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4 THE REVOLTED SCLAVES. -_——--—_-— Letter from Earl Russell on the Eastern Difficulty. THE GIST OF THE TURKISH QUESTION. Why England Should No Longer Subsidize the Porte. A VAST PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED. —-—— Meeting in London---Sympathy with the Insurgents. Lady Strangford Stands by Turkey. PROBABLE END OF THE REBELLION. Lonpow, Sept. 9, 1875, A meeting was held at the Cannon street Hotel this afternoon to devise some means for aiding the struggling Christians in Herzegovina and Boama, The chair was filled by Josiah J. Merriman, and J, L. Farley, ex-Consul to Constantinople, acted as Secretary. The following resolutions were adopted :— 1. Resolved, That the oppression and wrongs under | which the Christians of Bosnia abd the Herzegovina Jubor entitle them to the sympathy and aid of the Christian people of England, and this meeting pledges itself to assist in every legitimate way to obtain the removal of the evils under which they suffer. 2 That the Christians of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have been driven from their homes and reduced to desperation, are entitled to our aid, and that an appeal to the humane and charitable be made for tunds where- with to relieve the wants of these importunate persons, & Resolved, That Sir John Bennett be appointed treasurer of this fund, and that contributions be re- quested from all interested in the progress of Christian faith, The following important and characteristic letter from Earl Russell was then read and received with great applause :— Pemanoxe Lopax, Sept. 8, 1875. My Deas Sra—I am sorry to say that I could not attend the meeting to-morrow in a crowded room and follow a discussion on a great question without more risk to my health than I venture to encounter. Allow me to state, however, what I consider the GIST OF THE TURKISH QUESTION, On September 11, 1860, I wrote a despatch ef strong remonstrance to Sir Henry Bulwer, our Am- Dassador at Constantinople, in answer to certain state- mente which he had made tome. 1t appeared from those Statements that the Turkish Minister of War received for she uses of the army about six millions sterling a year; that instead of applying those sums to the uses of the Army the army was unpaid, and the revenue was either consumed by the Minister in waste and extravagance or apphed to increase his own private fortane. The Turkish soldier is an excellent soldier, brave in battle, patient of hunger and thirst and ready to march the whole day in spite of fatigue and privation; but while he is a good soldier he is not qualified to perform the offices of a Minister in a court of justice, to unravel the intricacies of a long process of law and to pronounce an equitable judgment. The consequence of the employment of Turkish soldiers in these capacities was that my representations of Sep- tember 11, 1860, have been to this day unheeded Dmar Pacha made many fair promises, but THOSE PROMISES REMAIN UNVULPILLED. lam aware thatsome persons are of opinion that to Rave obtained promises is quite as much as we were vatitled to, and that to expect the Turkish yovernment to perform their promises and to do justiee is a preposterous notion. Men who would be furious if the sums voted by the House of Commons were not applied acwwrding to the Appropriation act hear calmly that the moneys raised by an oppressive system of taxation are applied in Turkey to purposes of corruption and waste. If, as Solomon says, there is atime for everything, {it might be well in 1860 to obtain promises, and in 1875 to insist upon their performance. At all events I can- not think that we are bound to employ our army and navy in what is statea to be our “traditional policy.” Lord Palmerston was as indignant as I was at the APATHY OF THE SULTAN’S GOVERNMENT, and exclaimed that we could not be expected to go to war for a dead body. We may wisely and honorably refuse to give further subsidics for the support of the Turkish government. Wo bbtained promises through Omar Pacha and others that | Justice should be done to the subjects of the Sultan. It is surely no undue impatience to ask fifteen years iflerward whether those promises have been performed, Supposing, however, that Great Britain withdraws from the scene it is fair to inquire in what manner justice can be obtained in the Turkish dominions, It ts hope- Jess to expect that Turkish rulers can afford any secur- ity for the performance of the duties of good govern- ment, and it may well be a question whether Austria, Russia and the other Powers of Europe will, ifasked to do so, undertake the task of internal govern- ment in the provinces of Turkey. If they decline there remains but one résource—to obtain for the people of Croatian and the Herzegovina, as Lord Derby formerlf obtained for the people of Servia, something of the nature of independent government. should myself wish to see Thessaly and Albania made Provinces of the kingdom of Greece. You will now see what A VAST PROBLEM LIRS BEVORE US. A good many years ago the Emperor Nicholas of Russia stated to Princo Metternich that he no longer wished to obtain Constantinople for himself; that he was quite ready to see it placed under the Emperor of Austria ag a sovereign in whom he could confide. That, however, {s not now the question I must continue to desire that the cause of civil and religious liberty may prosper ail over the world, but it is for the people of Croatia, Herzegovina and Servia, to consider what is attainable and by what means good govern- ment can be secured. For this purpose the wishes of THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES MUST BE CONSULTED by the other Powers. I am glad that the three uorth- ern Powers should have wisbed to unite Great Britain, France and Italy to the body to be consulted. If these combined Powers are able to devise a plan of just and equal government which shall be willingly accepted by the subjects of the Sultan, and at the same time main. | tain the peace of Europe, I shall heartily rejoice at so propitious a result, I remain, your faithful servant, RUSSELL. To J. Luwis Fauuer, Esq. LADY STRANGFORD SUPPORTS TURKEY. (From the London Standard, Sept. 9.[ The following letter has been forwarded to us for publication :— 10 Cuaren Street, Park Lawx, Sept. 8 8im—If you have any recollection of the labors of my husband, the late Lord Strangford, to upbold the Ottoman government against the Cretan insurrection You will not be surprised at my hesitating with regard w the request you have made to me to place my name on your committee. If Tam able to interpret the views expressed in your | appeal they are based on the principle that all ingur- rections, whether provoked or unprovoked; whether springing from within the localities affected or arising from a network of intrigues without them; whether Likely to succeed or certuin to involve unnecessary and unprofitable bloodshed; whether, if successtul, con- ducive to the peace of Europe, or only to the aggran- dizement of those who disturb that pouce—are all alike entitled to the support of the people of England, Except wpon this principle 1 see nothing to justify | not quite know what to do. any “sympathy” with tho ill-judged disturbance of | whieh you write, of which | may remark in passing, ny Noth tu call “the righteous objects of the insurgents’ No grievance 18 suggested as its cause, even in the printed document you forward; nor is there vty to plaee this novement in a diflerent category from the Cretan insurrection, which was so troublesome aud so ground. jon and falsehood, sad'eot prolie of itrigne, ¢uaeaes to be at last con: demped by every ‘even including the State which | volunteers, all out at elbows, NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. artificially forwarded ft. The disturbances of Crete were happily coutined to an island (and indeed only to some portion of that), whereas ‘‘co-operation or tang- ible sympathy" might extend the disturbance of Herzegovina to such embroilments aa Great Britain would be compelled by treaty to resist. I, for one, am not impatient to produce such a catastrophe, I must add that when the policy and obligations of our country engage its Foreign Office by the efforts of diplomacy to quell an insurrection which threatens general embarrassment, it hardly seems consistent with patriotic allegiance to the Crown to act with the insurgents, 1n a volume entitled “ Modern Turkey,” published in 1872, you avowed yourself a supporter of the Ottoman Empire, and dedicated that book to the Turkish Am- bussador. Before becoming the standard-bearer and purse-holder of the enemies of that Empire, you might explain the cl of opimon you have’ tindergone. Englishmen, who have not had the advantage you have enjoyed of serving a8 consul in the service of the Porte, and thus becoming acquainted with the various races it includes, are sometimes misled by the arrogant and up- founded dogma, that in any and every difference between Mobanmedans and non Mohammedans the latter must necessarily be oppressed and the former the oppressors. ‘This untenable and bigoted assumption has been, or ought to have been, long ago disposed of by those who read and those whe travel It has seldom been more effectually rebuked than i the following passuge:— I wish some learned theologians would tell me why it ts that men are so much better in all the social relations of life bi we of Christianity. He is always ife with pain in the streets of Pera you may be quite cer- tain that it is not a Turk that has struck the blow. i ‘be Turk ful and seorns a I pe nd never ie tn his dealings, charitable to the poor. In Turkey id can really want bread, much less Can as much be said for Ubristian ). These views, perhaps, are overstated, but they de- serve consideration, and none the less because their avthor is Mr, J. Lewis Farley, Iam, sir, yours truly, J. Lewis Paruey, Esq. E. STRANGFORD. PROBABLE END OF THE REVOLT IN HERZE- GOVINA—SERVIA OBJECTS TO ANNEXATION— AUSTRIAN THREAT TO OCCUPY BELGRADE, NIKITA AND MONTENEGRO—SELLING THE RE- BELLION—THE PRINCE OF SERVIA. Viewwa, Sept. 6, 1875, ‘There is no news this morning; which means that the insurrection of the Herzegovina is at an end for the present, leaving the pith and heart of the discontent just as it was three months ago. The position of Turkey may be thus summed up, as regards her rela- tions with ber Christian provinces on the Danube:— Let us suppose that a family had a set of troublesomo boys, much given to squalling, and that whenever they made an uproar the neighbors of the family all felt themselves authorized to rush into their house and insist on explanations ag to the why and wherefore of the riot. Suppose that a soft-hearted neighbor gave the naughtiest boy @ piece of sugar because he had made the most noise, and that a crotchetty uncle shouted out his opinion that cantankerous boys should always have what they want to quiet them. It is, of course, possi- ble that the children’s rumpus might be stopped in this way, though it might have been more promptly appeased by the aspect of a birch rod, Moreover, the children will have learned a pernicious lesson, instruct- ing them that if they only bawl loud enough they will get always what they want, together with pieces of sugar and soothing language, as a recompense for baw!- ing—and a whole holiday from school. TAXATION. The American public is respectfully requested by this writer not to take a romantic and untruthful view of the question now at issue between Turkey and her Kayah provinces, Even naughty children have their rights, and must not be wantonly ill treated; but before they can claim the intervention of neighbors against their parents and guardians they should be able at least to state or to show how they have been unjustly pun- ished and what they want. Now, here is a queer statement, made by a represen- tative Servian, much exercised in his mind as to the mode in which he can best place his case before the people of the United States, amd specially recommended to this writer for that purpose. “We do not,” he says, moving his shoulders in an uneasy manner and looking sideways, for fear of being overheard, “We do not want to change masters, We should be very sorry to be annexed to Austria or Rus- sia, I assure you. We are very well off as we are. Look here,’ he adds, slyly manipulating the potnts of his fingers, “We pay $100,000 tribute to the Porte, and $120,000 for the civil list of our prince. That is the total cost of our executive government, We have very light taxes besides these, and the Porte does not get a piastre of them. We should not like to pay Austrian or Russian taxes, which are much beavier than our own. We should not like to be afflicted with the Aus- trian or Russian police system and customs tariff. It would ruin us,I assure you. We should like to pay less taxes than we do if the thing could be managed, but not to pay more; and, though we should be glad of Russian or Austrian interference to effect this object or to deliver us from paying taxes at all, we should not at all like to exchange King Log for King ®tork. That is the policy of Servia, It is, as you will see, A LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE POLICY.” “Come,” said I to this representative Servian, ‘“‘an- other glass of Burgundy.” “Thank you,” answered the representative Servian, and he helped himself discreetly, rather nervously, per- haps, He was a tall, dry man, with a narrow forehead, dark, straight hair and frightened eyes, not without shrewdness or without a certain fierce fire, lying deep Veneath the surface, like the smouldering of a subter- ranean volcano, which might or might not burst out. “What,” Tasked, “do you think of your first class patriot, Nikita, who was to lead the Montenegrin vol- unteers to join you?” The representative Servian smiled wryly, as though I had given him an unripe lemon to suck. “The Monte- negrins,” he replied, “are all traitors.” 1 was not sarprised at this announcement, for there were ever great differences between Tweedledum and Tweedledee; but I requested the representative Servian to explain himself more particularly, and handed him a Havana cigar, six years old, with the mellow bloom of age upon it. I also called for coffee. Then the representative Servian, settling himself comfortabiy in the best armchair of my room, opened his heart in a fashion which would have amazed a per- son who still believes in diplomatic secrete, “The Montenegrin government (he sneered as he pro- nounced the word government, being a Tweedledum- | mian), far from acting a chivalrous part in the insurrec- . tion of the Herzegovina, has betrayed it, It entertained the revolutionary party with false hopes for a whole month, It sent them arms, advice, and even some It was from Cettinge that the insurgents were advised to raise the siege of Trebigne, which might have been taken, for it was slenderly garrisoned by the Turks, who had not then received their reinforcements. ‘ Meantime Mossie Nikita (I need not tell you he is not a prince ; there are no Turk- ish princes, except four, but those who have conferred the title on themselves). Mossie Nikita, I say, ne- gotiated with Turkey, offering the neutrality of Monte- negro in exchange for a small strip of territory, and not only allowed Turkish troops to pass through Monte. | negro, but revictualled their fortresses, In fact, he | sold the insurrection and pocketed it.” | “So that it is now virtually at an end?” “Not so,” demurred the representative Servian, “It ig scared, not killed. We shail still be on the lookout for opportunities.’ “But will Servia move again just now,” I asked, “Ab,’’ replied the representative Servian, ‘I do not think she can, The Austrian Foreign Office has told me to tell my government that unless we can preserve our neutrality, no matter what happens, AUSTRIAN TROOPS WIL! OCCUPY BELORADE and keep our weutrality for us We shouid not like that, It would be expensive. We should have to | maintain the army of occupation and to pay some in- demnities. We should have to quarter the officers in private houses—a contingency highly objectionable to families who have marriageable daughters, To be sure the officers would spend money with us, and there would be the discount and exchange on their bills Some of the Austrian officers are very rich. So we do I return to Belgrade to- morrow, and we shall consider of it.”” | Let us now try whether we can call up something | human and intelligible out of this chaos on the border. lands of Turkey. A PRINCE OF SERVIA. It is May day, and the Prater of Vienna is in its | beauty and its pride, A light breeze stirs the magnif cent follage of the trees on either side of the grand drive, and all the flowers of the spring are ablossom and ablow. The splendid equipage of the Empress, a barouche with four bays matched toa hair, and with outriders and postilions gorgeously arrayed, sweeps up the avenue at a pace of authority. Prince Esterhazy with his four chestnuts; Bathyanyi, with his curricle, wad Kinsky and Palify and Tichy of the Golden Beard, with Erdody and Harrach and the beautiful Clary, crowd every inch of the well watered toad and tell cach other gayly the latest news of the flush and the fair. ‘The Austrian court is being held out of doors, and even potent bankers, like Biedermann, Ephrussi and Heenigstein, hide their diminished heads at the blaze of its splendor, while the sun shines down on so much renown and wealth and loviiness. It is growing late in the afternoon, when there isa bustle in the Jagerzeil, and a gaping crowd of Viennese citizens assemble on the pavement at cither side, for riding straight as the crow files over the wooden bridge of the Danube and down the “Huntsman’s path’ comes @ tall man on ao gigantic black horse. It is a battle horse rather than a hack, at least sizteen and a half hands high and of great bone and power, It rises and falls like a rocking horse, pawing the air with mighty strides while it curves its arched neck to the curb, and the white foam falls in fakes upon its chest, The rider of this magnificent horse ig a tall, thin man, very dark, very pale, of Byronic aspect, chivalrous in thought and action and rather empty headed—a splendid, unedu- cated creature, with chains and rings, fine clothes and fine cattle, He speaks to nobody, and only replies to the salute of the greatest nobles of the Empire by looking straight atthem, after the Oriental custom, That is Milosch Obrennovie, the late Prince of Servia, son of a swine- herd, He will be ata state dinner in the evening, al- ways the same theatrical borseman, only afoot, and in @ gorgeous uniform—also theatrical, or Byronic. There is not much in him; he has nothing to say, but he has a good deal of moncy in sterling coin, and makes a great show in Vienna, The Court and the Ministers look favorably on him, for he has much to give and he wants nothing. He will get at least a yard of bright colored ribbon to hang round his neck and a tinsel star before he goes home. The son of this splendid horseman is the present ruler of Servia, and he is just twenty years old, having been born in 1855, He must be very well off, for the Servians have a way of keeping their moncy together. He is much better taught than his father or his grand- father, the swineherd. He dresses soberly, and is 1m- bued with modern ideas—mostly French. He 1s going to be married soon to a Miss Keshko, HISTORY OF A PRINCH’S BRIDE, Miss Keshko is the orphan daughter of a Moldavian landowner, who was educated at Paris and whoacquired a reputation asa duellist and free liver at the expenso of his health, He died early, about twelve years ago. His father was acattle dealer, who had made a great deal of money, which he invested in land in Russian Bessarabia. Miss Keshko’s mother is a lady of the hon- orable Moldavian House of Stourdza, Her property has been well administered by John Manoukbey and M. Kristi, both large Bessarabian land- owners, who were left trustees and executors of the orphan girl’s fortune. The story of Prince Manoukbey is curious, a8 illustrative of Eastern manners in the Jast century. His father was an Armenian banker, who found his way to Teheran and lent money to the Shah on the Crown jewels. The Shah, PATH ALI, OF GLORIOUS MEMORY, of course, wanted them back again without payment, and Manoukbey ran away in disguise to escape being executed as contumacious, It is said that he cut a hole in his leg and buried the great diamond which is now the most splendid jewel of the Russian crown in his own flesh; then covered the wound with ragged bandages and begged _—_sihis way to the sea coast, whence he embarked for Russia. The Empress Catherine bought his jewels, partly with hard cash and partly with an immense grant of land in Russian Bessarabia. The present Prince Manouskey is one of the largest corn growers in Europe. M. Kristi, his co-trustee as administrator of the Keshko property, has the reputation of being the only honest judge in Russia, Miss Keshko has had a very long minority, during which her property has been so well managed that sho is now one of the richest heiresses in the world. She and her mother live in great state. They occupy their intelligent leisure chiefly in reading French novels and talking about the Eastern question under their in- spiration, They are both very beautiful women—a rosebud and arose full blown, ‘They are very decided Christians and very decided Russians. Prince Milan, the ruler of Servia, will fall entirely under their infiu- ence, and he might do worse. Now, given a very rich young man, with a very rich and beautiful wife and an energetic mother-in-law, also rich and lovely, the whole party feeding mentally on French literature, romance and ambition; given also popula- tions ripe for revolt and wanting a leader with a good income on every side of them—I say given these premises, were we not likely to hear something inte- resting, and very soon, about the Prince of ServiaY The question is, Will he now sleep upon his laurels or will he determine to do wonders or to die with Mrs. and Miss Keshko in the attempt to do them? There are plenty of outlooks for young ambition in the East. It is quite possible that with a little patience, money and cleverness he might beg, buy or borrow Bosnia and the Herzegovina from the Porte, ana then who knows whether he might not by and by ascend the throne of a new empire at Constantinople? Young ambition, especially under feminine inspiration, does not trouble itself much aboat probabilities, and, if it did, more im- probable things than this have happened, and all is well that ends well BOARD OF EDUCATION. a APPROVAL OF THE ESTIMATES—THE COMPTROL- LER OVERHAULED—THE QUESTION OF TEACH- ING GERMAN AGAIN TO BE BROUGHT UP. An adjourned mecting of the Board of Education was held yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, with Presi- dent Neilson in the chair, for the purpore of acting on the report of the Finance Committee in reference to the estimates for the ensuing year. The reading of the minutes of the meeting of last week was laid over, on motion, until the next regular meeting, after which Commissioner BeaxpsLee moved, in order to bring the special business of the day before the meeting, that the report of the Finance Committee be adopted. Commissioner Woop offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Board, after the disposal of the re- port of the Finance Committee, take up any other bus- iness that might be ready. After the adoption of this resolution Commissioner Woop, after suggesting the removal to some central lo- cation of the hall of the Board, referred to the sala- ries of the female teachers in the schools, remarking that where they were formerly $2,000 they are now $1,700, and said he was and should at all times L@ op. posed to any attempt to reduce the amount. He looked upon, he said, the female teachers as peculiarly the wards of the Board, and inasmuch as seven-eighths of the teachers in the common schools were females, the Board ought to jook after and protect them. The males he thought, were capable of taking care of themselves. The primary department he looked upon as the most important braneh of all, for it would appear that but small proportion of the scholars ever go beyond the “primary course, and for that reason he advocated the employment im this department of none but the very best teachers. He then referred to the fact that not only bad the salaries been reduced, but also that the teachers had been in the primary schools apportioned to their work in a ratio of fifty scholars to each, while in the gratomar schools the ratio was only thirty-five pu- pils to each instructor. He concluded his remarks by saying he would not for tho present offer any resolution in regard to raising the salaries of teachers in the primary department, but Id submit one that $186,600 be added to the sum of bal- for th aries, teachers so that each one would bave but forty pupils to take care of, The resolution was put and lost, after which the re- port of the Finance Committee, letting the estimates stand as already published, was adopted. ‘The resignation of P. G. Duffy, us principal of the First ward school, was received and accepted, Commissioner Woo gave notice that he weuld at the | next meeting move to strike out the last paragraph of section 105 of the bylaws, which says, ‘No teacher shall be appointed as principal or assistant of any evening school unless specially licensed by the City | Superintendent.” ‘The resignations of Trustees Charles F, McClean, of the Fifteenth ward, and C. Whitney, of the Twenty- first ward, were received and accepted, and the nom- | tnations of J. M. Knox and J, R, Skidmore to fill the | vacancies confirmed, Commissioner Woop then called up the resolution of the Board passed June 16, in which it was resolved to luke proceedings by mandamus against Comptroller Green to compel him to hand over for the use of the | Board the unexpended balances of this and preceding d the subsequent amendment that the Presi- empowered to consult with th ‘comptroller previous to taking legal proceedings, He asked what resalt had been arrived at. The PRv#ipKNT, in reply, stated that he had had sev- eral interviews with Mr. Green, but the only result was that that offi Corporation ( He advised that the Board should wait a little longer before taking any decisive action. Commissioner Hexmxe thought the Comptroller's answer @ frivolous one, especially in view of the fact that the question of bie mght to turn over these balances had already been settled by a decision of the General Term of the Supreme Court, The Searek Jor's action On several occasions, he thought, ‘been al was still waiting for a report from the | ‘most insulting to the and he did pot think the Board should submit to it Ld longer. Commissioner West thought the action of the Comp- troller not only insulting to the Board but to the Su- preme Court, He referred in no measured terms, also, to the fact that several contractors had been refused ap geri of their claims by Mr. Green, notwithstand- ng that they had been duly audited by the Board. Many people who had done work for the Board of Edu- cation had been brought to the verge of ruin by the Comptroller refusing to pay them. He thought the Board should have courage to assert their legal righta, Some further discussion was had, when the matter was finally referred to the Finance Committee. Commissioner Parrzrson brought up the resolution in which the Sinking Fund Commissioners were asked to set apart land on Lexington avenue, between Sixty- seventh and Sixty-eighth streets, in accordance with the law passed at the last session of the Legislature. Referred to committee, Commissioner Hnnixa gave notice that at the next meoting be would call up the question of teaching Ger- man fn the schools, The then adjourned, NEW OPERA HOUSE IN LONDON. CEREMONY OF LAYING THE “‘PIRST BRICK” BY MLLE. TIETJENS—A GREAT WANT SUPPLIED— SERTCH OF THE UNDERTAKING, Lonpon, Sept. 9, 1875. A very interesting ceremony occurred in this city on the 7th, in the laying of the “first brick” of the new national opera house by Mlle. Tietjens, and it becomes particularly interesting to Americans when it is re- membered that this accomplished lady is soon to make. her appearance on the operatic stage in New York. London has long felt the need of a really good opera house, and Mr. Mapleson at last decided to give her what she desired. The site chosen is on the Thames embankment, quite near to Parliament House and com- manding a One view from the river and Westminster Bridge. In form it will be nearly square, and will cover two acres. To reach a good foundation a thick bed of sandy soil and a large overlying mass of rubbish, the accumulation of several ages in the history of West- minster improvements, had to be excavated, and then, the clay having been reached, thore was a great intru- sion of water along with it, so that a system of pipes was needed for the operation of pumping. In the course of all this labor MANY RELICS OF OLD TIMES were brought to light, amd are preserved with anti- quarian zeal. Skulls and bones of animals that roamed the Thames Valley, and were hunted by ancient Britons tn those Druidical days which long proceded the very earliest representation of ‘‘Norma’’ on any stage, have been gathered, cleaned, sorted and labelled with praise- worthy care, Swords, gold inlaid and richly fashioned, tell of the fouds of York and Lancaster, and many objects, long concealed, ¢ome forth again to throw o hight on the faded scroll of the past ‘THE BUILDING. The general aspect of the new Opera House, as seen in the drawings of the architect, is most imposing, and will constitute a marked feature on the Thames embank- ment, The form of the building, as shown in the drawings, is an irregular parallelogram, and has really four sides, three of which altogether face roads. Tho front next the embankment consists of a centre and two wings, in positions so constructed as to project out from the front fagade as well as the lateral fagades, The auditorium is to be surmounted by a cupola of great beauy; it will rise to @ height of 140 feet, and it is intended that the scenery shall be lifted up as well as let down, suffi- cient height being given to enable this to be effected, the original sketch having been modified in this respect ; and, by making a flat roof over, the apparent height of this part of the building has been successfully de- creased. It appears from the statement of the archi- tect that the depth to which it has been necessary to o has been very great, The level of the stage will be jorty feet above the foundations The level, also, from the embankment towards Cannon row falls considera- bly, so that the stage and the artists’ dressing-room will in all cases have windows above ground. The worksin connection with the underground railway have not yet progressed, but the plans show that there will be en- trances therefrom to the theatre, THE PLAN O¥ THE HOUSE shows a large vestibule in front, 100 feet in’ length. From this, on a level, are the entrances to the stalls. On either side, in the pavilions, are circular marble staircases, each leading to the grand tier, while the pit boxes Uer is approached on either side by separate staircases, The auditorium will contain 500 stalls. The rand tier and will be on a level with the corridor, ‘he foyer will be lofty, and the suit of rooms provided for refreshment and promenade will challenge compari- son with anything of the kind in this country, There is no indication given of the precise character of the decoration of the interior of the house, as the drawings of this part are not very forward.’ The ceiling and spaces springing from the main wall, however, will give great opportunity for the skill of the scenic artist, und the system of lighting proposed 1s, we are informed, to be so arranged above the audience that thorough ventilation will be attuned. ‘The stage and its general arrangements would appear to have had careful con- sideration. The wants and comforts of the artists have also been especially cared for, while provision for the production of 6 has been made on an ample scale, THE CEREMONY. ‘The company began to arrive at one o'clock, and in a short time quite a throng of spectators had assembled around the spot. Punctually at half-past one Mille. Tiet- jens arrived, accompanied by her niece, Mile. Krolls, ‘and under the escort of Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. Maple- son, Mr. Fowler, the architect, and several others. The party along the wooden platform and descended the handsomely carpeted staircase which led down to the foundation of concrete upon which the “brick” was to rest. On reaching the bottom of the stairs Mile, Tietjens, as*she leaned upon the arm of Mr. Fowler, was presented with an elaborately engraved shaver trowel by Mr. Webster, the contractor. The trowel bore the iuscription:—‘National Opera House. The first brick of this building was laid by Mile, Tictjens on the 7th September, 1875. J. H. Mapleson, proprietor; F, H. Fowler, architect; William Web: sier, contractor,” The fair singer was then con- ducted to the spot on which @ thin, smooth layer of white mortar bud been spread upon the concrete, The foreman of the masons placed a brick in the midst of the snow white surface. Mlle, Tietjens then laid the first brick, her hands encased in delicately colored gloves, and demanded that the plumb liue should be used to ascertain that the work had been properly done, The second, third and fourth bricks were laid by Mr. Fowler, Mr. Mapleson and Lord Alfred Paget respectively, and, after three hearty cheers had been given for Mile. Tietjens, the company adjourned to Mr. Mapleson’s chambers, where luncheon had been pro- vided. A few toasts were then proposed and a few speeches made, all strictly applicable to the business of the day. Mr. Fowler briefly proposed the health of Mile. Tieijens, who bad honored the undertaking by presiding at its tnitial ceremony. The speaker, alter an eloquent compliment to the singing and acting of Mile. Tietjens, who, he said, was justly entitled “the Queen of Song,” concluded by wishing her every hap- piness und success on her approaching Atlantic voyage, the result of which would be to give Brother Jonathan the opportunity of hearing the first dramatic singer in the world. They were all, he said, living in hopes that before many months had elapsed they would hear Mile, Tietjens’ melodious notes ringing through the new Opera House, It is hardly necessary tw add that this toast was enthusiastically responded. to, and that a neral anxiety was evinced to hear @ few words from le, Tietjons in acknowledgment, THK GREAT CANTRATRICE, however, deputed Lord Alfred Paget to reply, who made afew brief but pertinent observations. He ro. ferred to the difficulties by which this great undertak- ing had been obstructed, difficulties which bad been much enbanced by the fact that in this country theatri- cal enterprise need not look for any government sub- vention, but must depend entirely on private enter- prise, and therefore it was that Mr, Mapleson was en- titled to every encouragement in his hagardous and costly speculation, — Of course the future of the new Opera House was heralded by the usual prognostics of failure, but he bad every coniidence that by the time he (Lord Alfred) had returned from India the buiiding would have been erected in accordance with Mr. Fowler's beautitul design. His lordship again rowe to propose the health of Mr. Mapleson, a toast which was received with untversal applause and gave to Mr. Mapleson the opportunity of saying a fow words respecting the business which bad caused them to assemble there that day. They had just seen, he said, the first brick of the National Opera House laid by Mila Tietjens, but he hoped, before many months had elapsed, to see the “first stone” laid by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, (Loud cheers.) Some difficulty had arisen in bringing matters to their present promising position, and Colonel Beresford and afew others had oppoxed them tooth and nail. Resistance had, however, been conducted in # determined and straightforward manner, and vow they cared nothing for Colonel Berestord vor for any one else. So enor- mous had been the difficulties with which they had been met at the outset of their undertaking that he had feared it would take two or three years to bring U in sight of port; but, thanks to Mr. Webster, their co: tor, with whom a difficulty was a thing to be over- come—(cheers}—he believed that he should be able to open the National Opera House next season, (Loud cheers.) With that view he had made engagements of the most comprehensive charucter—in fact, exceeding by thousands of pounds in responsibility the engaye- ments of former seasons, It was his intention that the new building should remain open throughout the year; and that whilst the lion's share of the time was given to Italian opera three or four months should be re- served for English opera, English singers and English composers, Neither would the more strictly speakin, dramatic art be forgotten, for the promotion of whic he had secured the co-operation of Mr. Calvert, of Man- chester, whose suecess in that department was known and acknowledged all over the world, and he hoped to obtain the assistance of the first artists in every branch of the dramatic profession. Negotiations had ‘been en- tered for Cringing the Royal Academy of Music under the roof of the National Opera neither had the Training Sehool of Music been entirely oft out of his scheme. He hoped to establish a conser- vatoire de ballet under a competent taster, and thus, without any State subvention, he expected to be able to give the country ‘aly national school of operatic and dramatic art, Mr. Mapleson resumed his seat amid ‘and, after sume briet further enjoyment of iy. the company separated, fouse; and | THE INSURANCE CONVENTION, 4 REPRESENTATIVE FROM INDIANA MAKES A FIERCE ATTACK ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF LIVE INSURANCE—STARTLING FACTS FOR THE PUBLIC, The Convention of Insurance Commissioners and Superintendents continued in session yesterday at No. 156 Broadway, Mr. Chapman presiding and Mr. Pills- bury secretary, Mr. Joel M. Spencer, of Rhode Island, and Mr, A. R. Magill, of Minnesota, were intro- duced. The Chairman announced as the Committee on Taxation, Deposits and Vees, Messrs, Forster, Spencer, MoGill, Welsh and Nye. ‘The business of the day was tho delivery of ad- dresses, the first of which was given by Mr. Finch, of Indiana, in support of bis resolution that there is a necessity for legislation for the protection of life policy- holders, Mr, Finch’s address fell upon the Convention like @ bombsnell, but he was heard courteously throughout The following were the salient points:— MR. VINCH'S RXPOSITION, ‘The contract for life insurance is the most one-sided known in business. It 18 framed by the best skill one side can engage so as to give immunity to the one and hold the other with the utmost strictness, The agents and solicitors on one side, who present and urge the contract, have the opportunity to know all the parts of the contract, and are skilled in presenting everythin, plausibly; the other is a stranger to it In every part, an can know nothing of {t more than what the agent or solicitor says, In the continuance of the contract the convenience, discretion and judgment of one side only is consulted. If the other does not like anything done, or from any cause is unable to continue paying as he began, he can quit, but in quitting he 1s liable to lose everything he has paid, and at best is only able to se- cure what is granted in the sole, uncontrolled and supreme will of the one side, After the policy has ma- tured by the death of the one on whove life it was issued the beneficiary has been met by more unjust, more inequitable, more discreditable and more unex- pected defences than can be found in any or all other classes of contracts. How exactly true these statements are may be judged by an examination of the policy, the practices and the defences of life insurance companies. Of the policy it is suflicient to say that it is framed by the best skill that the companies can engage, The con- stant effort is to restrict the policy-holder in every pos- sible way, and leave every possible escape to the com- pany. The policy binds the holder as with a chain of riveted steel; it binds the company as with a rope of sand. With’one striking exception the work of the draughtsman of the policy {s perfect, though but a few companies can complain that they are under the excep- tion, ‘The policy has usually said that 1t would be void and all payments on it forfeited if the one on whose life it is issued shall die by his own hand. The courts have begun to hold that this only Applies when the policy-holder dies voluntarily by his own hand in the possession of his mental faculties, To meet this the draughtsman added that if he die by his own hand, sane or insane, the policy should be void and all toy Se gh under it forfeited to the company. The naked injustice of this, considering the fact that mental dis- order is liable to fall upon auy one, and that the attempt to commit suicide is the most usual symptom of mental disorder, excited such unfavorable criticism that the draughtsmen of several campanies added this clause ;— “In case he shall die by his own hand while insane the amount to be paid by the company on this policy sball be the amount of the premiums actually reon, with interest.’ Here the draughtsman clumsily failed. He has s0 far failed to discourage suicide that to a large number of the policy-holders of the compan: he has offered a premium on _ suicide, Life companies must do business on the theo that from a majority of policy-holders they will receive more than they return. It would, therefore, be @ greater advantage to the holder of the'policy in very many jnstanges if the premium and interest were re- turned than’ if the sum named in the policy was paid, If men will commit suicide to give the sum to their families due by the ordinary terms of the policy at death, will they not much more be led to commit suicide if they can thus secure to their families a larger sum than if death came to them naturally ? This bung- Jing clause thus thwarts the purpose of i, But in all other regards tho policy 1s a perfect piece of work, con- sidering simply the interests of the company. — It is as one-sided and unfair in what it omits W say as in its usual expression. It is silent, for instance, as to the payment of dividends; or if dividends are men- tioned, it is simple mention; the method of calculating or the manner of paying is never expressed. ‘The sur- plus is only mentioned to say that it is confiscated, should the policy on any account be forfeited. ‘There is the element of uucertainty in the policy, in this and many other respects, which cannot be found in a con- tract where the interests of each party to it have been equally consulted. Of the practices of the companies in their dealings with their policyshol ters much might be said to show the absolute unfairness of the contract, It will be suiflicient to note a few points in which the companies have every advantage of the policy-holder, To begin with, the contract is only made when pre- sented and urged by the companies through agents and solicitors, It is never applied for. The applicant is so culled on the principle that the speaker otga delibera- tuve assembly is so called. The one was never known to apply, and the other in his position is forbidden by law to speak. The company se! its agents, and the agents select the solicitors At best they are sharp, determined and not over-scrupulous men, ready to: make almost any representation con- cerning the policy or a rival company. Ai worst—and the great majority so appear—they ure men who have failed in one or many other occupations, The occupa- tion of canvassing agent or solicitor is so unpleasant that no man of ordinary feeling will go into it if any- thing else can be done. Having failed in all other un- dertakings, and Having now no choice, he enters this service for the reason that he can do nothing else. This requires neither character, experience nor adaptation. It is as easy to make such an engagement as to be- come a book canvasser. He is thus driven into the field by hard necessity, having perhaps neither special fitness, special willingness, nor any spe- cial requirement to recommend him. ‘It is enough to know that he must do this or nothing, and must do this so as to secure business or he will be paid nothing. He is paid according to his success. There is no reason to expect from a man so situated a high degree of care- fulness in explaining the contract he is offering. It is rather to be expected he will present it in whatever light will induce the other toaccept it, It is unfair to a man to send such an agent or solicitor to him. He has every inducement 4 mau may have toact unfairly. He has hot only every inducement, but he has every facil- ity for unfair dealing. The one he approaches knows nothing, caunot- know anything, of the contract oltered, for it is situply described. It is never exhib- ited. He may use every art he has, may give his prac- ticed imagination untratnmelied play, and the other can- not tell if he be speaking truth or tiction—he can only tions of agents, which they have no reason to expect will be continued by a second payment. 2. Life insurance companies thould be held to make good the promises and representations of their agents and solicitors concerning the policy and practice of the company, In all other contracts men and corpora tions are held to make good the promises and represeu- tations they or their agents make in selling by sample, or in contracting where the other party has no oppor: tunity to inform himself of the truth of what is said. Where one has the right to, and of necessity must, rely on what is said by another, the law compels that other to make his promises and representations good. It this law was the law also governing life insurance contracts gen would be compelled to use care ip the selection of agents and solicitors. They would no longer afford a refuge to the class that has made the very calling of life insurance solicitor a re- roach, They would select agents and solicitors as ks select cashiers and tellers, and if those they select should prove unfaithful they would bear the losa as the banks do. If companies will not use such care the law should not permit them to throw the burden of losses on the policy-bolder. And in all cases notice to the agents should be notice to the lowe a9 , and the prin. ciple of estoppel should apply accordingly, 3, The principle of caveat emptor should be applied to the insurance companica, pon this principle all other contracts are made, It is applied in all its vigor by the company to the polley-balder let it be applied equally to the companies. 1 the purchaser beware, says the law; let life insurance companies do likewise, By their agent or solicitor they select the applicant aud by their medical expert examine him, T him With searching questions and make the fullest in- vestigations, If they accept him as a risk after thia unless he commits a fraud on theagent or the examiner, they should pay when he dies, 4 There should be no defence permitted for any mis statement in the application after five annual payment whether it be made fraudalently or not. A fraud thi cannot be discovered in such a case in five years cannot be very damaging. If # policy-holder commits suicide while sane the policy should be void, and all premiums received by the company with accrued interest should be refunded, but no more should be refunded than the principal sum named in the policy and the accumula tions thereon. 6. Ifa company defends against a payment and judg- ment is adverse to it the judgment should be for the principal sum named jn the policy and the accumula tions thereon and ten percent interest on the total sum from the time payment was demanded, The judg- ment should also include the attorney's fees of the plaintiff and all expenses incurred in making the de- fence, Life insurance companies should be under the same restraint that tho law imposes upon railroads, ex- press companies, all common carriers, telegraph com- panies, hotels and all public institutions. None of these ‘are permitted to make the contract what they ‘wish 1t to be for their own safety. No one of them may provide against the consequences to it of the careless- ness of its agents; nor should lite insurance companies have greater liberty, ‘The resolution was referred to the Committee on rely on What is suid. But tho hardest feature of the bargaining is that there is nowhere any responsibility fur what the solicitor says. He is not himself personally responsible, the general agent who ‘appoints him is not responsible, and the company would scout at the suggestion that it was responsible for what its itinerating solicitors may say concerning its policies. Hard as this secms there is perbaps a yet. harder tea- 'y syllable that the one who signs an appli- concerning himself, whether it be material or immaterial, affecting him as a risk favorably or un- favorably, inust be strictly true or the policy will be void. Though the questions put to him are strange and call for information he has not always in mind, though tho yoluble agent and the pliant examiner treat the application as a bare formality, still if it vary a line from the fact the policy and all payments made are forfeited, And so the solicitor, having no restraint upon him, cither morally’ or legally; hav- ing no responsibility, either to the appli- cant or the company he resents; being driven by his necessities imto this the only business open to him, and being paid only as he is successful in securing applications to be signed, goes into the field of life insurance, having nothing to’ lose and a living to gain, Of the practice of the companies im every suc- ceeding step little better showing can be made. The company is all the tune supreme—tar above questionin or examination. Itsits in a shadow of mystery and speaks in technical phrases, and the policy-holder will vail attempt to penetrate the mystery or comprehend the abstruse spec When the policy is forteited or lapses from any cause the holder receives what the company graciously will give. Such concession. it is always treated by the company us & concession—ts not subject to supervision, The forbidding mantle of mystery covers the calculation of @ surrender value or the amount to be given as a paid-up policy, as it covers every act of the company in it palatial retreat. The terms of the policy are so strict that if the holder should not be satistied he has no appeal and no redress, An act of grace must not be dictated nor questioned, He cannot ask acourt to give him his rights, for he has no other rights under the policy. Here aguin 1s an uncertainty that has no analogy in any contract drawn in the mutual interest of the parties to it. When the holder of the policy dies the beneficiary is required, not so mnuch to prove the death as to prove itin a par- Heular way, The forms must be followed, or the proot will be rejected or suspended, In these forms neither the safety nor the convenience of the beneticiary is consulted. The result of this particularity is not often more than annoying, but in cases it has been ex. tremely aunoyin The effect of such manage- ment of life insurance is apparent im the wide- spread dissatisfaction and uneasiness of policy- Lolders and in the distrust and fear of the public, Policies are issued with greater dificul: ‘and at greater expense every year; aud, notwithstand- ing the efforts made to maintain the business at its pre- vious position, it is falling bebind, In the yeur 1874 144,783 policies were issued, but 152,555 were termi- ated, Of these only 8,65 terminated by death, while 144,000 terminated from other causes. Of all the pol- icies issued so far as record can bo had, nearly ninety- three per cent never came to maturity, and of the nun- Ver issued, nearly seventy por cent terminate every your, In all the rango of business there is noo where investment is sv uncertain, Prot ily money in- vested in lottery tickets has made returns more fre- quently than as money invested im life insurance pol- icies. This disastrous experience, which 18 better known every year, has had, and will forever have, a damaging cffect on the business of life insurance until a remedy ve devired, There can be no doubt of the necessity for some clearly expressed and decisive lezislation to remedy such giar- ing impogitions, It is beyond question that policy- hoiders have not now suflicient protection, — It will be a difficult duty for w legislature, and the duty will be made more difficult by the action of the compant 1 would suggest a law with the following requirements :— 1 All lite policies should be non-fortertable, As, the principal losses huy n from ming one payment and then suffering a forfeiture this -uould apply with the first payment. [1 this was the law companies would not permit agents to urge men into taking poll- cies Who canuot reasonably be expected to continue paying aa penal Thousands of policies are an- nually ise from the undue and unfair representa Legislation. OTHER ADDRESSES. Mr. Rhodes read the draft of a bill for the regulation of forfeiture of life insurance policies, and was followed by Mr. Sheppard Homans, who read a paper deaung ‘principally with life term matters, ‘The next speaker was Mr. James G. Batterson, Presi- dent of the Travellers’ Insurance Company, ot Hart ford, whose address was a reply to Mr. Finch’s charges, Mr, Batterson said that if the allegations presented by Mr, Finch were true tho men in whose hands was in trusted the insurance interest of the country should be behind prison bars, He then combatted and denied all of Mr. Finch’s indictment, and was espectally emphati¢ in declaring that there was no contract known among men that was so clear and explicit as was the contract palin Holaes while mak- between an insurance company and its Mr. Batterson was several times applauded ing his address. r. William Barnes, of New York, next ma remarks, the purport of which was to have the tion consider the epediendy be the formation of partment of statistics ut Washington, In European countries, he said, more attention was paid to this sub- ject than in the United States. A department of statis tics should include all the industries of every State, abo which now people had very little accurate infor- mation. The Convention adjourned to meet to-day at noon, THE AERIAL LADDER CALAMITY, —$—$— CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST—MR. AND MRS, UDA TESTIFY. Another day was spent by Coroner Croker yesterday tn endeavoring to get at the bottom of the cause that led to the breaking of the aerial ladder on the 1dth inst. But two witnesses were examined, and neither of them succeeded in throwing any light upon the matter, True, Mrs, Uda’s testimony will serve to show the pub- lic how a great deal of the city’s money is thrownmaway by Mr. Green in allowing the city to be sued in cases, of the successful contesting of which he cannot possibly have any hope. Mrs. Mary Belle Scott Uda gave her testimony ina remarkably clear and concise manner, evincing a great degree of intelligence and familiarity with business usage. She said:—The aerial ladder was invented by Paolo Porta, and I purchased the rights for the sale of it in the United States and Great Britain; I introduced the ladder in New York in the spring of 1872; experi- ments have not yet been made with the ladder in Lom don, nor has it been condemned or pronounced unsafe there; the first parties I had any conversation with in reference to the introduction of the ladder in New York were the Fire Commissioners, Messrs. Hitchman, Shaler, and another whose name I have forgotten; the; allowed me a detail of men for the purpose of piled menting with the ladder I had imported; Assistant Chief Shay had charge of the men, and id hed been sent for the purpose of examining and testing the ladder, and if found to be of service to report; shi after this a new set of Commissioners wr appointed consisting of Messrs. Perley, Hatch and Van Cott; addressed a letter to these gentlemen, requesting that the aerial ladder might be ’ tes! before them, and received a reply appointing a time and place for the exhibition; the exhibition took place on June 6 in the City Hall Park, all the Commissioners being present; I know Mr. White, but did not know him at that time; I entered into a contract after these exhibi- tions with the Mayor and Commonalty of New York ta use the aerial ladders in the city for the sum of $25,000; this was when Mr, Havemeyer was Mayor; I received the money through my lawyers on a, Judgient against the city; I sold the patent for the ladder to Mr, William B. White, who was then Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners, or, in other words, chief clerk of the Fire Department; I was forced to sell it because of the delays I met with in getting my money from the Comptroller; White paid me $15,000 for the letters patent of the nited States and Great Britain; he paid ‘me in cash; I sued the elty for’ my money, $25,000, on the 12th of September, 1875, but pending the trial of the case I sold to White; judgment was rendered on the 25th of September, thir- teen days after I instituted the suit; the judgment was rendered by default and in my name, and I transferred it to White; I had three ladders of my own, which J sold to Mr’ White for $1,000; there was about $6,00¢ = out of the $25,000 for expenses, and I paid Mr. hite $19,000, Wilham 3B. White was sworn, and said his business was the introduction and sale of the aerial ladder; 1 was chief clerk of the Fire Department about four years, and was dismissed on the 12th of July last tor fuiling to satisfactorily respond to a resolution of the Commissioners in relerence to my purchase of the patent for the aerial ladder; the ladder had been adopted by the Board of Fire ‘Commissioners about a year before I was dismissed; I bought the patent from rs. Scott Uda on the 12th of September, ten months after the adoption by the department of the ladder; I bought the patent for the ladder because 1 deemed it a good thing for the owner, particularly after the city of New York had purchased the right to manu- facture them; I paid for thé ladder with my own money; at the time I bought the patent I knew a suit was pending against the city tor $25,000, but had n@ idea that it would be paid in so shortatimo as it was, the contract for the building of the four ladders, one which was wrecked on the 14th inst., was awarded tq Messrs, Abbott, Downing & Co., of Concord, N. H., who received $1,500 apiece for them, or $6,000 in all the Indders formerly owned by Mrs.'Uda and brought here us samples are mude of white walnut, while the one that broke at the trial last week is made of spruce wood. ‘The inquest will be continued and probably concluded to-day. MEETING OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, The Board of Fire Commissioners held their regular statod meeting yesterday and appointed Samuel Camp- bell, foreman of Engine Company No. 1 to the vacancy caused by the death of the Chief of the Fourth but- talion, William H, Nash, who was killed by the breaking of the aerial ladder. Assistant Foreman George Henderson, of Engine Company No, 16, was promoted to be foreman of Engine No. 19, R. B, Hall, assistant engincer of No, 20, was fined five days’ pay. Kd, Hogan, of Engine No. 39, was fined one day’s pay. James J. Hurley, of Engine Ne. 1, was dismissed from the department, The report of Chief of Battalion Miller, who was or- dered to make # full investigation as to the true cause of the late accident by the patent aerial ladder, pre- sented the same to the Board; but it was deemed pra- dent to withhold the same from the public until the Coroner had concluded his investigation. ys gional THE JERSEY ELECTION FRAUDS. FIGHTING FOR A SEAT IN THE BOARD OF FREE+ HOLDERS, The Hoboken political muddle is about to be solved at last, James Curran, Jr., occupies a seat in the Hud- #on County Board of Freeholders, which is claimed by William Stubr, The frauds by which the latter was deprived of his seat were go patent that two of the per. sous converned in them, one beimg & member of the Common Couneil, now serving in the Penitentiary atSuake Hill, ‘Yesterday morning, in the Circuit Court at Jersey City, Judge Knapp presiding, the case came up on the writ) of quo warranto requiring Currag to show cause why he continues to occupy the seat The ex-Attorney General opened the case for Mr, Stubr, while Messrs. Leon Abbett and Job Lippincott Fs geod for Mr, Ourran. 4 jury was em and case will be comtinued a