The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. ————— N BENNETT JaMES Gorpo™ mon * POE @PPICE ¥. W. CORNER OF PULTON AND NASSAU “STS. ane RAE Reka eee sektraer ae ty conte Fe i iy ay Cy te Oontin ont, both to sactude the " AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Consican Brotunns— Anas anv us Stes. BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway—Guaviaron— ‘Kae anv I. BURTON’S PHEATRE, Chambers ttreet—Mznny Wrvos eo yinmon—a Favours Pance- EATRE, Chatham street—Raxr’s Pro- ea ATQNAL, Ur ts hocuYasuse Dusisr. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Souvien’s Daven- ‘ven — Pauline. . MUSEU M—4fternoon—ALLow ro eee Lunenicy Bor. Evenig-Manarsp Bae . CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Seaiovs Pasiy— einen Woe. OHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSS, 472 Broadway—Erurorian @anopres sy Cunisty's Oren TROUPE. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- wag—Bruioriax MinstRELsy. G@ARCUS, 7 Bowery—Bevestaian ENTERTAINMENTS. @EORAMA, 58 Brosdway—Banvany’s Pawonama or me Hoty Lanp. SBLLER’S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Broadway. BISLEY’S THAMES, at 406 Broadway. MOPE CHAPEL, Broadway—Granp Concent. New York, Monday, March 14, 1853. Mails tor Europe. THE WEEKLY HERALD. ‘Whe Cunard mail steamship Cambria, Capt. Miller, will eave Boston at noon on Wednesday for Liverpool. Subscriptions and advertirements for any edition of the Wew York Hxgap will be received at the following Places in Europe — Laverrooi—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lowpon—Edward Sandferd & Co., Cornhill. Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Paris—Livingston, Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse, “BH. Reyoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘Whe European mails will close in this city to-morrow, at one and three o'clock P. M. ‘Whe Weraty Herat, for European circulation, will be published at haif past nine o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpence. “ ‘The News. The Cunard steamer Africa arrived yesterday after- noon from Liverpool, bringing three days later ad- vices. The news is of a very diversified character. It is important in two points of view. The promi- matters relate to British reverses in Burmah, cate disruption between Austria and Turkey, which’ corroborate what we published during the Jast we In Paris and London the affair was con- sidered as very serious. From the continent of Burope we learn that the Emperor of Austria was zecovering from his recent wounds, inflicted by an assassin; that in Hungary the public mind was ina disturbed statep that in Italy the statu quo was again completely restored;, and that in Francefthe govern- ment was busy trying to cut down the estimates. In Great Britain the doings in parliament were entirely occupying attention for lack of some- thing else, and possess only a national interest. Commercial affairs were, generally speaking, dull. The Liverpool cotton market continued depressed. In London there had been more inquiry for American se- eurities, owing, perhaps, to the threatening aspect of affairs in the East. By reference to our Washington despatches it will be seen that the ancient feud between the hunk- ers and barnburners has broken out afresh, is raging with ten-fold fierceness, and, unless speedily allayed, bids fair to wind up in a general revolt and complete revolution. This feeling of hostility is not alone con- fined to the class of greedy office-seekers, but has diffused itself among different leaders of the demo- eratic party from all parts of the country, and it is reported, with what amount of truth we cannot say, that dissension has already been manifested in the cabinet upon the questions et issue between the out- side belligerents. Where will allthis end? While the democrats are thus fichting for the spoils the whigs in office are all shaking with the rotation ague. Several clerks in the Treasury Department | have been supplanted within the last few days, and the prospect now is that the work of universal culling, transpl. ill progress with great vigor. With regard to foreign appointments, one of our special correspondents reiterates that in all proba- bility ex-Secretary Buchanan will go to England, | Senator Soulé to Spain,and Hon. John A. Dix to France. Another writer mentions Mr. Wise in con- nection with the last named mission. Senator Mason is expected to make a speech on | the Central American question to-day, in reply to Senator Clayton. The recent proceedings of the British against Honduras, in behalf of the Mosquito King, has given this subject a freshness that will cause the remarks of the Chairman of the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations to be looked for with con siderable anxiety. speech will embody the sentiments of the adminis- tration. General Santa Anna is reported to have been seen going into Vera Cruz, on board a British steamer, on the Ist inst. A glorious reception awaited him. How long will it be ere thore of his countrymen who have been so clamorous for his return will once more unite in expelling him from among them? A large amount of property was destroyed by a terrific storm in the vicinity of Columbus, Ga., on the 10th inst. Rev. Dr. Hatfield last evening delivered a sermon at his chapel, situate at th Ridge streeta, on theatrical entertainments. He contended that the encouragement of the drama was calculated to detaoralize the rising generation, and made a sweeping anathema against tragedy, comedy, melodrama, extravaxonzas, operas, balle&,and every other species of entertainment connected with the stage. “fie Rev. Doctor Asa D. Smith, delivered an elo quent and logical sermon upon “ the Origin and His- tory of the Sabbath,’ at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, last ¢ g. The disconrse wus the first of aseries of eight, which are to be given—one each s in order to in duce, if possi! A more proper observance of the Lord’s Day. Doctor Smith fully confated the argu. ments of Paley, the ogists, and other writera, who deny that the Sabbath institution was intended to be an eternal commemoration of the seventh day. ‘The inside peges of this sheet contain a ve esting review of financial affairs, to which ral atterition is recommended ; a detailed ort of the first day’s proceedings in the Gardner Case ; the argument of counsel in the Second Avenue Railroad Injunction Case ; Weekly Report of Deaths in this city; Miscellaneous paragraphs, Advertisements. &c Tur New Reoistry Bru.—Our Albany cor- respondent was perfectly correct, afew days since, in including in an enumeration of bills before the Legislature one to repeal the present Jaw in relation to the registry of births. deaths, and marriages. It seems that the existing law had been found co inoperative that a bill peal it had been introduced into the Senate a short time prev to the proposed amendment originating in the Assembly. Its abrogation will. however, be followed by a bill organizing a bureau of statistics in New York. on a new and efficient basia. The importance of such statistical information is too uviversally ac- knowledged to permit us anticipating any oh- stacles or unnecesary delays being thrown in the way of the parenge of this bit) exsive Sunday inter gene- wy, to re- It is currently reported that his | eorner of Broome and | Tmpertast from Darepe. “In the imtelligence whieh we have received from Europe. by the arrival of the steamship Afriea yesterday afternoon, the feature of most striking importance is the ominous position of affairs in Turkey, and the imminency of the peril in which the Ottoman Empire ie involved, through the hostile movements of Austria and Russia. Our readers will recollect that ‘we published in the Heratp of Tuesday last. a piece of very important information procured for us exclusively, and forwarded, before the facts related had transpired in any of the London journals. We were thus apprised that the Aus- trian plenipotentiary, Count Leiningen, had ar- rived at Constantinople,.and had submitted to the Porte the demand of his government, which comprises the virtual abandonment by Turkey of the right of sovereignty over the provinces bordering on Austria, and the recognition of the independence of Montenegro ; and that the terms proposed were indignantly rejected by the Grand Vizier of the Sultan. This information has been confirmed in all its parts with this further suggestive fact, that not only had the Austrian plenipotentiary with- drawn from Constantinople, on receiving the re- ply of the Turkish government. but that the whole Austrian legation had struck their flag and retired also. This, in diplomatic usage, amounts to an actual rupture of amicable rela- tions, and is almost tantamount to a declara- tion of hostilities ; and it would not, therefore, be matter of surprise to learn, by the next mail, that the Austrian and Russian armies had in- vaded Turkey, and were on their road to Con- stantinople. But there is another most important and sig- nificant fact involved in this affair. It is said that the Porte did not return his haughty res- ponse to the humiliating terms proposed to him until after he had consulted with the French and English ambassadors. Assured of the united support of these powerful nations, against the hostile designs of Russia and Austria, the Turkish government might well feel secure and bid defiance to the two im- perial conspirators. It was part of their policy at first, to endeavor to stir up a religious ani- mosity against the Turks, by representing the Montenegrines as sufferers on account of their faith; but we see in the attitude assumed by France and England that in that attempt they had failed. They are now, however. compelled to throw off the mask, and appear in their true character, as the open. avowed,and unscrupulous | enemies of Turkey, and it remains to be seen whether, their schemes having been frustrated in the Montenegrine affair. they will now boldly de- clare war against the Porte while under the protection of England and France. If so, then we may look out for a general European war between the two great principles of despotism and constitutional government. ‘The Decision of the Court on the Case of the Aldermen in Contempt. In whatever light we may choose to view the recent conduct of the Common Council—wheth- er we chime in with the assailants of the Alder- | men, or incline to question the solidity of a cause which is so largely indebted to popular clamor for support—on one point public opinion will be unanimous. The collision between the | municipal and judicial authorities is a fortunate cecurrence. Alderman Sturtevant and his brethren may or may not have erred in disre garding the injunction of the Court; but cer- | tain are we that the city of New York owes them a debt of gratitude for having. at what- ever cost to themselves. brought under discus- sion such important matters as the limits of the | authority vested in the courts of justice of this State and in the Common Council of this city. Tf. as we have every reason to expect, the alti. | mate result of the Broadway railroad case be an elaborate decision by the first legal minds of the day, defining where the powers of the judiciary end, and those of the city corporations begin, the sins which were the occasion of the vestigation will soon be forgotten, and the public, after the heat of passion has subsided, will not be unwilling to acknowledge their ob- ligations to their unintending benefactors. | Such a sense of gratitude would. of course, im- ply no tribute of esteem. But history has for- given crimes of a much deeper dye. in conside- ration of the beneficial results which have flowed from their commission. The Roman | moralist. in the fullness of his joy at the aboli- tion of monarchy. does not hesitate to congratu- | late Rome on having produced a Tarquin. | We might add that if the Broadway railroad case had borne no other fruits than the decision of the Supreme Court, which we publish to day. we should still have reason to congratulate | are very few of them which would not be some- ment. The aggregate amount of the fines and costs which the Aldermen are condemned to pay is $12,760 96; a rather large sum, as our readers will probably think, for differing in opi- nion from the Court as to the interpretation of our city charter. It now remains for the Court of Appeals to decide finally whether the city council, acting in a legislative capacity. under a legal charter, are liable to be restrained and prohibited from doing what, in their discretion, seems fit. The Court must first decide whether granting a pri- vilege to lay down rails in Broadway is or is not a legislative act. If they decide this question in the negative, the action of the council then ‘becomes a private contract, and they themselves appear simply in the light of a private corpora- tion, liable for their acts, and not possessed of any of those immunities which a legislative body has aright to claim. If, on the contrary, it be held that the permission to lay down rails in Broadway was an act of legislation, the Court will then be called upon to decide whether Judge Roosevelt had or had not the authority to interfere with their exercise of the legisla- tive power thus delegated tothem. We need not observe that the higher legislative bodies, such as Congress and the State legislatures, cannot be “restrained” by a judicial injunction. They stand above the law. They make the law. But it cannot be pretended that the same is true of the Common Council. It was not the intention of the Legislature of New York, in granting the city charter, to confer upon the corporation powers equivalent to and concur- rent with their own. Certain duties were as” signed tothe aldermen and assistant aldermen, and sufficient power was placed in their hands for their discharge; but no more. The question, therefore, naturally resolves itself into a very succinct shape : was the grant of the privilege of laying rails in Broadway such an act as the Legislature may fairly be presumed to have in- tended to invest the Common Council with power to do or not at their discretion? If the Court hold that it was, the interfer- enee of the Court was unjustifiable ; and the spectacle of a batch of aldermen a the bar may possibly be followed by the appear- ancevof a Judge in a similar predicament. charged with false imprisonment of a fellow- citizen. If, on the contrary, the Court of Appeals should be of opinion that the Aldermen were really guilty of contempt, the sentence will, of course, be confirmed—the $12,760 paid over to the proper officer, and Alderman Sturtevant will endeavor to spend his fortnight in prison as pleasantly aa he can. Far be it fragn us to intrude our crude notions into the company of the arguments which the learned luminaries of the bar have evolved on the subject; but it does occur to us, as it does, we dare say. to many a plain matter-of-fact citi- zen, that if we elect men to serve as Aldermen, put a charter in their hands which invests them with certain powers, and imposes 6n them cer- tain duties, and duly swear them in to discharge their functions to the best of their judgment and discretion; if, after this, a question arises on which the Court—a body whose interference was not.contemplated by the charter—says no, and the Alderman’s judgment and diseretion say yes; ifthe Alderman, being a conscientious individual, and having the memory of his oath in mind, follows the latter. then, it seems tous we repeat, that to fine him, and his fellows, $12,760 for so doing. is an act of very questibn- able propriety. More Crry Rerorm—A Litre PcrGation NEEDED FoR THE Tomps.—In these days, when exposure of abuses, revelation of iniquities, and introduction of reformatory measures in city af- fairs are so much in vogue. we are decidedly of opinion that the fashion should not be monopo- lized by any particular body, but should be ex- tended to all the public institutions of this me- tropolis, without favor or distinction. There what the better of a little overhauling; and some of them we know to be in a condition which imperatively requires the operation of the modern besom of reform. Among the latter there is one establishment which especially ap- peals to public sympathy for a share of those beneficent measures which are now the order of the day. We speak of the Halls of Justice, in Centre street, where the most fraudulent and corrupt practices have for a long time continued to flourish, and increase under the very egis of the law itself, and under the tolerance of its oflicers. We donot now direct our observations against any of those minor causes of complaint from which the Tombs is no more exempt than other | public institutions in this city, but we allude specially and particularly to one monstrous | ourselves on its occurrence. Imperishable fame was earned by an English judge who dared to | mete out equal justice to the lowest subject in | | the kingdom and the heir apparent to the | throne. Under circumstances less trying. it is | | true, but still by no means devoid of difficulty, | | the Judges of the Supreme Court have discharged | | their task with firmness, integrity, and disere- tion. They have dealt with the highest public | in the city as vigorously as they would | have done with the nest culprit. A sen- \¥tence of fifteen days imprisonment, pronounced | against one of our most prominent Alde: is boi me oo n event which it is pleasant to contemplate r the terrible stories of official corruption I Is of trust, and der whic hwe have be Wedo not mean to bet r auate that any the sort has ever been advanced ag. judiciary, even in the noisiest of those who | have traded on the cry for public reform. and | sought notoriety by shouting ‘stop thief!” befor they knew whether a robbery had been commit- ted: nor would we intimate that any doubts of the conduet of the Court ever cros 1. But however firm our convi factory to find it so complete) The case is now the Supreme Court and the Court of App Before we chronicle its future pr all to refresh the memories of our f i venaed tothe past. On the third of J Judge toorevelt, on the «¢ nplai hau and others, tax payers, residing oa Broadwa “ commanded and enjoineé lroad tees, their counsellors, &., “ and ing in aid or assistance of thei,” to entering into or upon the etrect way, for the purpose of Ja) railroad therein &e., until direction of this Court in the prem of obeying this injunction, the Common 1 passed resolutions, which were moved Ald man Sturtevant, granting the privilege of lay rails in Broadway to ain parties. On tt the Court summoned the Aldermen hefore it, for a contempt, and, after a learned and protracted | argument, the y ndemned to | #wende by fine, and in one cas by imprison ih were ¢ make | tice which is adopted in the Halls of Justice of | | discharge from custody abuse which overshadows and renders insignif- | cant all those petty ones. We mean the prac- subjecting persons charged with offences to the | tender mercies of a class of professional men | who, under delusive promises of procuring their | ly. generally manage to strip them pretty clean of whatever little mo- ney they can command. There are various | ways in which this fraudulent scheming is per- | petrated; but we will limit ourselves to enu- merating one or twe, which we are informed are of common ccexrrence. and which will suffice to give a general idea of the manner in which these artiul dodgers cheat the unfortunate or One of the ways in which prisoners are fre quently cheated in the Tombs is this : man is arrested on suspi such mo: be found on his person is placed in t of the clerk. One of the numerous profe. gentlemen who practice before the police courts Whena | asmay gains amittance to his cell. and. by pre to secure his discharge for a certain vaila on him to sign an order dir | clerk to deliver to his counse! all ¢ ken from him on his arrest. met 2 the pri- signature is frauduler a misrepresentation of the contents It is almost needless to say he a himself deceived and cheated Another very ingenious but common mode of robbery is practised by a set of idlers about the Tombs. A poor woman comes in the morning in search of her husband, probably arrested drunkenness in the streets over night. and com mitted in default of payment of a dollar fine, informs himself of the ned under er The gentleman polite! object of her inquiry, and, having ascertained the faet the commitment from the prison hook, he returns and informs her he can procure her husband’ release for five dollars. The mo- ney is raised at and the gentleman, paying the one dollar fine, pockets the other our dollars, oy eration Cases euch as these are of daily occurrence of and ices at his successful | fled that come person or persons, in ‘ pth . | dows of the dwelling house | erring persons who happen to fall within their | y toils. ' | alarm and eoust | *upposed to contain the malici | No. 1¢R Front street were dissovered by the First ward po: practitioners of the facilities thay now enjoy, and by the appointment of an efficient police- man to keep watch over their doings. Gentle- men reformers. in your mission of beneficence, pray do not neglect or pass over the Tombs. Ovr Retarions with EncLanp.—Tuz News From Honpuras—Onr special correspondent in New Orleans sent a despatch to us on Saturday night, containing news of considerable importance from Honduras. It stated that great excitement pre- vailed in consequence of H. B. M.'s steamer Devasta- tion naving anchored off Toupillo, and demanded the surrender of the place, in the name of the Mosquito King; that the inhabitants were given two hours time to decide, before the commencement of a bom- bardment ; that the inhabitants yielded to superior forces, but solemnly protested against the outrage ; that the Mosquito flag was hoisted, and the Hondu- ras flag pulled down; and that the steamer then proceeded to Limas, and cannonading was afterwards heard in that quarter. It was presumed that a con- test was going on between the steamer and the Hon- duras troops. It will be recollected that the previously received intelligence from Honduras informed us that that State had taken possession of Limas ; had appointed & commandant, and that the State would at all haz- ards and at every sacrifice continue to hold the terri- tory. The news now brought to us confirms this de- termination of Honduras. There is but one course for our government to pur- sue in this matter. I€ will lead to an immediate cor- respondence'with the British minister, and we shall have an opportunity of judging of the vigor of the new administration in our foreign relations ; we shall see what Mr. Secretary Marcy will do. Tae Opera aT Nrpio’s.—There never has been an ope- ratic company in this metropolis which has attained a success at all approximating to that with which Madame Sontag and her troupe have been crowned. They have now performed for twenty-five nights, and have not yet began to experience any diminution in patronage or popu- lar enthusiasm. Eight of the most admired operas have been produced, each of them in turn being received by the public with the greatest favor. In the “Daughter of the Regiment,” ‘‘Sonnambula,”’ “The Barber of Seville,”’ “Luerezia Borgia,” “Don Pasquale,”’ ‘Linda di Chamou- nix,”’ “Lueia di Lammermoor,” and ‘Maria di Rohan,”’ Madame Sontag has exhibited the wonderful versatility of her operatic talents, and has been admirably sustained by Badiali and Pozzolini.* We understand that it is the in- tention to give five more representations, closing on the 2ist inst. To-night ‘ Sonnambula”’ will be repeated for the last time. Burton as Farstayr.—The lovers of Shakspearian comedies in this community will be ¢elighted to learn that the “Merry Wives of Windsor’ is to be produced, for the first time, this evening, in Burton’stheatre. The announcement that Burton ix to personate the character of Sir Jobn Falstaff is of itself a sufficient assurance of the rich treat that will be spread before the public. Marine Affairs. Sur Aratanta.—We learn, by a telegraphic messege received by Mr. Sproull, from the Highlands, yesterday afternoon, that the sea was getting xmooth, ani that the lighters were alongside of the ship, reeeiving cargo. ANOTHER QUICK PassaGE.—The packet shiy Star of the West, Bowne, made the run between Liverpool and this port in twenty-one days, although she experienced a suc- cession of westerly gales after leaving the Banks. Lavncu.—The propeller steamship Veguro, designed for the Cuba trade, and built by George & James Steers, the designers and builders of the yacht America, is to be launched at twelve o'clock to-day, from their yard, foot of Twelfth street. She isa beautiful craft, and reflects the greatest credit upon the skill and ability of Messrs. Steers, The length of her deck is one hundred and fifty: one feet, the breadth of beam twenty-four feet four inches, depth of hold ten feet, and in carpenter's mea- surement she is three hundred and fifty tons. Her en gines (two orcillators) were built by J. H. & E. Farron. Diameter of cylinéors twenty-six inehes, length of stroke twenty eight inches, diameter of propellor eight feet, graved from two and a half to one. The Veguroisa creditable specimen of naval architecture. City Intelligence. New FerriaGe .AW—ReDUCTION OF Fares ANTICIPATED ry THE Compantes.—The protracted legal controversy which was commenced upon an attempt being made, by the choren freeholders of Hudson county,to establish a certain reduced rate of ferriage to and from Jersey Cityand Hobo- ken, is at length ended. The New Jershy Legislature passed a law on the th inst., which provides for a reduc- tion on and after the first of May next, and establishes | the reduced as ‘‘the legal fixed rates” ‘until they are al- | tered or modified by the same power which enacted them. ‘The rate for passengers will be hereafter three instead of four cents, and there will be a <aving of about twenty. five percent upon the charge of transit for vehicles and all other articlea. Weare happy to add that the ferry proprietors have anticipated, as it vere, the action of the Jegislarive body, as they will commence to run their boats at the lower cha Ree from this (Monday) morning. All legal contention is thus ended, whilst the prompt con formity of the owners to the set not only proves their | liberality, but will puta stop to # fluctuation of fare which has for years operated injuriously upon the in- terests of property owners at the other side of the river. The caving of twenty-five per ceut upon the costof trans. | portation of farm and market produce from New Jersey, muot give a decided benefit to consumers in the city, and at the same time enable many of the high rent martyrs to calculate exactly; for what emount they can liye in Jersey City or Hoboken, should the game eause continue to drive them from New York. Tue Weatier.—The rain, which fell in such torrents on Saturday, ceased about 10 o'clock on that evening, at | which time the wind, which had been blowing very fresh | from the northeast, changed to the west. The sun shone | brightly ail day yesterday, and thousands of people might | be seen taking that reercation which week days deny them. The temperature was very wild, the thermometer | ranging from 45 to 57 degrees above zero. Sr. Patrick's Day.—The anniversary of the birthday of the patron Saint of Ireland will be celebrated in an im poring manner, by the yarious civic cocicties and military companies of this and the adjoining cities of Brookly:, Williamsburg and Jersey City, The ninth, sixty-ninth, and seventy secondfegircents of New York State Militia, besides a lt number of independent companies, will lé on that day. The procession will march from | ‘Third avenue to Twenty-third street, through Sixth ave nue, Hudson street, Chambers street, Centre street, en- tering the eastern gate of the Park, where they will be reviewed by his Honor the Mayor, the Common Council, and other distinguished men. If time will permi cersion will visit Brooklyn, there to be re’ Mayor and the authcrities of that ciry. A Daxornovs Meron or Savor noon, about one o’clock, the Sixth w Eo yy after. police were noti cinity of White and ihn streets, were discharging firearms in a very dan- gerous manner, regardless of human life, as the bullets from the pistol or rifle had passed through the rear win- 87 Walker street; one of fs of a third sjory wir. nd the other two passed story window. one of whieh came on of a sick man lying in bed. Much nation was manifested in the neigh- of the firearms could be heard, r signate exactly the direction, nor the house from whence the bullets came. The police, however, are keeping a watchful eye on the buildings 18 persons. T epicanigy of tHe Crroncn oy Sr. Francis Sararn.—This Choreh wil ated to the service of the Almighty i fate seryices, this morning, at 9 o’elock, ughes, who wiil deliver a rermon on the Feveral religious socie f this city will be itendance to witness the solemn ceremony Fiss,—At a late hour on sy evening the promises | the bullets went through th ww, lodging itselffa the wall gh the secor near the pe borhoed, as the re lice to be on fire. The alarm was en, and a large number of the fire tient were quickly In at- tendance. Notiithstandi ir exertions, the flames, which originated in the second story, spread up to the third and fourth floors. However, the fire was confined to these stories alone. One floor was occupied by Robert Bulard, and another by George Grier & Co., as & sugar ne The goods throughout the whole store were partially damaged by fire wa The cause of the tre is unknown. The damage to the goods and building will not exceed $2,000. Jast evening a fish market at the Catharine ferry took fire, and was not extinguished before the entire roof was burned off, Berenany —About 3 0 her's shop No, clock Saturday morning, the ross street war broken open by me thieves, and } rounds of beef, and the carcase | ofa sheep, were stolen. The police found the premises open, and notified the owner, who immediately secured the doors and windows from further inroads by robbers. Aseaviren BY somy UnKxOWN Pr i he Ninewenth ward found ng on the sidewalk at the rileth street, who had bee He wax conveyed to ® EconestasticaL TRIAL roR Breacn or Pro- wise —Rev. Samuel Griffith, who hag been on tr’ heiere the Methodist Conference, sitting at Hoe town, Md., charged with » breach of promise of mar- | ringe, hos been expelled from the Conference and ex- communicated from the church. | these entertainments. | mended, and whom has Presbyterian Church, Jane street, near Eighth avenue, ‘There was a crowded and most respectable congregation present. The reverend doctor ascended the pulpit at half past seven o’clock, accompanie@éy the Reverend Doctor Burchard and the Reverend Mr. Little. ‘The Reverend Doctor Smith said :—We will commence the services of the evening by singing the twenty-third psalm. He then read the psalm, which was afterwards sung by the choir, the congregation joining with ex- cellent effect and much fervor. Doctor Burchard then offered up a fervent prayer, beseeching Almighty Ged to bless and direct the congregation, that he would incline the hearte of all his people to a more due observ- ance of His Sabbath, and bestow the unction of grace upon the speaker who was about to address a portion of them upon the subject. ‘The,Rey. Mr. Lime said—I will detain the congrega- tion one moment, untill read. short notice. During the winter several meetings of clergymen were held, at which the subject of Sabbath desecration was discussed. It has ‘been deemed advisable to give a series of lectures to the inhabitants of the west side of the city, of which the one of this evening will be the first, upon the necessity of its more sacred observance. This notice informs you of the order of the sermons, subject, and preachers upon cach successive Sunday from this. The reverend gentleman then read the list of proposed sermons, from number one to number eight—the concuding one—as published in the Herawp of Sunday morning. The Rev. Dr. Suara said: hearers, I will base fie brief remarks which I intend to address to you this eve- ning upon the twenty-seventh verse of the second cliap- ter of the Gospel of St. Mark, which I will now read:— “And he said unto them, the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” It is a living God who dispenses such a blessing for a use so desirous. It is not given to all men to possess symmetry of form, vigor of intellect, or begnte and grace of demeanor; full coffers are not given to all, nor can man, in every instance, freely’ breathe the pure air of Heaven; but amongst the natural beatowments given by God, there is one gift which can be participated in by all, without any regard to difference of clime or country, absence or pos- session of grace, or appearance of person—it is the inati- tution of which we now speak. Sabbath—a day of rest for his fragile body and weary soul no matter how he may turn away from it or despise it. That the sabbatti- cal institution was so intended is easy of proof; but we deal this evening with its institution only, leaving its philosophy and ethics for another occasion. We will consider it as an institution to be looked at in four different divisions of its history, viz.:— the Paradisaical, the Patriarchal, the Mosaic and the Christian. ‘The first Sabbathdawned upon Paradise when man was made. It signifies rest; and in the second chapter of Genesis, we read—‘ And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctifiedjit; because that in ithe had restedfrom all his work which God created and made.”’ It is fitting, even in its infancy and purity, that the mind should be for one day entirely oc cupied with the contemplation of divine things... I am aware that there has been objections urged against the Sabbath as an institution by some of our modern geologists. A great deal has been said of the duration of the day. and the ordinary term of twenty-four hours; but they do not interfere with the commemoration of the seventh naturai day as instituted. Archdeacon Paley, the Coryphous of ail lay writers united upon this subject, says that it was not instituted in Paradise, and that the words quoted above do not say that the Lord blessed the seventh day as an institution to be afterwards observed, but blessed it as the day upon which he rested from the work of creation, and he insists that it is to be viewed in a logical and not a chronologi. it. He asks, that if the Sabbath was so instituted at the creation, is it not strange that there is no mention of it made in the Scrip: tures up to the time of the departure of the Jews from Egypt, a period of pearly two thousand years, and quotes the sixteenth chapter of Exodus—‘And the Lord said unto Moses, how long refuse ye to keep my com- mandments and my laws? See, for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of {wo days; abide you every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day.” The si- lence of the suered volume upon the subject is no proof against its existence, for silence may mean very much or just nothing. The reverend divine here discussed the various arguments of Paley and his school, contrasting them by historical reference to, and extracts from Jose- phus, Phesian, Theophilus of Antioch, and other writers, who all alluded to the seventh day as one to be kept holy. He afterwards explained the confirmation and observance of the day during the three other divisions of its history—the Patriarchal, Mosaic and Christian—as at first proposed, and concluded with an ejaculation to Heaven tha other Nehemial: would be given to this —the modern Jerusalem—for the prevention of the sale of wares, the Sunday traffic in merchandise, and the dispensing of strong drinks upon the Lord’s day. The service was concluded by the reading and singing of the one hundredth psalm, and the congregation dispersed. Theatrical Entertainments. Rey. Dr. Hatfield, last evening, delivered a very able sermon, in his chapel, at the corner of Broome and Ridge streets, on the subject of theatrical entertainments. The edifice was crowded to excess by a large and highly res- pectable audience. The reverend gentleman took for his text the seventh chapter of Proverbs, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th verses. The god of pleasure, said he, must not want for wor- shippers. I am now to reason with you in relation to some of the fashionable spectacles of the day, and to set before you the nature and tendency of those theatrical entertainments that nightly solicit your patronage, and give promise of deeply interesting and greatly delighting all whocan be persuaded, and who can avail thomselves of this tempting opportunity of seeking a large amount of amusement and pleasure. Jn the discussion to which I now invite you, you wiil understand that it forms no part of my present purpose to pronounce upon the kind or character of the publications with which you are wont to entertain your selitary hours. What you may read at home, and what you may witness abroad, are very different matters, and are to be treated each upon their own peculiar merits. Iam not now to pronounce upon the works of Shakspeare as a specimen of litera- ture, nor upon the dramas of Addison, Hannah Moore, Coleridge, and others, who have chosen to convey instruc tion in dramatic form, The performers at a theatre must wnske it their sole business to act well their part in the entertainments; occupying no small portion of their time, their thought, and their exertions in qualify- ing themselves for their profession ; and then we have the playgeing audience, by whom the proprictors and actors are to be remunerated. Should you and J encourage and support such @ system? Should we lend it the counte | nance of our persons and purses? Should we help to swell | the crowds that nightly throng these halls of amusement? We Tsay ! If it fe right and proper for you, itis for me. If your merchant may go, surety you will not dem the same liberty to the clergy—the minister of the Gospel. By perusing niany theatrical compositions, the mind is filled with the most indecent pictures and the imagination with the grossest Jicentiousness : but how feeble is the jon compared with that produced by the spread- z these same things upon the stage, for then very character of the nove! or play has a’ living em- bodiment, every sign of corruption is before the eye. Kuch amusements must exert a prodigious power over | the unformed minds of the rising generation. As a minis | mister of the Gospel of Christ, then, as one to whom the youth of my congregation may look to for instruc- tion and counsel as though to a father, and, as a conser- vator of the public morals, it becomes my duty in my place, and in the name of my ¢iod and Saviour, to express clearl? and fully my conviction as to the influence of If the press is silent upon this subject the La must speak, and where the press lifts up its yoice in deprecation of a prevailing iniquity, the Fulpit must not fail (o sanction the formidable under- taking. To warn is just as necessary as to teach. Our Gcetrine will be in vain, unless we also show the evil of those practices which blind the eye and harden the heart,” I must not now be understood as inveighing a | against the noble art of elocution, for my own profession | owes mueh to that art, and I myself have always beon too much enamoured with its beauties ever to xpeak a word against it. The public uphold the system of theatres, hy the immense amount of patronage which they bestow upon them. What has been the effect of theatrigals in is city? The corner stone of the Bowery theatre was laid on the 17th of June, 1826, and suchas the state of public opinion at the time that the Honorable Mayor of this city delivered an address upon the occasion, in which he sid theatrical entertainments were a rational enjoy- ment, which served to improve the taste, correct the morals, and soften the manners of the people. Now, the first play performed in the Bowery theatre was the “Road to Ruin,” which must he r “i as exceeding!» appropriate to the place and the occasion, Whove genius bas that theatre ever raised? Whose heart has it ever ever made bold in th Not one—not one, Could its a bleody, dork, and dreadful his tory if would be in the h’story of maiikind! Whatever it, might be made, under proper regulations, one thing ix certain, that no one individual, or company of indivi duels, ever built a stracture of the kind for tho im provement of either ihe morals or the ssanners of the community. No manager ever conducts a course of sciousness of virtue? tory be written, wh: theatrical entertsinments io Impreve the Intellect heart. ‘The church is built for the wor se for legisintion, the college for cation, the ntiary for the correction of criminals, and the theatre also is built for a definite purpose, 116 i and main end is to ple muse, anu eater multitude, ‘the player's art rforin sne mend the God, the § public are tions, by their money and © Heads of the People. 10 THE EDITOR OF THR NRW YORK i-RALD. In the list of Heads of Nations, publiyhed in the Hreano several weeks ogo, I fivd three errors among the German rinces, Vin — Siegmaringen surver ruseia in 18 pg an annul g ne prince: that Leth prine or early the Pru Prassian court. It nded by coun diy to Prassia—natmely, War Baden and Bavaria—and the Prussian regents ng dheetly from the Hohengollern family ght it expedient to oecupy ©) 4 ple a position for emorgeney that might make their existence doabtf. aH iid °F il i Pgs il gE ERs gee F i Ir i Be A; i t EF ee Hu are Be ER zfs fH fi EH? | and was conveyed by who ‘committed him to prison to answer the charge. ae injured men are said to be recovering. A Female Arrested.—Officer Kenner, of the Third ward police on Saturday arrested a female, named Catharine L. Collins, on « charge of picking the poeket of? Mra. Abby Hart, of No. 19 North William street, of wallet containing $24 The larceny was committed ig Washington market. The accused was taken before Juse tice Bogart, who committed her to prison for trial. Char, Stealing a Boat.—A man, named John Boe dine, ee arrested by officer McAndrew, of the Sixth ward police, on & charge of & boat, valued at $50. The accused was detained fora further hearing. AChargeof Kolbery.—On Saturday night John Kelle was ond ok by officer West, of the hth ward, on & chi of snatching a wallet, contain’ twelve dollars, from a Mrs. Maria White. Mrs. White visited a porter house, for the purpose of ine ducing her husband to come home. He would not go ome, and she, to prevent his spending all the money, took his pocket wallet and went off for home. — was inthe porter house at the time, followed aff woman, and before she arrived at her residence he tched the wallet from her hand, and was making his e when the alarm was given, and the officer tookt him info eustody and secured the money. Justice Stuart committed him to prison for trial. The Aceldent on the East River. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Your account of the fatal accident en the East river, caused by the upsetting of a boat, is and Ip being the boatman on the occasion, wish to give you % true statement of the facts. I was alongside of the ship Queen of the West on Friday, and took into my boat eight passengers, four men, three women, and one childs I rowed them into the dock, where a ship was lying, and a steamboat came along within ten it of the shi crowding me between, and the swell from her wheel capsized my boat. The steamboat passed on; but with: the assistance of other boatmen we got the passengers. all alive out of the water, and there were ne persons drowned as your article states. The child died after if ot ashore. ilies Revel and myself both risked our ives to save thore o} passengers, Yours,with respect, JOHN LYNCH. More Gory Discoverep.—Advices from the Cherokee Nation of the 23d ult., states that greaé excitement existed there in consequence of a eee of the discovery of gold in large quantities in Horsg Shoe Creek, in the southern part of the nations The yield is said to be $10 or $12 per day per mans |. Large numbers are leaving Marysville for the dig- gings. Court Calendar—This day. SuPREMB Covrt—Special Term.—Nos. 49, 67, 72, 42, 7, 34, 62, 70, 78 to 92, 05. SvrreMe Court—Circuit.—Nos. 200, 205, 184, 227, 65, 280, 301 to 804, 306 to 310. Duerauce Covrr—Nos, 22, 4, 27, 28, 20,31 to 35, 502, 503, 504, 871, 8. 24, 804, 552, 563, 568, 420, 502, 366, ‘504, 524, 583, 684, 585, 586, 587, 590, 591, 872, 586, 695, 596. 597, 598, 599, 600, 242, 534, 512, 528, 582, 557, 152, 228, Complaint of the Africa’s Passengers. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Srxamen Arnica, Maroh 12, 1853, We, the undersigned, passengers on board the steamer Africa from Liverpool to ork, considering comfort bas been materially and unwarrantably abridged by the company having appropriated for the carrying of freigh® 2 portion of the cabin hitherto used, and certainly always intended to be reserved for the use of passengers, beg to make the following statement, being satisfied that’ publio notice, in a journal of such gencral ciroulation ne your paper of a complaint of this character, will be far more elfectual an speedy in producing reform than any private individual re- monstance. The facts are as followa:—On engaging our pas- sages at the different azencies of the company, we were shown, as usual, aplan of tho ship, exhibiting the position and ex> tent of the eali eight. We were e, and expected, of course, to find le ‘To our surprise, however, on coming on board, we observed. a curtain drawn across the main saloon, nearly one-balf of which was filled from floor to ceiling with goods On freight. Apart from the inconvenience arising from the curtailment of space, proper ventilation, so desirable an object, was ous of the question, In the centlersen’s sleeping apartmont, the unallotted rooms were filled with goods; to this we do not so much object, but we do complain of a portion of the Passages in this part of the ship being locked up with goods, ronderin, the atmosphere, owing to the want of # proper circulation o! air, extremely close aud unpleasant. The company certainly engaged for a specific sum to fur~ nish their passengers with a certain amount of accommoda- tion, exhibited in the diagram of the vessel ; such accom- on has not been een and we think it WE ald seid e information of the public, and the benefit of future travellers, thus publicly to notice the fact, The encroach- ment of space, for the purposes of freight, which on the pro= ent voyage deprived us of the use of one-half the saloon, be- ides preventing proper ventilation, may be carried still far- her should uo remoystrance be made, and the extent of ¢a- in space and comfort which Leen pd expect and should find on board vessels claiming so high a character as the hips of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam- Voat Company, may iu future be altogether regulated by the quantity ind rates of freight. W. 8, Henpngon, Quolec. C. A. Bristen, New York. J.B. Laxcuors, Quebec. H. H. Bers, Amsterdam. ..G New York. F. Burrernrieip, New York. Mx. Cavasivrer, London. . Wek ax Gary, Lyons. L. Gotpscumipt, New York Jas. Harty, Kingston. oopny, Jr., I : MoINty ite, REON, Wuvrer, Gh jasgow. Ww, Tayior taly. heffield, E. Montreal. Association for the Exhibition of the Indus= try of all Nations—Office, No. 52 Pa endanae York, March 10, 1853.—At an election held at this office, on the 7th inst., the following gentlemen were chosen directors for the ensuing year, vit— Mortimer Livingston, Elbert J. Anderson, Alfred Pell, Philip Burro x Johuston Livingston, Charles W. Foster, ‘Theodore Sedgwick, William W. Stone. And, at a meeting of the di tors, held this day, Theodora Sedgwick was appointed Py ent, William Whetten, Vice President, Treasurer and Seerctary, and L. C. Stuart, Aesist- ant Secretary. ‘The Board’ then proceeding to increaso its number, under the authcrity granted by an amendment of tie charter, elected William Whatten a diroctor for tho eneaing year. B: order, WM. WHETTEN, Si First In the Fleld.—The First erream Gallery ever opened to the public in the evening is that of Mr. ROOT, No. 43 Bro dway. Other artists may copy hie idea, but they will fail to equal in copying that. more impor- tant part—" the human face divine” —which is Root's comer stone ofreputation. His rooms are open day and evening, free to all. Crayon dagnerreotypes taken only by Root. d RJ joxander Hamilton, Jr., George L. Sehuyler, Spring Clothing, made up fonable and durable manor possil) oured on advantageous torma, for elothing estal of winter elo prices. Clothing at Whulersale Only—An Immense tock of spring and summer clothing, made exprorsly for the juthern, Western, and California trade, which we olfer at vory lowest market prices. WIL INSON BROTHERS, Noe. 28 aud W John street, corner of Nassau. There 1s an Old Roman Proverb to the ef- ‘ , Tt is not true im his eontidence ia He never abuses his shirts, or im, the most fash- an at all times be pro- h, at H. L. POSTER'S iment, 27 Cortlandt street. A large stock ing, which wi Le sold at greatly reduced jeman who plac making 4 sa the confidence that is placed in the fit of their punctual delivery, New Dry Goods in Brooklyn.—F+ C. Smith, 524 and £26 Fulton etrcet, ix now selling an immonne, season= able and elegant stock of dry goods, at prices to euit purses and cooncmical habits. The richest silks, the m crape eha prettivat lawns and the most patterns 4, delsines, aud dross goods uf eve are now bei sed of at the Lo: Tnoor, embrs * extensive, at this estal howiery, &e, ver} y good ting found tiefes. To Manufacturers of Clothing.—The enters priring and vagaciovs men of business seize upon ail ments in machinery the moment the utility of « ‘Vhe immense a Tov nitrated. using SINC wing Machines in your busines tled faet 1 examin bo machines and ¢! vokkee eotus per wit! aracy, f ‘vith full particul iD s, may Lace and Mustin Cuctaina, at reduced the best assortment in the city, at KELTY & PERGUSC window #lade ond cnrtaia store, 29 Broad door above Reade No. treet will, General Jackson, eposits, Ter’s pat on a thon~ ind thieves the veinable for sale at the depot, May nb 192 Poarl street) cturer, na, proving them equal to any 1 Prunus, with which 1 challenge pane agatnstepiuno, Cail aud try them, A. BASSFURD, ‘h China The Re= shtly damaged Prenek ersén, if gow opening, . few daye. G1 and 68 Broadway. Great Bargains in Brene ebing, from and will cont nat st Assortment of Fine Te store of the Canton Ten Company, 15 ween Pearl at Roosevelt, the oldeat © our readers tat tite at wholesale or retail Hon. He ons atte equally You will pardon me, but 1 Ike to nee the Hrrarn ¢ reot in every particular of Its valable s ; respectfully, ME th, Yours, Jee nud person in tl . Chief offic