The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. QUVIOR X. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. ee : BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Ivsxuom—Jace Suur- vamp. BROADWAY Broadway—Sr. Cvem—Divmn- munnT—Love, Law avy !wysic. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Sr. Corm— Panis anv LONDON. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham Maw—O'Naat THs Gueat. street—MitLan’s WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Lapy or Lrons— | we AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—VIi1aGE Gossip— usu Turor. Fvening—Ovp Foiss at Home. GHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Ermorian Moves sy Cuusty’s (rena Trourn, WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Brosd. way—Emmorus Minsraetsy. CIRCUS, 37 Bowery—Eumenc ay ENTeRTAreMeENTs. GBORAMA, 586 Broadway—Basvanb'# PaNonaqa oP mms Hoy Lanv. BELLER'S SOIREE’S MYSTERIEUSES, 599 Broadway. WOMLEY'S THAMES, st HOPE CHAPEL, Broadw Sew York, Tucsday, February 15, 1853. Malls for Europ). THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The royal mail steamship Canada will leave Boston at ‘weon to-morrow, for Liverpool. Subscriptions and advertisements, tor any edition of he New Yoru Henan, will be received at the following Places in Europe — Liverroo1—Jobn Hunter, No. Lonpox—Edward Sandford & Co Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine stroet Parw—Livingston, Wells & € Rue de la Bourse. + B. H. Reyoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘The European mails will close in this city at one and ‘tree o'clock this afternoon. The Werxry Hsrarp will De published at half-past nine o'clock A. M Mingle copies, in wrappers, sixpence. ‘aradise street Cornbill. The News. The voice of Young America has at length been heard upon our foreign policy. The speech of Judge Douglas in the United States Senate yesterday, upon the Monroe doctrine and Cuba resolutions of Gen. (Cass, will be read with marked attention by all elasses of politicians, for the reason that it may be | eonsidered as forming the basis on which Young America intends to operate during the next Presi- dential campaign. The materials for the platform ‘ef the party are there, and all that remains to be @one is to place them together. The area which the stroctare is to cover will be very extensive—reach- | ing, as it does, from one end of the continent to the other, and from sea to sea. In the early part of the day the Senate made seve- ral amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill, among which was one to provide for the fitting up of the assayer’s office at San Francisco, and to Dave bullion cast into bars of not less than three ances. In the course of the debate, Mr. Borland declared that there were tacts, which, when dis- @losed, would show that the expenditure of public moneys had notof late years been conducted on prin- eiples of common honesty and justice. ‘The House of Representatives spent nearly the whole day upon the Swamp Land bill, which wa® eventually tabled, and there ordered to remain. The order establishing evening sessions was abolished, and a couple of private bills were passed. The Smith family seem destined to create an ex- sitement wherever they go. It is fortunate for the friends of peace and the anti-progressivists, that they are not very prolific. It was but a shert time ago that all Cuba, the greater portion of Europe, and 2 small part of America were set in commotion by “the individnal” known as Purser Smith. Scarcely had that hubbub died away, ere one of the seven gentlemen of the same name in the New York As- sembly, put that body in a complete uproar by mani- festing his independence in refusing to vote, for | which exhibition of self-will he was arrested by order of the Speaker. This case occupied the atten- tion of that angust body during a large portion of Saturday, and the whole of yesterday. Really, if the mame of Smith is not handed down to posterity, it | will not be in consequence of their inactivity. Read the Legislative proceedings. Our despatch from Concord announces that Gen. Pierce left that place yesterday afternoon, en route for Washington, and may be expected in this city tonight or tomorrow. In compliance with the wishes expressed in his letter, published under our city head yesterday, it is hoped that no unnecessary exuberance of epirits will be manifested by the demo- eracy along the line of route. The despatch declures that the Cabinet is a ‘‘fixed fact,’ but who is to com- pose it is only known to those who are to fill the dif ferent posts. By the way, the democratic members of the North Carolina Legislature are reported to have re-nominated @en. James C. Dobbin as their | candidate for United States senator, in place of Hon. W.P. Mangum. This places Gen. Dobbin without the Cabinet. There's some information. The strike of the railroad mechanics for higher wages, at Baltimore, threathens to become general. | By reference to the despatch from Baltimore, it w' be seen that the operatives on some of the Penn- sylvania roads, in addition to the workmen in Alex- andria, Portsmonth, and Norfolk, have knocked off and refuse to go to work again until their demands are acceded to. Several thousand men have thus thrown themselves out of employment, and every @ay is adding to their num-ers. Where will all this end? ‘The foreign news, per the Niagara, produced no ehange in cotton, while it caused a decline in State four of from 12c. a 18¢. per barrel. Corn and wheat were also heavier—the latter being unsaleable ex. wept at 2 concession in favor of buyers. Both Boards of Aldermen met last evening, and transacted a considerable amount of ordinary business In the lower Board, Assistant Alderman Wheeler offered a resolution to the effect that the Commission- erof Streets and Larups shall illuminate the City Halli upon the evening of the 22d instant, in com- memoration of Washington's birthday, and that the Commissioner of } and Supplies cause the transparency to be exhibited in front of the Hall. Adopted unanimou A report of the Committee ‘on Police, with a resolution to allow two doormen for duty in the office of the Chief, was read. The report ‘was accepted, and the resolution adopted. The Chief is to nominate two officers for the approval of his Honor the Mayor. Last evening, at Metropolitan Hall, Mr. T. F Meagher delivered an eloquent and masterly lecture on “Grattan and the Volunteers of 1752.’ The im menee Hall was completely filled. The Mayor pre sided, and introduced Mr. Meagher to the audience, who received him with the most enthusiastic demon strations of applause. Besides the Mayor, there was alarge number of respectable citizens on the plat- form, and two captains of Lrish regiments, in uniform, which gave a picturesque appearance to the scene, ani! secalled the era of the Volunteers, who wore a sin aniform. Manihan’s Band wae in attendance, and diseoursed mo-t excellent music—performing both the national airs of ireland and the United States, with great érla/. Mr. Orestes A. itr { Boston, delivered a very able and eloqnént lecture to a large audience, at Hope Chapel, Broadway, Iast evening — subject, @ Grecory the Seventh, and the Papal Power.” He eontended that the asptreions which had been cast apon Pope Gregory by popular writers anc speakers, for his interference with the “divine right of kings,’ vere unfounded, for that he had nevr attempted t ywhson infringe on their power #0 long a with justice and humanity. He concluded his lec- ture amidst considerable applause, by expressing his belief that the time was not fir distant when this country would be Catholic, and when the clean sac- rifice would be offered in it from the rising to the | setting sun; and that it did not become men to pro- | voke the power of God, and deny the power which | He has granted to his vicegerent here below. ‘The length of the Comptroller's report compels us to omit | this lecture for the present. The trial of W. M. Doty, charzed with perjury in the Forrest divorce ease, was commenced yesterday in the Court of Session’. Nothing was done beyond empannelling the jury, and the case will be opened this morning. Judging from the array of counsel and witnesses, it will probably occupy the remainder of the term. ‘In our legal intelligence will be found a very im- portant report of a case instituted in the Supreme Court, against the Mayor and Commonalty of the city | of New York, for alleged illegal alienation of corpo- ration property. It isdue to Recorder Tillon and the Chamberlain to say that these gentlemen dis 1 | | | | | | sented from and protested against the act now com: | plained of. Capt. Elisha M. Fitch, of the steamship Washing- ton, was yesterday evening acquitted of the charge of smuggling, which was under investigation for three days last week. Important Document—The First Report of | the New City Comptroller. We publish to-day the first annual report of | Mr. Flagg, the new City Comptroller, presented ' to the Common Council last evening. It is the | most important document. as regards the inter- ests of this great city, that has ever emanated from any department of the city government. Never has such a voluminous, able and inter- | esting report been issued by any of his prede- : cessors in office. It isa paper of great length; but when we the whole ground of our city government, laying bare the frauds that have been perpetrated, the reckless and wanton expenditure, the frightful abuses, increasing and multiplying every year, | the corrupt and illegal courses that have been | pursued, the flagrant violations of the charter, | and the alarming progress of taxation, threat- | ening, at no distant day, to overwhelm the city | with ruin, we come to the conclusion that instead of being too long, the report is remarkable for its comparative brevity, comprising, as it does, in a condensed form, an immense mass of well | digested | heads. This document will be received by the great mass of our citizens—it will be received | with joy and welcome, as the harbinger of anew era of retrenchment and reform. It is | very evident that our city government, so lavish in its expenditure. have caught a Tartar in the person of Mr. Flagg. He knows too much | of finance. human nature, and the laws, to be humbugged—he is too upright to be swayed by improper influences. and too brave to be affected by threats or intimidation. He is just the kind of man the people wanted for the office of Comp- troller. and, on their part, we must protest against General Pierce taking him to Washing. ton to fill the office of Secretary of the Trea- sury, not because he is not thoroughly compe- tent, but because he cannot be spared from New York. No doubt the City Hall is like the Au- gean stable; but Mr. Flagg is a very Hercules of a reformer. and, by continuing to direct the stream of his facts and figures through the seat of corruption. he will soon have accomplished a labor as great as that of the son of Jove; and the result will be that he will win the con- fidence and earn the gratitude of an injured people. The Comptroller goes back to first principles; | he goes to the charter of 1849, to the charter of 1830, to the convention that led to it, and the | causes that led to the convention, which, strange to say, were the very same as | those that now call forth the scathing animad- | yersions in the report, with this difference— | that then the evils were as mere molehills | compared with the huge mountains that at pre- sent appal the tax-payers, and which it requires | something more than faith to remove. The | people, in 1830, imagined that they had ample se- \ curity in the charter against the recurrence ofthe | wrongs inflicted upon them by the “city fathers” of that day. A few years’ experience, however, (aught them that this charter could be violated and evaded; and they sought additional sccurity in the charter of 1849, which distinctly sepa- rates the legislative from the executive func- | tions, but which have been ever since, in prac- | tice, confounded by the usurpations of the Com- mon Council. just as if no charter existed. Its provisions have been evaded and violated so | systematically that the people are now calling | for some new guarantees, in the shape of amend- ments to the charter, and some additional checks upon the wild career of public profligacy, But | what security is there that the new provisions, if they should be adopted, will not be trampled under foot like the old? What is wanted is not so much new Jaws as the faithful adminis- | tration of those we already posses Laws | have been piled upon laws. like Pelion upon Osea, but all to no effect. because, practically. they have been permitted to remain a dead let- ter. The laws that have been passed have been aimed rather at the effects than the causes, and have not reached the evil at its source, in the primary elections and the police system. which have hitherto defeated all | the laws, by preventing the right kind of men being elected to administer them. It is true, | that once in a long time such a man as Mr Flagg worns up; but it is more an acci- | dent than anything else, and he is an ex- ception to the general rule. complish a great deal if he continues for his term of three years in office; but he may not be elected again, or he may not wish to be a candidate again, and the good that he achieves will therefore be only temporary, anless there iseome organic change which will go to the root of the evil, securing the clection af men of | the same stamp for that and other offices, and tak- . | ing away both the temptation and the power to do w 4“ upon an extensive scale. The Comptroller shows, among other things, he illegality of muleting the city for extra compensation to the Judges of the Supreme Court, who are State Judges, and he accordingly declines to pay Judge Edmonds’ bill for $750, unless the spirits from the other world order him to do so. Jt is worthy of remark, that in S45 the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Court, who are County Judges, only amounted to $7,590; now they amount to $24,000, besides $5,500 for a City Judge—in all $27,500. The Comptroller also exposes the gross injustice done to the city by the operation of the Free | Sebool law. which compels it to pay a special | school tax after contributing so heavily to | the general tax of the In 1829 the city only paid under this head $10,823 in 1845 the tax amounted to $150,000. This | year theye is a requisition for $794,706, Jt school State matter, arranged under appropriate | He may ac- | take into consideration the fact that it covers | | audit accounts. seen, counties do not pay balf as much as New York, though they receive far more from the school fund. The free school act is, therefore, in this respect, a violation of the principle of equal tax- ation. The observations of the Comptroller on city railroads are excellent. He very properly coa- tends that the city ought to receive a quid pro quo, in low fares, and by the repair of the streets; and he also holds that if the grade of the street is regulated for the convenience o¢ the railroad, the company, and not the public, ought to pay for this additional expense. Tt will be seen that items amounting to over $5100 have been illegally contracted for. They are as follows : Reception of Kossuth.. . Henry Clay’s funeral Daniel Webster's funeral. Tea room... ‘ Claim unpaid for Kossuth’s banquet 3,089 00 $51,685 81 We have. also, reason to know that members of the Common Council have illegally charged for carriage hire, when not on the business of the city government; and the Comptroller up to the present has steadily refused to pay the bills, unless vouched on oath. The expenses of the tea room are enormous. Just think of $9.672 in one year, after the Common Council receiving in lieu of banqueting $4 per day. In future. if they must have canvas back ducks. brandy and segars, they will have to pay tor such good living themselves. The tea room stands abolished, Mr. Flagg exposes the illegality of making contracts, and drawing money out of the city treasury. unless appropriations shall have been previously made for the purposes specified The violations of the law, in this respect, have been of the most daring description. More- over. “the detailed statement of receipts and xpenditures” for the year, required by the charter to be published two months before the annual election for charter officers, has not been given to the people. On all hands the law has been violated. and taxation is swelling from year to year to the most enormous dimensions. Neither the Common Council, nor any of its committees, have a right to make contracts or This executive business has been expressly taken from them by the charter, and assigned to the heads of departments. The Comptroller is determined to take the finance business out of the hands of the Aldermen, and to enforce the charter. We recently published a tabular statement showing the increase of taxation from the year 1835 to the present time. Mr. Flagg goes back ten years further. as will be seen by the impor- tant table, No. 14, appended to his report. The following being the first and last items of the table. will show the tremendous progress of taxation in twenty-six years :— Real Estate. Personal. Teal. Taz. 1826 $64,804,050 $42,434,931 $107,238,981 $383,758 1852 253,278,384 98,490,042 351,368,426 3,380,571 But even this increase is nothing compdged with the levy for 1853, which will be $5,171,602 24, being an increase over the levy of 1852 of $1,791.391. This increase for the present year is caused by borrowing, from the 3d of November to the end of December, a million and sixty thousand dollars, of which $493,000 was obtained on the three last days of the year. All this must come into the account for the year 1858. What a humbug, therefore, was the apparent balance in the treasury on the Ist of January of $136,877. If the amount raised to pay the deficiency of 1852 had been levied, as it ought to have been, in that year, the tax would have been $4,122,699, and the rate, instead of being 96 cents, would have been 117 cents on each hundred dollars of valuation. It is urged by those who do not pay much respect to arithmetic that the increase of taxation is only in proportion to the popula- tion. This the Comptroller completely refutes. He shows that the population of 1825, compared with 1850, has increased, in twenty-five years, 210 per cent. estate 168 per cent, and taxes 740 per cent! This is a frightful fact that no special pleading can explain away. There are one or two others equally astounding. The bare defi- ciency in the amount expended. over and above the estimates of last year, namely, $887,100, is within $3.000 of the aggregate government ex- penses of six of the Western States, and only $237,000 less than the sum expended by the six New England States, including Massachusetts which expends half @ million in the year. And the whole estimated expense of the city gov- ernment proper for the present year is only $640,197 less than the aggregate annual expen- ses of the entire thirty-one States of the Union, including half a million for California. If this iz not enough to scare the Island City we know not what is. The Comptroller has taken the bull by the horns like aman. Let him hold him fast till the people come to his help. tained by every class of citizens. Taxation must and shall be abated. We call upon all our readers to give this report an attentive pe- rusal. To the citizens of New York it is as in- teresting and important as ever was a Presi- dent’s message to the people of the United States. Tue Puiosopners Cavont Napriso.—The philosophers of the Tribune, for the. benefit of the parties concerned, make the following ex- planation of a rather awkward mistake. They say that— The Washington Union pavades an extract from a letter of one of our Washington correspondents, which eontains a paragraph directly reflecting upon the New York appointees of Mr. Fillmore’s adminia- tration, and intimating that the purchase by George Law of Mr. Corwin’s interest in the Gardiner claim was a fraudulent transaction. We have three things to say about this, Ist. The writer of that particular letter happens to be @ loco foco. 2d. The paragraph would not have appeared had it been read by us be- fore it was published. Bad business, in these days, for an organ of Seward and Company to trust to a loco foco correspondent at Washington. But what bas become of the Gardiner claim? Where is the money? Who is responsible, and who loses? Will our philosophers answer these questions? ‘Tae TheaTHR.——The manager of the Lowery theatre, perceiving that the execllent dramatic spectacle of Tvanhoe"’ and the érama of ‘Jack Sheppard” were so very sneceseful last evening, announces tiie same bill for to-night. Douglas Jerrold’s excellent comedy of “St. Cupid” was produced for the first time, laat evening, at the Broadway, with great success; it will be repeated to- night. Burton, never behind me, also presented the comedy of ‘St. Cupid’ last night, and it will be again performed this evening. The National theatre announces the «ame bill a# last evening, and at Wallack’s the beau ful play of the “Sady of Lyons,” whieh drew anck im mense audiences last week, will be the attractive feature of this evening. At the Museum, Cirens, Christy's Opera Wood's (Minstrels, Robert Heller's, Banvard's, and Ruley's, the usual delightful entertalaments will be given. Madame Valentini gives ber eecond concert at ope Chapel, to-night House, He will be sus- | | and Mr. Pozzolini would do well to study it. yete.—-Our readers will find in opr columns to- day an interesting letter on pickerel fishing and politics, from our Concord correspondent ; but, to the utter dismay of the hard shells of the Tammany coalhole, they will discover that Marcy is coming to life again. Dropped for a while by common consent, he emerges into full view again, like the moon coming out of # cloud. and is visible. not only at Concord. but at Albany, at the same time. We compile, there- fore, from the cabinet makers at Concord, Albany, Buffalo, and elsewhere, the following schedule of Gen. Pierce’s Cabinet. with the dis- tinct injunction upon all concerned. that though they may be disposed to bet a hat upon Marcy, there may still be wanting a patch upon his breeches:— New York—-Wm. L. Marey, Secretary of State. Virginia—. M.'T. Hunter, Secretary of the Treasury. ‘Tennessee—A. 0. J’. Nicholson, Seeretary of the Interior. Mississippi—Jelerson Davis, Secretary of War. New Jersey—R. F. Stockton, Seeretary of the Navy. Obio—Samuel Medary, Postmaster General. Pennsylvania—James Campbell, Attorney General, Leaving to Caleb Cushing the mission to Eng- land. or something of that sort. ton correspondent was mistaken about Mr. | Look out, then, for Dix, Seymour, or | Flagg. (worst ofall for the hard shells) Marcy, as the New York man. The Washington cabinet makers dou’t know much, and they won’t kuow much of the real Simon Pure Cabinet, till Gen. Pierce himself gets to the Federal City, and gives his opinion on the subject. Luca pi Lasagemoor, ar Niio’s.—"‘Luela’? is one of those operas which one always hears with pleasure. Whether the fact be attributable to its uniform beauty as a whole, or to the exquisite charm of the airs it con- tains, or to the tragic interest of the plot, or to the dramatic situations ineach of the three acts, or to the + many pleasant associations which group themselves round the well known characters of the tale, or, finally, to the happy combination of all these various attrac- tions, certain it is that we have never known a lover of music to confess that he was tired of ‘Lucia di Lammer- moor.” ,Of its popularity in New York, the bumper house which assembled last evening at Niblo’s, is con- clusive evidence. From dome to orchesira, every seat was filled, and many an elegant (oileve and many a pret- ty face shone like bright stars amid the heterogeneous mass of broadcloth, silks, rose colored hoods, and chin- chilli furs, None returned home disappointed. The ex- pectations of all reasonable people were abundantly gratified. The orchestra was as good as usual, and our friend Carl Eckert ax infallible as we have ever consider. ed him. The chorages added a new laurel to their crown; there was no room for cavilling either at their eostume or their performance. Finally, the leading parts of the opera yere entrusted to performers who, generally speak- ing, did them justice. To descend to particulars—Badiali, (Eurico,) as the mainstay and support of the first act, demands our first attention. There is so much good nature in his face, | that we almost regret to find him playing the villain on the stage. We feel a sort of liking even for an Ashton ora, Bertram when they borrow his jovial features. One soon forgets, however, the contrast between his physioznomy and his character, when his voice is heard. This never yaries, we are happy to say. There was, perhaps, more force, more volume, in his Cruda, funesta, mania, and his O sole, git rapido, than in ths airs he has lately sung; | but the developement of new exccllencies involved no sacrifice of the old. It was still the rich, manly tones New York has so often applauded that we heard last eve- ning; when his efforts were the most prodigious, and his passion the most ungovernable, there was still the same perfect mastery over himself that he has so often asserted. He was absolutely ferocious in La Pictadein suo favore, and glowed with concentrated anger in the daett with Lueia, in the second act. To be called before the curtain | has become such a matter of form of late, that we hardly think it necessary to allude to the circumstance; but if ever a singer merited the compliment, it was richly earned by Badiali last evening. Madame Sontag pleased us very much as Lucia, Her acting was in excellent taste—her passion was neither wanting nor overstraincd. She indulged Jess than usual, we fancied, in ornament; and however much we admire the skill and dexterity with which she executes the most surprising feats, however perfect her runs and arpeggios, we candidly confess that we listened with still greater pleasure to her comparatively simple rendering of the aire in ‘Lucia.’ We have hardly space for details. The | transition from awe to love—from the gloomy Regnava nel silenzio to the cestatic Eglé é luce a’giorni méet was per- | fectly managed. We cannot attempt to convey any idea of the delicious softness of her adieu to her lover—Ver- ranno a te sul!’ aura. Her duet with Enrico, Tu che verdi il piano mio, was extremely effective. But it was in the great «cene in the third act that her genius appeared to most advantage. Nothing could be more affecting than her impersonation of Lucia, bereft of reason, and wildly confounding her brother, her lover and her husband, the shriek with which the told the remorze-stricken Enrico himself, that she was viltima d’ un crudel fratello, went to the hearts of more than one of her hearers. Nor was her vocalization losa perfect than her acting. The passage was well adapted for fioriture; and we need hardly say that in departing from the_ original text, Mme. Sontag decked it with new beauties. Closing, finally, with the soft Resso alla tomba, the emotions she had already aroused were gently tempered into a not un- pleasing melancholy; and if we may be excused for avail- ing ourselves of a somewhat trite simile, the audience who had applauded her thronghout still folt that, like a she he had reserved her sweetest song for the las We wish M. Porzolini to consider us among his friends. We think well of his talent, have more than once ex- pressed our conscientious approval of his acting, admire the sweetness of his voics, and are not insensible to the skill with which he manages it. But Fagar is not a part for him. In the first place, his voice lacks volume for the male detto, which ought to ring to the very rafters, and can barely accomplish the dying scene with case to him. self or comfort to his hearera. Secondly, he has not rightly comprehended the character. His lamentations are too weak—his despair is milk and watery—he has not conceived the bald of grief, or the violence of Scot tish hate. This was unfortunately too apparent through- ont the opera. People do not speak of “swearing in their wrath by the tomb of their tradito genitore,”’ in the same tone as they would whis; @ love secret; nor do they pray that the sun may rise earlier than usual, in order to afford them an opportunity of killing their rival, as calmly as they would ask him to breakfast. There is such a thing as an outward demonstration of passion, Du reste, we must a ese add that his O Lell, alma was well sung and loudly applauded. Burton’s.—Firet Nicit or Jarrow’s New Commpy.—We assisted, as the French critics say, at the production of this new effusion from the editor of Punch, last evening, atthe Chambers street theatre, and readily announce the perfect success of the performance. The house, as usual, was full to {ts utmost capacity—hundreds of well- dressed beauties graced the boxes (Burton's theatre seems to be the choice resort of pretty women), and every standing place was occupied. Mr. Fisher, who played the part of Valentine, took the audience by surprise, in the exhibition of the various secomplishments absolutely necessary to the delineation of hischaracter. Hedanoeda minuet with Mrs. Skerrett, with an elegance and precision that would not have disgraced Mons. Frederic himself; he played on the violin with a teuch and tone that Ole Bull would baye applauded, executing some of the most diffi- cult passages with ease and freedom, denoting his perfect mastery of that difficult instrument, and in a passage at arms with Mr. Holman, the Ensign Bellefleur of the piece, he displayed a skill swordsman seldom witnessed on the stage. His acting was spirited. Mrs. Skerrett, as Dorothy, gave o charmingly naive performance. Miss J. Hill, as the wild thing, Juno, war so successful that she made us regret there was but little for her todo. Mr. Johnston, as the pupil-rcoking Doctor, was an agroeable addition to the piece. The manager be ganeeppen as Queen Bee, a Gypsy woman, and presented an original por- trattore that will another leaf to hia well-grown garland of lanreis. The eoxtumes were singularly true, from the peruke to the wioe tie: every character was well and ee, dresved, aud the gentlefolks rejoiced in the richest of yelvets ana gold lace. The scenery was new and judiciously desi . The old fashioned or Queen Anne's garden was unique. Personal Intelligence. Among the passengers in the Bavaria, to sail today for Melbourne, Australia, is George Francis Train, Eaq., of Hosten, accompanied by his wife, Mr. Train goes to Australia to establish an American mercantile house in that distant region, under the firm of Caldwell, Train & Co. They belong to the “solid men of Boston.’’ The eprending of the Anglo-Yankee race throughout the world is a part of our manifest destiny. Mr. Train is bearer of despatches. Arrivals at the Metropolitan.—Major Ramsay, Mon treal, Cs in Gardiner, lst Dri oe, U. 8 AL; M. Forvis, Hast Indie; Chae, i. P. Viympton, shanghae, China. Our Washing- | ALLBOED UNLAWFUL ALIENATION OF CORPORATION PROPERTY—HIGHLY IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS. Png A fet braper, Revert B. Coleman, , Aldermen, and Comimcwally of the City. of Ne very important case has just been filed. ‘The complaint of the laintif® ets forth that he is @ taxpayer of the city of New York; that on the 22d Feb., 1844, the Corporation, in the exercire of its legislative powers, passed an ordinance creating a sinking fund, for the redemption of the city debt or stock, and the payment of interest; appropriating and pledging, awong ether things, the uet proceeds of all real estate belonging to the city, for the redemption of the | principe}. ‘The management of the sinking fund was en- | trusted to the Mayor, Comptrolier and ‘treasurer, the | Chairman of the Finanee Committee of the Board of Alder- men, ard the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, who, collectively, are desig. nated by the general name of Commissioners of the Sink- ing Fund of the city. 1t was provided that the Conumis ricners might sell veal estate belonging to the Corporation ard not in use for, or reserved for-public purposes, at public auction, on such terms as they might deem most advantageous to the public interest; that at loast twenty days previoux notice of the time and place of such rale, including a description of the property | to be sold, should be given by publicacion in each of the newspapers employed by tle Corporation, ax + real estate not under leaxe should be sold for a less sum than the same might be appraised at by the Commis- | stoners at a meeting to be held within one month prior | to the date of sale. It was also provided by the ordi- | nance that no grant should be made by virtue thereof ex- cept for a consideration, to be paid in cash, ov in five an- nual instalments, secured by bond and mortgage on the premires granted, with annual interest at the rate of | geven percent. The existing chueter, as amended in 1849, changed, in some respects. the executive control of the city finances: but by anact of the Legislature, of 2th June, 1851, it war enacted that the ordinance of 1814 | should not be amended by the Corporation in ity lewis lutive capacity, without the consent of the Legislature, exeept hy appropriating additional revenue to the Sink | ing Fund, and that the ordinance should remain in full force until the whole of the debt created by virtue of the act entitled an act creating a public fund, to be called “the Croton Water Stock,” should be fuily redeemed. | The stock thus crested, the plaintiff asserts, ins not been fully redeemed ; but, nevertheless, the Corporation, disregarding the provisions of the amended char: ter of 1849, and of the act of the Legislature, of 1851, and assuming, without the consent of the Legislature, to act in their legislative capacity, passed a resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen’on the 8th of December, 1852; by the Assistants on the 10th, and approved by the Mayor on the 20th of the same month, that the land made on the North River, with the bull Gansevoort and Twel'th streets, be sold to tin, or any other applicant for the purchase thereof, and that it bexcferred to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, to fix the terms and price, the proceeds of which to be paid into the Sinking Fund’ for the redemp- tion of the city debt. The plaintiff also contends that the land referred to their resolution, wax the pro» perty of the Corporation, not in use for or reserved for public purposes, and was pledged to the redemption of the city debis. ‘That the Mayor, &c., in violation of the ordinance of 1844, adopted a resolution fixing the terms of sale at twenty-five per cent. of purchase money, to be paid on the delivery of the deed, the balance to remain on bon and mortgage for five years, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum; that there was no appraisement of the land made by the Street Commissioners; that the sale was not made at public auction, but on the contrary, a resolution {o that effect, offered by Recorder Tilloa, in the course of the proceedings at a meeting held December, 1852, was negatived; no previous notice of sale was given by publication, but on the contrary, a resdlution pro- viding for the publication, also offered by the Reeorder, was likewise negatived, and similar disposition was made ‘cf two further resolutions offered by the same officer—one to fix # maximum prigg of three hundred thousand dol- lara, ($400,000) and the other tu fix the highest sum offered as @ minimum price, and to accept the highest of- fer made by a responsible bidder above that sum. That ‘on the 27th December, 1852, these officers, notwithstand- ing a written protest of the Recorder and the Chamber- lain, adopted a resolution fixing the price of the property at $160,000, and another resolution authorizing the Comp- troller to issue a grant containing the usual covenants to Reuben Lovejoy for the sum of $160,000; that, there- upon, the Mayor signed, and the clerk of the Common Coun- cil sealed an instrument purporting to be a deed or grant of raid property to Joseph B. Varnum; that Varaum executed u mortgage of the property to the Mayor, Alder- &e., of New York, to secure the sum of $169,000, le in five equal anaual instalments of $24.000 each, annual interest on the amount unpaid, at six per cent; that Varnum, and not Lovejoy, gave & bond and entered into the uecessarp coveusnts, and that the mort- gage differs in terms from ‘he last mentioned resolution, and contiicts with the ordiuances of 1834; that Varaum, on the Sth January, 1853, assumed to grant to Robert B. | Coleman, an undivided half of che suid property, for half | the consideration money, subject to. half of the mort- rage, and to the covenant eontained in the original grant to Varnum. That aithough the resolution directs a grant to issue to Reuben Lovejoy, yet he was not personally in- terested in procuring the sale, but the defendant, Simeon Draper, was oue of the persons actually influential and interested therc'm, and in the profits and advantages to be derived therefrom, and tne said Simeon Draper ap- pears chargec on the books of the Comptroller with the said property, as though the sale had been made to him | directly; that he paid part of the purchase money, and is now direcily or indirectly interested in the property, and ese ne of the Inte Comptroller to be credited with the sum of §40,000, as payment (aetna hi) oped cent ‘ of the purchase money; that at the time of the sale ; Simeon Draper was an officer of the ees | one of the Governors of the Almshouse, and fe 2 | by the Gens charter, an amended in 1849, to be direct- | ly or indirectly interested in the of any reat | estate or property belonging to the city. And the plain tiff also submite that the property is of iar stor value, as he is informed and believes, than the aforesaid | price; and has been estimated by persons familiar with real estate, us fully worth three hundred thousand dol- | lars ($900,000) and the plaintif charges that the sale | was attempted without authority, in. breach of law, and | of trust, at the instance, under the influence, and to sub- | | serve the interest of an officer of the Corporation; and | that it tended to the sacrifice of the city proj , the , and ultimate injury of creditors, That the cit; + now amounts to the sum of about fourteen millions, five hundred and seventy-eight thou- sand nine hundred and five dollars, and the sity ‘property available to pay the same is of the value of about seven millions, five hundred and forty two thousand one hun- | dred and three dollars. Wherefore, the plaintiff shows that the record of the pretended grants or deeds afore- said, is a cloud upon the title, and injuriously affects the credit of the city, and the said grants should be declared yoid and delivered - and cancelled. And the plaintif’ asks the judgment of the court declaring the pretended deeds vol and setae to be delivered up and annulled ; and that the ‘be set aside as an unlawful | alienation of the C ration property. The answer of the defendants has not yet been filed. The Court of General Sessions. Before the Recorder, Ald. Smith and Bard COMMENCEMENT OF THE DOTY TRIAL—EMPANELLING THE JURY. Fue, 14.—The trial of William M. Doty, indicted for perjury in the great Forrest divorce case, was commenced this day, and the whole of the time during which the court sat, was ocenpied in empanelling the jury. Mr. A. 0. Hall, the Assistant District Attorney, appeo ed for the prosecution, a notice having been received by telegraph from the Attorney General (Mr. Chatfield) that he would be here thir day eri For the defence, Messrs. J. R. Whiting, JamesT. Brady, and A, A. Phillips, appeared as before. ‘As the jurors were called they were successively ques- tioned by Mr. Clark, and most of them were challenged for principal cause or favor. ‘The challenges were, how- ever, generally withdrawn, and the jury as sworn stood:— Claus Dossher, Fdmund P. Clay, loss of tax pa Charles H. Town, Orrin Terry, Jokn Owens, Joseph Anwin, Isaac Foster, Richard M. Clark, James Stewar William 8. Barker, ty Ferdinand 0. Hatfield, John Mondinge. This proceeding having occupied nearly the whole day, the court adjouraed, with the usual caution to the jury, until the morning when the case should be opened, Naval Intelligence. ‘The United States steamers Saranac, from Bahia, and Massachusetts, from Valparaiso, were at Rio Janciro Jan. 2. The former was to leave on the ¢th for Pensa- cola, and the latter in four days for Norfolk. Court Calendar—This Day. Unrrep Staves Drsrricr Covrt.—Noa. 03 to 42. | Supreme Covrt—Generalfferm.—Nos. 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 122, 124, 128, 02, 94, 121, 11, 130, 182, 110, 144, 6, , 135. Common Prras—Part Pirst.—Nos. 957, 959, 961, 369, 387, 989, 501, 302, 395, 097, 401, 402, 404, 405. ‘Part’ Sec: ond.—Nos. 316, 00, 201, 343, 245, 406 to 400, 411, 412, 414 to 419. Superior Covrr— 300, 3, 36, 229, 396, 467, 487; 488, 180, “290, 474. 348) 452; 499, 500, The Utility of a Clear Hand.—Accomplish- ments should not take the lead in any system of educa- tion. A lady, for example, should know how toiwrite a good, clear hand before she learns to dance. Solid ac- quirements are, or should be, the first consideration, because thes are necessary in the ordinary concerns of life. We therefore recommend all who have delayed until now the acquisition of an eary, legible, rapid, hand to repair at once to GOLDSMITH, 389 Greadway, ond takes course of lessons under that highly competent teacher. The Pick.=No. 53 will be tsancd this morn~ ing, and will be sold by all the sewsboys. It contains » large cut of a political bullaght, between the Washington Union and the Democratic Review, with a capital likeness of George Sanders. Also, a quantity of other illustra- tions, and a great variety of spicy and witty reading mat ter. Price three cents. JOSEPH A. SCOVILLE, FAitor and Proprietor. W. H. McDonaid’s Newspaper Advertising House, 30. 102 Nassau stroet, corner of Ann.—The very best papers, from every part of the Unton and the Cana- dan, recived daily. Best terms, and fallest authority ‘and recommendations frem over the written signatures of the publishers. L. Braudies & Co—By Letters Patent, Issued September 16th, 1851. — Manufacturers of bronze co iors, gold, half gold, silver and metal leaf factory, corner of Bond and Pacific eireets, Brooklyn, offloe No. 11 Cedaz street, New York, bog to publish their greatly reduced 8) vin.:—No. 4,000, $6 ; 9,000, $5 50 ; 1,000 $5 ; 800, + 800, $3; 200,'81 50; less tem per cent diseoun rind nv six months tormag, Our long snd favorably | n bronze colors are extensively used for bronzing tron, brass and wooden waro, japanning, label printing, ste., ete., and will compare favorably with any imported article, although far, far cheaper, New You, Jom 6, 1808, Persons Who Wish to be Spaxed the Great fatigue of climbing up four or five flights of stairs to have their Daguerreotypes taken, will find ROOT’S rooms on the first floor, up stairs, at 363 Broadwa: Jal Notice.Scveral answers to Feltx Te Count’s advertisement fast week could not be attended | ©, for real xeasone, and is therefore asked to be respected 0, 31, 32 Ni 0 branchos.)—Nos. 7, 338, 299, 71, 472, 473, 477, 481, 484, 489, 1,8, 857, 358) 350, 386, 401, ) 402; 493,’ 404, 495," 496, 497; ~» A Card.—A Weak Invention of the Buemyy | 70 THE EDITOR OF THR Fg rs but justice to myself to give the facts which ‘the article in your Mr. Brown, an officer attached to the ‘of Police, wast at thePolice Court, in Centre street, and introduced = gentleman to me by the name of Cook, and asked me if ¥ was at leisure, stating at the same time that Mr. Cook had been taken in at a mock auction, at No. 11 Chathaoy street, and wanted me to go and get his money, as be was éngayed. [then asked Mr Cook how much he was stuck, and he said about $50, and if] would go and get his mone; and his watch that they had robbed him out of, he would ve me uny : hare of the mouey fshould ask. Tf told hing ¢id not ack him anything, but he might give me what~ ever he thought was right. We then started, and I re- covered the $48 and his wateh, [then took him to the office of the Chief of Police, and he wanted togive me $20. thanking me very kindly for getting hint his money and watch. ‘I declined taking the $20, stating to Mr. Cook that it was too much. in the presence of officer Brow and some others, in the Chief's office. I then reosived $15, for which he gayo me a8 follows:—"'To the Mayor of the City of New York:—Sir—I desire to pre~ vent to John’ H. Burley and Brown, of the Fourth and Fifth wards, the sum of $15, for the recovery of $18 end wy watch from an anetion store, the same being voluntary on my part, and without and previous arrangements or solicitation from said police- man. New Yor bruary 10, 1853. Samuel rhe’ then left the Chiiei’s office and went to the Mayor's office toget his conscat; but the Mayor had gone. 1 thea asked Dr, Harris and Officer Burlinson if the Mayor would return that day? They said no. I then left the inson to hand to Mr. Hinchman to. ned for me: but, oa the second thought, 2 thought I would take it to the Chief and tell him, and then it would be all right. I weut and found that the i sone also, andi made inquiry of officers Tal it, and told them that I wanted to see the i matter, and they informed me that they did not think the Chief would be thero that day; after wait ing near an hour I left ‘tne next day being Friday, an? eution of Clark taking place, I was detained Tombs. In the meantime, [am informed; the Peter, Fonk got hold of Mr, Cook, and told him he wanted hiny to goto the Mayor’s oftice and make this complaint. This was the sime Peter which I made disgorge Mr. Cook’s money. 1 know that I am in Lad favor with some. of these gentlemen, as 1 have had seven of them indieted, and gent one to the State prison for doing a man by the name of Clark, from California, out of $2,000, * Mr. Editor, are the trne facts of the case, and believing im my own innocence of having done any’ Bes 9 lieve that the public and hie Honor the Mayor willsustain me in the course which I have pursued with those gentleman, or in any other official or public act of mine for the last ten years, which time I have had the honor of being connected with the police of this city. Be- lieving you will do me tie justice to insert the above in your paper, witi high regard I remain, &e., &c., JOHN H. BURLEY, 109’ West Broadway. Jules Jurgensen Watches, Breguet, Laval- lette, Juno Freres, Duchine Courvoisier, Oudin, Favre, Jecondre, Ami, Sandoz, Nardin, Tobias, and other cele- brated manufacturers’ watches, for sale by the subseriver, 381 Broadway, ccvner of White stroe, up staira. | Fine. watches repaired. DAVID Rart, Lnporter. Spring Clothing made up In the most Fash- fonable and durable manner possible, A large assort- ment of winter clothing, which will be sold at greatly reduced prices, can at all timos be psécured on advan- fageous terme, Tor gash, at HL I. FOSTERS clothing enj tablishment, 27 Cortlandt street. ‘Well Made Clothing.—Alfred Munroe & Co.’n. fashionable clothing establishment, No. 441 Broadway, between Howur! and Grand streets. No deviation from. marked prices. Genilemen’s and boys’ clothing made to onder in the most fashionable style, and at the shorteat. notice. . Genin’s Spring Styles will be issued on Fri-- day, the 18th instant. simultaneously at Genin’s Razaar andat GENIN’S, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paui’s. The Truest Fye May Fall, the Most Prac- tired hand may fail. under ordinary rules, to produce a perfect fit; bui by the mathematical system of measure- ment adopted at GRLEN’S famous shirting establishment, No. 1 Astor House, a misfit is utterly impossible. were . Office of the Association for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations.—No. 58 Broadway, New York, Feb. 2, 1853.—Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors have resolved to increase the capital of the association to three hundred thousand dollars, the: Nmit originally coatemplated by the charter; and that five hundred shares of ihe capital stock will be distributed, et the rate of one share for every five shares, to the stockholdors standing on the boeks of the Cor tion at 2P.M., of Tuesday, the 15th February; that on or before the 19.2 dey of February, ‘they pay 60 per cent upon the sai: additional shares; but no fraction of a share will be regarded. The transfer books will be closed from 2 P. 3L., of tho iith ebruary, until10 A. M., ef the Sth March, the day after that sppointed for, the annuat WM. WHETTEN, Treasurer. To Merchants and Manufacturers.—Infor~- mation having been received that a spurious and in- ferior watch, bea on imitation of the name of E. D. Johnson, has been ed for salein the United States, notice is hereby givem that no genuine watch of this name is sold without a certificate, bearing the arms of ® full description of the article, and the signa- ture of the maker, not lithographed, but written. Notice in also giyen that there is no such place Hill, London, but there is in Liverpool. well hereafter to be oe ee certificate and watch, or they will have only themeelvea Kvadved dolays wil be pull toany person who wil ropnly rly a 8 wil any person w! such information to my agents, Messrs. L. E. Rice Lawton, No. 16 Maiden , New ae ae to the conviction of the offender. E. D. JOHNSON, 1 Ashley, Crescent City Road, Lendon. Seen Carpeting.—Simith é& rl street, are now receiving in store, per rivals, a large stock of velvet, tapestry, Brussels, three ply, and ingrain carpetings, of ¢! signs, which, having. beun purchased previous to the cent advances in prices, they are enabled to offei great inducements. Singer’s Sewing Machines.—These great la-- bor-saving and time saving machines have, by their utili- ty and superiority ovor other jsewing machines, se-- cured a reputation and a sale in all the large business places in the United States, where they are used by the principal saddlers, clothie mani with the most entire praetical and useful machines in ine and examine their work, at the principal office, Broadway. Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnay superlative tonic, diurefie, anti-dyspeptic, invig- Gradog poral) andi enpstialiy vessrtteesiad teralliooe: sons residing or ‘iaveuing: in the Southern and Western States, asa demonstrated preventive of those derange- ments of the stomach and bowels produced by the wat of these regions, and superinducing the eholera, ague, , cae snd billous fevers, now chiefly peculiar to era. The vigorous aid invariable superiority of Wolfe’s Aro- matic Schiedam Schnapps, in all those cases of incipient dropsy, kidney complaints, gravel snd stone, producing / chronic infsrzmation, gout, cheumatiam, general, debit ty, dyspepsia and emaciation, for which pure Holland gin has been preseribed by the regular medical faculty universally, whenever they could obtain it, is now freely admitted by tho most distinguished members of the pro- fessiop, and the most eminently successful practitioners, in every part of the United Staies. The incomparably superior efficacy of the Aromatic Schiedamn Schnapps, as thua profes: ly proved and certified, arises entirely from its infinitely superior quali- ty and distinctive properties. No other Hol 1, of equal purity or rectification, can be obt either in American or foreign markets, at any price. It is manfac- tured by the proprietor exclusively, at eaten Hol- flavor- land, by fel Ble peculiar to his own factory. It ed and medicated, not by the common sank but by the choice botanical variety of the aromatic Italian juniper berry, whose more vinous ex'ract is distilled and rectified with its spirituous solveat, and thus becomes a concentrated tincture ef exquisite favor and aroma, al- together transccndant in its cordial and medicinal proper- ties toany Holland gin heretofore known. The Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps can be obtained in casen, containing each two dozen bottles, either quarts or pints, according to order, Tho bottles are neatly la- belled and wrappe’, and each bears the fae simile of the proprietor’s signature, without which the article is un- questionably spurious. For sale, by the case, by all the principal druggists and grocers in thia city and the | United States. By Letters Patent secured in 1849. Pulvermae cher’s Patent ie cemane Voltaie Chains, constructed to be worn under the garments, are the most wonderful disoo- very in medicine and electricity of the presentday. They relieve, withoutpain or shock, instantancoualy, acute ner- yous pains, such as head, car, and toothe ache, rheunfatic, pains, tle doloreux, &e., aud by its mild but ‘continuous, and preceptible action on the body, diseases of years” standing—such aa gout, local paralysis, nervous com- es liver diseases, &c.—disappear as if by « miracle, y precipitate mi from their solutions, decom) water, deflect the magnetic needle, in short, show all the phenomenon of & powerful voltaic pile. ’ The instru- ments producing these effects weigh about two onnees, can be folded up in apocket-book, are Ladd ready for instantaneous use, ond will last ® man his lifetime, guarding himself, family and friends, &e., against that number of diseases and complaints in which mild stream- ing electricity in « porfectly safe, certain, and wonderful speedy remedy. The price of x complete ehain is from 81 to $8; batteries, $10 to $22 50. nei le as way seem the above facts, any person oad astly convince himself beforehand, at the pag of ther wrath, The importance of the invention has been ac- knowledged in Amerion by the Academy of Medicine of New York, and the chains have beon applied with great sueecss in the modical colleges, the ce , Bellevue, and Ward's Island Hospitals, Brookiyn City Hoepical, &e.; in Europe, by the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Sur- geons in London; by the Academic Nationale de Medecin at Paris; by the Imperial faculty at Vienna; by the Royal faculty at Herkin, and other ‘sclentife institutions of the highest order, including the principal hospitals in rope. The proprietors are in possession of testimonials to the same effect, from all th ove institutions in Ame rica and Europ of the most eminent and distinguishod members of the profession in beth bemi- spheres, and invite the public te examine them. Full and itlustrated descriptions—one for personal use ond one for scientific men—with copies of testimonials. da mumber of casos onred in New York and Europe, They will be fore ; to any part of the United States, in answer to prepaid inquiries, containing three oente postage stamps. J. STEINERT, No. 668 Broadway, corner of Prince street. Gourand’s Liquid Hatr Px ft ception or reservation, the vory best eves - Yare of pulled dyes.’ Equally olebrated is Gouraud’s Medica Soap, for curing ey ore freckles, sallowness, chaps, roughness, &e. Poudre Subtile uproots bair frou any part of the body. Liquid Rouge, Lily White, and Hair Gloss, at 07 Walker street, near Broadway. de