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MB. BOBEBT BB0gCTQ'8 HEWPOiaL Wa ehU oblish in our edition of San-day next toe ttrst- part of a new peem by Mr. Eobekt Beowioxo, author of the Ring aud the Book, "Fiflue at the Fair," 44 Balauation's AdTenture, and other works. The new-poem is entitled THE INK AJLB 731," and consists of a very powerful and rigiual storr, which oaanot tail to be read with absorbing interest bj all afksses of our readers. We hare already received the advance sheets by special airance-nent with the and the Urst two dlrisiona of the poem will appear in this Journal on Sunday next.

We must do Mr. Ttldkbi the justice) te acknowledge that he is a better political manager than Jobjt Kkixt. He would, prob-bly nerer. hare committed the blunder of waging war' upon Recorder Hackktt to gratify a personal spite, or of putting up for oiuce some of Twrxx's Judges and Pplice Justices while bosAtlng of Heform." Mr. TiXDKX undoubtedly expected a majority for his State candidates at least equal to that elected him last year, and some of his supporters shrewd men, too -confidently predicted that 'the Democratie majority would go anywhere from 75,000 to It is only 17,000, and course the Tilden management is partially under a cloud.

XeYerthelees, it is worth ho 'while of the Eepublican leaders to In-(uire closely icto the tailing off in tbV Republican Tote in such counties sa St. Lawrence and Suffolk. It ia generally understood that the Governor Las used a great deal of money in this canvass, and probably local causes 4 et dissstis-fsction have combined to assist his efforts. But these causes should be carefully tracked out and made clear to the people. We must guard against them next year.

In order to assist ia gathering up information on this'sabject, we have sent aa experienced correspondent to the chief strongholds of the Bepublieaa Party in the State, with instructions to find out as. far aa possible the true reasons of diasstisfactkin, wherever dissatisfaction may We hold that we cannot begin to prepare' too soon for next year's It would be a fatal blunder- to leave everything to- be done at the last moment. I The Board of Aldermaa share the opinioa of the World that the Tammany esndidatee were defeated last Tuesday because ef the reduction of the wages of the laborers oa the publio works of the City. That representative Alderman PrnutOT, yesterday Introdnced a resolution preamble stataa that the aeoole of the City "bmr declared ia tho most empbstie aad unmistakable terms against tho wisdom of tho redaction of tho laborers' wage by tbs beads of depart-aaeuts. The people of the City have de clared nothing of the kind.

They have imply let it bo understood in the most emphatic and unmistakable terms" that they do not propose to hand over the. rovers men of the City to Johjt Xeij.t, and that they want no more of the agents whom he selects to do his dirty work, whether their sphere of influence bo the Board of Alder- men or elsewhere. Mr. Pcbbot would hsye had a personal application of that decision had the anti-Kelly vote in his district got the same opportunity of expression as it did on the county ticket. It is making a very large draft on public credulity to pretend that1 the 14,500 votes which District Attorney Phelps received this year over the combined vote of Walks and OrTXNDORrxR lest year, were cast by people who disapproved of paying City labor at market rates.

There were 4,664 people who voted for Mayor last year who did not vote at all for the County ticket of this year. A certain proportion of them may have been City laborers who would not vote for Kellt's nominees, in spite of his declared opposition to the reduction of their wages, and whom the terror of the Tammany Hall spy system prevented from voting for the opposition candidates. But It is simply monstrous to pretend that the whole 20,000 votes which Wick ham polled in 1875, and which Olstxt failed to receive in 1876, represent people who are in favor of conducting the business of the City on conununistfb principles. More than half the Bepublicsn and Anti-Tammany gain of the year hae been obtained above Fourteenth street. The average gain all over the City is about twenty-five per and when we find that average maintained in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Wards, while among the dense laboring population of the Tenth Ward the gain falls to three- fourths per it is easy enough to appreciate how gross is the misrepresentation which claims that the decision of the sov ereign people is on the side of robbing one portion of the community to fay an other.

Canal reports were the commonest feature of daily life just before election let us hope that Oov. Tildes has not been so exhausted by his recent labors in this City as to render him unable to pursue his reforms. He will still have the Canal Board under his entire control, and the Bepublicans in the State Legislature will undoubtedly support him in every attempt to bring the guilty contractors to the punishment which they deserve. We are told by the Democratic organs that the wicked canal thieves of Datchess County have gone back on the Governor, bat that ought not to discourage him. If canal reform is anything better than an electioneering sham, we ought soon to see some of the canal bosses put out of the way of doing further harm.

A melancholy story, told by the survivors of tba wrecked brig Helen G. Eiek in our columns fb-dsy, would furnish a plot for a sensation novel, far stranger than any which might be conjured up by the imagination. It seems that after this brig was cast away on a sand key, off the coast of Cuba, some of the people from the wreck saw signs of human occupation on an islet not far away. Bowing to' this, they found the hull of a large iron vessel which had been cast on this lonely shore, and, near by, in various positions, were the remains of four men the only survivors of the crew. These had apparently been starved to death.

They left no sign of their nation ality or origin. It was only evident that a large Vessel had been wrecked on this key about a year ago, and that the crew, after eons trading a rude shelter from the weather, had died of starvation. So far aa we know, they have not been missed. The wreck is not yet identified as the relio of any vessel whose fate has heretofore been unknown. The simple story of the wrecked men who found this dreadfnl memorial is all that there is to guide conjecture to the terrible fate of a snip's erew.

Malacca is a British territory, one of the so-called Straits Settlements on the west side of the Malay peninsula. The that the natives have risen and killed tho British Resident would possess little importance to the rest of the world, if it were not for the fact that a considerable trade in straits tin," rattan, and other commercial products is carried on between that region and the United States. A civil war there la sure to make itself felt in the markets of the world. Tho issue of such a contest will bo one which will leave the Malaya more than ever in the' hands of the British Government; for the Vengeance of Great Britain will not only be swift but most complete. Binds Rajah Brooks subjugated Sarawak, all foreigners are regarded with suspicion, and the present revolt is probably the outburst of a feeling of hostility which has long been suppressed.

Official returns of the State election in Massachusetts show some curious results. The total rote of the State for Governor, in 1875, was 172,240, of which Hick had 83,225. Gastox had 78,246, and Bakkb, the Prohibition candidate, had 865. Mr. Adams, supported by the Springfield Republican, had 1,774 votes, aad WsuaEX Philups had 30, both of which may be regarded aa compliments without special meaning.

In 1874, the total Gubernatorial vote was 185,990, showing a considerable decrease for 1875. But in this decrease the Democrats were most largely interested. Their vote in 1875 is 18,130 less than it was in the previous year, while the Bepublicans have lost only 6,119 oa last year's vote. As it is, Rick's plurality over Gastojt is 4973. The scattering vote by which wo mean all that east for candidates other than Bicb or Gastoit is much larger than it was last year; but the Republican candidate baa aneeeeded ia making a decided inroad upon the accidental Demo-oatie majority of 1874.

By the wreck of the ateam-ehip Padjic, plying between San Francisco, Victoria, B. aad Portland, Oregon, about one hundred aad sixty lives have been lost. Tho details of this disaster are few, aa the sole survivor of these oa board, after Boating est a traemeat of tho wreck for ly: three days, was too far reduced when rescued to be able to give any intelligible account of the sad affair. It is likely, however, that tho ship foundered at sea. She was an old veeatl, a side-wheel steamer -of about nine hundred tons burden, and had been in active service on the coast for many years.

The coast between San Fran cisco and British Columbia is fall of dangers, as it is rocky and not well buoved and lighted. This falsi wreck will recallto many of our readers the loss of the Brother Jonathan, some ten years since, when Gen. Weight and many well-known citi zens were drowned nesr the place where the Pacific was probably lost. HEXT TEAK'S TAXES. The provisional estimates for 1876 have been submitted to the Board of Aldermen, accompanied by a series of explanations, which explain nothing.

They simply reiterate in a number of clumsily-varied phrases the statement that the Board of Apportionment thinks this or tho other appropriation sufficient for the purpose which it -is to be devoted. It would have been rather more perti nent had the board attempted to explain why certain departments have been compelled to submit to a reduction on their ex penditures of this year, while others are to be allowed to exceed them. The unreflect ing tax -payer may derive some consolation from the statement that the Depsrtment of Publio Works has been voted by the Board of Apportionment 1719,500 less than it asked for. But when it is discovered that this most wasteful snd corrupt of City departments gets $54,000 more" than it got for the current year, there is obviously very little ground for satisfaction left. After all the "explanations" of the Board of Apportionment, the fact, unfortunately, remains that the estimates for 1876 will call for a higher rate of taxation than did the estimates for 1S75.

This, too, in spite of a saving of three-quarters of a million on State taxes and of another three-quarters on the payment for the Fourth Avenue Improvement. It need hardly be stated that the ability of the holders of real and personal estate in this City to pay taxes is not on the increase, and that the. state of the times requires tbe enforcement of a very decided system of economy in City ex penditures. There is very little chance of the Board of Aldermen originating any suggestion in this matter which will be of the slightest value. As their custom has been, they will probably decrease the appropriations of the departments from which they have nothing to expect in the shape, of patronage, and increase those of the Department of Public Works, whose labor tickets form part of the spoils of office and political prominence.

As usual, also, the Board of Apportionment will probably pay no attention to the recommendations of the Board of Aldermen, and the end of December will find us in possession of substantially the same budget as that which has just been completed. The remedy for extravagant expenditures and the consequent high taxes must be found in the Legislature. The time has come when a general reduction should be effected in the salaries of the official staff of the City, from the Mayor, downward. A reduction of from ten to twenty per cent, could be effected on the salary of every, officer which is fixed by law, with perceptible advantage to the tax-payers, and without the slightest detriment to the public service. The incomes of nine-tenths of the people of this City have certainly shrunk from ten to twenty per cent, since 1873, and there is no reason why the remuneration of public servants should not follow the general ml e.

Tbe reduction of the salaries of departmental subordinates should be left with the head 'of the department. No uniform rule could be established by legislation to meet their case, and it might become impossible to obtain the services of competent men for special positions by applying a general percentage of reduction. A clean sweep should be made of all special legislation under which the superfluous crowd ot court attendants are allowed to feed at the public crib. Some authority should have power to strictly limit the number of clerks, doorkeepers, dvc, who do so much to swell tho cost of the Judiciary Department of the City. By way of relieving us from the interminable squabbles over the wages of City laborers, the City should be prevented from carrying out under its own superintendence any publio works which can possibly be done by contract.

The increase of the Municipal debt must be peremptorily and finally checked, mnd any legislation which accomplishes that will also go far to settle the labos question. When' the premature and wastefully-conducted work on up-town boulevards is stopped, the influence of the boulevard laborer will cease to be a disturbing element in local politics, and the bonds out of whose proceeds he is paid will cease to swell, month after month, the xoonstrons aggregate of the City debt. Legislation of the character ind icated cannot be introduced too early in the session. The expenses of the City will ooutinue to run on at the rate established by the Board of Apportionment from the hegiunitg of the year. The sooner the Legislature comes to the relief of the tax-payers tbe more appreciable will be the earing on the taxation of next year.

A HIXT TO COXGEESSMEX. It is interesting to notice the generous unanimity with which the late Congressman Jesckzb is eulogised" as a useful legislator." Of course, we mast expect to hesr almost unalloyed praise of a man whose death has removed him out of the sharp competition of publio life. But it is quite likely that during his lifetime Mr. Jemckes' political opponents would have united with his friends in conceding to him the possession of the traits which now seem to have been conspicuous in him. So many men, nowadays, manage to get into place, and to hold place.

by the exercise of merely showy qualities, that it ia encouraging to find, now and then, aa instance tn which unpractical busi- man is acknowledged to have been a soul tea fal legislator. More, than this, Mr. Jenckbs baa been very justly compared to another eminently practical Congressman tho lata William Pitt FrssrxDXX in his disregard of all the arts of popularity. Like. the famous Maine Senator, the Rhode Island Coogreasmaa was almost rude ia his con tempt of publio' opinion when it was op posed to his own judgment.

How different this was from the course of conduct usually adopted by public men it is not necessary to point out here. A great majority ot the men in Congress and State Legislatures seem to think that it is necessary that they should address themselves directly to their constituents, and continually appeal to from their place in the Capitol. The men who talk "for Bunkum," and work for the same admiring constituency, are very numerous. Multitudes of votes are cast in Congress, at each session, against the convictions of Senators and Representatives, for the sake of gaining popular favor. And not a few deserving measures have been lost in Congress, or have tardily secured a final passage, because a majority of Congress men were doubtful about their popularity at home.

On one occasion a much-praised Representative, who had favored in tbe House a relorm bill, which, if enacted, would have cut off members' perquisites, rushed over to the Senate and besought Mr. Fes- bendex's aid in preventing any further ac tion on tbe measure. He explained to the Senator that so many men in the House had voted for the bill (to secure the applause of the country) that it had actually been passed by mistake. Tbe Senator grimly said to the Representative, My dear when you are as old as I am you will learn that a national reputation cannot be made on fourpence-ha'penny votes like that." But Fessexdex was not the man to bid for a national reputation," even if it could have been made for him by such dishonest means. As the business of legislation is now conducted, the real work of a Congressional session is done in the committee-rooms.

Tbe open session is mainly devoted to tbe grinding which gives a formal finish to what has elsewhere Iteen practically accomplished. Tbe cogent argument and clear analysis are required in the committee, not in the House. It is true that some of the speech-making on the floor of House or Senate is useful in informing the country possibly it has influence in shaping public opinion. But, for the most part, tbe speeches which load the columns of tbe printed record of Congress have no purpose bat that of making political capital for the orators. The smart, showy talkers, who can spin fine words, false sentiment, and cheap rhetoric, may command the ear of the people.

It is by no means certain that their reputation is worth much, however, and it is clear-that a fame secured iu this way does not last long. And looking over the rolls of successive sessions of Congress, it is encouraging to find that the men who have contented themselves with faithful and business-like application to Congressional duty have been approved at 'home. It is not true that a Congressman must practice the arts of a demagogue in order to keep his seat. Nor is it true that the Congressman who is eternally chasing after appropriations for his dcestrict" is sure of an abiding hold on tbe good will of his constituents. Here are two men, at least, FbsSENDen and Jenckes, who were not of the "magnetic" sort of statesmen, nor of the oily variety of politicians, but who, nevertheless, had the implicit confidence of the people, and were often returned to Congress.

The fact is that people do not always wait until a man is dead to ask the question, What has he done Speech-making does not answer that question. No amount of sentimental patriotism will satisfy the voter of to-dav. What is wanted in Congress, and in Legislatures generally, is the business legislator. We may lament the decline of oratory, but when wo are obliged to note the decay ot business ability in the law-making of the country, we shall have a more serious loss to contemplate. To the average Congressman, it doubtless seems discouraging and unpromising to be confined to the dull details of committee work and the routine of legislation.

Bat there are many examples of the highest success being achieved in this direction. Not a few men, going straightforward with tbe duties of Senator or Representative, without anxiety for applause at home," have found themselves strong 'where their strength ought to lie with their constituents. THE STATE OP EASTERN EUROPE. It has, no doubt, been a matter of surprise to onr readers that the insurrection on the frontiers of Europe of the Christians aeainst the" infidel," the Sclaves against the Turk, has not drawn into it some of the neighboring powers, great or small. Servia has an equal hatred with Herzegovina of the Ottoman rulers, and a profound sympathy, with the unhappy rayahs of that country.

Her people are singularly warlike and quarrelsome, and if the independence of the Christian subjects of the Porte should at length be obtained, the first gain would be to Ser via, in securing a new ally, if not a confederate, under one government, against their common and detested enemy. Should Herzegovina succeed, either by arms or by the intervention of the European powers, one of the natural and long-expected results would be a confederacy of the Principalities and outlying States on tho borders of Europe a future barrier against toth Turkey and Prussia. Of this union Sclavonic and other Christian races, the Servians would be the natural leaders. But Servia, though boiling over with excitement, remains quiet and both Prince and Parliament1 express themselves in the most cautious and discreet manner as to the struggle and the duty of their country in the matter. Again, Austria has a very direct and im portant interest in the insurrection.

Millions of her people are Sclavee, and sympathize profoundly in this war with the Crescent. She has only to imitate "our course in the war between Mexico and Texas, and allow individuals and parties to cross the frontier, and arms and provisions to be sent, in aid of the insurgents, and it would not; be many niontha before tho last of the hated Turkish agas and tax-gatherers, along with the soldiers, would be driv en out of the Province, and Herzegovina be come a district or eomilat of Hungary. 'All this too might bo accomplished, possibly, without an open war with Turkey. The Sclavonians of Hungary would be profound ly grateful to the Imperial Cabinet for such a policy, and become its firm supporters. The bitter oppression of their co-religionists or of their fellow-Sclavoniabs, would then at lenxth be ended, and Austro-Hunga- ry bsoome their patron snd defender.

But so for from the Imperial Government in dining in this direction, Count Asdbasst has recently in a public address pledged the Government to avoid all mingling in this struggle, and by all means to preserve peace, the Hungarian Parliament applauding with ardor these pacific expressions. Russia, it might be thought, would take tbe profoundest interest in this outbreak. Every tale of insult by Paganism to the churches, shrines, aud images of the Greek Church, must arouse a'thnll of horror among the superstitious and devout Russian peasantry. Every fresh instance of oppression by Turkish tax-gatherers on Christian peasants, every injustice inflicted by arbitrary Pashas and corrupt Judges on the unhappy rayahs, must pass from mouth to month from the Danube to the Vistula, among that peasantry who feel the tiea of common faith, and pre pare for that deep explosion of wrath among the Sclavonians which is yet to utterly shatter the Turkish power in Europe. It would need but a gesture from the father of the race to set in motion a force which would utterly sweep the Turks back to the Dardanelles; and even out of Constantinople itself.

But no sign is made bv the Czar. 'On the contrary, his movements are all pacific. It is ap parent that Russia, Austria, and Germany are ia accord on tbe Turkish question Aud that agreement, at least, does not tend to any participation in the strife. What is the meaning of this- remarkable pacific policy by all the powers neighboring to the ter ritory of Turkey and her rebellions prov inces The great reason is, of course, obvious their fear of one another, and the necessity they all feel of not disturbing the balance of power. The materials beneath the surface now in Europe are too explosive to permit any power to light the torch of war, even in a struggle with the most contemptible A war with Turkey waged by Russia or Austria might bring all Europe into it, and chauge many of its political divisions.

Moreover, the dreaded race question" comes in. Austria has trouble' enough now with the Sclavonians in her limits. She would scarcely desire to increase their numbers or their representatives in her Parliament, The new union is a balance between Austria and Hungary. A new province might unsettle it and create new complications. Moreover, she is poor and tax-laden.

Her only reasonable policy is peace. The insurrection must lead to reform. It may lead to banishing Turkey from Europe, but it can hardly create a great war. INFANT PRODIGIES. Every one applauds the rescue of the poor little trapeze slave, "Prince Leo." Mr.

Bebgh, who has devoted his life to works of humanity, has never done a better service tha a on this occasion. Prince Leo," it appears, is only seven years old, but he has been made to perform nightly in' a variety show" in this City feats that are dangerous even when undertaken by a man of iron nerves and trained muscle. The man who held him in bondage treated him with brutal cruelty, aud kept him in tbe densest ignorance. His childish frame has been warped and irreparably injured by the un natural strain to which it has been sub jected, and his life has been in constant danger, not merely from the hazardous feats which he performed iu public, but from the blows and kicks which formed his master's svsteui ot teaching. Even the audience which was witnessing the child's performance on Saturday night applauded the officers who interrupted it by marching both master and slave to tbe station-house and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children won a new title to the gratitude of all decent people by rescuing the miserable little Priuce" from his cruel slavery.

The action of the society in this instance ought to be only the beginning of a systematic effort to break -up the demoralizing business of exhibiting infant prodigies on tbe stage. The children who ride on the bicycle, or who are made to mimic the contortions of the adult acrobats, or who risk their lives on the tight rope and the trapeze, are proper subjects for the protection of the society, although they may not be actually beaten or kicked. To induce a child to undertake muscular feats that must inevitably be injurious to its fragile frame and unde veloped muscles, is unquestionably, an act of cruelty which should never be permitted in any Christian community. Still more deserving of reprobation is the practice of teaching children of tender ace to pub licly sing the songs and mimic the manners of concert-hall singers. Of late years this has become one of the usual attractions at the lower class of variety theatres.

A sad der spectacle can hardly be imagined than that of a little girl of five or six years old singing, with luring looks and immodest gestures, the idiotic coinio songs which de pend for their popularity solely upon their expressed or suggested indecency. It is creditable to human nature that while audiences applaud these performances, it is mainly in order to express their sympathy for the miserable little creatures who are thus made to blaspheme the innocence of childhood. That the performance itself is unpleasant, even to tbe roughest audience, can be readily learned from the comments made by the spectators. There ought to be a law forbidding the exhibition of infant prodigies. The place for babies after 8 o'clock at night, is bed.

However unobjectionable maybe the nature of the public performance which they are made to give, the mere fact that it requires their presence in tbe foul air, and amid the unwholesome associations of a theatre during the hours when they ought to be asleep, is enough to utterly condemn it. The society that has rescued Prince Leo," may count upon the warm support of the community if it will continue its work until the last of the infant prodigies is rescued from the stage. If additional legislation is needed, it can probably be obtained without difficulty. Even without it, the law under which the rescue of the little trapeze slave was effected will doubtless enable the society to render the exhibition ot babies on the stage a hazardous, and therefore unprofitable, business. xax uockisa tallst strike.

Colujsbcs, Ohio, Nov. 8. The corUi inert' atrtke ia Hocklaje Valley eontriwiea. Tbe operator, wh last week accaeded te tba daiminl uf the Blasts, aa witbUrawa bis acreenteat becaaaetber operators reinse tbe advaaes to sixty easts per tea. Tba ailaara at tbe Toaaet Ottawa.

Perry Ceoair, wbe bare been said atstr-tws, cent, are ea a strike tat sixty-aicbt seats. Trrs coal trains aa the if oo3 lag Valley road bay beea withdrawn. AMUSEMEXTS, castx" at Wallace's thkatrx. The peformaace ef Caste" oBered at Wai-jtck's IbeaUe last evaema way fairly be sceeuBted as one cf the very beat repreeentatioas erer giveo ia that booae. Abeolately nothing: wa wastiar.

te symmetry, aad tbe reodennc of Robertson' comedy profliesaed with aaintempted ameothaeee from the ODeaine? scene onto the-dnoaeoient. "Caste" baa beea acted very often in this City, aad It ha oftea beea plared exceedingly well. Wa do aot think. however, that it baa beea interpreted with equal excellence ef ensemble, and with aa lArge an exhibition of- individual talent oa tbe part of the actors on any previous occasion Certain it ia that the piece never elicited more apidaase or heartier merriment than last nixbt, acd a record ef tbia tact ta moet to tba point. sir.

Honey, who made his first appearance ia Xew-Tork aa Steles, promptly atepped into tba good (races of tha pnblic. Air, Honey, who waa in England the origi nal representative of tbe character. 1 yeeterday to atroggle against tbe recollections left bv Mr. Stoddart's personation of the urn, individ-nal. We nave no hesitation la aayinK that wa much prefer tbe new cooler's performance.

It revealed, indeed, bo novel aspect ot the almost traditional inebriate, but it waa devoid of much of tbe exugjceration with which ilr. Stoddart's work ia habitually tinged, aad it very rarely indeed only in one or two little inatancee toward tbe end of the eomedv overstepped tbe limit of art and betrayed anything approaching- el -consciousness or a desire for effect. Air- Alontagoe pictured George D'Alroy with all tbe charm with which this highly-sympathetic gentleman ia wont to endow personages of tbta eemi-rotnantie order, and he went farther than this, even, for he' dealt with the rigorous paaaagea of tha piece with firmness and dignity ha baa aeldom bad as opportunity to Mr. Stevenaon al3 a new-comer a applied a capital sketch of Ilawtree, marked, aa waa Mr. Honay'a Cedes, by aa entire absence ef affectation.

And Mr. Holland acted pleasantly and carefully aa Sam Gerridgs. The ladies concerned in the representation were Misses Dyaa and Germon and Mme. on Lai. Miss Dyaa haa unquestionAbly had more trying tasks to contend with than tbe role of Esther imposes, and hence it may not bo quite ftir to the Isdr to set down thia achievement as her most aucceasfnl.

It ia bard to realize, however, that Either eould be better played, and the part surely haa never had a more touching or more powerful interpreter ia Sv York Miss Dvas aporoved herself Uuit night. The J'oUu Cedes of Mi as Gannon ia well-known and well-remembered aa a singularly exuberant peraonation and of Mme. Ponisi's Marquise it is only incumbent upon na to mention iu perfect accord with the reqai- sites of the author. Caste," it ia nearly superfluous to ia auperbly set at Wallack'a, und the bountiful plaudits and tbe repeated calls before the curtain which accompanied its rendering yesterday lenve no donbt that the re-sulta of its reproduction will amply reward the labor and material outlay which preceded it mr. booth's kepkesextatioxs.

The infrequency of tbe representation ot Richard II." is somewhat against, although doea not necessarily controvert, the eulogv ot Colendge, who esteemed it to be tbe moot admirable of all Shakespeare's purely historical play. I however, such strong terms of praise can be at all aoatained, it must be In respect to tbe merits of tbe tragedy aa a closet piece, for, aa an acting work, it assuredly does not stand well beside several with which the public is better acquainted. Nevertheless, it would not be altogether fair to gauge Its possibilities for stage representation. by its performance last evening at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, lha acton had for a time got out of the well-worn grovea of tragedy, thev had apeak a new and unfamiliar text, and ao there waa a good deal of conatraint and awkardneea in action, and some very halt utterance. Nor did it appear either that in the earlier stages of the play Mr.

Booth was in a state of thorough pre" paredness. He waa at times hesitating and uneven. he traoaposed words, righted' them again, and, in biief, it appeared that he waa actng a part which aat nneasily upon him, rather than fuaing his own identity with it. Thia disappointing, inadequate interpretation ran all through the first act, and well into tbe second, and ao far had the audience lapsed into seeming indifference that the greatly-improved acene at the end of the utter Called to evoke anything more than a alight indica tion of warmth. Bat the memory of these defects hardly outlived the third act, in which Eichard, from tbe ram parts of the castle, parleys with KorUt mberia rid, and subsequently confronts Eclingbroke, while a full and noble atonement came in tbe fourth act, which waa, according to Mr.

Bootb'a best methods and Hare there were no hesitating imperfection, no aimula-tioa revealing it shallow mocker even no Edwin Booth, but instead, tbe unaceptred yet hardly nn-Kinged Richard, swayed ty all the contending amotions of that torturing moment. In thia act were truly shown the pathos of Buffering, the pride that could plucA royalty from abaaemeot, the compulsory humility that eould yield crown, the nobility that eould rebuke the usurper, the vacillations or a weak character, and tba flashing ire that made the dethroned monarch still grand and kingly ia bia adversity. If the question be aaked whether, attar all things are considered and every balance ia nicely struck, the addition of Kichard II." to Mr. Bootb'a repertoire will be likely te a well the proud record of his achievements, it ean scarcely be answered affirmatively. Tbs impersonation ia of a feebler mold than most of his other performances.

Tbe scene alluded to ia beyond doubt very fine, bnt it will not give tbe entire impersonation such character as te make it permanently lntereating. Much of what we conceive to tri defective we take to belong to the character ot Biehard itself. It baa not the clean-cut activity of purpose and of thought which wiafcee bia BieheUeu stand oat ao grandly eoiupteuoaa, nor the aubjectiveneaa and melancholy introspection whereby bis BamUt oocnpiea ao high a place in the record of great performance. It bolda rather a neutral middle ground, and appears aa a character to have in its texture such elements of weakness aa are barely consistent with mighty revelutiona on the part of tbe actor. That the general effect of tbe impersonation may.

however, be much bettered after sums further performances seems quite likely. Tbe role of BoUrngbntm waa committed to Mr. Harkina, and although credit ably performed, it conveyed the idea of inaufficient study. Mr. Harkina, however, and tbe other prin cipal actors ot tbe theatre, such aa Mr.

Barrymora, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Hsrdsnberg, did well, all thing considered, but ws do aot oars te go late the general rank and file of amall earls and nobles or episcopal "supers." Miaa Emily Bigl 'filled the role of Iks Queen. Tbe (art, bowaver, is somewhat reduced from the proportion It baa ia tbe reading edtioa, and tbe amall role of Henry Eercy, afterward tba Hotspur ot Hanrv IV" la altogether omitted. Kichard II." will be repeated to.

night and oa Wednesday and Friday. LYCEUM TIIEATKE OPERA BO FIE. The sentimental Spanish opera Marina," in two acta, by Don Francisco Campodron, music br Dou Emilio Arrieto, waa presented at the Lyceum Theatre last night, for tbe first time la tfew-York. by tbe Mexican Juvenile Opera Troops. Tha acene la laid in a Ashing village oa tbe eoaat of Catalonia, and tbe music, which la eaaea dally Spanish throughout, was well redder ad by the clever little actors.

Although tbe spectator cannot for a moment direst himself of tbe oonacioaaneaa that tbe nial perform era are little boys, uotwith-atandiag the fact that they play their parte wonderfully weU, tbe prima donna, Sea. Caraaea. who mat night filled tbe part of Marina, product aa entirely different impression. Her acting Is ao perfect, both is 'gesture aad facial expression. as wall as in voice aad aaaaaer, that one mawaaiblv loeea sight of her yoaxb.

aad ia ted to take tbe aasse interest ia her part as might be laapirad by aa ectreae ot snore mature age. While watching her it ia possible to realize that a child can tboreaghly adapt herself to a role ot wttcn the passions, sad hopes, and fears ot a grown woman are cjnspicooa loot gate. Bat she enters bite tbe spirit ef tbe plav with sack arBeetaese, saoMtei aad grace, withal, that bar aadtooce cannot hate of Ifaztna welch vera. sprtahtly. was well rendered, sad wsVrreejJS nrduAU ska NtmIaH .1 Seaorita GoAdeJape wa lebaraUn'aa Taraax.

ami Master Gabriel Monm. a 4 XusZ rough boats wain, was Calmest jas 'avad Between tke aets Seaatita GnadalBsI' saAgrv Paloma," with infinite arcane of meaner, sad te repeat the aoog aad eases twice. She we lowed by Senertta Soledad Caela store. isterpreted a selection from Ernest" and who. aa ueinar cauew eat, gave tae aucg.ro Of "Tsoas a none, irons 11 Arovaiore, TO-MOHTS OKATORIO FERFOBU The Oratorio Society of Xsw-YorW will form tha evening at Staiaway nU.

ta taalaatioa' with Mr. Theodora- Thomas orchestra, lCsa delaaoho's oratorio -St. Paal' is the work tia, tor Interpretation, and as several soloist of repsta, tioa will give their aaaiatance. the PresmapUos Wa favor ef a very attractive entertainment r. a-Brvra xi Ave at tu This evening another aubacriptioa ''perforin ance will occur at tbs Lyceum, and the prigMr eomedv of Messrs.

Barriers and Tbeboeat, ta Jccrisses de L' will be acted with that ate distribution of parte which la a feature of the Fram company a work. i OLYMPIC 'THEAIKK. The lovers of a variety enteitanuncnt lav ae cause to complain either ot the quality or qsaatuy of the programme furnished at tbe Olympic Theatre. There is enough, eertainly, to aatufy the most exact ing taste, and the character of tbe various' quite ap to the mark of thoee best knows tth Metropolitan pnblie. For the present Week the principal attraction la tbs petformancs of inu Lnrlio, the Water Queen." aad Mr.

James Watson, the "Man Flab." These persona sat, drug, and sleep, and go through with a variety ot rysv naetie exercisee in a large tank 1114 with water. Ia addition to these achievement, the programme offers the usual allowance ot dancing, singing, and negro minstrelsy, j- The sud ence last eight was very large, and embraced every opportunity to testify their approval of the eUVrta of the actor. BROOKLYN THEATRE. Sheridan's comedy, the School tVr'Scaadl was produced last night at the Brooklyn Theatre before an audience which gave gratifying promise of the success of tbe Revival of old Engliah comedies ooatempiated by the manage-meat daring tbe present week. Mr.

John Gilbert, of Wallack'a Theatre, aa Mr Peter Teaslsi Mr. Fred. crick Robinson aa Charles Surface, and Mam Mali Gordon aa Lady Tsaslt, folly sustained their weB-earned reputation, and their effort were ably seconded by tbe other member of tbe The anenery and the appointments generally war perfect. OB1TVART. GEN.

WILLIAM HENRY AXTB03. William Henry Anthon. better la own as Gen. Anthon, a leading lawyer of thia City, died oa Sunday evening at his reaidence, Irving place, in the forty-ninth year of bis age. His tstier.

the late John Anthon, was formerly Praidsut of the Law Inatltote of thia City, and hi aoa. 'WtUiaia Henry, read and atndiad law la bia office, At a very. early age Geo. Anthon was admitted to the bar, la which profession be achieved great success- Doriat the late civil war ha held the position of Jsdge AM vocate General on Gov. Morgan's ataff, trem which office he took and bore the title of General Gen.

Anthoa ia 1853 was counsel for the rioter whs! burned the Quarantine boil dings, and In 18E3 he waa engaged in conducting tbe draft in thiaCrtyJ bat before his measures were completed the system was changed sad another plan Is early life he waa member of the Silver Gray Party, ssd after its dissolution be became identified with the Bepublicsn Party to which be remained attached' up to the period of bia death. He aarved one term in the Aaaeably, representing Richmond waa frequently a delegate to the Cepoblicsa! State Convention. At the time of his death be was Chairman of the Republican Committee of; the Sis' teenth Assembly District. Tbe funeral Will take puce to-morrow from the Church of tn Tratufls-oration. No.

129 East Twenty-ninth street. At the regular monthly meeting of the Sixteenth' Assembly District Republican Association left evening, at No. 230 Third avenue, the death of William Henry tbe real dan was as-' noonced. The regular business was, ca kouob, suspended, and a committee appointed to draft tsu -able resolutions. Col.

Howe, Chairman of tb eottV mittee, presented the following reaolntluK. which-were unanimously aJoDted Raoutta. Tnat tbe removal rrom our bio si or unaas H. Anthon. the act of a wise Provtdmce.

whose Ami nrs we m.y not qeeetion, bat wbe doetb all thugs U. fills na with esnottona ot arief and sadness, aad la ear sorrow we areled-teaak who shall so wisely coeBSrll ua, who ao OdthrallT study tbe intereeto ef toe (Ts cause ot tbe Be publican artx la thia district thr days that are to come. Besolvtd. That la tbe death of our friend aad awnn- ate, not only this but the whole RevueUaaa organisation of the City, State, and eoaat i ba ess taioed a severe lees, aot only because of his high sea- cations! ettainsnente, out beeause his years of' xseri' sues In dee ling with great poUacal qaestwaa Votmtr' mm out aa a leader eminently wer-nr ox oeioc ioiaito, Besolvrd. That we reeorutae and deeply deptor loss snstslned by tbe bar or Sew-Tork ta tbe nieea deceese of one ox ite brightest ornamenta.

aal tbe difficulty te be experienced in filling the p.eve raeeerss vaeant in toe ranxs ot learned counselors up eiaw by bis untimely taking off. Uttalmti. Tbat aa a token of our svmfaYtby with ear respect foe bis relative, a eepy of tlisse resowtloaa. properly enjrrosaed, be traasauicted, to those Bearcat and dearest to him, and that we tesuf our spprda. tion of the loss we have sustained by publishing tbe reaolutiona.

XILaX. i 7b tke Editor of the line-Tort Times Your witty editorial of the 6th entitled A Xew Domestic Danger." doe injustice to tbs honest farmer," the plaintiff in the trial oomastet- ed upon and aa there ia such a scarcity or ma class ia thia market, I know joa will aot rata bus a hearing. The fact that the jury gave him a verdict ssffl- dent proof tbat they at leaat did not belisvo he uoo- tored faia milk. There was no legal evideaoe toe case that ha adulterated or diluted it, Taf tes timony did ahow, however, that on tiJ twe cans of milk had been charged with aoms substaaee that acted like a tomedo bat tb bir press puew was that some one entirely independent of the plaintiff or defendant had done the fool deed front -cussednees," and without regard to iu effact sp the babies and cats tbat might partake of U. It is hardly nrobable tbat a dealer in mil woum aae any articles (even if disposed to aduharate that would reader him liable to indictment tot tar lanticide.

Tbe aimnle facta in tbe case were that tbs oar fen dan had beea dealing with tbe plaintiff ft oral Tears, and had never toobd fault wit ths ity of the milk. It was admitted at tbs trial; that the plaintiff had always fulfilled bia contract wi tbe defendant ia every respect. I j' The milkman was sued becaoae be Uilea up according te his agreement, and not heceua aw quarreled with tbe honest farmer on aeeeuns tbe sx plosive compound sold under the Basseei T.ika manw unllu- man SnaS BOad fOf SS llUUSlt debt, he looked around for some sort of remembering tbe recent azttartea relative te da teraflng milk, put in the oniyplaa that woald fi aim a chance foe a trial. What tbe Jury thought of this defense, aaa evidence gives to support it, tbe verdict shew. For tha sake ef the mUk-cousaming pattuc, particularly tha infantile puruos of it, whose ass isr-aginary fate hae beea 1 ao graphically depicted your aiticla, I trust you will not eioa tbat because a milk-producer aaa svilkfnw iim it treasures that ST some bocus-pocua Bitro-glycerlne, or aoa violent explosive," got Into twe can, that fcrfJ all Weetebeater County milk should be tabooed, aaa tbe product of tbe festive.

crockery -eating substituted tberefur. The tact hardly Justify ping alternative, aid la this paacalat taw your article doe Injustice te a eTortaTsaa 'V Tears truly. C- H. -Utau. Attorney for planrtltt; JTo.

SOS tuoouuy Kgw-TosK, Monday, Nev. 8. lSTi SVCCESSOM TO JCDQE ROTES PdlhTKD. Mi TT-nr Xar. Jnde Robert Earl- of Herkimer, aaa beea spools ted br Gov- TiMaate ftU tb vacancy la tbe Court of Appeals Mdeby.tW death of Jadga Qrjvax.

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