. GERMAN POLAR EXPLORATION, EE REL ES A NEW GERMAN EXPEDITION FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARCTIC REGION—THE COST ESTIMATED AT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BERLIN, Jan. 16, 1875. The Germans are about to send out a new ex- edition to the Polar regions almost simuitane- ously with the English expedition, which starts on the Ist of June next. This decision was ar- rived at on the 27th of December, at the session ofthe Bremen Society for Polar Exploration, an interesting report of which is published, There was a lengthy discussion on the question of Ger- man Polar exploration, and @ letter was read: from Dr. Petermann, which has been published in the press, urging imperial suppors for further voyages. AN IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION. Pro‘essor Bastean, of Berlin, communicated the vote of the Geographical Society, which declares its willingness to support 8 new German Polar ex- pedition. He spoke Of the Airican expedition which had been sent out under the auspices of the Berlin Geographical Soclety, and expressed the belief that interest in geographical research is very vital in Germany, and that the German people and nation will not hesitate to give hearty support to the new expedition. Alter the matter had been tnoronghly discassed by-the society and a comprehensive plan worked out {t was decided to lay the project before the Bremen Senate, with the request that thia body, through its plenipo- tentiary, should bring a motion before tne Ger- man Bundesrath requesting an imperial grant for the expedition, THE PROJECT FOR POLAR RESEARCH. The plan is as follows:—If the requisite money be furnished the expedition will start in June, 1875 (if not, then tn 1876). The goal thereof will be first the east coast of Greenland, where the Ger- mans have aiready secured In previous expedi- tions a good scientific basis of operations, The expedition wili consist of two steamers of about 200 tons, each manned by & crew of from twenty- five to thirty persons and a full scientific equip- ment. Une of these ships will be specially in- trusted with the mission of exploring the interior of Greenland, its fjords and mountains, as far north and west as possibie. The other steamer ts to proceed along the east Greenjand coast as far as the ice permits, and then a siedge journey, witb Teindeer or dogs, is Lo be made poleward, THE TIMZ IN THE DARK REGIO: The expedition will be away two years. Pro- visions will be taken for three, however, Since there are no ships in the imperial marine suitaple for che purposes of the expedition, either new steamers must be built or two mercantile vessels adapted, COST AND CARE. This will invdlve a cost of $158,000, and, with the estimate for scientific apparatus, salaries, &¢.— also $150,000—the total cost of the expedition will be apout $300,000. The Germans will strain every nerve to get the expedition star:ed next June, The Bremen society expects important sctentific resuits from the nearly simultaneous departure of their own and the Englisb expedition, The lat ter will proceed along tue west coast of Green- land, through Smiti’s Sound, while the former will sail along the eastern coast, and physical and meteorological observations will be made simultaneously on either coast. AUSTRIAN EXPLORERS’ OPINIONS OF THE PASSAGE TO THE NORTH POLE. : A special telegram to the London Times irom Paris, under date of January 21, says:— The two chiefs of the Austrian Polar Expedition have written to @ German publication to correct namerous misconceptions which have arisen as to the results of their voyage. Lieutenant Wey- precht says that to conciude in tue existence of ebure.y open sea near the Pole ts as unw: rantable as to concinde in the absolute impos: bility of crossing the ice which stretches betore the hewly discovered land. It 1# also [alse to infer the existence of the Gulf Stream in those waters from the driiting of the ship. The passage to the as not 1 Lieu. yVeyprecht is still ready to attempt to here exists no Polarsea, When open or completely closea vesse!s have only a cer- n change, which changes every year, and this 18 mot substantia! enough 'o give any hope of reacning the Poie or wing tne northeast pas- sage. Ihe Anglo-American route to the Pove offers the best chances and will allow the highest lati tudes to be reached, especiaily tf siedge experti- tions are Made during the winter, as siedges offer the best Chance of penetrating into the Polar re- gions. east, taking the Siberian coast as a basis, been negatived by this !ast expedition, al tenant AFRICAN EXPLORATION. It ig announced, says the XLYme Siecle, of Paris, Febraary 5, that M. de s#razza, who is serving as a foreigner in the capacity of midship- Man tn the French Navy, 1s about to undertake an exploration in Central Airica, in continuation of the jabors of Dr. Livingstone. The Marine gives tim a subvention 10,000f, for that purpose; other Ministers Will aiso subscribe. well as the Geographical Society and the BE ment. This gentieman is of Roman origi has gone through che course of the Boole of Brest, made the voyave with the Je and navigated during two years on board the Africa and Soutn America, \ He was naturalized a | Frencamas ‘ast year, BRENCH PLAYS. The Latest Theatrical Sensa- tions in Paris. MADEMOISELLE DUPARC. “Rose Michel” at the Am- bigu. GLADIATOR'S MILLIONS PARIS, Jan. 27, 1875, “Mademolselle Duparc,” by M. Denayrouze, Which has just been brought out at the Gymnase, 4g the latest theatrical novelty of importance in Paris. It is the first attempt in sustained dra- matic composition of the author, wno 1s an ofcer of artillery by profession, though last year he brought out a one-act plece in verse, entitled “La BELLE PAULE,” which was first produced at the morning per- formances of M. Bailande, and subsequently at- tained the high honor of being accepted at the ‘ThéAtre Frangais. It was, indeed, an elegant trife, which gave promise of good, solid work in good time, Whether M. Denayrouze has yet redeemed that promise is another question. ‘Mademoiselle Duparc” is said to have been written under the inspiration of M. Alexandre Dumas, but also under his correction; ana M. Alexandre Dumas |s a con- Scientious worker, so that we may feel sure that &nxious care and long pains have been spent upon it, Yet the result is not altogether satisfactory. Here 1s the plot:—A certain COUNTESS DE MEURSOLLES informs her uncle that she has seen her husband enter the chamber of the governess, Mille. Dupare, whom she had rescued from abject poverty and desolation. This narrative, conveyed in excellent dialogue, which Is quite a wonder of lucid explana- waiting tillhe nas fallen asleep, goes to fetch a kitchen knife, a8 the readiest weapon handy, to kill his guest. Meantime Rose Michel steaithily comes down stairs, sees her husband commit the murver, and falls insensible, When he rises, with his knife dripping blood in his nand, he perceives her on the ground and stoops to raise her up. Sne seems to come slowly to senses, but as soon ag she recognizes him she izes him by the cravat and diags him along the stage, repeating the word, “Murderer! murderer | tn a hoarse Vo! whue he, with his reeking knife uplifted, hesitates to add a second crime to the first, and only mut- ters, “Silence! silence!” in terror-stricken tones. Rose escapes by the arrival of her daughter and her betrothed, but is placed in a terrible dilemma, If she denounces her husband she would destroy the happiness of Louise, Bernard would not saction bis son’s marrii into the family of a murderer. Thus, in spite of herself, she becomes her basbana’s accomplice. but, after many har- rowing scenes, Pierre Michel is’ arrested on sus- picton, and 1s killed by a sentinel in attempting to escape, 80 that bis connections are spared the infamy of big puoltc execution. ll, therefore, ends a8 bappily as could be expected under the circu! ances, Mile. Farguell, so long the star of the Vaudeville, re- vealed new and astonishing powers as the miser’s wile, and Mr. Cnarly plays the part of Pierre ex- tremely well. The piece is really a remarkable succe id will certainly be soon reproduced in New York and in London, not only from its rare merit, but irom the very unusual fact that it has not cost more than $100 to put it on the stage. A very laughable piece, called “LES TRENTE MILLIONS DE GLADIATOR,” has been brougnt out at the Vari¢tés, and will also soon be seen at New York, for Gladiator ia an American who has brought a fortune of $6,000,000 10 be spent in France on his pleasures and*aprices. He 1s, of course, in love, aiter the nner of Americans on the Parisian stage, with iam Countess named Suzanne de 1a Bondrée, who mildly but firmiy purposes to appropriate ag le of his thirty million francs to her te This sham noblewoman is mM uncle, Whom she has picked up in @ pantry cieaning @ pair of tongs. She employed him in the first place as a footman, but aiterward considered that he might render her more valuable service ag a relative; and indeed he makes a very respectable old count of the sort. She has, how- ever, at least one other lover, a certain Kusebe Potasse, whom she does not think it prudent to neglect, because even the thirty millions of an American are not eternal when passed constantly through @ steve with no bottom to it. Gladiator 1s rich and brave ; Potasse is a little sneak whose whole fortune lately amounted to 27 irancs 4 sous. But having spent the 27 francs, and being reduced vo the 4 sous he has determined to drown himseil, when he is savea by M. Gredune, a philantbropte dentist to whom he makes a present of his um- breila, his coat and the four sous, which are all wis earthly possessions. Gladiator at last discovers that this poor dog is his rival, ana becoming angry Qt 50 preposterous and unexpected @ fact, pro- poses to Potasse that they should play a game tion, ana might be studied with infinite advantage by American dramatists, occupies the firstact. In the second the audience 1s introduced to a gilded youth of the fashionable type at an evening party given by the Countess; and there he grossly in- sults Mile. Duparc, whom he believes on insuM™- cient evidence to have been the mistress of a friend of his, The governess, on receiving this cruel outrage, comes forward in presence of the company to ask justice from the lady of the house, “If” she says, with great spirit and feeling, ‘you believe what that man has sald, dismias me from your service; if not, send him away.” The Coun- tess de Meursolles orders the dandy to quit the house, and then begins a heart struggle between the two women, while the Count de Meursolies and the offending gentleman are fignting a duel, after the immemorial custom of French plays, The Countess now accuses the governess of an in- trigue with her husband, and Mile. Dupare exculpates herself without diMculty because she is nos guilty; and there are al the accents of truth in her frank defence, “The Count,” she admits, ‘forced his way into my room, but he went out again immedt- ately by my order.” The wile velleves and for- gives her, In the third act we learn that the duel has taken place and the Count has been wounded, When he recovers consciousness the first words? he utters are to ask after the governess, and ae- sires to see her. His wife naturally opposes this request; but Mile. Dupare insists on going into his sick room, and when the Countess refuses to Permit It, and discharges her, she exultingly de- clares that she must soon be recalled to save the Count’s life by the sight of her, This argument overcomes the wile’s opposition, and she con- sents to let the governess enter her husband’s sick room, notwithstanding hef natural jealousy and anguish. But here her shrewd old uncle tn- tervenes and observes, with extreme good sense, “My nephew is ill and my niece Is out of her wits; 1am the only person here who ts sane in mina and body; you, Mademoiselle, shall not enter the room, and I order you to leave this house.” Mean- time the Count, who has been informed of what is going op, comes forward and proposes to elope Wwith her. Sne accepts his offers; for though at heart an honest girl, she has been #0 scolded and humbled that her predominant feeling is@ thirst-for vengeance, and she has made up her mind that if she 1# turned out of her place without a character—having merited no euch deg- radation—she wiil not go alone, A very dramatio scene between the two women terminates the t, | have become rich??? piece. “You are going away ?” says the Countess, interrogatively. “Yes,” replies the governess, arily. “And yoo are go!ng to take my husband with you?’ The same brief, dry monosyilabie (goes back to her, and then the wife, drawing her Tival toward a window which looks out on her husbana’s state:y domain, cries out in tones of utter misery and despair, “You wish to be Countess de Meursolles, andJ aione amin your way; my religion forbids me to commit suicide, but your fortune 1s in your own hands; I am seated on the extreme edge of this window ana @ touch will precipitate me into the court below.” “You believed me capable of crime!” answers the governess, recoiling with horror. ‘Perhaps,” re- turns the Countess, wearily, “you are not alto gether bad,” and then, seized by a frantic resolu- tion, she rushes desperately towara the window to put an end to her life, Mile. Duparc frustrates her purpose alter # painiul struggle, and, falling at her feet, begs her pardon and promises to depart, The house was electrified by this scene, and the curtain feil amid loud and long applause. Nevertheless, Lhe fault of the piece, regarued as a moral lesson, is sufficiently obvious; for the subsequent rela- tions between the wife and husband, who intend- ed to elope with another lady, must at the least have been difficult and unpleasant. However, play-goers do not often concern themselves with strict morality, and the piece was admirably put upon tpe stage. Mile. Pierson played the Countesa and tH® part of the governess was acted by Mile. Taliandiera, M. Ravel played tne shrewd oid uncle With astonishing spirit and humor. 1t neeas no more to prove that the whole performance was delightful, “ROSE MICHEL,” by M. Ernest Binm, is the title of a grand drama, in five acts, which has obtained a marked success atthe Ambigu. The piot of it may be summarized thus:—Kose Michel, @ woman of the lower classes, is unhappily married to @ man of vad character, Wo occupies the social standing 01 @ publican at Suresnes and who iy @ terror aud a weariness to bis neignbors. The chief passion of Pierre Miche! ig sordid avarice, which he gratifies pb: the most ferocious expedi This wretche couple have one daughter, a feeble invalid, on Whom ali the love and tenderness of her mother are lavished, and in order to take ber away from ww jisery and temptation o! a tavero life and to rve her irom the bratalities of her father, Michel bas apprenticed the girl to M. Ber- hard, & designer for textile fabrics, who has just been chosen syndic of his guild, according to the g00d oid practice of promoting tradesmen to honor in their own way during the reign of Louis XV. The miser’s daughter has been well received in the honest bousehold, and has wot only captivated Giibert Bernard, her master’s son, but his father has ee consented to his marriage with the dowerless girl, on the sole condition that her family should bearsinquiry into their antecedents. On the eve of this marriage Rose Michel joy!ull nounces the happy news to her brutal husband and at him for 200 francs to buy their dangnter’s wedding clothes. The miser reiuses to part with his money, and his wife, with @ woman’s instinct for roundabout ways, lets the subject drop, though she 1s determined that her daughter Louise shail not go empty handed like a beggar into the rich Bernard family. She knows the hiding place where her husband hoards his gold and resolves to take @ part of it, because she reasons thatit nghtly belongs to her, a8 the fruits of her own labor, While engaged in the very act of doing 80 she 18 surprised by ler iusband, and there folows @ succession of dramatic scenes between them which make the very hair Of the boldest play-goer to stand upon anend. The miser peremptorily commands her to return his money. ‘‘Marder me ir you will,” replies the obstinate woman, ‘out 1 will not give itup.” And then the ruffian attempts closing flercely round her neck there is @ loud knocking at the door, and he is forced to quit his victim, but orders her to snut herself oF in her own room, that she may not escape with his gold. The visitor thus introduced is one Coun: de Grandchamp, a titled scoundrel, who ts an old ac- complice of Pierre, and he asks for shelter auring the last night be can spend in France before being ovliged to fy to America. The novle rogue flings @ few gold pieces carelessly to tne tavern keeper, and they immedia: ‘arice. ‘You with bland Admirals irigate Venus, on the coasts of Western | as! cunning; and Grandchamp, who, 14 an ostentatious rai boasts that he hi 100,000 Irancs about him in banknotes, and imp! dently shows them lo the snkeeper, Wild, alter to strangle her, and while bis grasp is already | at écarté with their lives stakea one nat tue other on its issue. Potasse wins and Gladiator ts bound by the laws of honor to blow ont bis brains; but Suzanne, who is a far-sighted young woman, Not troubled by delicate scruples, Wwisnes to keep the American’s thirty miilions, and asgures her timid lover that Gladiator has seduced her. Potasse now becomes angry in his turn, and, ag no one is more courageous than a coward grown desperate, he insists taat Gladiator shall make her the only possible feparation in bis power, and this tne American gentleman expresses himself heartily willing to do were it not for the uniortunate oc- currence that he ts already married in America, A letter, however, arrives at this moment to suy that he has become a widower, aud he 1s thus {ree to marry the Countess, while he gives Potasse the handsome present of $40,000 to make him an ac- ceptavie husband for the dentist’s daughter. Po- tasse enthusiastically accepts these conditions, aud all ends beautitully. Mile. Monthaland made & counterielt Countess of the most delicious kind. Dupuis, ag Potasse, was exquisitely tunny, aud Berthelier represented the idea of an American on the French stage with all the usual extrava- gance and absuraity. Space now obliges me tobe brief, The Italian Opera in Paris bas been CLOSED FOR. WANT OP FUNDS by M. Bagier, but an associated company of sing: ers nas already been tormed to reopen it at their own risk. le. Rafaela Ronzi, who 1s only eighteen, and is said to bave a phenomenal voice, was to have made her début on tue night ine opera closed. M. Alexandre Dumas is writing a new play for the ThéAtre Francais, Mlle. Nilsson has been en- gaged at $1,000 a bight to give twelve concerts in ‘rance during the month of March. The receipts of the New Paris Opera on the nights when Mile. Krauss has sung have averaged @pout $3,500, A melodrama, called “La Vie Infernale,” by the late M. Gaborian, has been produced at the Thca- tre Cluny, and is Worthy the attention of Ameri- can managers. A new opera called “Don Muca- rade,” composed by M. Ernest Boulanger, 1s under rehearsal at the Opéra Comique, Mlle. Uéjazet ia still playing in the *‘Douairiére de Brionne”’ at the Vaudevilie. Among the best of the new pieces after those already cited is “Une Chance de Coquin” at the Vaudeville and “Orage,” by M. Adrien Marx. M. Siraudin has also written a new play for the Palais Royal entitled “La Fille q’Ulympe.”” KOURBAN BAIRAM, CHANGE OP THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN aAF- FAIRS—OPENING OF THE UNDERGROUND RAIL-~ WAY IN CONSTANTINOPLE—LisT OF THE BRIGANDS—SURRENDER OF SPANOS AND VE- LOULA—THE HON. G@. BOKER, UNITED STATES MINISTER AT CONSTANTINOPLE, CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 19, 1875. The commencement of the Kourban Balram festival was celebrated with customary pomp and ceremony yesterday morning. Notwithstanding the rain the troops were under arms long befure dawn, drawn up in line on each side of the streets leading from the paiace of Volmabagtche to the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet at Stamboul. His Majesty and suite left the palace soon a‘ter sunrise on their way to Sultan Ahmet, and by nine o'clock the public ceremonial was over. Prayers nad been offered, the blood of thousands of rams had flowed on the ground, the Suitan’s hand had been kissed by all the State dignitaries and the crowds of spectators were dispersing and the troops were Marching back to their barracks, Immediately preceding the Ba‘ram a slight Modification was made in the Ministry, Aarife Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was tragsferrea to the post of Minister of Public instruction, in the place of Satvet Pacha, who was appointed in his wurn to succeed Aari‘e Pacha as head of the Foreign Department. Safvet is an oid and expe- rienced statesman, and has more than once already occupied the same post. In a subordinate capacity Aarife Pacha had given promise of ability which was not fulfilled when the occasion re- quired it, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs he has made so little mark in political circles that he has jurnished matter neither ior praise nor blame. Few cities present greater anomalies in their interior arrangements than Constantinople. The Mansions of the rich stand side by side with the meanest hovels. A turn; from a@ broad thorough- fare brings cne into acquaintance with @ break- neck, filthy alley. In summer the tll-paved streets are upwatered and unswept, ant the dust thick- ens the atmosphere. The foods of the winter occasionally carry the accumulated filth from higher to lower levels, but the normal con- dition of the public thoroughfares 18 one of dirt, ‘slush and atter neglect. But while the most elementary of municipal {improve- ments are negiected overground Constan- tnople has just been endowed with an under- ground railway, constructed on the latest im- proved style. Galata, the centre of business, lies atthe foot of a steep hill and along the eastern shore of the Goiden Horn, Pera, the fashionable quarter of the town, and the residence of the for- eign Ministers, merchants and bankers, Is situated on the top of this bill, the ascent and descent of | which Is made, with pain and dimMiculty, through a street called step street, ao steep that it has been necessary to pave it in the form of steps to a height of 200 feet above Galata. To facilitate the traffic between these two centres the Metropoli- tan Railway Company have constructed a tunnel with a double jing of railway, on which car- Tlages are perpetually mounting and descending by means of a steel wire rope and a stationary engine, The line was first opened for public traMo yesterday. The concession was obtained several years back {rom the Turgish government by @ Frenchman named Gavand, who, after many aiMicuities, succeeded tn forming @ company in London for carrying itout. M. Gavand deserves every credit for the perseverance with which he prosecuted the work, in the teeth of vexatious op- position on the part of owners and occupters of property above and adjoining the tunnel, and the utter absence Of assistance and moral support of the Ottoman government, who bad given the fir- man, The Ministers and other Turkish oMcials, however, mustered in force at the banquet given the aay before tae opening, when the Ambassa- dors and foreign Ministers were entertained by the directors of the Metropolitan Railway Com- pany, This isthe first of its kind attempted in the country, and will doubtiess lead to fartner innova- tions on the old jog trot style of the Osmanii. Thessaly has at last been ireed from brigandage, ‘The news arrived last week of the surrender of | pecially requisite the last chiefs remaining at large, Spancs and) Veloula, For montbs past these two had be hunted from place to place, and t've soles of their! feet rnew no resting place. |.vir accomplices and companions had been captured, their friends were threatened with severe punishment shoud they give them any assistance, and at last, weary of 80 miserable au existence, they made proposals for an honorable surrender to Menemet Ali Pachag the General in command of the troops engaged “4 putting down brigandage. On the day appointe the General happened to be unwell and despatche one of his oMicers to receive the submission of tha robber chiefs, Brigand chiefs are swells in thet way, and have their position to keep u| in & country where brigandage has Been) until now, @ thriving and successful trade 80, Standing on their dignity, they refused to giv up their arms to any save the General in person. They were accordingly conducted to the General’ headquarters at Larissa, where he lay sick. There, accompanied by a numerous cortége of sympathiz-, ing friends, the chiefs went through the form of surrendering their arms with all proper solemnity., As they were allowed to go about on parole they: frequently showed themselves in public, at the: theatre and other places of public amusement, | and, in short, became the lions of the day during their stay at Larissa, Spanos, the elder of the two chiefs, was @ thriving robber chief as far back as twenty-five years ago. He was, on t whole, a gooa sort o! fellow ‘or one in his profes- sion. Honest in nis dealings with the country. eople,he had won many friends among them, ‘oward nis captives he was not unne« cessarily cruel, and many a time he given up bis own ‘share of the Transom to save their lives, for, according ta, brigand law, the life of a prisoner is forfeited unless the full sum demanded in ransom 1s paid. His punishment, taking these circumstances into consideration, will be a light one—one year’s lm- prisonment and two years’ surveillance. Veloula, he other thief, is f young fellow, described handsome, athletic and most prepossessing in his appearance, and yet his short career has been stained by acts of the greatest ierocityand most revolting cruelty. The telegraph has brought us the news of the’ sppointment of the Hon. G., Boker to the Court of St. Petersburg. Mr. Boker tas heen United States Minister to the Porte tor about three vears. In his official capacity he stands high, both with the Turks and the pubitc, and in his social relations he 1s universally esteemed and resrected. His de- parture, as well as that of his lady, will be deeply Tegretted. A ROYAL MARRIAGE. PRINCESS LOUISE, OF BELGIUM, MARRIED TO PRINCE PHILIPPE, OF SAXE-COBURG—A BRIK LIANT ASSEMBLAGE OF ROYALTY AND FASHION, (From Galignant’s Messenger, Feo. 6.) The marriage of Princess Louise, of Belgium, with Prince Philippe, of Saxe-Coburg, was cele- brated on Thursday morning, at half past ten, at the palace at Brussels. . DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ASSEMBLED AT THE PALACE, The invitations for the ceremony were given for & quarter past ten o’clock A. M., but even before: ten a crowd of high and official persons had as- sembled in the saloons on the first floor of the palace, in which receptions are usually held. AG half-past ten the principal drawing room was completely filled with a brilliant ‘crowd, whom it would be dificult to specify individually, and which certainly included almost the whole of the persons in the “Royal Almanach.”? THE CIVIL CONTRACT, At about half-past ten were opened the doors of the blue saloon, socalled from the color of the hanginzs on the walls, which bear full-length port traits of Leopola I., Queen Louise Marie, Queen, Victoria and Prince Albert. In the midst of that) room, which had received no special decoration» was placed a round table, concealed beneath a rich cover of blue and gold. andon which was placed a copy of the “Civil Code,” bound in red velvet, and bearing the arms of the City of Brus.) sels. That volume ts tn {tself a curiosity, as tt was} printed in 1804. at the ena of the Frencn Republic, and when Napoleon I. was First Vonsal. A BRILLIANT ASSEMBLAGE, The hour of the ceremony had now arrived, The guests took treir places, and presently & door opened and the royal family entered, tn august persons ranging themselves in a nalf circle, ‘The Princess Lonise occupied the place of honor, having the King on her leit and the Queen on he! right. Next to Her Majesty came successivel, the Prince of Wales, the Countess de Fianare, Count de Paris, Duke d’Aumale, Count de Flandr and the two younger sons of the Princess Clemen4 tine, On the side of the King were Prince, Pnilippe, the Princess Clementine of Oriean Archduke Joseph of Austria, Princess Amelia of Saxony, Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg Goths, and the; little Princess Stephante, younger daughter of the King and Queen of the Belgians. THE BRIDE AND BRIDAL COSTUME. All eyes were at this momen: fixed on tne Prin: cess Louise. Her fine and intellectual physiog: nomy, which resembied in a striking manner tha features of her august tather, was, as it we! framed in a lace veil, draped in the Hungaria manner, and which formed a cotffure of origin: fashion and exquisite taste, Her white bridal dress was trimmed on ea flounce with a band of silver, corresponding t shoulder knots of the same design. She wore a boquet of orange flowers in her boddice and car- ed another in her hand. The veil, which was of Brussels lace, descended to the bottom of her dress, forming & sort of mantle, THE QUEEN AND THE LADIES. cherry-red color, trimmed from top to bottom with magnificent lace, a necklace of prilliants, and, a crown of diamonds and fine pearis. The Princess Clementine was in sea-green, the Countess de Flandre in blue; but the shade of the: dresses could only be distinguished through & sor® of cloud of splendid lace. The little Princess Stephanie was charming ti her small white dress, garnished with knots o! satin of the same color. She might have beep tagen for one of Velasquez’s painted cnildren, THB KING AND THB PRINCES. The King of the Belgians and the Count a@ Flandre wore the uniforms of generals in tha Belgian army, with the Grand Verdon of the Order of Leopold. “His Majesty had also the collar of the Golden Fleece. THE BRIDEGROOM. The Prince bridegroom wore a rich uniform of bis grade tn the vhitd eraaat honveds, with the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, PRINCELY RELATIVES. The Prince of Wales and the Archduke Joseph of Austria Were in scarlet, covered with stars and orders; the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg al! im white, like Prince dé Bismarck’s culrassiers; the Duke d’Aumale as a French General of Diviston,, with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor; and alone; like @ simpie private todividual, ina plain biack coat, the Connt de Paris, with the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold across hia white waistcoat, THE CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT. ‘The august personages collected together. The Burgomaster Oo! Brussels, Standing belore tne table placed in the middie o! the saioon, performed the ceremony of the civil coutract, and the regtiairy was duly signed. THE CEREMONIES OF THR CHURCH The assembly then saluted the Co: passed on from the blue salon to the forme room of the palace, which had been fitted up as a chape! for the occasion. in that place were col- lected together the entire diplomatic body, who, for want of space probably, bad not been present Gt the civil ceremony. All the guests having as- sumed their piaces on the velvet seats set aparc for them, the royal cortége entered in the toliow- ing order:—The King, giving bis arm to the Pri cess Loutse; Prince Philippe, conducting the Pri: cess Clementine; the Prince of Wales, with ¢ Queen; the Archduke Joseph, with the Princess Amélie of Saxe; the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotna, with the Countess de Flandre. Then the Count de Paris, Duke d’Aumale, Count de Flandre, and the yoang Prince de Coburg, baving the little Princess Stépnanie on bis arm. THB ARCHBISHOP OF MALINES. Atthe entrance to the chapel Mgr. Dechamps,, Archbishop of Malines, had taken up his statiou, Around him were grouped Vicar General Canon De Coster, Mgr. Donnet, Dean of St. Jacques-sur-Candenverg, the Lore of Laeken, the Dean of Ste. Gudule and the Aboé Van Weddinghen, Chapiain o/ the Palace. ‘The Primate of Beigiam presented the holy wa- ter to the King and Queen, and then hea the procession to the alsar. ‘The young bridal pair took their places, kneel- ing on two prie die, covered with crimson vel~ vet. ‘The King, the Queen and ali the royal jamily satin asemicircie ben.nd them, and Mgr. Dow champs, having asceaded the steps of the aitur, delivered his * ADDRESS, of which the following presents @ brief summary This is the hour which crowns by union the desi: two souls, creases the tiss which unite several sove eign houses and creates rejoicing in the rovas tamily and throughout the Belgian nation. Before invoking on this happy alliance the blessings of the Church and, the divine benediction, I would remind you of the words of God in relation to Inarriage, revealing its dignity, graces and duties. “Marriage is the crowning work of creations ordained by God for the propagation of humanity, ani whereby man and woman become the co-operators with the almighty in the transmission of the vital principles It is, therefore, holy, bot by ats origin and ite very ; and is thusaccepted by the human conscictice: Preigt the mere present of two things but the mutual gift and endowment of themselves, by two sons, the living images of God. Moreover, marriage erie touching type of the union of Canst and ike Church. The divine grace which we now invoke is es for such @ union. Tn all ages the mar~ nave been guarantees of pence and May it prove so this d riages of Princes happiness for the nation The prelate then gave the bridal couple the naptial benediction. according to the rites of tue Catholic Chure! ait wan noticeable that at the moment when tho Archbishop put the question to the Prince and Princess, whether they were willing to take each other reciprocally as man and wile, they ootn, before answering, turned round and made a re- etfal obeisance to their angust-parents, in token of Jeference, and acknowledging thus for $he second time their consent, The Queen of the Belgians wore a dress of bright |