The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1848, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. South-West Corner of Fulton and Nassan sts. | JAMES GOROON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE WORLD. HERALD—Three editions every day, two cents per ee ee MORNING EDITION te distr Bulta before breakfast; the rst EVE SING EDITION had of the ncwstoye at 1 o'clock; the second EVENIN TOE Skt Y MERALD—Poery Saturday. for circ the American Contine: t—6 ce $3125, Bverg steam packet day for then $6 per anntim, t0 include the postage. tion seid Ye printed in the Brenchand Bagtish Lo. “ALL EDITIONS to contain news received to the mon wats TISEMENTS (renewed every morni~ the morning aud evening editions be written ina plain, legible ma pric > i ore nuscript. 7 | PRINTING of oll Mads executed becutif-lly and with de. | ich. Ordere received at the Office, corner of Fulton and for eubscr ptions, or with adver. jaavarw streets. ALL LETYERS by mail tisements, to be post puid, of the postage with be deducted from Ce Mean" CORRESPONDENCE, containing import. ‘news, eolicited from any quarter of the world; if used wilt 1 paid for. 4 SE taken of anonymous communications. What- ‘ever is intended for insertion must be authenticated bo the name Gnd address of the writer; not necessarily for publication, but We cannot return rejected ‘guaranty of his yood faith, YTS to be made in advance, AMUSEMENTS TO MORROW EVENING. BOWERY THEATKE, Bowery.—Gu. Buas—Jexxy Lixp— Bamnooz.ine, ON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Towrenany Ly CY DIDSMAM-AMOUR, Gacy— NIBLO'S, ASTOR PLACE.—ViitAce Docron—Sevriver— Narorwon’s GvaRD. 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Actual Clrvulation of the Herald, July 29, Saturd: 1,216 copies, v2 Welly”, 08 he publication of the Morning Edition of the Herald com- msnced "yesterday at 3) minutes fast. 3 gclock, and finished at 30 minutes past 7 o'clock; the first Afternoon Edition com- menced at 30 minutes part 1 o'clock, and finished at 2 o'clock: Sie second, at S) minutes past 8 clock, and fished at 10 4 oe) ‘The Virtual Defeat of the Compromise Bill We received intelligence from Washington yes- terday, to the effect that the famous Compromise Bill, as it is called, was yesterday laid on the table of the House of Representatives, by a vote of one hundred and twelve to ninety-seven. | This action of that body 18 equivalent to a defeat, | for it is not probable that with so large a vote | against it, it will be taken up again this session. * Although we are decidedly in favor of having | a compromise on the vexed question of extend- ing slavery to the new territories of New Mexico and California, we do not regret the fate which | has overtaken this bill. Weare in iavor of a fair | and honorable compromise, one that will set the question at rest for ever, and one that will be | agreed to, afier an interchange of opinions and views, by the representatives of the people, and not such a shuffling and sneaking affair as the one proposed, which, really and truly, was no compro- mise at all, but a direct evasion of the issue, shift- ing the responsibility froin the shoulders of those on whom it rested, and putting it on the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. This compromise, if such it can be called, was | promptly denounced by us at its very inception, | and we are notat all sorry thatit has been defeated | by the House of Representatives. This question has to be met some time or other fairly and openly, and decided by the Congress of the United States; | but we suppose that itywill now go over to the short cession. In the mean time, it will add strength to the free soil agitation in the free States. Now that this bill has been treated in this way, we may look for an early adjournment of the na- nonal legislature. ‘The sooner the better. Tue Boaxp or Svrervisors.—It will be seen by a report of the proceedings of the Board of Super- visors of last Thursday evening, in another co- luma, that a specialcommittee have recommended that the rooms occupied by the American Institute, in the old Alms-House, and the Retunda, formerly ‘The Expected Reféliton in Ireland. In Ireland the crisis 1 Ta8t approaching. The tongue and the pen on one side and the force of law and of proclamation on the other, are, by | universal consent, to give place to the sword. The people and the government are both preparing forthe conflict. Clubs continue to be establisheds arms and pikes procured, and the mest thorough organization effected on the part of the people ; while on the part of the goverament , the most | strenuous exertions are made to meet the crisisby augmenting the military force, arresting the lead- ers of the movement, and the adopting of such other theasures as the emergency may seem to them to require. England is putting forth all herenergies to sup- press the writhing struggle of her victim. The whole island is one vast military garrison. ‘The constitution, as itis facetiously called, being con- sidered incapable to grapple with the rising spirit of the people, new chams were forged; the press was gagged and traps laid for ensnaring the hones! patriots who are endeavoring to free their country from the ig®minious thraldom in which she is held. One of the noblest, the best and the bravest of these heroic spirits is now picking oakum ia a hulk m Bermuda, and others are about to pay the same penalty for the “ open and advised” speaking which has, of late, become so terrible to this rotten old monarchy, ’ One of the most extraordinary phenomena, however, in the politico-physiological science of the present day is, that no body of Lrishmen can be got together, at home or abroad, on behalf of their unhappy country, with any prospect of united effort or harmonious action, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Belfast, with the meetings which have been occasionally held on this content, have already emblazoned this fact before the world, in colors so fnghtful, that Ireland has be- come the pity and the shame of her friends, and | | the ridicule and contempt of her enemies. It was generally believed that this state of things was, to agreat extent, the consequence of the breaking up of that absolute power which so long kept in check the opposing forces; and it was long predict- ed that as soon as Philip was dead, Macedon would become the battle-field of a desperate strug- gle among his generals. This prediction was ve- rified to the letter, with the difference, that the ri- val leaders had not the patience to wait the slow ,rogress of nature, but rudely grasped the sceptre while tne great leader was still alive. Itis unnecessary to recount the history of the internecine strife that ensued. Irishman was ar- rayed against Irishman—physical and moral force were pitted against each other in deadly conflict, both consistently adhering to these principles as iong as they were confined to theory; but, with a transformation, as wonderful as it was ludicrous, changing sides and deserting their colors whenever they descended to the arena of action. Friends remonstrated, and enemies scofled; but the com- batants were too intent on their factious warfare to heed the one or be ashamed of the other. ** Aut Casar aut nullus’” was adopted as the gmding principle of the patriot leaders, and poor Ireland was sacrificed to the paltry vanity and ambitious scheming of a few imbecile and incapable pre- tenders. To this succeeded, as might have been expected, a reign of terrorism. The right to differ was not recognised. Freedom of speech was openly put down, and an ignorant and savage mobocraey—abetted and encouraged by merce- nary leaders—reigned supreme. The energies of the people were, in consequence, paralyzed; and English oppression was not half so injurious to Irish liberty as the disunion of the Irish them- selves. Famine and pestilence capped the climax of their sad history, and upwards of a million of Irishmen were consigned to a premature grave. Such 1s a brief resumé of the last three years. What complexion is the future to assume? Shall it be characterised by the same individual jea- lousiee—the same mutual recriminations—the same internal discord ? ‘These are important questions; and sincerely do we wish that the late intelligence from Ireland would warrant us in coming to the cenclusion that the demon of discord was laid, and that mutual confidence and cordial union were to be the future beacon lights of the Insh people, by which they the post office, should be taken possession of and converted into court rooms and chambers for the judges. This piece of legislation should have been carried out twelve months ago, when the Board of | Supervisors were requested by the judges to pro- | vide them with additional court rooms. If they | had done so then, the city would be saved some thousands of dollars, and the public business expe- dited, as we shall show; but our city legislators never take time by the forelock. The truth is, whether they keep slow or quick time—whether they dance a minuet at Burnham's, or a quadrille ata picknic. on Randall’s Island—it is all the same. The citizens will, in the end, haveto pay the piper. Now, let us see how they have managed, or ra- ther mismataged, th's affair. The present occu- pants of those buildings cannot be depossessed in | Jess time than six months; and it is very doubtful if the gentlemen of the American Institute will then | yield up possession without a strnggle. At all | events, the public may expect to be entertained every Monday evening, until the first of January next, with petitions and remonstrances from that | learned body, setting forth their claims upon pub- | lie gratitude, and the benefits they have conferred | upon arts, sciences, agriculture, and everything | else in this lower world, not forgetting to set forth their own poverty and their self denials, in their struggles and efforts to advance science and en- large the happiness of the human race Bat we will take for granted, that possession will | be given up at the end of six montis, when it will take six months more to alter the buildings and fit up and furnish them as court rooms. Here is a year lost. Inthe meantime, the sheriff is bound to provide the judges with half a dozen rooms, pursuant to an order made by the Supreme Court fast term, which he must have ready by the first | of September next; but if the city fathers had com- plied with the request of the judges, made to them twelve months since, as we hinted before, the premises would now be fitted up and ready for the | reception of the judges; they would be saved the necessity of making the order on the sheriff, and | the public would saved an expense of $12,000 ng up, &c., of the rooms to | t functionary We base this ealculation on um ($10,000) appropriated by the Board of Supervisors tor fitting up the old | Alig, House, &e., for a similar purpose; but, un- | fortunately for the citizens, the collective wisdom | f this city, from some cause or ott but whether from not having the fear of the before their eyes, or from some sing btuseness in their upper story, or from what other use, we ley could unravel the mystery)—but, be that as at | may, it is 4 fixed fact, that whenever and wherever the finances of the city come in question, their honors are aly © hegin at the wrong end. Tuk Mais ron Caxana—The Hamuton C. | W, Spectator of the 26th inst., complains about the srregulatity of the mails in from the Atlantic cities to the Cana: editor says the mails are alweys | are most wanted, or when they bring foreign news. After solicit dividuals and the expres Sp As to the wail, we have few hopes of re | rab | , the with anything like punctuality, whilst Cave Johne Manages the Department on the other sjde of the live | 46 deg.” Pree Son, Wine Coxvenrion ix Sexnoa,—A | meeting of the “conscience whige” of Seneca | county has been called by the chairman of the last County Convention, to be held at Seneca Falls, on the 8d of August, of all those “ opposed to the establishment of slavery in the people's I j an should be guided to their nationality. But when we see the great majority of the Irish bishops, at their last meeting at Maynooth College, ordering a series of resolutions to be published, which for- bid the clergy to take any prominent part in the struggles of the people—when we see a large body of the second order of clergy of the arch-diocese of Tuam withdrawing all confidence from the Insh | by such comparison, they will set about remedying | leagne—when we know that John O'Connell and a large number of the lie-down-and-die school of politicians are again manceuvring to win back that position from which an indignant nation has hurled them—we confess that appearances are at present rather against the prospect of a complete or perma- nent union among the discordant elements into which Ireland is divided. In two or three weeks more, however, we shall have full information on this point, and be ina better position to forma more correct judgment of the future. In the mean time, we are sorry to see the Irish in New York, who are removed from-the local in- fluences at work in Ireland, exhibiting the same contentious wrangling and individual jealousy in their efforts for their country, which distracted and | divided them so much atbhome. If Mr. Mooney | and Mr. O’Connor, who have resolved themselves into a secret committee, for the purpose of aiding Ireland, can get any one who have so much gul- libility as.to believe that sending over a handful of men will be of the least possible use to any but the | ingenious originators of such a piece of absurdity, | | they are, no doubt, fulfilling their mission in en- deavoring to get 1400 dollars more if they can. But we question their right to bring an organized band of their honest, but misguided enthusiasts, to put down another meeting of Irishmen, even though the conveners of the latter be justly charge- able with selfish, electioneering motives, in their shata professions of patriotism. We earnestly hope that in the future movements » here for the cause of Ireland, mercenary selfichnees, vain popularity-hunting, and political mancuvring, will cease to characterize those part in them, and that the masses will not permit themselves to be led by the nose by men, some of whom, if they had the capacity, would be ready, at a moment's notice, to do the dirty work of Monaghan, the Attorney General of Treland, if they could make it turn to their advan- tage. Poor Ireland has suffered too much from her pretended friends! It is nearly time that she should expenence a little true friendship; and if the » of need be the rallying time for true fi nd wants them ail now. » may t Whar « Newsrarrr !--There is a paper now ublished, and for many years in existence, at St. Croix, one of the Danish West India islands, called the Avis. Copies of it have been received at this ofice, at periods, for more than ten years, during which time we have not seen in its columns al artrele of any lar, St. C item ¢ description ; ¢ ux is at present in a perfect of rapine, murder, and martial law; a ; the scene neendiarism, and under f affairs which in other ing out the power and energies tin this rara Avis, of which we countries would | of any paper vave a file of its latest publieations, not the sion, or even a word of Jocal intel. contained in them. The paper is a pet fect curiosity—an anomaly. Our accounts from this place are generally verbal, and frequently ri ceived from commanders of vessels arriving here jom St. Thomas, and other places in the vi- cinity lightes ligence Nannie Welcott died in Oxford, Me, on the 17h aust , aged one hundred and fourteen yeare. Additional Intelligence from Yucatan. We learn from Capt. Clarke, of the schooner Carran, 25 days from Laguna, that all was compa- ratively quiet in Laguna when he left, though the affrighted whites of the interior were arriving daily, in the greatest distress and terror. Under the humane government of Commander Bigelow, late U. S. Governor of Laguna, comfortable houses had been built for the destitute refugees, and their sufferings greatly alleviated by the kind- ness of the American forces. : The town and its dependencies were given up to the Mexicans, on the 25th June, when there was a grand ceremony of installing and blessing the Mexican flag, which was then hoisted over the fort, amidst salvos of artillery; our own stars and stripes, having performed their duty, and resigned the supremacy, were lowered and furled to conquer another peace. There being many foreigners in the place, and a sprinkling of Yankees, no fears are entertained for that part of Yucatan. The fact is, nearly all unbiassed persons agree that the Indians have, by far, the best of the cause, and are not so cruel and bloodthirsty as the cowardly and affrighted Spanish, or whites, wish to represent them. The Indians, after suffering years of grievous oppression and religious perse- cutions, have only now been. able to throw off the galling yoke of their Spanish magters—and the enemies of tyranny should sympathise with them, That they have the means of establishing a better government than that which now exists is not im- probable, as it is well known that they bave intel- igent and able leaders—some of whom are white, The Chief, Pat, speaks the English language, and isa warm friend of our republic. Sull, though, we should avoid all interference in this war, it be- comes us at all times to assist the needy and destt- tute that may fall in our way. Commander Bigelow dispatched the steamer Iris on the 29th for Campeachy, to bring off.to Laguna all the destitute women and children who might choose to come, while the men are to be left’ to protect themselves, ‘The steamer Water | Witch, Commander Totten, arrived from, Vera Cruz on the 26th June, and, afier some repairing, left again for Campeachy on the 7th, in compan: with the brig Vesuvius, Commander Mason, ani schooner Flirt, Commander Farren, the former | bound to Norfolk, via Campeachy, and the latterto Sical. The sloop of warSaratoga arrived on the 27th June, and anchored without the bar. She brought seven United States naval engmeers for duty in the Gulf squadron on her passage out. She was detained a month at Aux Cayes and Jeremie, to lock after American interest, during the recent civil war at that place. Our Consul at Aux Cayes is not spoken of in the highest terms, and seems to be a timid representative. i On the 9th July there was at Laguna the U. 8. ship Scorpion, Commander Bigelow; schooners | Felonn, Glasson ; Harp, Commander Knox ; and sloop of war Saratoga, Com. Nicholson. All were anxiously awaiting orders from Commodore | Perry, which would regulate future movements. There were about ten merchantmen in the har- bor of Laguna. [A list of the Americans we give under the proper head.] The town was remarkably healthy, and our naval forces have but few sick. Since the Ame- e occupied the place it is really gratify- | ing to lear of the improvements made by them, | and the increase of value of property is the best encomium upon Yankee enterprise. The British Consul, Wm. Johuson, Esq., has tion won the esteem of all Americans, and though his position has required of him, during our occu- | pation, the most stringent restrictions, we regard him as a faithful and honored representative of | the British Government. ‘The ex-Governor Bige- | low, and battalion of marines, under Mas. Wald- ron, were still residing on shore. On the evening of the 4th a brilliant fete was given by the two se- nior officers of the naval and marine forces, which | was honored with the company of all the beauty and fashion of the town, so perfect that a stranger would have imagined that the officers were at home, surrounded by their own instead of Mexican divinities. Salute’ were fired during the day by the vessels in the harbor, and the marine batteries on shore, and all, both Mexicans and Americans, vied to do the greatest honors to the anniversary of our independence. During a thunder storm on the 8th, the cathe - dral was struck by lightning and entiraly consum- | ed, but through the coolness and activity of aparty of marines, under Leut. Matson, most of the | sacred re ies and property contained in the church were saved. All was quiet in Tabasco, though the Indians of that State show symptoms of a revolt, and the whites are in much fear. The new Go- vernor, Exscofie, appointed by the Supreme Go- vernment, had lately arrived and taken possession, | though it was expected that he would bee posed by forces under Gen. Bruno, Wherever the Ameri- cans had evacuated, those inhabitants friendly to them had been treated with great brutality, and éven forced to leave their homes. | Tue Rervriic or Serra Mapre.—Onward and tainly as the sun casts luminous rays all around from his own proud centre, so certainly must the enlightening rays of our free political institutions find themselves to suffer in their own eetimation the evil. a longer or shorter period, according to the politi- cal drugs that are used to keep them stupid. But arouse at lust they will, and in their waking mo ments will be all the more active if their next neighbor nation be of an active turn. | ples to the republic that is to be, of Sierra Madre. Our late enemies have had an opportainity of ob- serving, while our army was in their country, what may beaccomplished by a few men who have a will to do, and a method to aid their willingness. | The same desire for prospective benefit that in- | | duced their fathers to leave old beloved Spain, induces the Northern Mexicans to seek political stability, and consequent individual and common aggrandizement, by copying from us those great tules by which we navigate our ship of State. In attempting to bring apout the desired reform, or revolution, the patriots of Sierra Madra have as an initial step, procured a press, which is immediately to exert its influence in aid of the project to es- tablish a free and independent government. The men who concoct great schemes at the pre- sent day, know too well the value of the press not to call it into use at the earliest practicable mo- ment. With a well conducted journal to give publicity and popularity to their enterprise—with anarchy and confusion, and an inefficient govern- | ment at home—a deplorable retrospect and a sorry prospective view of Mexican policy—in short, | with nothing desirable to lose and every thing to gain, the revolutionists of the Siera Madre may action will ensure success. If the revolution is once fairly begun, the sturdy pioneers of our Southwestern borders, with their peculiarly persuasive arguments, will be there in numbers, to convince the adherents of the old Mexican fabric that the change is a needful one, and ought to be made. In fact, we see that adver- tisements are already out for a grand buffalo hunt on the Rio Grande. One of th significant ad- vertisements appears in the New Orleans papers, worded as follows :— Burvaco ent ox tue Rio Granny, Ali those sirous of joining in the buffalo hunt vpon the Ri | Grande next fail, are requested to send in Cheir names | and address to the Giraud Neribe of the 0.0. 0, onor beforo the firet day of September next, ‘They will mente, Xe. fles, muskets, or furnished by each hunter cecasional attacks from the hostile Indians roaming in thot section of country, it is recommended that each revolvers” must be Will be given through the pmbite pre Of course the advertisement explains itself, It is to be hoped, however, that the men who assume the responsibility of this movement will not talk too much nor act too slow. A more favo: time than the present will hardly oceur. (et them “strike while the iron is hot,” and not cool their subject, themselves, and their friends, by too much talk, talk, talk, Letthem take “ #'reelsior” for their motto, and “ go ahead.” ‘The Halifax papers of the 25th inst., state thata gentleman had arrived in that city from Boston, with @ nomber of carrier pigeons, which he im- tended to gend off upon the arrival of the steamer | Europa with the English news. We do not, us yet, hear of their wrrival an thie city. by his gentlemanly courtesy and generous disposi- | and the amalgamution was | situation with that of their neighbors; and if they | Nations may and do he in a lethargic state for | All this ap- | | southward, steadily and surely, are the principles | of real republicanism making their way. As cer. | penetrate the darkness of misruled and neighbor- | ing nations. Men will ever eompare their own | received with mar! | | act at once, with the assurance that energetic | | | Honwy-Coms or Ponrncs.—The following epistolary was published in one of the obscure morning papers a few days ago:— Sauatoca, July 19, 1848, arrival here to-day. your paper h instant was put into my hands, contain- ing the foliowing paragraph of a letter from the Wash- ington correspondent of the “New Fork Herald: — “Mr. Botts has received a lettter from the Hen. Henry Clay. stating that he had not authorized Mr. Leslie Combs, of Kentucky to say that he (Mr, Clay) would rupport the nomination of General Taylor.” But that the public mind is extremely sensitive, at this time, to every rumor in reference to Mr. Clay’s opinions, of General Taylor and his intention to with- | hold or give him, his support, 1 wouid not deem it heerstary to kay a word. because it is hard cuppored, if Mr. Botts bad received such a Lstier ho would select the Hera/d as his organ of communteation tothe -public.—giving @ different reading, too, from what appears in the Sun, from another Washington | correspondent, who speaks of the same letter and does not even mention my name, Now for the simple facts of the case. Although I ever advocated, to the last moment, Mr. Clay's nomi- nation, with all my heart and streng:h, yet, when the Convention selected General Tayler, | did not hesi- tateustothe course indicated both by honor and ‘ty 'otism for me to pursue, and I never do things by Blives or protend one thing and mean another. J immediately went to work. and have been at it ever since, faithfully and zeaieusly, to beat General Cass and elect General Taylor, and J intend to “go ahead” till the deed isdone. I believe such to be the duty of every friend of his country. T have made more than twenty public speeches since the nomination. and held innumerable p sations with citizens in ten dfferent Stat in one instance raid, that “I was a y Mr, Clay to say that he would support the nomination of General Taylor.” On the contrary, I have uni- formly averred that I had no such authority, for that 1 had neither seen Mr. Clay nor received a line from him sincethe nominatien. But, that from his public card of the 12th of April last, submitting himself to that Convention, and Pledging himself cheerfully to submit to its decision— from the friendly correspon- dence which I know had been carried on between those two illustrious men, and from my perfect conf- dence in Mr. Clay’s high, self-sacrificing patviotisr, I had no doubt of his support. And I yet have no doubt of it,any mischievous or malignant rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, What Mr. Clay may es 3 or think of the conduct of some of the delugates to that Convention is another affair. Respectfully, your ob’t. serv’t., LESLIE COMBS. ‘The best commentary onthe above treatise on philosophy, is in the following statement, taken from another ‘ obscure ” :— It appears from a letter in the Boston Whig, from Henry Wilson, a Massachusetts delegate to the Phi- ladelphia Convention, that he was assured by a Ken- tucky delegate, who tately delivered a Taylor speech in Boston, (Leslie Coombs, we take it,) that if Abbot Lawrence could secure the nomination for Vice Pre- sident on the ticket with Taylor, he would give $100,000 for electioneering purposes. $3,000 of which Coombs was to have had to take home to Kentucky; nominally to aid the Whigs in the canvass in that State. Here is a little taste of the honey-comb of polities —dose $3,000—equivalent to ‘“ twenty public speeches,” besides ‘innumerable private con- . versations.”” We have hitherto always supposed that these travelling spouters,were the most liberal ; humbugs in the world; but, according to these revelations, they show a good deal of Wail-street discretion—that is, to work for good pay, when they can get it. General Taylor is a bad candi- date for such operations. No one believes that he will reqmre the aid of the politicians—they who make twenty speeches, &c.—to make him Presi- dent—he will be elected by the people—gratis. Theatrical and Musical, Bowsny Tueatar.—There was @ very large audi- ence at this house last evening; and the lively perfor- mances which were enacted were highly satisfactory toeveryone. The first piece was the laughable farce of “ My Fellow Clerk,” and Hall as the Victimizer of poor Victim (Jordan) was most excellent. Hall is a capital light comedian, and in such lively, bustling farces, appears to much advantage. ‘Tho extravaganza, oft F Fertunio” tollowed. This piece is replete with wit d repartee, aud the smart dialogue and excellent acting of all who took a part in the piece. made it pass very pleasantly. The eld fashioned court dress be- comes Miss Taylor well, as it also docs Mr. Sutherland ard Mrs. Walcot ; and a prettier trio of youths on ir adventures, can tcarcely be seen, ‘These extra- vaganzas, when well acted, as they are at. the Bowery, are most amusing pieces. “Robert Macaire” and “ The Loan of a Lover” concluded the evening's entertain. ments. To-morrow evening two new pieces will be produced, viz. «Gil Blas” and “Jenny Lind.” In oth of them Miss Taylor will appear. They are both highly entertaining pieces, and will be produced with the greatest care. Nimto’s, Astor Piace.—Despite the inclemency of the weather, there was a fair attendance at this theatre last night, who were, as asual, delighted with the per- formances. The entertainment opened with the laughable piece of “Somebody Else,’ in which Mr, Dawson sustained the character of Hans Moritz, a country mechanic, and was particularly happy in his t, most perfectly personating the character of the frightened, haif-jealous swain. Miss Rose Telbin, as Minnie, performed the character in unsurpassed style, and ‘received unbounded approbation through- out the whole piece. ‘This young Indy is fast climbing the steps to fame, and even now, though » young ace trees, bas few auperiors, She enters into the apirit of the character which she plays, and always with ease and grace. Miss Kate Horn appeared as Louise, sister to Ernest Walbury, by Mr. Palmer, each of whom was ed approbation; and Mr. Phillips, as Herr Hetterman, a foreign fop. appeared with good effect, The “Italian Brigands,” by the Lehman feaily eed ‘M. Marzetti, was admirable, as is everythin in their line. ‘Miles. Adelaide and Mathilde, in the beau- tiful “Pas de Gallop,” were loudiy encored. They are always received with shouts of approbation, and most deservedly too, for they delight every one who sees them in their beautiful and graceful dances. Mlle. Adelaide seems to improve with every performence, though she was in the very first appearance held as tho most graceful and porfect danseuse who has been pro- sented toa New York audience for some time, We can safely say she has no superior. The enchanting pentomiine of Jocko” was also repeated, and most autifully performed throughout—Mr. Marzetti, as Jocko, and Mile. Mathilde, as Cora, a young Indjan. The performances at this house, and the talent en. gaged, and not surpassed in the country; and the de- termination of the never-tiring Niblo to please the yublic, have won for bis house a name, which is fast jeading on the high road to fortune. ste Ganorx—The entertainments at this pic- turesque and beautiful theatre commenced last cven- ing with the humorous extravaganza of the “ Dead Shot,” in which Mr. Helland sustained the character of Timid to the unbounded delight of the audience. He was well supported by Miss Rose Cline, as Louisa, who sang several songs, which were greatly applauded. Chatter was admirably pervonated by Miss Nickinson, who elicited general approbation by her humorous and faithful delineation of this character. ‘The exquisite style in which she gave Christy's nigger song of « Oh, Susannah!’ showed that in addition to her capabiliti a8 an actress, she possesses vocal powers of no ordinar: ability. The piece went off with great éclat, and with a report, if we may be allowed the pun, which bore un- mistakeable evidence that “ Dead Shot” had its due effect on all who came within its range, A miscol- lancous concert followed, in which Miss Phillips, Holman, and Mrs. H. Phillips, sung several excellent songs, all of which received dese pplause. The performances concluded with the laughable drama of “ Lavater, the Physiognomist, and a good Judge, too,” in which the varied and admirable qualities of this cha- 3 | racter were illustrated with great ability by Mr. Nick inson. The astonishment. which the bewildered Bur- gomaster (Mr. Holland) exhibited at the faithfal man- ner in which Lavater read the various phases of cha- racter from the lines of the “ human face divine,” ell: cited frequent bursts of laughter. On this evening, there will be a grand sacred concert of instrumental music by Lothian’s celebrated braes band, which, if the evening be fine, will doubtlees he well attended. Reuire ror tie New Yorw Vourstiens,—We ree ceived yorterday a letter, of which the following is oop; New Yonx, July 27, 1848. Dran Sin:--I have seen several articles in your wer deecribing the wretched condition of the > fork Volunteers that have just returned from Mexi- | eo. but must confess I bad but a faint idea of their state the number of persons in cach party, their equip- | party should be organized and drilled Wefore meeting atthe rendezvous, It is expected that many friendly | cans, skilful in the sport, and sequainied with and baunts of the an‘ vel, wil! jc party. of the time of mecting and the rendezvous | ‘As the party may expect | $28: would | their annual benefits, suflering before | raw them to-day, half starved, with hogeord countenances, with feeble frames, and miser- ably elad, i must contess my heart bled for them, knowing the valuable services they have rendered to the country. You have already done much to relieve their suffer inge, and J hope Will persevere in so good a caure, ag ; cu have aniformly done, i think a concert might ¢ got up for their benefit, and have no donbt all the jets in town would assist. The New Yorkers are ays ready to aid and assist, as we have lately seen Kipp ond Brown's ease, Castle Gardon at this soa- 4 good place, and I have no doubt would le filed to evertlowing. if you and the aldermen of the lulerent wards would put yeur shoulders to the i would cheerfully contribute, as far as my fooble ef- forte as a Finger would go, and have no doubt that I could distribute from 60 to a 100 tickets. Yours respectfully, ANTOINETTE OTTO. Janes G, Busnerr, Esq. ‘This is a cepital suggestion, and it reflects great cree dit on Madame Otto, who although not born on the fell, basa heart that feels for oar gallant volunteers, We hepe the subject will not be allowed to die, but that some substantial relict will be given to the rem- nant of the men who faced danger and death in every form to serve thelr ecuntry. and who have now return ed with shattered constitutions, ragged clothes and empty pockets. Cunssty's Mixstiets.—These original and admira- ble singers will remain with us another week, during which time several members of the company will take To-morrow evening they will give one of their best programmes, Tne Paxonama ov Gevenat, Taveon’ paigns is much adinived by ‘al opinion ix, that it i# the most remarkable and original ing in the conntry, And as for accra all whe heen in the campaign represented, declare. on visiting this exhibition, that the delines- tion is perfeet. —The Sacred Dioramas of ‘reation of the World and the Deluge, now bei: exhibited at 396 Bioadway, are beautiful specimens o! the dnearts. They are of the highest order of me- ebanical ingenuity, and should be seen by the citizens generally. Arson inthe First Degree —Justice Timpson com- mitted for trial yesterday John MeKenna, anda man by the name of Asia McKay, on a charge of ar- son in the first degree, in setting fire to the dwelling house on the corner of James street and Madison street, a few nights since. ‘This offence 1s ove of a very seri- ous nature, as no bail can be taken for either party, and if indicted by the Grand Jury, they will thea be ut upon their trial for their lives. After being in- formed by the magistrate of their committal, they were both conveyed baca:)« their cell, there to remain until the day of trial, » qh will take place, in all probabili- ty, in September 1 1 Funny Scene—The Police Triumphant.—Last eve- ning as officer Jenkins, one ot the policemen of the 6th Ward police, was on his rounds in Broadway, he wit- nessed a large sized man, of genteel appearance, and somewhat the woree for liquor, paxs along, and on meet- ing two females, be took hold of them in a very rude manner, thereby committing a gross insult, causing them to callout forassistarce. Officer Jenkins being near at hand, ran atonce to their assistance, and in- formed the intruder that if he was guilty of the like offence again he should be ccmpelled to take him to the Station-house. The big man, at the officer's re- quest, looked down upon Mr. Jenkins, as much as to way, ** You can’t do it;’’ from the fact of Mr. Jenkins being @ man of small statue, and of rather juvenile up- pearance. the big man had an idea that he couid act and do just as he pleased, being much the largest man of the twe, Upon the caution of the officer, the big man walked on, heeding but little the officer's request, until he met two other femalea, whom he insulledin the same manner, ‘This conduct the officer considered to be putting the publie authorities at defiance, and walking up, quiekly seized the big man by the arm and said, * You sre my prisoner.” ‘The big man replied, “Dm d—m'd if1 am,” giving himself a twist around, at the same time grabbed the club from the officer, and as the string gave way which passes over the wrist, the big man obtuined possession of the club, and then with a flourish made a blow at the officer—the blow taking effect on the hat of Jonkins—and away he run from Broadway into White street, still keeping possess. jonof the club. The big man ran well for a short dist- ance, but being unable to hold out, the officer gained on his time, and just as the big man was dodging into a stable up an alley, which runs into Franklin street, the officer caught him by the leg, and down he went, bangin the gutter, and there they had it; the big man and the little man; hip and thigh; the big man kicking and the little man holding on like a buil terrier on @ ‘bull's nose—nor was there any let-up until the officer recovered again the ere of his club. When that was done, he let the big nan up, Tap, which brought the assistance of another police- man; then the big man was subdued, and conveyed to the Station-house by Mr. Jenkins with as much pri and gratification as David exbibited,when he conquer- edGoliah. On entering the station house, Captain Magnes was ast ished to witness the arrest ani clared himself satisfied that it was not the largest men who possess the most courage. Detained the big man on the charge, who gave his name as John Wil- liams, and said he was an Englishman, and only in the country ten days. ‘The magistrate, the next morn- ing, fined him $3 for his disorderly conduct, which he paid, at the same time expressing himself’ perfectly satisfied that the police of New York, although not the largest in the world, are, to say the least, yer efficient. sirrest of Burglars.—The police of the Fifteenth ‘Ward succeeded, on Friday night, in arresting two bur- glare, calling themselves John Read and John Ken- nedy, alias Charles Dubois, who the officers detected in the rear of the dwolling house, No. 84 Amity street, endeavoring to force open, one of the rear windows. Several of their tools were found on the ground where they had been at work. Juvenile Stabbing —Office? Tillou, of the Eleventh ward, arrested, yesterday, a boy by the name of William Tribell, only nine yea s of age, on a charge of stabbing another boy, abcut his own age, by the name of Wil: liam H. Gloncross, inflicting @ severe wound in the breast with a knife The bad boy was taken before the magistrate and committed to prison. Religious Intelligence. Canenpan ror Avausr.—6th, 7th Sunday after Tri- nity; 13th, Sth Sunday after Trinity; 20th, 0th Sunday after Trinity; 24th, Feast of Bartholomew, Apostles and Martyrs; 27th, 10th Sunday after Trinity. ‘The following extraordinary document is going the round of the Irish newspaper press, It is written and signed by the Rey. Jas, O'Sullivan, late of the Priests? Protection Society, It is intended as a retraction by tate priest. To the editor of the Dublin F’ .—* For if my enemy had reviled me, 1 would veri- ly have borne with it. Andif he that hated me had spoken gicat things against me, [ would, perhaps, have hidden myself from bim, But thou, a man of one mind, my guide and my familiar, who didst take aweet meats together with me: in the house of God we walk- ed with consent.”—Psalm 54th, 12th, 14th, 16th ¥. The consciousness of the applicability of the above cited verses to me overwhelms me witn shame and fills me with bitter remorse. Hence, I request. you, sir, to lay the following fact before your readers; ‘it is this, that * a sheep that was lost’ is returning to the fold of Christ. Asthere is a pamphlet published by me before the public, I am privileged to offer oriticism on it; it is briefly this: thet I did not believe one word of its miserable contents. They were dictated by wounded ride and disappointment. With respect to the un- Eandsome and uncbaritable observations it oontaias on the College of Maynooth, on Doctor Egan and his riests. all Ihave to say is, that they are downright falsehoods, They could be nothing else, being dicta- ted by the enemy of our sulvation, “ who was the fa- ther of lies from the beginning.” | take this opportu- nity of begging the Bishop of Kerry's pardon, hoping that the great bishop of our souls “ who willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that be be converted and live,” will extend the same indulgence tome. Since | became a nominal protestant, last March, I did not rest three hours any night, not knowing but’ that like the Dives in the gospel," I would be buried in hell,” My soul refused to be comforted . . . ; my eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled and | spoke not” (Psalm 66th, Oth verse.) It shall ever pain me that I was.an instrument in the hands of Satan, in perverting the souls of the poor ignorant Roman Catholics, who were in the habit of frequenting my lectures. or rather 90- phisms, in Sackville street; but, thanks be to God, they were “few in number, the seven-eighths of those that entered as enquiring Ro 1"? (a8 the Prigsta’ Protection Society calls them), were educated as Pro- testants, to my certain knowledge. But the ruin of one soul is too much before God. 1am resolved, during the remainder of my life, never to cease Knocking at the door of mercy, on my own behalf and theirs “I will recount to theo all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.” (Isaiah, 38¢., 16 v.) “From the sins of others save thy servant.” In this latter text, David entreats mercy of God for the sins of others, to which he might be accessory. I de not presume to approach the throne of grace in the spirit of the Royal Penitent. However, the Father of Mercies and God of all Conso- lution” is ax compassionate now as he was in the days of the Psalmists, that is one point upon which all agree —a soothing reflection in the mind of a sinner. I might be reasonably asked how came it, that I who Was ordained to be the light and guide of others, in the way of truth, should go astray myself, St. Paul, in his first epistle to St. Timothy, 1 ch., 19 v., gives the answer: —“Having iaith and a good conscience, which some re- Jecting, bave made shipwreck concerning the fuith ;"* from which text it is evident that heresy is never the first sin, but the consequence of » bad conscience, Had the truth never been revealed, it would be ob- vious to every one that knows the frailties of the hu- man heart. Teouclude, by entreating the prayer of the chureh in wy bebaif; if we bad no other inducement for hoping in God, but the one furnished in a remarkable pasege in this day's goxpel, we should never despair:— “Sol say to you, there shall be joy before the angels Luke 15, it, of God, upon one sinner doing’ penance.” y.10. Iremain, sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES SULLIVAN, Formerly R. C, C., of the united parishes of Nochaval, East, Kilcammin and Knockaful diocese of Kerry. {The members of the Priests’ Protection Society are informed, for the edification of their souls, that the above letter has been read over, word for word, by the author, in the presence of the witnesses. The Rov. writer desires us to request that the journals, expecially in the south of Ireland, will copy his letter, as he is most anxious to repair, as publicly as possible, any scandal he may have given,—Ed. F. J.) Tho Rey. Azariah Smith, M.D, and Mrs. Smith, embarked on Saturday last at Boston, in the bark Stamboul, Captain Kendrick, for Smyrna. Dr. Smith has been & member of the Armenian mission for a number of years, A genteelly dressed man has lately been imposing himself upon clergymen in Saratoga, Ballston and representing himself ax a clergyman in and this drawing small sume from the is of light complex. A ubout fifty years d to be @ teacher of half ages, but he doubtless has a dress, business and name for every place he visits. The Preabyterian Church, Yorkville, recently pros- trated by a storm, bas been erected again at « cost of $200, additional expense, Rey. Nicholas Murray, D. D., of Elizabethtown, N. J., has declined his recent appointment to a professor. Lip in the Theological Seminary at New Albany, Ind. ‘The Rey. Francis Peck has been transterred to the dicere of Rhode Island, by letters dimissory to the Light Rey. the Bishop. ‘The Rey. Richard P, Killin has been received into the diceese of Maryland, by letters dimissory from the Right Rey. the Bishop of Ohio. Mr. Killin will take ebare of the Chureh of the Ascension. Baltimore, va- cated by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Peck. ‘The Key Joreph Adderly has been received by let- \imissory from the diocese of Pennsylvania, into ‘of Ohio, and has become rector of St St, Stephen's, Canfield. rrivon has resigned the charge of Richmond, Virginia, and accepted ns, Montgomery, Alabama, Board of Supervisors. July 21 The Mayor “presidin, [Crowded out till this morning.|—The minutes of the former mecting were read and approved Priitions~ Of sundry persone, for correation of taxes. Referred y Bills ‘ous small bills for printing, &e , were au- dited, nnd ordered to be paid The OW silins-House Building—Report of rpecial committee, recommending that the rotunda in the Perk, known as the ry of Fine Arts and the Rooms of the American Institute, be taken possession of, to be fitted up as additional court rooma, forthe use of the judges, and that notices he immediately served on the ceevpants of those premises to give up posression—-ac- cepted. ‘Tho board then adjourned. Mrs. Gen, Butler was revented by indisposition from eeecmpanying her foebend further than Pitts- burg. | gathered last night. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, | Arriva of Volunteers. Puivavenrmia, July 29, 1848. We learn, from Keading, that two companies of volunteers, who have served in the war with Mex- ico, have returned to their homes, They were re- ceived with an enthusiastic welcome, by their fellow citizens, who attended them in procession. The military were also out, and the day was wound up by a grand display of fireworks. Markets, Atsany, July 20.—Reevipts within the past twenty. four hours ; Flour—6,900 bbls. Corn—4,000 bushels, Oats—5.800 busheis. Flour continued about the same, with light sales at previous rates, Corn—Sales of 2,100 bushels were made at 53e. Oats—Sales of 5,500 bushels were made at45e to 46c. Rye—Sales of 2,600 bushels were made at 67ie. ‘There was no material change im other articles. Boston, July 29.—The market for flour has exhi- bited no material change, since the receipt of the European news. Sales of 600 barrels were made to- day, at $5 to $5 25, inciuding Western Oswego, straight brands, Michigan and Genesee. The market, closed heavy. Corn -Sales of 8,000 bushels were made at Slo for mixed, and 5c for flat yellow. Rye—Sales of 200 bushels were made at 68c. Oats—2,000 bushels were made at 48c, Nothing new in other articles, Burrano, July 29 Receipts within the past twenty-four hours: Flour—3,000 bushels. Wheat— 5,000 bushels. Corn—6,000 bushels, For good fresh ground flour, $4 25 was offered. Wheat was dull and no sales of moment transpired. Corn was firm, and 23,900 bushela were made at 42c, which was en advance. ‘There, was no material change in other articles. City Intetligence, Tne Coney Isuaso Accivent.—The unfortusate circumstance which terminated in the drowning of @ young woman at Coney Island beach, on is said to have arisen from carelessness, There was no friend. because of her condition of life, to extend to her a belping hand, though there were many on. the beach who might have rescued her without peril to themselves. She was s young hears < haps! possessing appearance, with no ordinary show of per- sonal attractions, and from her childhood. it had beem the object of her parents though in limited cireume stances, to bestow upon her such an education as to ig her for all the ordinary duties of a virtuous and respes- table life. But when at the age of seventeen years,she was addressed by a young man, in whom ber parents had the utmost confidence, and who looked forward with pleasure to the day when she would be settled in domestic life. His intentions were mp- onthe base and unmanly principles of the seducer, and he succeeded in his taferoal designs, leaving her an outcast from the circle in which she moved, and loathsome to herself Aschamed again to enter the domicil of her parents, she wandered for some time without a home, when she again met him who destroyed her Lope of happiness, and was in in- duced, through the flattering promises of his deceit, to throw herself upon his mercy, as alast resort, ping that he would redeem the solemn vow which he taken to marry her. He, however, again left her, when by some accident she was thrown in conan, with one of the frail daughters of Eve, per age on her to go home with her, and there in, until she had recovered from her prostrated condition. She went, aceording to the advice of her frail sister, tothe houso of Mrs. Lee, in Thomas street, where she re- mained up to the time of the accident which - nated her unhappy carcer, and though Meg! * an abandoned life, it 1s said soe frequently had attacks of melancholy which would last for weeks at a time. Her body was brought to the city yesterday morning and taken to her late boarding-house, and her parents summoned to pay the last tribute of respect to their fallen daughter. Her parents, by the name of Smith, emigrated to this country from Ireland sixteen years ogo, when their daughter Elizabeth was then but three years old. They appear to be poor, though re- spectable, and repine not, for the sake of her whom they had lost, that she bad been removed from © life of shame. This was, doubtless, one of the many cases in which, had the kind counsels of compassion, instead of spurning and rejection, been administeres the victim might have been restored to virtuous an honorable life. That they are all predisposed to 8 life ot infamy. is a false doctrine, for many there are who would willingly and anxiously return to the paths of rectitude, could they be taken by the hand by some one who would assist them again to climb te the point of respectability they once occupied, and lead upright and proper lives. : ‘ Wasninctox Market on a Saturpay Nicut.—Tho scenes and doings at Wasbington Market ona Satur- day night, are almost equal to the doings at the upper Horse Market. Last uight there were a man; persons pushing to and troin—some with a view to pur- chase something for & Sundy dinner, while Fauntere: rough for what they coul 1k up. The butchers ar» particularly poltsana etohneeao e best beef, lamb, or pig in the market. But that part where vegetables and fish ate are sald, is by far the most replete with richness. Around ci be- hind which is an old-woman seated, w: of glasses about an ineh and.a half in diameter over her nose, and,about half way down, a erowd was In the centre of that erowd stood * one of the Volunteers with medal in ha: eas toconnt ingto those around him, who stood with eyes and mouths all stretched, the great and trying seenas through which he passed in México. A beam of joy - shone through his bronzed countenance, while he spoke of some of his gallant comrades, and sorrow de- picted itself when he spoke of some who fell en the bat- tle-fields. Having satisfied the enquiring crowd, he Placed his meda! again in his pocket and walked off with as much pride, apparently, as though possessed of. alarge fortune,while his clothing hung in tatters around him. Passing further on, in the midst of the v ble- stands, sata fellow beside » barrel, on the of which wi some articles of spread several old watch jewelry, and @ conch-shell. He caluted “| say, mister, poet yes want to buyla brass-t-pin? F war'nt it gold,or no ; motto: chased—here they go—goo ei aly first-rate time- ve for this sea-shell, brought ued for some pg ek you ym the Island of Naples? He contin time, when the Market Clerk came in sight, around to see if there were any who had not paid: for the hire of their stalls, when the fellow gathered upthe four corners of a handkerchief, upon whieh the Were spread, and took himself clear out of the market in double quick time. A little further on, near the corner of Washington and Vesey streets, sat an ur- chin, with face as black from dirt as it well eould be. He had a small waiter before him,on which was several glasses. and beside, a bucket about half-full of ssme- thing he called lemonade, With the fingers of one hand in his bair, preishing: for life, and with the other stirring the stnff with a stick, he kept up acontinual cry of “eres lemonade, one sent = as ' nice lemonade, all cold, only one cents :Jass ‘he littie fellow did not suc in selling 1 single jase, but would every now and then thrust his hand nto the bucket, aud take outs lemon |. A womel with red hair, black eyes, and sharp features, forced her way through the crowd, addressed the boy with, “well, Jobnny, ‘an ’ow many glasses ’ay ye sold;” to which the boy replied, ‘1 ain’t sold nary one yit,? The old lad, iscovering that the lemonade had dimin- ished considerably, exclaimed “‘an divil the bit ‘ay ye sold, ‘an its more nor half gone, ye little baste, an 1°lF knock the brains out of ye!’ With that exclamation she tumbled the little fellow over, who got uj squalling and started for home. At the different tally every va- riety of food, cooked and raw, was presented, the cry of * hot corn, hot corn,” was from one end ofthe market tothe other.’ All classes and tribes of people meet at that market on Saturday ni; those who are laboring under a depreseio: 5 it is just the place to go, for there js a greater variety of comedy and farce to be sven than at any other e inthecity, Itis ina most horridly filthy condition, which admirably comports with the scenes which are there enacted. Tux Weatuxn.—Dhore was quite a change in the weather yesterday. The sky was hid by clouds near. ly the whole day, and there were frequent light show. ers ofrain. About night, the clouds grew heavier, and the rain was more constant, with every indication of agenuine Easterly sterm. Tue Common Covnen..—Tne Summer Recess, a predicted the course of policy that would distinguish this veritable body, before their election to take a part in the administration of city affairs, We warned their constituency, on the very morning of the election, and’ cautioned them as to the sort of men they should select, to carry out the objects of our city government ; and now, having been in office precisely two months, one week, and tires days—a reasonab o time for any part to recover their breath after the excitement of a Pita eal contest—we look in vain for any measure of im- provement or reform in either board. such as had been promised by these veritable and unsophisticated sprouta of lovofocoism and whiggery in the Common Council. They made a start in the Board of Assistants, upom the * physical foree” principle; and there the adepts im the “ring” had fair opportunity to display their “ selon and were it not for the timely interferonce of * old stovepips,”’ which tumbled down and separated the beiligerents, to the manifest «atiafaction of some of the washerwomen of the city—-who had to uso some ex- tra amount of soft soap to bring the shirt hosoms of the worthy Board of Assistants to a color—we would have hod a regular guerilla batule on the oreasion. We have watehed the career of the worthy Common Council. as we promised to do, so far, and we still find the “tea room” and “canvass back ducks,” in as much Vogue asever. Woe still find the streets as filthy, the absence of sizn boards ay prevalent, the sidewalks ag neglected; ond, in fact, all the old grievances of the citizens as abundant and as prominent as they have remained for the last few yéars. What «wide fleld everywhere presents itself for local imy rement in this rapidiy growing city. The wharf abuses, in the fuce of a State Inw, are still tolerated, or winked at. ‘The ferrics still require a thorough reform; and the construction of a fow public baths, which could be done at little expense, would be hailed just now as @ boon to the poorer classes of citizens; yet time rolle on, and still wo move in the old zigzag way, the greater part of the time; and dast ts nightly, af their meetings, thrown im the eyes of the citizens, in de- bating the merits of somo paltry spp ntmont, forst- « ing and féreing some “lion of the day,” or discussing the werits of canvt ack ducks in the tea room— from which the press of the city haa been rather unceremoniourly exeluded, lest the reporters would have the opportunity to retort upon the gastro- nomic powers and abilities of the gourmands who nightly flock there for recreation. In fact the “ten-room,”’ #0 called, is nothing more nor leas than # b'¢ corporation esting stall, kept in con- tinual requisition by committees, stated and regular meetings. «nd as a convenient lounge for the idlera and loafers who choove to excel in this particular branch of corporate servier. But the usual sammer Teoors will take place after one or two more meetings, and our city fathers will 5° to Coney isiand or ol-e~ where, to enjoy change of air, change of ecome, and