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The New York herald., 1879-12-12
sHAKEsPEARE AND AN ARCTIC OWL

The cutting from the Shakespearean mulberry
tree that Miss Kate Field brought with her from
England has been confded to the of the Central
Park Commissioners. 1t is to be kept in dollhouse
until April 49, the poets birthday. when it will be
planted with appropriate ceremonies. The Park
Commissioners have also received another present
one that has . story connected with it. While the
steamer Egypt coming across her last
trip to New York. strange bird appeared
suddenly in mid-ocean and few about the
ship so peculiarly that the sailors be-
came afraid English sportsmen on board wanted
to shoot it. but were prevented by Colonel w. 8.
Rowland. Finally the bird alighted on the mast.
was caught by q sailor and presented to Colonel
Rowland. The stranger turned out to be a splendid
Arctic owl, probably blown south by north.
erly gale. Such thing owl in mid-ocean il
most extraordinary. The bird has been given to
Central Park and being very wise looking. has been
christened "Kate Field" by some OF that ladys ad-
m
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THE IRISH ARRESTS.

OPENING THE CoNNAUdHT WINTER AssIZEs-
JUDGE HARRISON CHARGES THE GRAND
JUnY-DEFINING THE CRIME OF sEDITIoN.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
CARRIcK- -oN-SHANNoN, Dec. IL, 1879.
The session of the Connaught winter Asszes
opened to-day. During the day several process
sions of Irishmen paraded the streets and all
approaches to the Court House were thronged
with people. large force Of CON
stabulary was stationed about the town
and police were posted in strong force inside the
court room and around the building. Neither
Davitt nor Daly attended to-day, their presence
not being required until Friday. Judge Harri-
son, addressing the Grand jury, referred to
the cases of the nationalist prisoners. He
defined the crime of sedition, and told
the jury they were entitled to consider all Of
the surrounding circumstances under which the
speeches were delivered in order to judge of
the intent The Judge said Brennan's case was
the more serious on account of the attempt of
the latter to seduce the police from their duty.
In conclusion, Judge Harrison informed the
jury that they were only bound to find primi
taca case and that the trial will take place in
another court.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-ANNUAL BENEfrr OF THE
ROMAN CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM.
One Of the most complete and we'll rounded per-
formances given in New York that
which commenced yesterday afternoon and ended
after midnight at the Academy of Music
under the stage direction OF Mr.. Vincent II is only
necessary to call attention to tho programme.
II shows now hearty is the sympathy
Of the dramatic profession whenever it
IL called upon to exhibit its unselhshness
in behalf Of the poor. As much as they please
people may dacry actors and actresses Is truth
that whenever they called upon they pour into
the contribution box wealth Of talent ants
praise. In the afternoon the performance COM
prsed, first, the death scene from Poor
joe" rendered by. N. =. Wood. Then followed
La Troupe Ragade from Niblo's. and Mr..
J. X. Eminet with his New Fritz in Ireland -
Miss Clara Morris afterward appeared in the
third act Of "Miss Mutton" Brief az IL
was. her admirable performance OF
the chief features of tho entertainment. The
charming simplicity of the two children.
respectively represented by Fritz and Miss Sallie
Williams as Paul and Jane. ought not to 20 unnotced.
They are both born and have been apparently
trained tor the stage. Messrs. Harrigan aud Hart
with "Mulligan Guards Christmas. Tony
Pastors company and "The strategists" Allied
the rest of the bill. and held a large and
delighted audience In their seats until after
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE oFFIcERs FASTENING TO
MEET THE GUEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ARCHBISHOP HENNI ILL.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Dec. IL. 1879.
Last Sunday the venerable Archbishop Henni was
prostrated by fainting ft. similar to those he
has been subject to during the past year. and is
very low. He partially recovered Monday. but was
again prostrated. and now no hopes entertained
Of his recovery. The HERALD correspondent called
ct the Arohbishop's residence late tonight aud
yet that his death may be- looked for
st any moment. Those in attendance do
not expect that he survive week ten days at
the furthest. DR.. Henni was consecrated Archbishop
in 1875 and since that time has labored far beyond
his strength. In view Of the expectation Of DEATH
Vicar General Donohue and other officers of the
Church to-day anointed him and performed the other
offices Of the Church that the occasion required
Archbishop Henni Is now in his seventy fifth year.
and there Is hardly possibility Of his recovering
from the present prostration.
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RELIEF FOR IRELAND.

MOVEMENT AMONG THE HIBERNIAN CITIZENS
OF BALTIMoRE-PRAcTIcAL STEPS AT MASS
MEETING.
[BY TELEaRAPH TO THE HERALD.]
BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. IL. 1879.
meeting OF Irish citizens of Baltimore was held
tonight to take steps looking to the raising OF funds
for the relief of the suffering poor Of Ireland.
Daniel ]. Foley presided. Among those present
the Rev. Messrs. John Foley. John Gather.
and b. ]. McManus. Mr.. William J. O'Bren,
Colonel T. T. Joyce and Messrs. B. McGraw. Daniel
Donnelly. James Donnelly, Bernard McGinn. John
Moylan and M. A. Mullan. A report from the COM
mittee appointed ut the previous meeting made
embodying number OF resolutions. including one
naming the organization 'sThe Irish Re-
lief Committee" Finance and Executive
Committee appointed to take charge
q all the funds and that they are
properly distributed. resolution for the appoint
ment OF y committee to make arrangements for q
mass meeting. at which the needs OF the suffering
poor of Ireland shall be explained. adopted after
some discussion. A committee also appointed
to divide the city into districts and to appoint coll
lectors. letter read from the HiDernan So
ciety. announcing that that body had appropriated
$50 for the cause. Colonel Joyce announced that
the Knights of st. Patrick had appropriated $500
the same purpose.
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despatch from Candahar to the Standard says
it is believed that Ayoob Khan, who is reported
to be marching from Herat on Candahar, has
but little real power and that he is swayed by
the desires Of his unpaid and mutinous soldiery,
who are excited by the reports brought by
fugitives from Cabul. As these soldiers have
not yet fought the British they believe they are
able to retrieve the defeat of the Cabulese.
WINTER IN EUROPE. ts
The weather continues severe throughout
Great Britain. The Seine has not been COM
pletely frozen over until now since 1861. So
hard and continuous irosts SO early in the
season have not been experienced at Vienna
since 1888. Much snow has fallen in Sicily
and Calabria, rendering communication diff
cult. Bread riots have occurred in the district
of Ravenna in consequence of the general dis
tress. The cold is still intense at Berlin In
Upper Silesia, where famine prevails the ther-
mometer marked twelve degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit, on Tuesday last.
CANADA RAILWAYS.
At the meeting of shareholders of the Great
Western Railway of Canada to-day resolution
proposed by the amalgamaton party for the
appointment of committee of shareholders to
negotiate with the boards of directors of the
Grand Trunk and Great Western companies
was withdrawn, in consequence of Colonel Grey
declaring that if the Grand Trunk was prepared
to propose any terms the directors of the Great
Western Company Were willing to accept Mr..
Forbes as arbitrator in all matters between the
two companies.
DEATH OF AN ICELANDIC sAvANT.
Jon Sigurdsson, the Icelandic savant, is dead.
[He was born June IL, 1911. He has published
political histories of Iceland, collections of Ice
landic songs, ancient bodies of Icelandic law
and Icelandic sagas. He represented his native
island in the Althing or Icelandic Assembly
from 1845 to 1847.1
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THE KING OF KINGS.

JOHN OF ABYssINIA DEMANDS THIRTY THOU
SAND POUNDS -EGYPT SENDS SEVERAL THOU
SAND ARMED MEN-AN OVERTURE OF PEACE.
[From yesterdays Evening Telegram.]
CAIRO, Dec.' IL, 1879.
Your correspondent has received the follow
ing important information from Gallabat, on
the Abyssian frontier, under the date of the 9th
inst.:-It is all but impossible now to avoid
hostilities between Egypt and Abyssinia, as
the mission Of Gordon Pacha, Governor
General of South Egypt, to the poten-
tate of Abyssinia, proved utterly fruitless.
All efforts at conciliaton were in vain, it being
mahifestly the desire of King John to provoke
hostilities Gordon's interview with him was
very stormy one and his Abyssinian Highness
worked himself into towering rage The in
trepid Colonel was for some time in extreme
danger, and would certainly have lost his life
had not the recollection of the fate of his prede-
cessor King Theodore, produced wholesome
effect the mind of the enraged monarch.
He told the envoy of the Egyptian gov
ernment that he would never be per-
mitted to leave Abyssna were it not
for the fact of his being an English
man. He did not wish to have any unpleasant
complications with Her Britannia Majesty's
government, and therefore he graciously gave
permission to Colonel Gordon to depart I'M
harmed. A strong escort of Abyssinian guards
accompanied the Colonel to Massowah, where
he arrived safely.
A DEMAND FOR GOLD.
The ultimatum Of King John was that
EDO, 900 should be delivered to him before en-
tering into any negotiations He would not
accept any paper money, having no confidence
in Egyptian securities The amount must be
paid down in solid cash, gold, or war would
follow. AS matter of course this
brought negotiations to an end. The Conn
ell of War in Cairo, ON receiving this
information, have lost no time in preparing for
the inevitable struggle, and the disposition of
the expeditionary forces is already made.
Eighteen thousand men will be Immediately
despatched to Massowah, another column
5000 strong will be pushed forward as far as
Gallabat and third corps of $4,000 choice
troops will be sent up the Blue Nile The mar
shalling of such strong forces against the fierce
ruler of Abyssinia shows that the Egyptian
government has no intention Of risking another
disaster like that of January, 1876, but pur-
poses making effective work Of King John and
his dominions.
OFFERS OF PEACE.
Other dispatches announce that the Khcdive
has received despatch iron Gordon Pacha in
which he says he has letter from the King of
Abyssna. The latter declares that he is dis
posed to make peace on the condition that the
great Powers shall formally recognize any ar
rangcments that may be concluded. The rela-
tions between King John and King Menelek of
Shoa are critical. King Mcneck is in arrears
with his tribute to the King of Abyssinia.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mdll. Paola Marie. Angelo. Bouvard. Capoul.
Mezieres and Duplan in excellent voice last
evening in "La Grand Duchesse." and the chorus and
scenic effects were bright and effective they
ever have been under the most advantageous con-
ditions. "La Belle Helene will be given this even
ing with Marie, Angelo and Capoul in the cast
The people of Brooklyn are to have the Boston
ideal of "Pinafore" during Christmas week. The
artists the cast embrace Miss Adelaide Philips theN
contralto) Miss Mary Beebe. Messrs. Myron w.
Whitney H. G. Bauche. W. II. Fessenden. George
rockingham and Gus Kemmerlee. The chorus will
consist Of fifty selected voices. The scenery and ap
pointments the the opera was played
with at the Boston Theatre for one hundred nights.
The performances will be given ut the Academy Of
Music, on Montague street.
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CANOVAS' POLICY.
THE NEW SPANISH PREMIER DEFINES THE PuR-
POSE OF HIS MINIsrRY-THE ROCKS ON WHICH
cAMpos WAS WRECKED CONFUSION IN THE
lDY CABLE TO THE HERALD.1

lDY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Dec IL, 1879.
The newly appointed Spanish Ministers took
their seats in the Chamber of Deputies, at
Madrid, yesterday Premier Canovas del Cas-
tillo, in announcing the formation Of the Cabi-
net, said that the recent crisis was due to the
form in which the bill for economic reforms in
Cuba was drawn up; that the present govern
mcnt, equally with their predecessors, would
support u bill for the abolition of
slavery in Cuba, and would present fresh
proposals for compromise between the
interests of Spain and Cuba, on the basis
of the equal duty Of all Spanards to support
their share of the public burdens; that the Min
istry would decide the questions at issue impair
TALLY and that they would shortly submit their
proposals with reference to Cuba. At the con-
clusion of the Premier's remarks an intcrpella-
tion was brought forward by minority of the
constitutional party, asking for further informa-
ton respecting the causes of the recent crisis.
The Premier stated that he was obliged to 20 to
the Senate, but that he would return immedi-
atcly and reply to the Interpolation.
FACTIONS IN THE CHAMBER.
The constitutional Deputies strongly pro-
tested against this course, and considerable ex-
citcmcnt ensucd, In the midst of which the
President of the Chamber of Deputies put on
his hat and declared the sitting closed. There
was great excitement. despatch from Madrid
to the Times, says:-"The declaration of Premier
Canovas del Castillo in the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday was received with strong expressions
of dsapproval, one fraction of the Chamber
leaving the House in body. An animated and
upronrous discussion ensted, and the result
was that seventy Deputies approved of reso-
luton to abstain from taking their seats pend.
ing an explanation and apology for what is con-
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THE UTE COMMISSIONS REPORT.
Los Prsos AGENCY. COL, Dec. 10, 1879.

Los PrNos AGENCY. Col, Dec. 10, 1879.
Chief ouray came to the agency yesterday with
one OF the Indian prisoners called for by the COM
mission and turned him over to General Hatch. re-
marking that the others would be surrendered az
soon as captured. The work Of the commission will
end this week.. 1t will recommend that the White
River Agency be abolished and the Utes of that
agency distributed between the Los Pinos and SOUTH
ern agencies that the loss Of property occasioned by
tho outbreak be paid for ouS Of the Ute fund now
on deposit ut Washington. and that the portion OF
the reservation formerly occupied by tho White
River Utes be ceded to the government.
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INDIANS SLAUGHTERED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. !

DENVER, Col, Dcc H. 1879.
Reports received from FL Paso. via Santa Fe. New
Mexico. state that the Apache leader Ju. who was
Joined with Victoria in his recent raid through New
Mexico, Chihuahua and Sonora. was met ct point
In Chihuahus. near the sonora line. by force OF
900 Mexicans, under General LaEaros. and badly de-
feated Ju losing. out of 100 Warriors eighty killed
aud wounded. and being among tho wounded him
self The Indians were surprised. and being inferior
in numbers were soon routed. and with but slight
loss to the Mexicans who captured their entire camp
cquipage and all their ammunition from the Indians.
1t is thought u great many of victorias Mezalora
Apacbcs were with Ju when ho met with the dis
aster.
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"MILITAIRE BOUFFE."

The Thirteenth regiment, N.GS.NY.. gave "mil-
itaire boufe" last night their armory Flatbush
avenue, Brooklyn. There were about four thou
sand persons present and the entertainment passed
off very pleasantly. At the close OF the eccentric
drill the members of the regiment and their guests
participated in dancing. which was continued until
morning.
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COLLECTIONS TO BE MADE IN CANADA.
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TORONTO Ont, Dec. II, 1879.
lecture was delivered tonight by Mr.. Peter
O'Leary, under the auspices of the Irish Catholic
Benevolent Union. the agitation in Ireland and
impending famine. The small hall was filled by an
enthusiastic audience. A provisional committee OF
twenty was appointed to form regular committee
for the collection Of funds for the relief Of the
famine stricken districts.
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JUDGES ELECTED.

COLUMBIA. 8. c., Dec. IL, 1879.
The General Assembly to-day elected Associate
Justice Henry Mcrver Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court. to succeed Judge willard, whose term
pires next July. and General MCGOWAN Associate
Justice. TO succeed ] udge Haskcu resigned
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ARRIVAL OF THE ADRIATIC.

The White Star steamer Adriatic. from Liverpool
December 2. arrived at this port at an early hour
this morning.
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)Rors cure in one minute.

HUNDREDS OF FAIR DAUGHTERS AND PROM
Using die of consumption who could have been saved
by HALEs HONEY OF HoREnouND AND TAR Sold BY drug
gists.
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A-ESpFNSCUEID HAS Is

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FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
No present is welcome ladies than q basket Of
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dark. In the evening the programme comprised the
following piecess-"Dil You EverF the iourth act
with Nine. Majeroni and Charles Ihorne
IN the principal roics; Mr.. George Clarke
ETY. entertainments the second act of Mr.
BARLEY campbell's new play. The Gal
ley slave Mss Helen ottolengu made
very agreeable Impression as Juliet although she
uttered her lines 100 feeby TO be heard by all
OF the large audience present. She was well
been lutte active in his endeavor to make the
phans oeneht success. 1t is said that nearly nine
thousand tickets held for seats last night
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUsIc-'AIDA."
"Aida" was presented with all the regal splendor
and artistic perfection of detail which that beautiful
opera commands by Her MaJesty's Opera Company,
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, last evening.
The light rain which was falling when the audience
began to assemble had no apparent effect either upon
the numbers or spirits of the assemblage. When the
curtain rose upon the first act-the hall in the
palace Of the king at Memphis-there were but few
vacant seats in the Academy. and the appearance Of
signor Campanini as Radames was greeted with
generous applause. Despite his recent indispost-
ton he proved to be in excellent voice. Miss Annie
Louise Cary was as majestic in mien and grace as
Amneris The Aida OF Nine. Emile Ambre was
worthy the fair artist and won much applause. Sig
Signor Mont az the King. were each the recipients
OF marked favor and deserved recognition through
out the performance. The chorus WAS superb. The
dance OF the and of the boys fails
to prove captivating feature Of this effective and
imposing scenic opera. and the representation last
evening proved to be no exception to the rule. The
piece was mounted with all the accustomed embel-
lishments. and the ample stage OF the Brooklyn
Academy enhanced the designed effect The rendi-
ton of Verdi's aida in that city last night may b
termed decided success.
GILBERT AND sULLIvANS NEW OPERA.
Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan have decided to name
their forthcoming comic opera "The Pirates Of
Penzance, or Love and Duty" The piece is q broad
satire on the absurdities Of domestic melodrama,
just rs "Pinafore" a burlssque the
before them may expect most anus
ing series Of exaggerated scenes. with catching
songs full of wonderful merriment such has
swell, hardly ever" been presented the stage.
The author Of the 'Bab Ballads" has. it is under
stood written in his best ven while the score fur
nished by Mr. Sullivan will contain melodies which
certain to hit the popular taste. The date for
the production of 'The Pirates has not yet been
fixed, owing to the continued success Of Pinafore.
performed by Mr.. Carte's excellent company.
CHICKERING HAIL-ENGLISH GLEE CLUB.
The English Glee Club gave one Of
their pleasant entertainments last evening
at Chickering Hall. The house was we'll
filed notwithstanding the threatening condition Of
the weather. The leading vocasts were Messrs.
A. D. Woodruff tenor George Elard, tenor:
by Miss Henrietta Beebe and Miss Anna Bulky Hill.
Tban IN Of uvao Mr
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