The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1853, Page 2

"INTERESTING EUROPEAN GOSSIP. ae THE NEW IMPERIAL REGIME OF FR PARIS FASHIONS FOR FESRUARY. THEATRICALS ABROAD, &e., &e., ke. Our London Correspondence. ALpxeMaRLe Srreer, PrccavILLy, | Lonvon, Friday, Jan. 23, 1853. { | The Australian Gold-Diggings—British Railways and their Accidents—Newman and Achilli—The | Imperial Nuptials in France—Theatricals. | ‘A few short years ago we were led to believ® | that Mexico, Peru, and the Ural mountains, were the principal sources whence the gold of the world was to be derived; but we have since found | that this precious metal exists in immense quantities, not only in California, but also in the British settle- ments of Australia, from both of which places it is | brought in such immense quantities as cannot fail to | ebange its character as a standard of value, when | compared with silver. Australia, indeed, seems to | be the El Dorado of modern times, for the metal- | Niferous strata seem confined to no particular districts, but to be spread in various parts of that wonderful country; and hundreds of thousands of our country- men are leaving their native land, prepared to run every hazard, and undergo every inconvenience and privation, in the hope of realizing rapid fortunes at the diggings. The weekly yield of the southern provinces alone is estimated at £400,000 a week; and when the gold districts north of Sydney come to be fully worked, the yield will probably be more than doubled. The other day, also, the Bank of England | received a trifling remittance from their Australian agents in the shape of ten tons of gold. Under these circumstances, therefore, the present mint price of | that metal is purely factitious, and must sooner or later be reduced. We trust, however, that with all this thirst for gold—this auri sacra fames—the agri- caltural resources of Australia will not be neglected, that its flocks and herds will be tended, and that its social institutions will be maintained in a health: te. The reverse, however, is much to be feared; the latest aecounts from that country present a sad picture of demoralization and insecurity, produced | wy, mania, and great energy will be required in colonial government to provide an efficient police, and furnish greater facilities for intercommunication. | Great evil or creat will result from this mania— | we hope it will be the latter, and not the former. | It is not unfrequently the case, that we, on this | side the Atlantic, reproach our American brethren | with their go-ahead recklessness in steam navigation and locomotion; and some Englishmen have a notion that it is just an even chance whether the Mississippi \ t blown up or sunk by snags in their course. Per- | £ , if John Bull were to look at home, instead of | tearing holes in his neighbor’s coat, he might disco- | ver that in the matter of steamers and railways, but especially the latter, there is just as much reckless- | ness of life and limb as the boldest Mississippi skip- | could possibly exhibit. Of course, it is to the stots of the companies to keep matters snug—to | prevent them oozing out in print—so that there are, | no doubt, vast numbers of accidents which never | apers ; but the almost and inquests, resulting from , With the evidence thereon, lead unmistake- ably to the conclusion that there is great fault with railway authorities, officials and servants. In- ies of a rigid character are repeatedly made, and they lead to no practical result, no improvement the system; nor, probably, will any stringent adopted, or plans for ensuring greater ght into operation, till a few hundred | lieges sl have fallen victims beneath this modern ji and get saucy—officials become grand an: intial ; but, meanwhile, those on whom they | ur riaks at every journey that are perfectly contemplate ; in fact, on some lines acci- are so frequent that he is a lucky wight who to get to the end of his journey without ac- | or delay. The whole system sent calls for take up the § $ ey z it ef F g Py gernaut. The directors H z i f it reform, and if the government will not matter the people must. Our transatlantic friends may recollect a very dis- eful and filthy trial, in which two clerical wor- some months ago, and out of which nei- ther came forth with very clean hands. We have no sympathy, however, with trials or prosecutions got up for Party-pur poses ; and, we are, therefore, very glad that Lord Chief Justice Campbell has re- Pr. Newman a rule for a new trial. We trust, also, that the reverend libeller will be well mulcted Our mercurial neighbors are all-agog about the Im- | ; and while many ill-natured legiti- | of the fair sex, are circulating all | kinds of scandalous re; respecting the antece- | @ents of the noble fiancée of Napoleon III.—very un- | generously and discreditably to themselves (many of | Tive in glass houses)—great excitement and | tions of delight are evinced for the cereino- | and its accompanying fétes. Napoleon takes | to provide plenty of amusement, and plenty of | 4 wherewith to gull the populace; and devils, while throwing up their caps, and braying forth their loud huzzas, forget their ehains—fi the bloody December 2—forget every- thing, in short, eave the pleasure of the passing hour. Such is France! The eit is to take place on Sunday next (Jan 30), at Notre Dame, | and the Paris papers speak, not only of very grand ceremonial preparations, but of a fine cantata com- for the occasion by Auber. This will be a time, indeed, for the | mae of Paris and the itinerant sight seers of England. H i aE it The following is the cast of the Royal Windsor theatricals of this evening :— | PAUL PRY. Doubledot Meadows | Mr. Mr. Lindon. . ise Honey. TIMiSS Le Clerque J) ..Miss Woolgar. ...Mr, 0. Smith. A LUCKY FRIDAY ; A Farce in one act. Sharp... Mr. Wilkinson. Ardrew Stapleton.H. in Mr. Hardhata.-J. Chester. Bessie. ... Miss Le Clerque. It is rumored that the ex-Queen of the French and all the royal family are to be present. After the most successful engagement ever known in Ireland, M. Jullien has been giving farewell con- certs in Liverpool and Birmingham, England. Last night the receipts in Birmingham were the greatest ever known, hundreds being turned away from the doors. The great conductor will net by this series of concerts at least £5,000; this, added to the profits of the London promenade concerts and bal masque, will realize to him about $50,000 in your money— not bad for three months work. Don Ces. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, Jan. 27, 1853. The Weather in Paris—Floods—The Carnival Sea son—Splendid Ball at the Tuileries—Immense Theatre at Amsterdam—The Last Bear of Berne— Gigantic Salmon—Cure for Hydrophobra—Tie Steamship Cambria—Claret— Theatrical Chitchat —Americans in Paris, &. The cold season has at last made its appearance, Dut it is, however, so mild yet, that it cannot be called winter. The sun is bright, the horizon has ‘been free from clouds for the last two days, and, be. sides these fine days, we enjoy the most beautifal | moonlight nights which have ever been beheld at wach a time of the year. The last rains have much | wollen the rivers of France, and we receive, from all parts of the country, terrible news of disasters, | caused by unexpected floods. On Friday last the rain was pouring down in tor- rents, and by 12 o'clock hail and snow fell, but soon melted. At Lons le Saunier, in the Jura,the ground is covered with snow. Whilst we are receiving the first visit of Jaek Frost, the country of Sweden, which is ordinarily, at this time of the year, immerzed ‘in a dense fog, and blockaded by icebergs, is enjoying | magnificent temperature, and Christiana and Stockholm, as well as all the ports on the seashore, are open té navigation. The flood which I have mentioned has caused the | fall of the bridge of Yvzé L'Evique, situate on the | river Huisne, and used for the railway from Paris to Rennes. This bridge, the erection of which cost | 90,000f., was composed of three magnificent arches, and was considered one of the ocrongest ever built. ‘The dancing is still continuing all over Paris And the Provinces, and we are now in the full carnival Mr. Peter Sharp.. Mr. Meadows, Paul Rambaut.. Mr, Wig: | another in the evel justice; but, fortu for the country, they belo: to that class rt aatetoale who are the snobs America—the salt Fp aristocrary of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. Louis Napo- leon opened the ball with Lady Cowley, the wife of the British Ambassador, and he had for vis-a-vis his cousin, Napoleon Bonay » Who was dancing with Mme. Rogier, wife of the Belgian Ambassador. Prin- cess Mathilde Demidoff, Mme. de Chaffiron, Countess Walewska, and several wives of the ministers of the Emperor, were also sharing the honors of the Impe- rial quadrille. Among the distiguished personne there present, the ‘Turkish Ambassador, Vely Bashaw, attracted universal attention by the brilliancy of his Oriental costume, which was all studded with gold, pearls, and diamonds. Three orchestras were playing the newest quadrilles and polkas of the season; and the supper, which was served in the theatre, was furnished with all the delicacies of the season. The supper room was illuminated with three thousand sperm candles. Louis Napoleon took his seat, with Princess Mathilde on the right side; and when he retired from the room the guests kept it up till four o’clock in the morning. Mlle. de Montijo was not present. M. Fould, the Minister of State, gave also a grand ball on Monday last, which was attended by ali the diplomatic corps, and the distinguished statesmen of France and Europe. I was told by an eye witness that this party was quite remarkable, not only for its magnificence, but also for the aristocracy who were present. The future Empress, Mlle. de Montijo, attracted, on Monday and Tuesday last, a large crowd at the doors of several shops, where she had entered, ac- companied by her mother, to make purchases. As was to be expected, her incognito was soon found out, and she had much trouble to return to her carriage. She is now residing at the Elysee with her mother. Mme. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, who is residing at Dresden, has sent to the Hospital of St. Madeleine, and to the Institution of the Deaconesses of Stock- holm, her native town, large supplies of money; and she intends going to Sweden cere during the Holy Week, at the spiritual concerts of the Cathedral of Stockholm, where the d oratorio of St. Paul, by Mendelssohn Bartholdi, will be performed, as well as the oratorio of the Messiah, by Handel. An immense theatre is to be built, in a short time, at Amsterdam, which will be surrounded with a bazaar. The King of Holland favors the project, ee it is said that the whole will cost 1,500,000 nes. The last bear of Berne, in Switzerland, which was fed in the ditches of the city, was shot on the 20th inst., by order of the Common Council. The poor animal, emblem of the coat of arms of Berne, was suffering from rheumatism in the back. ‘The largest salmon ever seen in Paris, weighing fifty-two pounds, and measuring 1 metre 29 centi- metres in length, has been exhibited for two days at the eatables shop of Chevel, at the Palais Royal. A remedy, worthy to be made public, has been found out by Baron de Chasteigner, for the entire cure of hydrophobia. It consists in the immediate application on the wound ot pure alkali volatil ; then prepare three bottles, each to contain a quart of pure water and seventy-two drops of alkali; then it is neces- sary to give the ge a glass of that drink every three hours, for the first twenty-four hours, after which he is only to drink @ glass in the morning and , till the three bottles are finished. The application of the compressor, satu- rated with alkali, must be often renewed during the three days. After that period, if the wound looks well, it must be treated as an wound ; if, on the contrary, the wound appears to be irritated, an discharges a yellowish matter, and if the patient does not sleep, it is necessary to resume the medicine. No acid of any sort must be taken during the application of alkali, and the patient must avoid salad, and other food containing acid; no wine is to be drank. Thope this statement will be found useful on the The Cunard steamship Cambria, which had been taken to Havre to embark goes for the United States, by the way of Liverpool, was received by the authorities of that seaport with all the honors due to one of the oldest steamers of the transatlantic line. Mr. Donald Currie, the agent in Paris and Havre, who desired to return the compliment, invited to dinner, on Friday last, all the distinguished persons | other side of the Atlantic. | of Havre, and a tew from Paris, among whom I was included, owing to my connection with the New q | Yorx HeRacp. I arrived at Havre early in the morning, and by 12o0’clock there were seated seventy- two guests at the dining room of the Cambria, which had brilliantly decorated for the occasion. | The dinner was excellent, the wines exquisite, and i of commerce between the United States and land. Mr. Donald Currie toasted the Emperor, which was replied to by M. Delatre, chief inspector of the custom ’ a Bare the “ eee of Queen Victoria.” Mr. chet, captain of ort, gave “ caper of the transatlantic lines.” the Cambria me on Tuesday last for Liverpool, with 700 tons of freight. The largest freight of the Cambria consisted of the best wines of Bordeaux, sent to New York by Messrs. Raymond, Felix, and Chaperon, proprietors of the best claret wines of the mt of the Gironde, at Libourne, a city situate few miles above Bor- deaux, which is not only a historical part of the old Guyene, but also the most important part of the land for the brands of Bordeaux wines. Messrs. Raymond, Felix, and Chaperon, possess the crop of the famous Chateaux of Medoc and St. Emilion, which are so much appreciated in America; and his cellars, which are the largest of the country, are filled with an im- mense number of tierces of best wines, ready to be aeraee for the United States. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, dramatised by Mesers. Leon de Vailly and Edmond Texier, was performed on Satur- day last at the Gaité theatre, and received with the most enthusiastic Janse, The translators of Mrs. Stowe’s novel have followed as closely as possible the plot of the American writer; and their introduc- tion of the character of Evangelina, which had been omitted at the Aubigu Comique, has proved quite successful. Dinah Felix, the youn, daughter of Rachel, performs that part, and she represents it with much talent. The other characters are de- we drank to the prosperity livered by Messrs. Lucressouiere as St. Clare, Desha- | es as Uncle Tom, Julian as Shelby, Emmanuel as Locker, Just as Haley, Cabot as Topsy, and Boudeville as Mrs. Shelby, with much pathos and histrionic talent. There are several! | from @ pursuit which he had so long followed with the utmost ardor, in spite of the nt obstacles he had to incur. The Princess, in ‘issing him, acted With great regard for his feelings, and with a delicacy which made an impression on all who had watched the long presen of this singular drama. _ A singular case just been submitted to the tri- bunal of the Juge de Paix at Toulouse. Louis Napo- leon, in the course of his visit to this city, in month of October last, appeured to be much struck with the enthusiasm with which a party of ladies in a hatter’s shop in the Rue St. Etienne, cried “ Vive \’Empereur! Vive Louis Napoleon !” and he threw | to them a bouquet of artificial flowers, which he car- ried in his hand. The‘ met was picked up hy the hatter, and presented by him either to one of the | ladies, a Madame S——, or to his little child, whom | his wife was carrying in her arms. Which ot the two it was could not, in the confusion, be actually ascertained; but Madame S—— took the bouquet home with her. The hatter subsequently obtained it from her, and intimated that he should not return it. Madame S—— insisted that it was her ie erty as he had presented it to her, and that she had only lent it to him to show to a sick person ; the hatter, on the contrary, maintained that it was his, and he had only let her take it home to show her husband, The dispute grew ‘fast and furious.” and as there was no likelihood of its being brought to a friendly conclusion, Madame S—— cited the hatter before the Juge de Paix, to have him condemned to give up the bouquet. The Juge, after making a search- ing investigation into the facts of the case, was un- able to come to any other conclusion than that Ma- dame S—— and Madame B——,, the hatter’s wife, had displayed equal enthusiasm for the Emperor, and that there was nothing to show that his majesty had destined the bouquet for either of them in . cular; he, therefore, like another Solomon, decided that it should be equally divided, and that in the event of the hatter jing to give up half of it, he should pay 100 franes. Colonel’ Fleury, Master of the Horse to the Empe- ror, left Paris on Tuesday for England. The object of his visit is to obtain admission into the stables of hér Majesty, and those of the principal nobility and breeders of horses, and to become acquainted with all the improvements that have been lately introduced. It is the anxious desire to have all the stable appoiut- ments upon the most approved system. Already up- wards of sixteen thousand pounds have been ex- pended upon the establishments at the Tuileries and at St. Cloud, and everything has been provided with- out regard to expense upon all which modern know- ledge has shown to be necessary. There are about two hundred and sixty horses now in the imperial stables; about half a dozen are only favorites of the Emperor, who is acknowledged to be the most ac- complished rider in his dominions. Whilst the first Napoleon regarded only the steadiness and capability that his horse had of enduring fatigue, the present Emperor requires swiftness and docility. He likes, too, an animal somewhat showy. The one upon | which he was mounted upon ente: Paris, on the last oecasion, won quite as many hearts as his rider, by his graceful movements and gallant bearing. He seemed to vie with his master in affubility, and bowed his head with becoming pride each time the Emperor took off his hat, to the great delight and amusement of the assembled crowd. Most of the persons employed in the stables are English, and the Beincipal individual consulted upon all subjects con- nected with that department is a gentleman holding the rank of major in the British army. The Emperor, it is stated, has resolved to have stag hunts twice a week in the forest of St. Germain, on account of its roan to Paris. For that pur- pose two packs of hounds will be sent to St. Germain, one called the “ pack of the Emperor,” the other bearing the name of the town. One of the two weekly meetings will always come off on Thursday, under the direction of the first huntsman, and the officers ef his Majesty’s household; any one will be allowed to attend it on foot, on horseback, or in a carriage. The second meeting, which will be at- tended by the Emperor, will not be on a fixed day, and only those gentlemen who possess the buttons of the household of his Majesty will be admitted. It is calculated that each hunt will only occupy about an hour, so that his Mi need not absent himself from his serious occupations for more than three hours at a time. There are already ‘about thirty | stags in the forest of St. Germain, and it is said that | forty more are to be sent to it. News for the Ladies. THE PARIS FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY—MAD'LLE C.’S | [From the London Court Journal, Jan 22 | yndon rt Jour! jan € There has been more variety in fashion aang the late month than we have beheld for the whole of the dace winter Etat baer ere aoe | still reigning unt, are innin; sugi | Meat 3 an Congres i as egaling their splen: | jor and surpassing them liancy are beginning to claim a share of the favor they have been en- grossing wholly to themselves during the last tew weeks. For walking-dress the robes & baguettes | still remain the most in favor, and it is fectly astonishing to behold the confidence with which tie spring colors and spring fashions are adopted in our promenades, in c juence of the unseasonable | mildness of the weather. Several of the robes a baguettes have been worn in black taffetas grand- mere, the baguettes of bright colored plaid pater, about four inches wide at the bottom of skirt, and sence | in width as they approach the waist. | The effect these dresses, when worn with the | The hair must be parted so far back u) | bidden by the coif short mante rotonde, is very novel, giving an ap- earance of great smartness and lightness to the | re. With this costume the bonnet should be of | black velvet, with rows of lace and velvet forming | the passe ; very narrow plaid ribbons are laid along each row of lace, and at the sides over the ears are | placed short pleureuses of the colors contained in the plaid. Beneath the brim, which is very wide, and turned over more back from the face than was the fashion last month, large bright- | colored flowers with long drooping leaves are placed, | and an aureole of blonde round the edge is finished by a narrow rouleau of the same plaid ribbon, which is laid flat on the outside. The casaque Compiégne has been much adopted by the ladies of Mies. Lacressouiere as Eliza, | scenes, particularly that of the “passage of the Ohio | river on icebergs,” the “house of St. Clare,” ‘the | Mississippi steamboa: the rapids,” and the “Cana- da land,” which are ited and placed on the stage with the utmost exactitude. At the Vaudeville theatre, a comedy, in three acts, the Imperial Court. It is of dark colored cloth, fit- ting tight to the poate with long basques, which fall over the hips in three full plaits on either side. A flat chef of dead ye is Brandenburg-fashion down the front, and over the gathers on the hips two rows of the same chef are confined by two large fiat buttons, likewise of dead gold. This ue is but- | toned close up to the throat, and, immediately be- | by Messrs. Durantin and Deslandes, and filled with | applause. Pht the Leon, has obtained another triumph, in the produc- tion of a ballet in two acts and three tableaux, enti- tled“‘Le Lutin de la Vallée,” in which he appeared with Mme. Guy Stephan, a danseuse of the utmost ability, who has a Londonian reputation, which she | much wit and jeux de mots, was received with much | Theatre Lyrique the celebrated dancer, St. | fully deserves. The ballet is very charming, and the | scenery is beautiful. At the Varieties, an act vandeville, called “Va Ami Acharné,” by Messrs. Lobicho and Joly, met also with very good success. Nimia, the celebrated actor, appeared in this playin the part of Dumonal, which is excellent for him. B. AMERICANS IN PARIS. H. de Haley New Orleans. D. Baldwin, New York B. A. Soulard, St, Louis. E.L Simpson, do. S, W. Bartlett, U. 8. N J, W. Eueker, do, Henry Clapp, Massachusetts. J. J. Smith, do. V. J. MeGill, Richmond. J. Byrne, Jr., St. Louis. MN. Patterson, St. Louis. W. E. Johnston, Ohio Rey. J. A. Starkey, Troy. D. J. Child, Mastachusetts. E. Curtis, Boston. M. Rhoades, New York. J, Chewelt, do. J. Blaneard, do. J.N. Genin, do. A.C, Genin, do The New Impertal Regime. NGULAR LAW SCIT—THE DIPERIAL STABLES— STAG HUNTS. (From the Court Journal, Jan. 22.) For some months past it was evident that the Emperor paid assiduous attention to a lady of great ersonal charms, who adorned the Court. Thé ma- levolent, the foolish, and the scandalous, beheld in it a source of deprecation and of malignity; the bet- ter informed and more virtuous class of society saw ata glance that there was no cause whatever for such a view of what was passing, and very properly abstained from all observation. Gradually it was perceived that the affections of the illustrious per- sonage were engaged, and a knowledge of his hes acter led to the certainty that the time would not be far distant when he would explain to the world his feelings and his intentions. The Princess de Montego, the daughter of the Duchess di Thebn, ia | Spanish by birth, and by descent by her father's side, and Irish by her mother’s. She is in the twenty- sixth year of her age, is highly accomplished, well- informed, and fascinating in’ her manners. She possesses many of those qnalifications which are more immediately likely to captivate the Emperor. She is an excellent linguist, rides aay, and dances well. She is of the mid- le height, has an ge pi countenance, is a blonde, having very li of the Spanish cast; but, altogether, more of the characteristics of the fair daughters of Erin. It is now some time she has been a resident of Paris, where she has gained a large circle of ee who are attached to her, as well from the bility of her manner and the graces of her person, as from the warm and generons fe of her heart. The party that was given at season. The ball given at the Tuileries ou Saturday | © ene was purposely arranged, in order to last was 8 means cent affair, at which more nf allow the Emperor an opportunity of observing her 3,500 been invited, and which offered the | more closely. There she was seen to great advan- most brilliant coup d’cil I ever beheld. Ali the | tage; and the feelings that mutually animated them sett snd the exception of about thirty people, | were completely developed. The 1 was then | included,) were dsguised ina velvet coat and | made and accepted. One of the richest heiresses of short breeched of variegated colors. There were a | Spairt, she had been sought in aig by two of few Americans present, whose awkward appearance, | the first grandees, the Marquis di St. Jago and the 4n marquis’ dresses, with the sword and chapeau, | luc d’Qesuna, whose pi ly possessions in different made us remember Mr. Barrett, the actor, or some of | parts of Barope rendered him one of the first matehes ‘the comedians of the theatres of New York, playing | of the age. For four years he persevered i his the clown or Merry Andrew, to amuse the public. | attentions, but they were not faverably received; These fow excey were laughed at with great | and at the end pf that time he reluctantly withdrew KW EMPRESS—HER LOVERS—HER CHARACTER | | the first night of the new ballet, and the neath the chin, the two corners of the Valenciennes cravat, worn & la mousquetaire, are visible. No or- nament of any kind is worn with this casaque, which exacts the utmost symmetry of form in order to be becoming to the wearer. Theskirt, which completes the costume, is generally of rich, dark colored da- mask, made rather longer behind than has been con- sidered necessary during the last few phases of fashion. This new article of dress is considered of the highest ton, and when worn bya light and youth- ful figure has an effect perfectly irresistible. “It is, however, in ball dress that the greatest novelties have been produced, and we have to record one or two decided hits which have been made by the great designers. The first must be mentioned as the robe Semiramis, from the loom of Delisle, the splendor of which has never been surpassed. The ground of the dress is of the finest cloth of gold, and the pbrocaded pattern of the most brilliant colors, so artfully combin- ed that as the rich masses of flowers mount towards the waist their taints become fainter and fainter until they appear of the most delicate hue. At the knee they are woven all of one size and one color, mark- ing the dress into a tunic shape, and thereby reliev- ing the skirt from the overwhelming splendor of the pattern. The robe Cachemire, less rich, but more elegant, is of white silk; the three deep flounces em- broidered in gold palms upon a bright green ground. The corsage is made en chale, and the small open sleeves of rich embroidery are finished at the shoul- der by a ie epaulette, brocaded to match the flounces. It was in one of these robes cachemire that the Duchess de Theba was seen at the opera on | finishing | touch given, by her exquisite taste, to this charm- ing costume, by the bright reen Delhi scarf, em- broidered in the finest gold, which she wore over her shoulders on that occasion, elicited the greatest ad- miration. The head dress was hae! soe entirely of foliage completely enveloping the chignon, and Talling into the neck behind. he peculiar elegance of this entirely new coiffure is due to the inventive genius of Constantin. Nothing could be more difficult than the design of some novel ornament which should not spoil the round shape of the head, considered at the present | moment an indispensable attribute of fashion. This new wreath, called @ a Tuttienne, because it brings to mind, by its light tendrils and small starry flowers im gold, with which it is interspersed, those garlands of fresh leaves worn by the native girls in the islands | of the Pacific,and so much admired by the navi- gators who first landed there. For young ladies the designers have not been idle, and have succeeded in 1 Sti a material intended to vie with the gold and silver worn by their mar- ried rivals, and to prevent their being utterly crashed ina ballroom by the greater magnificence of the toilets of their cl rones. This robe pailletée is also due to the inventive genius of Delisle. It is of tarlatane or Chambéry. The flounces are three in number, the u, vd one being gathered in with the folds of the skirt. These flounces are frappé, in a white pattern on a colored and, cither pink, blue, or a delicate sea-green. The pat. tern is followed throughout by an outline of glitter- ing parcelles of diamond dust. To describe the bril- | liant yet perfectly simple effect of this novel experi- inent would be perfectly impossible. The chasteness of the colorless diamond, which causes the pattern to sparkle with the unobtrusive brilliancy of frost, and [yet not the dress from being perfectly youth- al, while it glitters with a brightness which com- pletely extinguishes the more coarse and. vulgar | flare of the gold and silver with which it comes in contact, is a perfect chef-d'ewore of artistic effect. At the late ball of the Tuileries, these robes paille- | tées were beheld for the first time, and created an immense sensation; the fair wearers—not more than half a dozen jn nnmber~Heing surrounded by a | up to dance. ‘The head. sists of a wreath of frosted flowers of the kind first invented by Madame Leroux—all of one color, without leaves. Such flowers as the carnation, nar- cissus, lilac, or Jersey hy, any, in short, which bear not the leaves close to the blossom, are highly fa- vored for these coiffures. Malle. de C—, who made her début in the world at the ball above mentioned, wore one of these new robes pailletées, of white gaze Chambery, with three skirts, each one deeply scolloped at the edge, and confined at the side with a creeping wreath of forget- me-nots. The hair was drawn back from the fore- head in double rouleaux, and between the two rou- leaux a small, almost minute chain of the same flower was seen to creep, until behind the ears it burst forth in two full bunches, spreading here and there over the rich plaits of hair behind with an effect truly Breage and bewitching. The chapeau wreath has been much worn during the month. Its form is found to suit so well to the round shape which Felix has ge upon all the fair young heads in Paris. (o more vapory oval, no more aristocratic elongation, is allowed; all is round “ as the great globe itself; the tendrils of the thick wreaths adopted at the same moment, asif bya tour de force, in order to put the invention and taste of the coiffeurs to the test, being kept far from the face by the bouffans which protrude on either side. Much excitement amongst the jewellers has existed during the month, in consequence of the rumor of the approaching marriage of the Emperor. We have been faecal with a sight of some of the newest in- ventions at one of the greatest jewellers in Paris, and have been much pleased with the taste and fancy displayed in the manufacture of all those articles which combine to give a finish to the toilet, and upon which so much of the general effect depends. Among the most successful efforts, perhaps, ever made in the sepidary's art, are the pierced emerald ornaments of Leconte. Bunches of leaves thus com- posed for brooches, bracelet-clasps, or Sevigné orna- ments, have been the most general cadeau for the étrennes at the eee of the year. We saw a brace- let composed entirely of these precious stones, which seemed to have come fresh from the enchanted gar- den of Aladdin. The experiment has been tried with rubies and topaz, but with less success; these stones ‘rowing too pale and transparent when pierced, and fae much of their effect in consequence. There has been no novelty either in caps or bonnets worth recording; indeed, the whole of the out-door costume seems for the moment tobe at a stand-still. The weather is so extraordinary that our principal milli- ners have already their spring show of bonnets ex- hibiting for the Benefit of the foreign ladies who visit Paris at this time of the year; and the show- rooms of Madame Barenne, which we visited yester- dey, actually displayed several Leghorn bonncts with the long drooping lilac appertaining in ordi- nary times to the month of April; while three or four white crape bonnets & /a Mathilde, for carriage wear, we found adorned with the leaves and flowers of the yucca, whose early blossoming at the Jardin des Plantes has attracted so much attention for the last week. This abolition of winter has completely put a stop toevery endeavor at novelty in the way of mantles for the promenade, most of our fashionables being content with their cashmeres, or their light autamn cloaks without fur or wadding, which have already had sufficient vogue. Madame Perot, of the Rue de Richelieu, having devoted herself during the entire month to the exclusive making of 0) cloaks and sorties de bal, we have the elegant novelties which, with the indescribable stamp of her attelier, were wont to greet our eyes in the Champs Elysées. Her most pace Sone ane been the aa guerillas, which, enveloping figure an lon out at the arms, is shaped in two long ends, reaching to the feet in front. These two ends are thrown across the bosom and fall over each shoulder, with an ease and grace hitherto unattained. The gueril- las is of white cashmere edged with a band of silver, the two points which fall over the shoulders bei: terminated by a tassel of whiteand silver. The Mal- tese is still much in vogue for young persons, and is really a charming covering for the opera Abe Sgure being perfectly disengaged from the heavy folds which render every other species of mantle so trying tothe form. The Maltesse is edged with three rows of narrow sky-blue ribbon, divided by a chef of bright silver. " This style of trimming is exceedingly smart and youthful. A few general rules of fashion gathered for the coming month may not be unacceptable. No ball- dress can be complete without an accompaniment of gold or silver. Necklaces, or narrow velvets for the neck, or even the small satin ribbon lately worn, are no longer admissible. The head must be of the roundest form ible; if insufficient hair upon the temples, the shape must be produced by ribbons or flowers; but on no account must the coiffure present the oval shape hitherto considered indispensable to ce. No pouanela must adorn the corsage save e small 1 od Boy ala Duchesse, worn quite at the top of the body of the dress, in the style of our grandmothers. Earrings are quite out of fashion, and under no pretence whatever must be worn. m the head that the chignon may be small enough to be entirel; th Tistaction ta, the display of ‘o there was great satisfaction in of a quantity: of hair behind; now it is entirely 3 be dis- owned aud avoided, and, indeed, sometimes turned completely underneath to beguile the beholder into belief that the fair fashionable is fortunate enough to possess no hair whatever but that which grows eae the temples. In every other costume save at ofa very Es ball, colored gloves, sueh as straw, lilac, or beurre frais, are more distingwé than white. The fashion which still continues to reign of the peak to the corsage behind, precludes the ne- cessity of any erinoline, therefore care must be taken to wear none whatever, as it shortens and thickens the waist, and looks ungracefal and unfashionable. Music and Theatricals Abroad. Douglas Jerrold’s new comedy, entitled ‘St. Cupid, or Dorothy’s Fortune,” has been played be- fore the Queen and court at Windsor, and afterwards at the Princess's theatre, and has been well received both by the court and public. The plot is laid in Jerrold’s favorite era, the end of the Stuart dynasty, and the dialogue sparkles with wit and sentiment, but the construction is not very neat. We notice that Mme. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has lately been extending her charities to two charitable institutions of Stockolm—the Hospitals of St. Mag- dalen and of the Deaconesses. Mme. Goldschmidt is, at present, residing with her husband at Dresden, but has promiced to visit Stockholm in Holy week, to take part in two sacred concerts for the benefit of the poor. Rosati is the great object of attraction at EL ol and from the enthusiasm with which she has been received it would appear that she is about to become as popular there as in London. We hear that the “ Benvenutu Cellini” of M. Ber- lioz will be one among the novelties given at Her Majesty's theatre during the coming season. Theatricals of every description appear to be in a most flourishing condition in Australia. Every town or district has its theatre, while the capitals of the three colonies, in addition to the theatres, boast of several musical societies, besides a troupe of eques- trian performers. At the Grand Opera in Paris ‘Lucia di Lammer- moor” had been renewed, with Reger, Massol, Ma- dame Laborde, and Bremond in the chief characters. Roger distinguished himself highly as Edgar. Adolphe Adam's popular “ Roi d’ Yvetot,” from Beranger’s famous song, had been brought out at the Theatre Lyrique with success. Italian gone are now performing at Athens and Constantinople. Madame Weiss, the chief of the troupe of dancing children, has left the large fortune of 200,000 florins. Mr. Harper, the justly celebrated performer on the Res eae for many years held a leading position in all the principal London orchestras, died sudden- ¥ onthe 20th ult., shortly after quitting Exeter fall, where he had been attending a rehearsal of the second concert of the Harmonic Union. Cerito and Carlotta Grisi have been engaged for | the season at the Italian Opera in Vienna. Lord Bloomfield recently received the commission to forward the diploma of “Pianist to the King of Saxony” tothe eminent Scotch beck tard awl M. Robert Muller, who has the honor of instructing her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. ‘The distinction conferred upon the meritorious and distinguiehed pianist, whose superiority as an interpre- ter, especially of Beethoven's inspirations, cannot be better proved than by the fact that he was some time past selected, in preference to Mendelssohn, to perform the difficult concerto in ‘‘Es dur,” which is usually Vai at this Fe) at the Beethoven com- memoration festival, and is only entrusted to those who gre regarded as master-interpreters of the tm- mortal composer's most powerful productions. They say misfortunes rarely come singly. Happy strokes of fortune, thank God, also sometimes arrive in pairs. During Robert Muller's last visit to Germany, he was enabled to,establish his claims to a small hereditary Janded property in Thuringia, which had given rise toacontest in consequence of some trifling mistake in the rig hid his father’s name in the parochial register. M. Robert Muller's reception in the artistic and di/ettanti world in Germany has been most flat- tering. He left Berlin, confirming all those who heard him in the opinion that no pianist of the day can el him in faithfully infusing life and spirit into the compositions of classic masters, through the force yet soberness of his execution, and through the fulness and richness of the tones which he draws from the submissive capieany Bi Mand aa with the same encouragement approbation in England that bave been accorded to him in Ger- many, where the public are no mean judges, no se- rious or great concert ought to neglect his co-operation. The opera of the ‘‘ Prophete” has been luced at the Pergola, Florence, with far greater éclat than attended the Li crow se either of “ Robert le Diable” or “ Les Huguenots.” At the first perform- crowd of inquisitive admirers each time they stood | ance | the euthusiasm was immense, the choruses of the first act excited continual 5 the duet Plaudite; -dress worn with the robe pailletée con- | for Fide and Bertha was encored, and throughout the ra all the morceau, especially the choruses, created tumults of approbation. The second representation exceeded the first in regard to the effect produced upon the public. A period of twenty. days has been aiiccarted to the able director, Pietro mani, for the mounting of so vast a work, and at Florence the director does not devote himself to superinten- dence alone; he governs everywhere and everything; the music, the costumes, the machinery, the cho- risters, and the supernumeries—all are under his do- minion. The orchestra reinforced, and the cho- rus—men, woman and children—was not less than eighty-four in number. Madame Unghei ti a pupil of Sanchioli, and an accomplished artiste, gave full effect to the part of Fides, while Octave, the French tenor, impersonated Jean of Leyden, with great ability. an At the Grand. Opera, Berlin, repetitions have been the vogue, and we have not to record any novelty. ‘“ The Huguenots” and “ Eucyanthe” have served to keep the brothers Formes before the public. ‘The fine sonorous yoice of the bass has continued to make a deep impression upon the generally cool au- dience of this city, while the tenor holds out promise of great future excellence. Fran Koester and Frau- lein Wagner have worthily sustained their: reputation. | riederich-Wilhem’s theatre the one act ope- | At the F retta, ‘ Der Sangerfahrt,” continues to please by its fi uant melodies and characteristic plot. ilanollo has given a concert, with the success which always attends her performances. “Lac des Fees” and Flotow’s “ Indra” are shortly to be produced. The last mentioned nightly fills the theatre at Vienna. . . Winter's opera, “‘ Matilde di Scozia,” has not ob- tained a great success at Milan, notwithstanding several effective morceaux, and Romani’s libretto. “ Robert le Diable” has improved since its first repre- sentation, and now, on each occasion of its per- formance, excites the enthusiasm of the audience. “ Cenerentola” is inrehearsal. Amongst the numerous artistes who have lately arrived at St. Petersburg, are MM. Leschetitsky and Thomas. The first mentioned isa pianist, dis- tinguished not only as an executant but also as a compoeer of considerable ability. M. Thomas, of the Royal Academy of London, has met with so flattering a reception that his attendance at court will lle A be requested. A Mad'lle Cobre has appeared atthe Italian Opera as Marguerite, and has created a very favorable impression. — Madame Jullienne Dejean continues her triumph- ant career at the Opera of Barcelona. After ‘‘Lucre- zia Borgia,” “Luisa Miller,‘ Linda di Chamouni,” and ‘‘I Martiri,” she has appeared successively and in less than five days, in the firstact of “Norma,” inthe | fourth of the “Favorita,” and in Mercadante’s | “Giuramento.” “I Lombardi” is now announced, and it is to be followed by ‘Giovanni Shore,” the libretto by Felice Romani, and the music by Vicenzo Bon- netti. The direction is bestowing great care and ex- pense upon the work, which will be the last novelty roduced previous to the departure of Madame Jul- lienne for London, where she is engaged at the Roy- al Italian Opera. Amongst the Parisian theatrical items we find that at the Porte St. Martin ‘‘La Faridondaine” continues to fill the theatre ; the history of a celebrated canta- trice who suddenly loses her voice in the midst of her ae ep has furnished the original idea of the dra- ma. Madame Hébert Maasy d d to play the part of the chantewse; the piece was therefore written, and Adolphe Adam undertook the music. The re- sult of the labors of dramatist, musician, and artiste, has been of a_most successful description. Adolphe Adam’s ‘‘Roi d’Yvetot” has been revived at the Thea- tre Lyrit ewe ere ead eat is _said to be more perfectly executed than when it originally ap- red in 1842, at the O; % g and acting of Chollet, who then fulfilled the prin- cipal character, and who now reappears in it, there is a marked improvement. Atthe Opera Comique, Halevy’s ‘Fee aux Roses’ has made a brilliant rentrée; the charming music never seemed more melodious or fresher, and the drama never more amusing; Mes- dames Lefebvre and meyer Dufrene, Jourdan, Cou- lon, and Sainte-Foy, have evinced in its T= formance their widely acknowledged talent. ‘ar- co Spada” continues its successful career. A two act work for two mages is announced for re- presentation; the music is by M. Masse, and the ar- tistes are Couderc and M’lle Miolan. M. Paget, a tenor, who has created considerable sensation in the rovinces, is engaged atthe Opera Comique. During e month of November the theatres, concerts, balls, and exhibitions produced a receipt of 1,068,183f. 12c., 45,403f. 69c. more than the prec month. jain Comique celebrates the carni of giving on the Thursday in each week; they are expected to be unusually successful. The direction of the Theatre Italien also give a series of balls; the theatre is to be expresaly decorated for the fétes with great brilliancy. The lighting of the salle will be regulated after a model of the tions. M. Daniel will direct the orchestra, which is to consist of the best instrumentalists of Paris. The Emperor attended the three first representations of the new ballet “‘Orfa,” in which Fanny Cerito hasre- 8p |. The most important concerts which have taken place are those of Vieuxtemps, Sivori, and Mlle. Clauss. NEW YORK COMMON COUNCIL. (OFFICIAL,} bei The mask Stated Session. Boarp or Atpxamen, Feb. 16, 1853. Present—Richard T. Compton, Esq, President, Alder- men Moore. Haley, Sturtevant,’ Oakley, Boyoe,’ Barr, Tweed, Brisley, Francis, Smith, Tiemann, Pearsall, Bard, Ward, Denman, Cornell, Alvord, Doherty, Peek. ‘The minutes of the last meeting were read and ap- proved. FETITIONS. By the Prestpayt—Petition of Abraham Relay to have word ‘expelled’ on Register of Firemen erased. To Committee on Fire tment. By the same—Peti of Cornelius Bogert to be re appointed a Commissioner of Deeds. To Committee on Salaries and Offices. By Alderman Atvorp—Petition of Charles Addams to | have sidewalks of Fourth avenue flagged. To Committee on Streets. By Alderman Tweep—Petition of S. Crookey for relief from charges imposed by the Superintendent of Streets. To Committee on Finance. By Alderman Hatzy—Petition of Alfred Chancellor to sek his salary fixed. To Committee on Salaries and ces. By the Presment—Petition of the Trustees of the Fourth Congregational Church for a donation to enable them to pay an assessment forisewer. To Committee on Finance. By the same—Petition of D. J. Audubon, for exclusive use of bulkhead and pier No. 4and 5 N.R. To Commit- tee on Finance, . INVITATION. An invitation was received to attend the annual ball of the Phonix Guard, attached to Hose Company 22, on Thursday evening, 24th inst., at the Appollo Rooms. ‘Ac cepted COMMUNICATIONS. From the Surrogate of the county, tional room. To Committee on Repair: id Supplies. From the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, with hit monthly report. Ordered on file and directed to be printed. RESOLUTIONS. relative to addi- By Alderman SmitH—Resolved, That the returns of | Engine Company No. 44, embracing the names of Isaac Samson, Chas. H. Reed, Wm. V. Webster, Win. H_ Man ning, Chas. E. Wakefield, John Craig, Michael H. Fisher, Abm. Van Blarcom, Wm. R. Smith, and Wm. P. Brennan, for the months of June snd July, 1851, be, and the same are, hereby confirmed. Adopted. By Alderman Atvorv—Resolved, That flagging, five feet wide, be laid on the sidewalks of Fifth avenue, from Thirty-fourth street to Forty-second street, under the direction of the Street Commissioner. Referred to Com mittee on Streets. By Alderman Twep—Resolved, That the Comptroller be authorized to pay the expense of printing the pro- ceedings of the Trial of the American Print Works, against Cornelius W. Lawrence. Adopted, on a division, vin. Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Oakley, Boyce, Tweed, the President, Aldermen Brisley, Francis, Smith, Tiemann, Bard, Ward, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, Peck —16. By Alderman Twean—Resolved, That the sidewalks on Twenty third street, between Third and Fourth avenue be sary. Referred to Committee on Strects, ly Alderman Surri—Resolved, That the Commissioners of Streets and Lamps be and is hereby directed to have | Sixth street, from avenue B to the with gas without delay. Adopted. By Alderman ALvorp—Resolved, That stone flagging, four feet wide, be laid on the sidewalks of Fourth avenue where necessary, between Twenty-first and Twenty-fourth streets. Referred to Committee on Streets. By the same—Resolved, That the word ‘“expeHed’’ be erased where it appears on the Firemen's Register against the name of Charles Cornell, member ef Hose Company No. 45. Referred to Committee on Fire Department. ¥ROM BOARD OF ASSISTANTS. Resolution—That the Inspector of Streets and Lamps be directed to place two oil lamps in front of the Datch Reformed Church in Fiftieth street, between Second and Third avenues. Concurred in. REPORTS, Of Committee on Polioe—To concur to pay bill of Doctor 8. A. Hills, Adopted. Of Committee on Fire Department—In favor of allowing to third class engines ten additional men, Adopted. On motion the Board then adjourned until the first Monday in March, at 5 o'clock, P. M. b. T. VALENTINE, Clerk. The Police Reform. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Will you have the goodness—knowing you to be a friend of the police—to recommend to the Legisla- ture, before passing the bill now before it, to make it lawful for the Mayor to hold a court, in which he may ay all cases against policemen, that the officer accused may have a chance to bring up his evidence personally before his honor, and then the Mayor will have a better chance to know the true nature of the case? As it is at present, the officer has but a poor chance to defend himself; he gets a notice to arpess before the Chief's clerk, and the clerk will take his statement, and both are sent up before the Mayor, without either the accuser or the accused being present. This mode of trying ® manon a charge, seems to me to be novel and yand it isto be hoped that the Legislatare will see to this. Tf you will recommend this, through your valuable paper, you will much oblige a THOUSAND East river, lighted Pouicemen. batier, ; Theresa | Auber's | ra Comique; in the sing- | enetian illumina- | with stone flagging, four feet wide, where neces- | Pol in Digeut policeman of the Another Policeman .—A policeman ol First ward, named Martin wher, was on Tuesday taken into custody by Pollceman Wood, of the Third ward, charged with being concerned with two negroes, named Benjamin Palmer and George Harris, in taki two barrels of molasses, valued at $24, the property 0 Joseph A. Clark & Co.,' 106 West street. The facts, as elicited before Justice Osborne, do not at present impli- cate the policeman in question any further than the evidence given by the negro, Harris, It oypeuss from the testimony of a cartman named Stephen Bene- dict, of No. 51 Clinton street, that on Monday morning he was standing at Peck slip, when the negro Harris came to him, and employed him to go to pier 15, North river, for the purpose of carting two barrels of molasses to Spring street, there to be delivered to a Mr. Smith. The negroes Harris and Palmer wentalong with the cartman, and helped | to put on one barrel, and were in the act of putting on the | second, when officer Wood came up and arrested Harris, and Palmer escaped. ‘this cartman further testified, that during the last six months and over, he has at vari- | ous times carted molasses, oil, and spirits, to the follow- ing stores:—At the corner of Rutgers and Water streets, a store in Orange street, between Broome and Walker street, and store No. 103 ‘Thompson street, kept by a Mr. Smith, having been engaged to cart the sald property at the request of a white man, and alsoa colored man. The negro Harris was then sworn, aud testified. as follows — ‘That on the 13th day of February, about 11 o’clock in the forenoon, he was in the house of Martin B. Meagher, in Stone street, when Meagher gave hima nete to hand to a colored man, named Benjamin Palmer, and requested the witness togive said note to a man named Smith, | who keeps a grocery store in Thompson street, near Spring; and raid Meagher also requested witness not to allow any other person to ree said note; witness kept said note during the day, and gave it to Palmer about nine | Selock in the evening, at his house in Anthony street; witness met said Palmer again about seven o’ the next morning, near pier 15, N. R., when said Palmer showed witness the aforesaid note, and stated the con- tents to be that Meagher wanted two barrels of molasses taken from pier No. 15 and delivered at Mr. Smith’s, in Thompron street; and that Smith was to pay the cart- age; and he said Meagher would afterwards pay all ex pentes; Falmer then asked deponent to go and help him And took deponent with him to Peck slip, and pointed out a cartman whom he wished deponent to employ; said Palmer then remained on the corner while deponent went and engaged the cartman, who went with deponent to- pier 19, N.R. , where deponent and said Palmer put one arrel of molasses on the cart, and were about loading u the other when they were stopped by officer Wood, 0 the Third ward police, who took depenent into eustody, and Palmer escaped. Deponent further states, that he has been at the house of said Me five or six times within a month or two, and has on those occasions heard Meagher talk to said Palmer and a man called Pete, and some others, about molasses, sugar, and other things. but the conversation being in a low tone, deponent could not understand correctly what was said. The above evidence is all that was taken up to last | evening. Further facts will be brought to light this day in reference to the whole matter. negro was com- mitted to the Tombs, and policeman Meagher was detain- ed in custody, until the case is fully investigated. The Recent Case of Escape at the Fourteenth Ward Station- house.—A short time since a nan named O’Brien, charged with assault and battery, and detained at night in a cell at the Fourteenth ward station-house, eseaped from the custody of the captain by the alleged interposition of Assistant Captain Wheelan, of the Fourteenth ward. Justice Welsh, before whom the matter has been inyes- | tigated, under the advice of the District Attorney, has decided to send the papers, before the Grand Jury: | We | now give the statement of Mr. Wheelan in relation to the | affair:— : | _ Thomas Wheelan, says, that onthe morning of the 8th inst., he went to the station-house in the Fourteenth | ‘went to the Captain’s room and asked the Captain | what was the matter with “Dutchy;” I asked him what | he was going to do about it; th going to send him over to Estex Market in the morning: L | 1 | | ward; said bold on a little, let us see what we can do about it; Captain told me he would not interfere, and said, tell Mr. Robinson to let me see the policeman; 1 asked Lewis what Yas going on; he said O’Brien had béen abusing him; I told him that the Captain would not interfere; Lewis said that if the Captain and myself were satisfied he would not say anything about it; I said to Mr. Robinson, the doorkeeper, that it was all right; Robinson unlocked the | door, Iwent in and waked him up. | Stealing a Horse and Wagon—A Remarkable Case, Larceny.—About the latter part of January, Mr. T. W. | Douglass, loan agent, No. 102 Nassau street was called upon by a man calling himself Charles Lockington, who | stated that he wanted the loan of about $200 on a lot of | pegars. Mr. Douglass declined taking the segars. Lock- | ington, the next day, called again, and wished the loan | of $158 for fourteen ‘days, and proposed to give as eol- lateral security a horse and wagon, valued at over $200. | Mr. Douglass said that he would not make the loan him- self, but would possibly find him a man who would ac- commodate Lim. Mr. Douglass then spoke to Mr. Eu- gene Fly, of Fulton street, who said that if it was all | right, and Lockington wasa respectable and responsible | man, he would accommodate him; but before doing so, | Mr. Ely requested Mr. Douglass to the necessary saraey about Lockington. The snqaiey was made, and as far as Mr. nse was able to judge, the references were eat. Before, however. 4 Ely paid the money, a of sale of the horse and wagon was pre and also a receipt from a stable keeper, holding the property to the order of ly. This done, Mr. Miller, the clerk of Mr. Ely, in the absence of Mr. Ely, paid the $110, with the understanding that the property would be redeemed in fourteen | property st Il remaining in the charge of the Ilvery stable sire in Rotana ree iene Senencins 6 occurred on the tant, and now it appears propert} was stolen, under. the following, cironmstances: On tho 4th instant, the man alluded to above, named Charles | Lockington, called at the livery stable of John Hurson, No. 177 Twelfth street, and hired the horse and in question, under the pretence of going to Long He said he would return on the Saturday following. Instead of so doing, he drove the horse and wagon to a livery stable in sevelt street, and Sarees them up, and rocured the $110 from Mr. Ely, under false and fraudu- jont representations. After the lapse of some eight days, a letter, purporting to come from Locki » Was 6x hibited to Mr. Hurson, as follows:— Fes, 7, '53. Friend Halbrook—My affairs have lately all gone #0 wrong, that I have ined to leave New York for a time. I will weiss Zoe from Savannah. Tell Hurson his horse and wagon, &., are at Ely’s, in Fulton street.. I will fix matters all right with him shortly. . Locxinator, You will have a letter from me very quickly. C. L. On the receipt of this letter, Mr. Hurson called on Fri- day morning on Mr. Ely, and stated the circumstances; but the latter haying loaned $110 on the property, as pre- | viously deseribed, refused to surrender up the Ieeoe mest wagon until learning further particulars. An affidavit was ee by a. ote fee Justice = cusing Lockington of stealing the horse, wagon, harne: &c., valued at $296 50. Mr. Ely, w this affidavit, dee | livered up the property tothe police authorities, who: | plased it back into the custody of Mr. Hurson. A war- rant was issued for the arrest of Lockii but having already absconded from the city, the were unable to find him. Robbery in the First —Officers McCarty and | Henton, of the First ward, on Sunday night arrested three men, named Edward Shea, John Gleason, and Mi- chael Kehoe, on a charge of violently assaulting Thomas Pretty, knocking him down, and stealing rom his @ silver tox, a silk handkerchief, e one dollar pill, and some smail change. It seems that about one o’clock on Sunday night Pretty was in a porter-house in Washii street, drinking, and was prevented from going out by Kehoe and Shea, until he had treated them several times, after doing £0, ‘he was permitted to leave, and was fol- lowed a short distance, and when near the corner of Carlisle and Washington strects, one of the three knocked | him down. Gleason and Kehoe held him down, while Shea robbed his person of the property named. ’Prett} gave an alarm, and. the police being near at hand, came to his assistance, and succeeded in arresting two of the accused parties, and conveyed them to the station house. As the case was being heard before the captain, the head of a man was seon to be peepi in at the door. The officers suspecting he was the third man, rushed out and eaught him as he was about run- | ning’off ; and when brought into the station house, he was recognized immediately as the third man, aud ac- complice of the two previously: srrested. The accused parties were conveyed before Justice Bogart, who com- mitted them to prison for trial in default of $2,000 bail required in each case. | Stealing $125.—A man named Hugh MeCann, was ar- | rested Tuesay, by officer Wiley, of the Seventeenth ward, on a charge of stealing or snaiching $125 from the pos- session of John Kensele, residing at No. 128 First avenue. It appears that Mr. Kensele was at the Bull’s Head, and was counting out some money to pay for a purchase, when the accused came up unobserved behind him, snatched the amount of bank bills, and ran off. Pursuit was immediately given, the rogue was caught, and in the lining of his coat was found the stolen money. The caso being a clear one against the accused, Justice Wood com- mitted him to prison for trial. A Charge of Larceny.—Ofiicer Smith, of the Eleventh ward, yestesday arrested a man named John Murray, on a charge of stealing five sacks of curled hair, together with three or four sets of curtains, and other property, v din all at $68, belonging to James Stephens, corner of avenue D and Ninth street. The police found the hair | at a junk shopin Pitt street, The curtains were found at a second-hand dealer's in the First avenue, kept by | Jane Boyd. The accused was conveyed before Justice Wood, who committed him to prison for trial. The Female Convict —Magdelina Adrian, the escay convict from the State pricon, arrested on Saturda; for stealing two pieces of silk at the store of A. T. Stew- art & Co, entered a plea of guilty in the Court of Ses- sions yesterday, and was sentenced by Recorder Tillou to be imprisoned in the State prison for two years, She has foes to serve an unexpired term of one year and two months. Officer Burley and the Mock Auctioncert,—The matter pending against officer Burley, on a charge of receiving a reward of $15 from a Mr. Cook for reeovering $48 from & mock auctioncer, has been investigated by the Mayor; and yesterday his Honor exonerated Mr, Burley from any misconduct, and allowed the permission for the receipt of the money. Board of Education, Fee. 1€.—The President in the chair, APPROPRIATIONS ADOPTRD. The Report of Finance Committee—Containing an esti- mate of the amount of money uired on "the Ist of March, 1853, making a total of $19,124 68, of which there is a sum of $1,461 30 in the hands of the treasurer. The report of same in favor of appropriating $233 46 for schools of Twentieth ward. Of Tinence Committee, rela- tive to the application of school officers of Sixth ward for an appropriation to complete repairs and alterations of school house of said ward. APPOINTMENT, The Report of the Kxecutive Committee of the Free: Academs—Recommending the appointment of Robert Blenkinson as a tutor of Free Academy. Adopted, Tho Report of the Public School Soe ho Report @ Public Schoo! iety—In favor of; paying $170 25, for floating debts. + H he following resolution was offered by Mr. Carter:— Resolved, That a Special Committee te juested to inquire and roy the expediency of furnishing each ward school with a school library, not to exeeed in value $250. Referred. ‘The Board then adjourned to the 24 March. | Timothy Bagley, of Braintree, aged 50, was drowned ‘at Weymouth Landing, on Tuesday, 8th instant, by the upsetting of a boat.