The New York Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BE PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, @PFICR N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. Fan’. T HERALD, 2 conte annum. WEEKLY HERALD me's day gt orsemte ‘wer copy, or $3 per annum ; the 7 ganum, to part of Great Britain, and %to any By coritnent Wa to tnd ts portte LUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor- world; if weed, ‘news, solicited ‘the a be liberally ait Se ee te ea mom ‘COnREsPoN: DENTS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO $RAL ALL Ler- PERS AND PACKAGES SENT US. Velume XVIII. No. 17 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Paviinr—Monk anv crux Girsy. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Lapy or Lyons— TLE TODDLAKING. NIBLO’S—Lucrezia Bonaia. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers stroet—CrvinizaTion Merny Monarcn. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street~ARMORER OF ma—Misexins or Hwan Lire. WALLAC THEATRE, Broadway—Lapy or Lyoxs— Hs vast Lacs. 7. CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Miurrany Exrcu- qwron—Evierxex Witsox—Roven DiAmonn. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—ALLow Mug to Aro gocisx—Miniiness’ Houay. Evening—Wintow Corse CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brosdway—Ernrorias Mxvovies wy Cunisty’s Opera Trovurz. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS. Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- wer—) OPiAN MINSTRELSY. @IRCUS, 37 Bowery—Equesraiaw ENTERTAINMENTS. @BORAMA, 586 Broadway—Bamxvarn’s PANORAMA OF war Hoy Lanp. id HELLER’S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Broadway. OWEN’S ALPINE RAMBLES, 539 Broadway. New York, Thursday, April 28, 1853, Malls for the Pacific. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The sailing of the United States mail steamship Cres- ent City, Captain McGowan, for Aspinwall, has been portponed until Saturday next, at two o'clock. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific, ‘will close at one o'clock on that day. The New York Weexiy Henato, California edition, with the latest inteligeoce from all parts of the world, will be published at ten o'clock on Saturday morning. Single copies siapence. erders aa early as possible. Agents will please send in their The News. The steamships Georgia and Uncle Sam, which arrived from Aspinwall yesterday, brought Califor- nia gold to the value of over two millions six hun- @red thousand dollars. By them we have received Yate and interesting intelligence from the Isthmus and Jamaica, full details of which is published in another page. The fever had disappeared from the Isthmus, but was raging with considerable virluence at Kingston. It had proved fatal to several ship captains. Among the passengers who came in the Uncle Sam were the members of the Chinese Tong Konk Tong Dramatic troupe, consisting of fifty per- formers. The political and gossiping information which we to-day give from Washington is quite interesting. Our special correspondent me tions some facts con- rected with the Prussian and other foreign postal regulations, towhich we would direct the particular attention of those who are accustomed to corres- ponding with their European friends. The state- ment that the California mail contract had been revoked, is denied. Postmaster Campbell has merely rescinded the contract entered into by his predecess- er, with Mr. Blanchard for transporting the mail be- tween Sacramento and the Salt Lake at the expense | of fifty thousand dollars a year. The contract has been renewed, at an outlay of fourteen thousand dol- Jars per year, with the surviving partner of Messrs. Woodward and* Chorpenning, who for- merly performed the service, and one of whom was killed by the Indians while in the @ischarge of his duties. It is understood tat the New York Post Office appointments will be considered by the Cabinet today—so we shall soon ascertain which party, the softs or the hards, carried the day in the recent contest for the Spoils in the interior of the State. We learn from our s;ecial despatch that Hon.! | K. Meade, member of the late Congress from Virg § mia, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Peyton as Minister to Chili. Mr. Angel, a prominent baraburner of this State, is said to have been rewarded with a Consulship. Rumor asserts that our present Sub- Treasurer, Gen. Dix is to have the mission to Frances Quite an exciting debate is reported to have oce eurred in the Cabinet meeting yesterday upon Indian | affairs. The extraordinary attitude assumed by Gov. | Lane against Mexico is supposed to have given zest | to the controversy. See the letter from our Paso del Norte correspondent for some additional information concerning the Governor's coup d'état. The bill of Senor Aguillsr for edibles and drinka- ables at Willard’s is said to have produced consider- | able amusement during the proceedings in the Gard- ner case, in the Criminal Court, at Washington, yes- terday. It foots up two hundred and thirty-four @ollars for cighteen days’ living. That is almost ; equal to some of the great Magyar's bills at the’ dif- | erent hotels throughout the country. Hon. John Slidell was last Tuesday nominated as the successor of Mr. Soulé in the United States Sen- ate, by a caucus of the democratic members of Louisiana Legislature. The election is to take place | to-morrow. | Gen. Wool, at the head of a delegation of proms nent citizens from Troy, visited Boston on Th day, for the purpose of urging upon the members of the Massachusetts Legi-+lature the importance of | passing the bill for the construction of the Hoosac | tunnel. The bill was ordered tobe engrossed by the | House prior to the arrival of the delegation. A resolution was last Tuesday offered in the Mas- rachussetts House of Representatives, to appropriate ten thousand dollars for the erection of a statue of Daniel Wetster in the State House. Several ne bank bills were passed, and the bill restricting the hours of labor to ten hours per diem wags ordered to a third reading. The chole reported to be prevalent along th: banks of the ke, in North Carolia: A letter date tevideo on the 12th ult. declares t! at the commissioners appointed to treat Suenos Ayres had accomplished taei @bject,and that the revolution was at an Advices from the city of Bueno: es to the II make no mention ol tl t, but say that the mistice continued, and that Ur 1 3 ed to make conciliatory propositic During the excitement consequent eollision on the Michigan Seuth mail cars were robbed of th: Albany and Boston, and supposed to conta of considerable value. A lawyer named Nesbitt, of Tiog State, has been orrested and held to bi United State pension certificate been dead fifteen years. for Liverpool ye and ent » bags Commissioner on a charge of ia the fa man w led from hundved | Iden ingots over one ing. and fined for vail were acquitted journed vtil Saterday convicted of the murd tenced yesterday to be } A seport of the proceed: Terminerwill be found in day'a ALD. Lewis Graef was yesterday acqatted, ia the Kings county Cour of Oyer ail Terminer, of the charge of manslaughter in the third degree for hat ing caused the death of John Ward, in an affray in Brooklyn, last January. The case of Bernard Hogan, indicted for the murder of his wife, will commence to-day. The Board of Aldermen met last evening. The report of the committee who were appointed to make contract with Messrs. Russ and Reid to pave the Bowery, Park row, and Chatham street with the Russ pavement, was, after a long debate, accepted. For a full report of the proceedings see another column. ‘The Mechanics’ Institute School held their four- teenth annual exhibition at Metropolitan Hall last evening. The various exercises performed by the scholars exhibited much talent, and brought down thunders of applause from a very numerous audience. See our report elsewhere. The eighty-third anniversary of the Marine Society of New York was celebrated last evening in the Tabernacle. A brief report will be found in another column. vi The attention’of the reader is directed to the in- side pages for an interesting letter from Senor Bom- balier, describing the sufferings consequent upon his exile from Cuba ; Communication from Mr. James Hall, descriptive of the soil, climate, productions, &c. of Puget Sound; Reports of Lectures by Father Gavazzi and Miss Lucy Stone; Court Proceedings; Account of Tuesday’s Sport over the Centreville Course; Financial, Commercial, Local, Theatrical, and Miscellaneous News, &c. Our New Foreign Policy and its Exponents Abroad, The foreign policy of President Pierce's ad- ministration can no longer be a mystery to any one. Though the mission to France still re- mains an open question, the appointments of Mr. Buchanan to London, Mr. Soulé to Madrid, and Mr. Borland to Central America, afford a tolerably safe index to the course which the cabinet intends to pursue. In the well known character of the men we can read the tenor of the measures they shall be entrusted to carry out. Our conviction would certainly derive additional weight from a knowledge of the an- tecedents and opinions of the future minister to the court of Napoleon III; but, even without this supplementary light, we can, we think, discern with tolerable distinctness the broad outline of our future intercourse with foreign powers. Unforeseen circumstances may require deviations from the course foreshadowed by present appearances. Events may occur which may invest minor questions with new impor- tance. or submerge the existing topics of dis- cussion in controversies of far greater moment. Asingle eruption of the popular volcano in Europe might change the whole aspect of our foreign relations. Butso long as matters re- main as they are, we cannot reasonably affect ignorance or doubt with respect to the settle- ment of the subjects of debate now before the country. Of these three only have engaged public at- tention. First in importance stands the acqui- sition of Cuba. This weighty negotiation will be confided to the joint manage- ment of Mr. Soulé and Mr. Buchanan. Upon the latter will devolve the task, first, of con- vincing Great Britain that a due regard for our own interests. and even our self-preservation, will not suffer us to allow any European power to gain a foothold on the island; and, secondly. of applying the test of figures and common sense to the British attempts to erush the slave trade. In a word, it will be his duty to prove to England that she cannot hope toadd Cuba to her empire. and that she is at this moment ex- pending three or four millions a year in fruitless endeavors to check a traffic which nothing but the annexation of the island to this Union can ever thoroughly eradicate. It will further de- volye upon him to place in the clearest light before the all-powerful mercantile community of Great Britain the direct advantages that would accrue to tliem, inthe shape of increased trade. an enlarged market. and a liquidation of the Spanish bonds, were Cuba to fall into our hands. While these telling arguments are being brought to bear on the fears, the hopes, and the cupidity of the British people. Mr. Soulé will | open his batteries on the same weak points in the ministry of Spain. Armed with unanswera- ble columns of statistics, he will show how ruin- ous the island will soon become: how injurious the late colonial policy of Spain has proved both to herself and her dependency: how pre- carious her tenure of the colony has been ren- dered by the combined influence of official cor- ruption and systematic oppression. Pointing to the former possessions of Spain. he will draw an apt parallel between their history and that of Cuba, and will leave it to the Spaniards | themselves to say whether it be for their inter- est that Cuba should follow the example of the Central American republics or of Florida. Much he might say of the moral wrongs perpetrated hy the vicegerents of Spanish authority, and of the injury which accredited aecounts of the Spanish slave trade must inflict on the national charaeter in Europe. Put with the men who are now in power at Madrid the pon will be an appeal to ¢ pecuniary inter- ests; and whatever Mr. Soulé’s private opinion aso Scnator may have been. an ambassador he will not fail to lay proper stress on the finan- cial arguments it will be his duty to urge. If Messrs. Buchanan and Soulé discharge the'r diplomatic functions conscientiously in respect of this matter—and we haye every reason to believe, from our past experience of them. that they will—Cuba will either be ours before many y, or we shall know tha years have rolled 1 Spain is amor shadowed i Next toCu ntral American qnestions par } pos We have s¢ of the jo at © together. to assure G enough of the pra tectorate & picion. if we do not discard it li rest with Mf 1 itain that our ve was not rtion of the Monro: mere wordy thr 1 ‘ slanc h exposition ¢ rd to Central A t not permit them to form al bin to protectorates which would have the ultimate | effect of placing Great Britain in tle position ca to a close. formerly occupied by Spain. With prudence, discretion and firmness, these several matters may be satisfactorily adjusted before General Pierce’s term of office expires. Finally, the country expects Mr. Buchanan to conclude all the pending negotiations with Great Britain. Ofthese—reciprocity belonging yroperly to Congress—the fishery matter is the only one which has been fully discussed in pub- lic. We doubt not that our ambassador to St. James will devise some plan by which an in- exhaustible field may be opened to dur fisher- men without utterly ruining the very clamorous gentlemen in the colonies. Access to the fish- eries we must obviously obtain. And if the price of the concession be merely the removal of duties from colonial produce, we see no rea- son why wé should hesitate about granting it. To our mind the admission of the lower pro- vince staples to our market free of duty would confer a very sensible advantage on the people of this country. Such are the tasks, such the prospects of the men to whom our foreign relations have been entrusted. Ifthe cursory review we have taken of them suggests one reflection more constantly than any other. it is probably the fact that their discussion never involves the remotest allusion to the Secretary whose business it has usually been to control the whole. Mr. Bu- chanan, as is well known, has only accepted the mission to England on the express condition that he has carte blanche to negotiate on the subject of Central America and the fisheries. Mr. Soulé is not likely to seek counsel of Mr Marcy. Mr. Borland has received his instrue- tions from the President himself. It may argue avery commendable discretion on the part of the Secretary of State to make a public parade of his unwillingness to interfere in matters o foreign policy—a discretion the more natural. however, as Mr. Marcy has not enjoyed any op- portunities of forming an opinion upon Euro- pean politics. But to those who have been ac- customed to see Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Everett exercise a personal superintendence over the minutest details of our foreign policy, Mr. Marcy's self-abnegation. though politic so far as regards himself, will hardly seem consis- tent with a true sense of his duty to his country. We cannot help wishing that we could, with some plausible show of reason, assure the coun- try that the Secretary of State really took a leading part in the discharge of the duties of his post. and devoted the greater part of his time to otber occupations than finding offices for his friends. MovEMENTs or Ex-Prestpent Van Buren.— The venerable Sage of Lindenwold held a levee at the St. Nicholas on Tuesday. Among the visiters were Major General Scott, commanding in-chiet, Brigade General Twiggs, Surgeon General Lawson, and other officers of the army and navy, besides various members of the city government and many of the most prominent citizens ofthis great metropolis. Inthe evening he dined with Colonel James B. Murray, one of the few democratic residents of the aristocratic Fifth avenue. There is something significant in this re- union of the old federal democracy at this junc- ture. We canremember when the platform on which Col. Murray stood was too hot, or too narrow—it matters not which—for the Kinder- hook statesman. After Old Hickory had wiped out the last grease-spot left by the pet monster, his sworn admirers and supporters rather backed out on the subtreasury question. and left the Magician to work out his ownsalvation so?us. Without entering into tha merits of this scheme, we give him credit for his perseverance. He has now passed many years in reflection at Linden- wold, and we fondly hope that he has scen the errors of his former ways, and will live as irre- proachably in future, as he did during his retirement from the follies and temptations of public life. As we said, the recent visit of Prince John to the capital, the marked intimacy between him and General Pierce. the hasty plate of soup which they shared on Friday at the White House with Young America, his rapid return to this city, the caucus of old-fashioned democrats last Tuesday evening. all foreshadow something | more in the intended visit of the ex-President to Europe than we at present are aware of. It goes to show that old animosities and jealousies are forgotten for a time, and the dangers from without have brought union and strength within the ranks of the party. There were probably never more fellowship and less diffe- rence in the wigwam than at present. Strange, very strange. A few days will determ’ the meaning of all these signs, We yet hear of the extension of the Sage’s pol sentiments to St. James. and perhaps the leaven of his doctrines, which is now permeating the cabinets of the continent, may be felt at the island court. Another caucus was held last evening. over mock turtle and fresh salmon, the pi lars of which we will give hereufter. What's in the wind? Quien sate? A Great Tricuru ron THe Cas —At length the resolute and protracted warfare so long waged hetwecn the people and legislative bodies of Canada on the ore « and the im- peri vernment and high tory and ¢harch parties of Great Britain on the other, has drawn Vietory sits pe: of the colonists, aud songs of triumph are unted throughout the territory. The since in the passage. by ner heing ¢ contest was decided a few weeks British How a majority of the the ha of Commons. in th ighty votes, of a | Reserves act of 1840, t colonial legislature the control of th: 1 of the public le therto appr e wee of the clergy. itself, the 1 vealing i 2 greatest importance colony ; but its ured by that lees than the full re transact t w c thi not even to he effect of t tion of the right of the al colonists to them wa endowni 1 tithe: ands, & fon to the ¢ formerly enjoyed hy the and in lien tbli of relig still re legal the public 1 st tithes were annulled portion of the yt for the prepose ‘¢ Charch jon hov f tithes fy ion of the public moet tobe s position t ed auth net was pase tohe sold, This act. however 1 operation, and under the in@uence of the church party, the act of 1840—now repea' was passed, resery ng the property for religions ed on the ban- | purposes, and making six equal divisions of it | Anmtversary of ao arms Society of New among the various Protestant sects. Since that time the matter has formed a con- stant and unfailing theme for agitation in the colonies—the liberal men of all parties demand- ing a repeal of the vexatious bill. One of the first acts of the administration now in power in England, was to introduce a measure for its re- peal, and it is the result of that measure which has been such a triumph for the Canadians. We are confident, however, that the victors will be generous, and voluntarily contribute the need- fu] for the support of the church, which will be so much reduced in circumstances in conse- quence of this act of the imperial legislature. After this triumph of the Canadians, the modest demands of the New Brunswickers and Nova Scotians for reciprocity of trade with the United States, receive a powerful stimulant and support ; and so Mr. Buchanan may find it a more difficult matter than he imagines to set- tle the fishery treaty in London, without com- plying with these demands. The British North American colonies are beginning to have some- thing of a political existence. Tus Naproteon or New Mexico.—The great Corsican, when meditating the plans of some of his brilliant campaigns, was in the habit of making a carpet of a large map of Europe, and spreading himself down upon it, to mark out, more at his ease, the countries which he de- signed to overrun and subject to his arms. Just in the same way Governor Lane,“of New Mexico. has been of late deeply absorbed in exam- ining the chart of the fertile province of the Rio Grande, and devising the plan of a most magnificent campaign, which would immortal- ize his name, and entitle him to a niche among the Cxsars, Hannibals and Alexanders of an- tiquity. It appears that the Mecilla Valley. in Chi- huabua, was the territory which Governor Lane marked out for immediate conquest and annexation to his dominions, on the pretence that the Boundary Commission had been in error in conceding it to Mexico. He, therefore, on the 13th of March last, issued an edict, somewhat after the style of Nebuchadnezzar, de- claring the coveted valley within the territo- rial limits and jurisdiction of New Mexico, and commanding all civil and military officers of of this republic. Governor Lane, however, happened to find himself in the category of those foolish men who commenced to build a tower without calculating the cost, and so, when he thought he had nothing to do but take military possession of the valley, it turned out that his little army refused to act. and the conquest was only a paper one, after | all, Colonel Sumner, in command of a body of the United States forces, declined acting on the requisition gf the Governor, conceiving that his act was an illegal and improper one, inasmuch as the Mecilla Valley had been recognized as constituting a portion of the Mexican republic by Mr. Bartlett, the Boundary Commissioner, and had never been claimed by the government of the United States. In the meantime the Mexican authorities are concentrating their forces in the valley. resolved to oppose to the last extremity the invasion meditated by Governor Lane; and we would not be at all surprised to leara, by the next mail, that the latter had made a foray on and routed the unfortunate Mexicans, with five hun- dred riflemen collected from the backwoods. Perhaps after that he might get up a war on his own hook, fight a few pitched battles with Santa Anna, and end by planting the American stan- dard once more on the halls of the Montezumas. The only question is whether General Pierce will allow the Napoleon of New Mexico to levy war on his own account. We rather think that the President will be very apt to stop him prive the world ofg hero. Talk on ‘Change. Cotton was active yesterday, with sales of about 5 000 bales. Prices, however, were easy. State brands of flour closed at $4 50a $4 56. sales the present week have boen large. Among the transactions of yesterday were 2,000 boxes brown Ha- vana. Prices were pretty steadily maintained. One of the principal refiners had advanced his prices trom 3¢c, to Xe. perib. The stock of teas in thie market being large, tue Inte news from China had no effect upoa prices, and the recent public sales, although well attend- ed, indicated no advance. Merchants complained of the want of uniformity in custom house regulatiors here, and at the port of Bos- ton. It seemed that the goods imported by the Cusard steamers into Boston wese allowed to be immediately transported from the vessels to the freight cars of the railroads leading to Canada, and the bonds held by the agentes of the road, who Gelivered them to the cus tom house offices on the frontier, who at once let them pass, without the slightest irepectioa, thus raving time and trouble to all concerned. At the port of New York quite a different system prevai Goods imperted here, for transhipment to Cana hed to undergo’ the sual vexat delays of go throvgh the custom house formalit chante claimed was, that foreign goods imported on Ca dian account, by British or other vessels, into New should have the same facilities extended to the epcedy transhipment, as were allowed by the Co | Boston. and were ea to have merchan' edon an these in Bester equality and uniform of the revenue laws. tram: portat ity con The government an goode du ion of Cane stent with the adm The probat ies gran‘ed to New Yo rect from vessel ow, the Cui te sary todo a quasi coa on, and sted. the same fa forward of bonded good: 1m Be by first la under then : turn freights, and to d cargces. ‘There was scme convessation ng Gov movements, Opinions were divie regard te It wes not believed thi via AnDa to y meéiately. American warfar with the try, and the prot vege Sud pot the coun He mu: Lane had been \ have been evare that a snecesro | contempiaied, who woult carry out lated, probably, to arrange the whole di course Wwe pedieney of | have been wiser to have communicated. the home government 6 assum) | bility of absolute ge ever ne might have sought the protection of s | on the nev'tal ground by some milde ry means, mail with the California Sat ft open to pinwall to ds leave until teo oc!) most probebly, be ‘ew Orle n SreaMeniy Cumoisn, for Havana and } led yesterday aftornoon, 2 Intelligence The United ‘ Powhotan McCluney, on M. b 2, i wo. ich atned from one of ¢ After hay n ia €60 tons of coal and 12 000 gallons of water, she sailed again on the Sth inst, for the Cape of Good Hepe. e United States frigate Savannah, wh'ch hae been fitted out at Norfolk, is now ready for sea. She is to re- lieve the frigate Congress, ie, lag-abip of Commodore McKeever, on the Braail sta short in his brilliant career, and thereby de- | Sugars continued active, and | the United States to execute therein the laws | What the mer. | | Tast Breadway, for the purpose of adopting such im Exsforcement of the License Excise Laws— ‘The celebration of the eighty-third anniversary of this society took place last evening, in the Tabernacle, Captain Charles H. Marshall in the chair. The audience was rather Jmited, not more than a hundred persons being present. ‘After the meeting was called to order, the President made a few remarks in relation te the objects for which the society had been established. ‘We are assembled, said he, to celebrate the eighty-third aniversary of the Marine Society of the City of New York, an institution which is one of the most ancient in the United States. It received its charter in the tenth year of the reign of George the Third, and after theor- ganization of our State government that charter was con- firmed, During the eighty-three years of its existence it has dispensed about $160,000; and the object of this meeting to-night was to bring it more to the notice of the public, and place it in a more prominent position than it bas hitherto occupied. We desire to make it more public, and to give it am opportunity of receiving some of those advantages, in the way of legacies and dona- tions, that fall to the lot of other societies. I regret the limited number present on this occasion, but we must do the best we can—we are a class of men who do not shrink under apy circumstances, ‘At the conelusion of the President's remarks, prayer was made by the Rev. Mr. Stuart. Mr. Lorp was then introduced to the audience. He commenced by giving a sketch of the history of the s0- ciety. It was. he said, incorporated in 1770, by a charter from the crown, and I have looked with great feeling on the names of those who founded this institution. We are in the habit of thinking it was always a society of sailors and shipmasters, but in its commencement such ‘was not its character. It was originally composed of the very highest class of the citizens of New York. In the charter originally granted I tind the names of many gen- tlemen who had become Batoress personages, and whose osition and influence are within almost living memory. in the Revolution they took the side of the crown, and sealed their devotion to their principles—wrong as we think them—by being included in the act of attainder, whieh, ipse facto, convicted them of achering to the enemies of this ‘State, and for which they forfeited their lands and were banished from the country. Besides these founders, who were denominated “ gentlemen,” there was another class, consisting of merchants, many of whom held the highest position and character. It is pleasing to re- collect that those who have been distinguished for wealth should baye hed their names left in such fine remeu bronce—that of being connected with the origin of this society. The only object for which thia society was founded at frst was the improvement and promotion of maritime knowledges But shortly after its organization it was made a benevolent institution, for the Oe oe of widows and orphans of deceased shipmasters. Its plan of charity was very much upon this system:—It required apayment, by way of initiation fee, of some thirty dol- ; and a quarterly payment of fifty cents, and for this the widow of a shipmaster who died after seven yeara memlership received forty dollars a year for their lives. This allowance was increased er reduced by the number of years over or under that period, Mr. Lord proceeded at considerable length to speak of the advantages to be derived from this society, and con- cluded as follows:—The shipmaster occupies a position which has always struck me as being one of the highest in civil life. The manwho takes command of a ship must be aman of courege. He has to battle with a stern, relentless enemy—the ocean; he has to meet the storm, and every sort of danger arising from the imper- fection of the machinery of his vessel. He must bea man of knowledge, for he has to make those observations which will erable him to guard himself against evils that sre imminent, and which, if they come upon him unex- pecteély, may prove fatal. The shipmaster, too, bas to exercise the qualities of a brave man in governing those under him; he has a sturdy class of men whom it is his duty to restrain and govers—men who nced restraint for their own good; and he must be ready, at the peril of bis own life, singly or with one or two brave men like him- felf. to meet the ferocious passione of & mutinous crew. ‘This is the sort of danger he has to encounter. ‘At the close of Mr. Lord’s remarks the meeting was aa- dressed by Rev. Dr. Hodges, of Brooklyn, who spoke iz earnest terms of the miseries endured by’ the destitute widows and orphans of shipmasters, and of the good which bad been effected through the agency of this in- stitution. ‘The meeting waa next addressed by Mr. Joseph Hoxie and Capt. Hart, after which it adjourned. Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of the Me- chanics’ Institute School. The fourteenth annual exhibition of this school was held last evening at Metropolitan Hall, at 7 0’clock. The body and the galleries of the edifice were crowded to excess by a highly respectable audience, and the plat- form was occupied by the pupils of the Institute, the fe- male portion of which were attired in white. The ex- orcises of the evening, of which we annex a programme, were performed in 2 manner highly creditable both to the scholars and the teachers, and were received by the audience with manifestations of applause and delight. The proceeds of the evening, which from the large num- ver of people present, must amount to a considerable sum, will be handed over to the Ladies’ Mission School cn the Five Points. The school consists at present of five classes in each department, five teachers to each de- partment, and numbers 110 males and 120 females; and if the exercises of the evening be a fair specimen of the progress of the students in other branches of knowle dge their proficiency must certainly be above medivcre :— THE EXERCISES. Recitation, “Haynes,” Geo. W. Millar. Recitation, “Webster,” Jos. C. Letson. Reeltation, Ellen Jane Crosby. Recit, n, © Cicero,” Wm. F. Bahlmann. Recitation, ‘Death of Clay,’’ Hector M_ Robertson. “ . ** Voice of Home,” Miss Ellen M Cook. “American Forest Girl,” Miss Jane H gue. “Rip Van Winkle,” P. R Letson, George W. M. Barker, W. N. Byron, and W. H. Ro- Recitation, “ Best of Wives,” Samuel Prince. Recitation, ‘Seminole’s Reply,” Geo. B. Martin. Recitation, Wim. B. Cleveland. saineings “Duet,” Miss Constantine and Miss Chamber- in, Dialogue, “Fleecing a Lawyer,” J, H. Ryerson, J. A. Dunlap, and H. E, Buermyer, Recitation, Knowles,’? David P. Prince. Composition, “Our Future Prospects,” Miss A. M. Chapman. Dialogue. ‘ Women’s Rights,” W. F. Bablmann, G. W. Rodgers, Win, J. Close, and Wm. White. Reading—Misses Prince, Cleveland, Robert, Koopman, Miller ano Tabor. Singing, ‘ Solo,’? Samuel Prince. Recitation, * Webster,” Peter R. Letson. Recitation, ‘ Dutehiwnan and Dandy,” HE. Buermyer. cqecitation, ““ Wemen of the Revolution,” Lewis J. B. ost Re ticn, © Belshazzar’s Feast,” John F, Inskip. * Quartette,” Micses’ Mary E. Fielding, M. ¥. Dodge, Ada M. Chapman. | Marcy,” Nathan M_ Barker. mniet,” Walter N, Byron. Honneur,” Edward Matile, Fassoge of the Red tea,” Mies E.F. Singin Bedge, Elizabe Recitation, Pecitation, io, M M. M. Prince. , Nervous Man.”’ Wm, F. Bablmann, J, 1, Rotert Glover, David P, Price, John H. Carnes, Rod Recitation, Kecitation, erP * Fireman's Address,” Powell Merchant. i Char'es KE. Van Voorhies. ” Miss Mary Dodge. ucture M,C. Tracy, Esq, the Saperintendant ool, distributed about one hepdred prizes, con- sisting ¢ nt and modern classies, to as many pupils, +rd the aesemblage separated, evidently much delighted with the entertainments of the evening. Prbiic Meeting Iu the Seventh Ward. Last eve: ing a public meeting took plage at No. 68 rea sures as ere deemed necessary to aid the Board of Excise, which meet in May, to enforce the existing Jaws in refer- tho selling of liquor, and thereby ensure the ceries and rum shops on the Sabbath, The by a large number of persons, amo: he meeting was opened by a prayer ir. M.T. Hewitt was ap- pin secretai Bee C eaved by ina very expressive mant ing the liw which already exicts touch- of the granting ef excise licenses, and Wing obediecce to such law, a mpellin the ies urd rum shops to close theie places on tne J {6 grant licenses to those only who conform » the law. haivman thon read the follow: exe unanimously adopted:— expia' ing the re com fited ‘he fe th paced Chapen, chairman ¢ to # Hall veer N then ¢ ihe of gentleme Fee! en! EC. ona, vard and amused the aa y , aud meeting omas Jan ebbed 61 a nth covered she front door open, and trunk lying on the pavement, ritled of it making further examination it was foun lars had entered through one of the front windows and escaped out of the door, No elue to the perpetrators has yet been ascertained. seteal She Rosiete. Hobart, Frederle De Joshua Coit, Leupp, John H. Stephen C. Je Mxgnc oF PRINTERS amount of busines which occu; ud By appointing delegates to meet at Harmony Hall, 17 Cen'| Cae ee aero mening, 28th, 20 Bx a seale of priced] for piece and week workers. Farum Gayazz will deliver a lecture to night transportale Noe York in a fet daya, We hove thet ns) ‘to New York in a few days. all those who are in favor of the emancipation of Ital: vill help tho Talia reformer in this national and no Murprrovs Ovrrace.—This afternoon, as the 4 o’clo train of the Hudson river cars was the corney) of Beach and Hudson streets, a procession of sugar re finers was marehing up the street, following band’ o| musie, and could not hear the cars coming. ing th: horses running into the rear of the pracenice, i sen? heada, | turned around and caught hold ef the prevent their running over their ‘comrades, when @ mai standing on the platform took out a revolver and shot : person standing by throagh the leg, abovethe knee. Th. cars then passed onward. Youna Pickrocksers.—On Tuesday Fag eagg, ane livin, in Brooklyn, while yee through the ery, whellj nearly opposite the Bowery theatre, had her pocket picl ed by one or more youngsters, of a porte monnaie con taining $22. She had a child with her at the time, an! the rascals got up a sham fight between themselves, am while the lady was endeavoring to make her way throug! the crowd which had collected, her pocket was picked This plan haa, of late, been frequently ‘practised, an’ should be looked into by the police. Apsusston To THE Bar. —Oliver Plunket Johnston, Bait has been admitted to the Supzeme Court, General teri”, as an attorney and counsellor at law. { Accrpens.--A woman, residing at 27 Howard st, wat | over on Tuesday evening, by a horse and wagon, whi Twenty-seventh street, near Fourth ayenue. She wa taken home by the police. A laborer, pamed timothy Colem! had his legs frac tured on Tresday afternoon, by the caving in upon him / an embankment, in Thirty-fifth street, near Lexingto | avenue. He was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. Graxp Faxcy Dress Batt.—The notice under thi) head, in yesterday morning’s HeRatp, should have ay) peared in the advertising oclums. | Jerney City News. | Pockets Picken —Yesterday morning, several pict | pockets, taking advantage of the crowd assembled athe Paterson depot, for the purpose of taking the cars t | ‘the temperance demonstration at Paterson, abstracte the sum of $800 from the pocket of several persons. 0 | ficer Ballard followed the rascals to Newark, but was ut able to apprehend them. IMPROVEMENTS. —The foundation to 9 large locomotis | factory is laid near North Point. It will be the larger, concern of the kind in the United Stat and will emplc i| upwards of 250 men, The foundation stretehes over tt surface of a bloc | Court Calendar—This Day, Usrrep States District Covrt—Adjourned to Monda; Scrram Covrt—Circuit.—Part First.—Adjourned, Pai Second.—Nos. 1.074, 1.078, 1.081, 1,082, 1,084, 1,086, 1,08: 1,090, 1,092, 1,008, 1,064, 1.024 to 1,097. Surgnion Court.— (Two Branches.)—Nos. 20534. 336%, 195, 814, 316, 325, 319, 335, 240, 267, 848, 351, 352, 5: 854, 8, 358, 359, 861, 36134, 362, 363, 364, 101, 365, 36 26t, 942, 924, 220, 260, 200, 241, 242, 268, 800, 810, 37! Association for the Exhibition of the Industr of all Nations. Orricx, No. 53 Broapway, New York. In pursuance of their announcement, that prizes for exct | nce in the several departments of tie exhibition will? awarded under the direction of capable and eminent pe ‘tons, the Board of Directors now invit ts and perser of taete to offer designs for a prize mo it tha three inches in diameter, that shall be suital purpose, and illustrative of the object offerings should bo addressod to the subscriber, seale an ibed " Design for Medal, ‘They will be opened on the third day of June, by = con mittee, upon whose award the sum of two hundred dolla: will be paid to the author of the deslen selected. WM. WHETTEN, Secretary W. H. McDonald’s Commercial Newspape Advertising House, No. 102 Nass ° The very best leading papers, from all part States and Canada. Lowest’ prices and fullest authority the pani Information freely givon. Calland exami my faci Cheapest Daguerreotypes in the World. There is no use of tho small fry or German philosophers ¢ Brondway trying to compete with Reeves, corner of Gran and Bowery. We were the first to establish the cheap ay tem, and we now challenze competition. (0 23 oer humbuggery. All pictures enclosed in case: REEVE corner Grand and Bowery. | Twenty-Five Cent Daguerreotypes.—Cai den & 18 Broadway, will this day introduce their ne and wonderful process of the patent ivory enamelled d guerrectyper, at the extraordinary low price of 25 cen) ¢ach. All infringements will he dealt with acoording © law, as Carden € Co, bold the exclusive priviloge-of wei the patent. Callat’ CARDEN & CO,’S, 293 Broadway. The Two Shilling Daguerreotypes by Rec & Co. go hand in hand wits ail the improvements of tl age—ehieap newspapers, Chenp postage, cheap travellin cheap living, and with al ghenee rogressiy & CO. take two ar Tenefits of mankind. . y three hundred pictures of the finest description, at the rooms, 29 Broadway. A Fine Green Tuitle will be served up, soup and steaks this day, at the Old Bank Coffee Ho’ No. 11 Pine street. HICKS & PEARSALL. 930, &McDONFELL, Anctionoers, 113 Fulton street, will si Attention to sal t private residences, or Sheir sales roums, or will purchaso the furniture of parti fer disposing of it at private . They wil mts to the abovesmount. | in Style, and Ft and critical, are KNOX st His price is but fo: nd mal Advances.—Farntture Spree n Beauty, First tion of the refined adinirably fashion: ‘all on him, at No. your selection. Hats.—The “Arab Stecd,” Famed in “Son; and story for his thoroughbred qualities, his r akeable to the practiced deater 4 | So it hats. If you want a thoroug , distingué article, a rently Veuntifud ornament for yor capnt, call and examine the epring productions of the ‘Pro) | cott Hint Store.” They are as attractive as the season, and 4 | elegant in sty This esta, lishment of KX Heller's "S Great Destruction of Property—People cast ing off their hats, h 4, to try one of Willinms? spy Ww ‘or they excel pays be given fora hat sup, een yet. $00 will ba ILLIAMS’, No. 156 Fu rior to the one on exhibition at WI ton street, two doors from Broad Gentlemen's Hats, Spring Styles, Children fancy hate, caps. &e., of the most approved styles, are_no- ready and for Stie by RAFFERTY & LBASK, No. oF Cha ham street, and corner of Chatham and Pearl streets. pi tiie IE j Pails Fancy Mats for Children.—Phe impo! tations of French fancy hats for children just opened Genin’y lower store, coinprisc many styles not to be pre cured elsewhere in New York. A lirge number of new di tigns from the Genin factory bave also been added to t stock within the past veck, Parents who value elegance | dnd beauty in thelr children's Lenddrosses should call ai make their seleetions at GENIN’S 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul’s. | he Very Threshold of Summer.—W Yatter, 106 Canal street, lias mado every prepa: lias a magnificent etock’ ot nd caps for exes. Meya’ aud infant.’ Leghorn hate; and caps, of new and beautiful styles; stray of exceeding! cerns, for chi His $3 hat fer gentlemen ia st price in the city—equel to any $3 ! corner of Cat 1 Woster strect: On ¢ TA 3. ‘The Rest Hat ts s the practical mechani 0 i hy the People’s Hatter 11 Park row. They mr’ r . st orto any elsewd ek vid,) No, Li Park & opposite the The Hat.—-Doubticss 1 Hat’sa Hat for that, whe it Le mocont, il Lut, to be the ithe het and era? p Astor House, Business Coats, Spring Overco: cks, epring frocks, epring veats, epring pante, iy rest anid wort beatiful variety of gooda, our choicest epring Lnportation: D. & Nos. 33 and 3 Chancery.—Bnt y roniza I, Ty, FOST Bleck House, a Sult.tn the nowsst fashions, © , operly Clothed, 4 Re ye Clothed—To he i ELLS Reeereary to collon ov Uldobn strect, superior sty y low pricos son. "Call at ion. chace or intpe Fargains in Sto ceived, bayadere rob ing Inines, Canton crap alpaceas, 6-4 black del @ are offering | ARTHOLOMEW Broadway. om xiennio, ty jaines, mantillas, bonnets, &e., whi: lower than can be olsewhere procur & WEED'S now Mourning Storo, No.