The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1854, Page 2

BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Dee. 19.—The President ip the chair, and Aldermen jwatl, W. Tucker Voorhis, ‘ Blunt, Wo yabl, , ats akeman, Christy, G. H. Tucker eating —to ap+ Steargiemresy we Police Courts. Thé Mayor bad been tavited, but did wot ottend Alderman, Mort moved wo eofirm the Mayor's appoint: Bents, which was not snot. A disoussion aroge +8 the pewers of the Board to make She appointments Without the participation of Pa Mayor. Alderman WILt1A4S0N offered aresolution to appoint Wm. H. Cavniff as clerk * the Jeflerson Market Polive Court, in place of Mr. Davidson, resigned. Aldermen Woopwakp, Morr and Vourus opposed this resolution Alderman Wake.x spoke at some length, contending fhat the section in relation te these appointments, gare the jority of the members the power to make en, t it was immaterial whether the Mayor acted with them or not. Alderman Woopwarn was here observed to be missiag, Gnd only eleven members, uot a quorum, remained; con- | ®equently the Board stoo: »:|journed. | Dvo. 20.—Nathaw C. Ely Psq., President, in the chair, Phe minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, REPORTE AND PAPERS FROM THE COUNCILMRS. The report of the Committee on Assessments, in favor | Of concurring to confirm ansessment for regulséing — Righty fourth street, from Thirl to Second avena®, was @oncurred im. The resolution ef the Board +f Council- meen, to advance $125,000 to the Governors of the Alms- Inouse, waa referred te the Finance Committee. Reaolu- | Sion of the Councilmen in retation to Niles’ American | Regster, was referred to Comm::tes on Arts and Sciences, ‘The resolution of the Counsdmen, in favor of paying the President of the Board of Aldermen and the President ef | ‘the Councilmen $250 cach, for services rendered as Members present, except the President, having voted in en, was concurred in Governor's room, was alopted. Report of sane, to , committee of the Counci' men, recommenting the sus @f Engine Co. No. 4%, om the 18th of April last, w©f appropriating $159 for the purpone of presenting a Grand stecet, on the Ist of July, 1854, was received, and HAditional appropriation of $59,000 to pay salaries, and RGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES Health Commisatoners—they not being otherwise com Pensated for such servicea—was concurred in, all the ‘We afirmative. The report of th Puncrating the official cepa O—inatead of 2500, ag passe! by re ‘aring a portrait of Mayor Westervelt, te be placed a t: Jobn P. Whitman, ps) common ef the Sixteenth ward, services, was concurred im. Report of Conferemce pension of A. P. Heath, of Eagine Ce. No. 14, for Rice months, for ronmog barrels, &c., in the ‘way eras tlepted The revert of the Committee of tho Bir@ Department of the Councilmen,’ in favor of Buitable testimonial to John W. Garside, a fireman, for Rescuing the Hves of three persons at the fire No. 371 @iter some little oppesition, was concurred in. The re- ort of the Finance Committee with an ordinance for an #,000 for contingencies, to support the city gevernmont Moe the year 1854, was concurred in, On the report from the Cowncilmen, recommending the Dpprepriation of $15,090 fer the purchase of Abbott's vllection of antiguit es, w discussion arose. Alderman Crauycry was im favor of it, and moved ite in order thnt particw interested might be heard ‘OORHIS repudiated the {dea of expending wo much of the pubhe funds for such humbugs; the Sola of the Egyptians, consistiog of dogs,.monkeys, bulls and such things; they did not want them; they worship their God as Christians, and should not @® vander the yabue money on such temfooleries. The Bumbug at the end of the Park, who has just pub- shed « book telling the people how he has hambagged Ghem for s series of years, woull come here and ask Aiem to buy his maseum, only he bas made money @nough. If ever a man disgraced himself, that man has @one so by authorizing that book to be published. He ‘Alderman Voorhis) would rather vote fer $15,000 for mor fifteen soup shops for the peor, than for the pur- hase of these Egyptian antiquities, which the city @ould well do pout. Alderman Wx. Tucks also spoke against the appre- Priation. Alderman How np offered to amend the resolution, by inserting that the appropriation be made for hot coffee @ud rolls for the poor, during the winter. Th's motion was ruled out of order by Alderman Mott, who was act- dmg as chairman pro tem. Alderman WakkxAn spoke in favor of the reference to ® committé, and said that it was a courtesy due to Buch menas Dr. Francis, whose high character and at- winments every American was proud of. Dr. Francis ud other eminent and honorable citizens were desirous ef being heard on the propriety of purchasing auch a valuable collection. The motion being put to coneur with the Councilmen £o appropriate $15,060 for the purchase of the antiqui- ies there appeared 17 against, and one in favor of the ution, - resolution was then offered by Alderman Wiuriam- Pn, iaviting the Mayor to attend the Board on Friday, | p take into consideration the appointment of clerks for ¢ Police courts; pending a discussion on which tho Fiacd adjourned fer want of s quorum, | BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. Dao. 19.—The Boerd met at 5 o’clock, pursuant to ad. Journment, Edwin J. Brows, President, in the chair. The Brin utes of the last meeting were read and approved. PETITIONS REFERRED. Of M. Lawrence and others, to have New City Hall pvilt in the Central Park. PAVING THE ROWERY. Vouncitman Marine brought up agata tho following Deeamble and resolution, presented by him the previous @vening: — Whereas, by section 23 of the charter of 1849, all con- Bracts to be made or let shall be made by the appropriate Sheada of departments, under such regulations as shall doe established by ordinances of the Common Council. Whereas, section 508 of the ordinance organizing the Gepartmente, as amended October 2th, 1849, requires Lhe contract to be a:companied by a bond, in the penulty gmeationed in the proposals therefor, executed by the ties, with the oath, in writing, of such sureties, that householder or freeholder in the city ef New and is worth the security required; an reas, the proposals of the Commissioner of Re- 4 Supplios for paving Park row, Chatham street, je amount of the security to be the amount a t the rate of three dollars per square yard, fuch security would amount to three hundred thousand @oilars, thereby making it necessary that each surety Janke oath that he is worth that sum; and Whereas, there is neither reason or propriety in re- Quiring security in se large a sum, but to the contrary, from the difficulty in procuring auch, none but large can compete for the work; and , the interests of the city require, that the ¢ submitted to all practicable competition, which au only be done by placing the amount of security re- vired at aa smal] sum as possible, without jeopar- Biting the work; therefore, Resolved, That the Commissioner of Repairs and Sup- plies be, and he is hervby, directed to withdraw his pro- osals for paving, with square blocks, Park row, Chat- ce street, the Bowery and Fonrth avenue, from Spruce ho Seventeenth street. Resolved, That said Commissioner be, and he hereby is, directed’ to amend his offer for proposals, ao that the Becurtty required shall’be twenty per cent of the bid; rovided, however, that the amount on the entire work, estimated Qj as’a whote, shall not be leas than fifty Mousand irs, and that any number of sureties, not exceeding six, may sign any bond, provided, collectively, they shall justify in double the amount of security re quired, and that be immediately re-advertise proposals wo amended, Councilman Rrep moved to insert +‘ Gfty’’ in lieu of Gwenty. Carried. Councilman Marre moved further to amend by in- Berting after the word ‘‘so,”’ line in the second reso- ‘ation, the words, ‘as to requiro the longitudinal joints ‘© ve broken bya lap of not leas than two inches, Iso, so that,” Ke. Carried. Councilman Conover mored also to amend 5 yiny > the last resolution ‘‘ten’’ instead of six. je also of- Pred to amend so as to have the man-holes lic diago- ly, instead of longitudinally, with the curbstones. ried. ‘Tho preamble and resolutions, as amended, wore thon tlopted The Board subsequently went into Committee of the Whols, and recommended the adoption of numerous - Pills, which wore ordered vy the Board to a third reading, HARD TONES, {a view of the present hard times for the poor, Coun- cah nan Kuwnepy presented the following resolution: — ‘Tyrat the Comptroller be directed to draw his warrant An fox “oF of James Brown, Eaq.. President of the ‘“Asso- ciation fer improving the Condition of the Poor,”’ for the Frum at $10,000, which amount is hereby appropriated “ ses of xaid association. Sor the van Phen resolved itsel! into Committee of the consideration of this resolution, which be- “option was recommended, and it was sub- méty a \ by the Board to a third reading with amendment. The Board then ™ ‘This Board met yu Posidentin the chair. grere cead and approved. ‘The routine business was jr 7 PETITIOW,. By Councilman Coorrr--Of the v Eeusevoort treet, that it be extondse Fecoth avenue. Referred, By tho Presapest—Of citizens of tho Dave natganco existing at No. 1 » = No. 78 Gi Bnoved. Referred to Corporation atlorneys Ry Councilman Currox—0t D> foe Dr. M. PB. Morea, . ad Yncat for professional services -. s #7) for & woman brought to Me haat, on #40 bill amounting t0 $126, Reterrea.” °% ® Potions { . RESQLUTIUNE. Ry Councilman Horpzr—That the Chief Ragi fe Croton Aqueduct Department be requested Suitable menns to prevent the hydrsats trom fi Ry Couacilman Krvanack ur in the Comptroller’ \journed. sterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, the The mfnutes of the last moeting ~oceoded with, wners of property oa from Tenth to Thie- Third ward, to incor of 1, reezing. | —That the salary of «1 1 Office be increased to the at ef $2,500 per annum from the 1 355, st of January, 1855, | atreet. Nw re0t re | ’ ota! and dismissed with costs, to use | am ‘Of the ‘on Ansonsments. Referred. OfCommittee,on the’Law Departmeat—Coacarring with Board of Aldermen to the surrender of the Ruse and Reid con’ pa the Bowery and Caathia a * Of Commitiqn om Bonance— 2 C . rrmmned oamerising 000, (for contingent $2 00bT Tor nalarign $56,006,) or the expeasaavot the city gover ‘t for the year 1864. Referred toComuit- tee of the COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. On motioa, the Board went into Committee of the Whole, Councilman Jeremiah tn the chair. ‘The rt of the Committee on Finance, appropriating $52,000, (as above,) was taken up. Councilman Kxxxxpy sai{ there was about $1,500 la the hands of the Comptroller of the appropriations for | salaries and contingent expenses. He moved that the comuittee rise and report in favor of the adoption of the committee's report. Carried. AN FXTRA APPROPRIATION, The committee rose, reported, and the opdinance was adopted on s third reading. ji Councilman Conover moved that the Board, when it adjourns, adjourn to Friday afteruoou, at 3 o’closk. ‘arriod. G . ComMITTER OF THE WHOLE. ‘Then several reports and regolutions, of no special im- portance, wer 01 to a third reading. And the» the committee rose. Os motion of Councilman Hopoxtysoy, the resoluties authecis the appropriation of ten thousand dollars bir ae ief of the poor, was taken up aud unanimously passed. And then the Board adjourned, a cal BOARD OF EDUCATION. Dec. 20.—The Board met pursuant to adjournment— ~ E. ©. Benedict, Faq., President, in the chair. The mi- nutes of the last meeting were read and approved. APPLICATIONS O¥ SCHOOL OFYICKRS. Of Twentieth ward—For authority to divide contract sor heating and ventilating apparatus for new school in Twenty-cighth street. Referred, Of the same—For appropriation of $4,508 for extra work, gas fixtures, &., for new school ia Twenty-eighth Referr ed. Of the same—For appropriation of $2,235, to pay bal- ances for school in Thirty-seventh streot, noar Tenth avenge, Referred. Of the Twenty-first ward.—For an appropriation of $425 for hot air duev in building No. 40, in Thirty-ninth street, fer he RISOLUTIONS. By Mr. Pufuusrs—That the Committee on Warming, &c., take steps to insure the warming of ward school No. the o! gta ward, at an expense not to.exceed Coouzpar—That the school record “List of Pupils, with the num ber ‘of mouths which they have been taught,” be required to be kept from and after this date by the principals of every grammer and primary school under the jurisdiction of this Board, and in such manner as. not ovly {o show the number of months, but the num- ver of days, also, which each pupil has been taught with the totals of months and days for each pupil for every year, and that the clerk provide the necessary number of copies of the same, te be sent from the depository for the purpose. Referred. SPECIAL ORDER. The Board then took up the report of the Select Com mittee, to whom was referred a resolution for preparin; a tariff of supplies, contemplated by the 2d section o article 20 of the by-laws. The committee recommend the adoption of the following by-laws, with.a tariff of sup- plies per annum, annexed — Supplies required by the several schools of the city ander the jurisdiction of the Board of Edu- cation, for the use of teavhers, PY da tit &e, as provided for in section 1 of article 2, sbail only be furnished hereafter according to the ual gve- rage attendance of the preceding year, | cordance with the tariff of supplies, as enumerated below (except in certain contingencies provided for im sections 25 and 2% of article 20), and on the written requisition sign. ed by the principal or vice prineipal of the school or Goperiaient for which the same is required, and certi- fied as approved by the Special Committee of the Board ‘ef Ward Officers, authorized for such purpose, according to the certificate of their appointment, te be deposite with the Clork of the Boar: ‘The report was adopted. REPORTS Of Committeo on Suppliea—Im faver of appropriating $10,000 to the depository. Of Committee om By-laws—On the subject of re- ducing the number ef members forming committoes, ad- verse to the reduction. Adopted. Of Committee on by > oi favor of appropriating $1,000 to the shop. Adopted. Of the Executive Committee en the Free Academy— Asking an appropriation of $1,260 fer the support of the Bree sAeademy, and $1,000 fer repairs to the same. opted. Of Finance Committee—Reeommending an appropria- tion of $40,000 for the suppert of the ward schools. Adopted. REQOLUTION. By Mr. West—To pay the necessary apres for re. paisiee and cleaning school house No. 5, in Mott street, (ely occupied asa cholera hespital, which expenses the Board of Health has refused to pay. It was moved that the sum do not exceed $600, and that an application be made to the Board of Health to i Pos! same, resolution, as amended, was adopted. The Board then adjourned te Wednesday next. COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. ‘The Board of Commissioners met yesterday at 4P. M., Commissioner Verplanck im the ehair. Present—Com missioners Carrigan, Kelly, Witthans, Kennedy, Purdy, Dunlap and Lambert. From the weekly statement, it appears that the total number of persons who have arrived at this port, up to Deeomber 20, is 308,918. The total receipts, during the same period, have been $660,834 56, and the disburse- ments, $605,576 62, leaving a balance in the bank of $55,257 94. Considerable discussion arose on & motion to continue the meat contract. It was at length decided to appoint a committee to draw up new specifications, and reject those now before the Board. . Commissioner Purpy presented a petition from the op: thalmic Hospital, asking for an appropriation, on the und thas many of the ae are emigrants. Be- ferred to the Committee on Out Door Poor. A motion was made by Commissioner Purpy to ap- peint an officer to see inte the condition of the emi grints who apply for relief at the office of the Commis- siohers. After discussing this motion for an hour, it was at lengsh referred t0 a committee te report at the next meeting. ‘The then adjourned. The following is the note of Mr. Evarts, referred to in the reply of the Tem Governors :— No, 2 Haxovar Sri Duar Sin—No agreement to refer the matter in conti versy between the Governors of the Almshouse and the Commissioners of Emigration has yet been exchanged. ‘The matter rests still upon my proposition to include the important question relating to recent emigrants committed as nts, to which the counsel of the Commissiouera has givea no explicit answer. Yours, respectfully, WM. M. EVARTS. &. Duare, Feq. Legal Intelligence. Sverems Count oF TRE ‘Unrmsae Srarvs.—Deo. 14.—No, 50.—Zebedee Ring and al. vs. Hugh Maxwell. Certifl- ente of division between the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. Mr. Justice Curtis delivered the opinion of this court, that the first question certified by the Circuit Court in this cave must be answered in the negative, to wit That upon a true construction of the revenue laws of the United States, the additional duties Se jabs per cent which have been levied and collected by a1 paid to the defendant as Collector of the port of New York, as stated im his answer, under and by virtue of the eighth section of the act, entitled “ An act for re- bes j the duties om imports and for other purposes,’ passed July 30, in the penaltios, and onc molety thereef divided between a id im equal proportions to and among the Collector, Naval Officer and Surveyor, of the port of New York, holding said offices at the time of the levying, collection and payment thereof, in the said port of Now York, as Claimed by the plaintiffs in thelr bill in thia cause, And this Court is further of opinion that, as the decision of the first question in the negative necessarily disposes of the case, it is unnecossary te consider and respond to the other questions certified. No. 2. The State of Penn. sylvania, complainant, vs. the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company. The argument of the several motions in this case, for a writ sequestration against the cor- poration, for an attachment against its officers, for a writ of assistance to execute the decree of this court, and for a taxation of costs, was continued by Mr. Re: verdy Johnson in opposition thereto, and concluded by Mr. Edwin M. Stanton in support thereof. Adjourned. Dec. 16.—Ne. 7 of original actions. The State of Peon- aylvania, complainants, vs. the Wheeling and Belmont Tkidge Company, ‘Theargument of the motions in this case for a writ of sequestration against the corporation, and for an attachment against its officers, was agued by Mr. FAwin M. Stanton, in support thereof, and by Mr. Reverdy Johuson, in opposition thereto. No, 7. Robort Wickliffe, appellant, vs. Thomas D. Owings. This case was argued by journed, Dwcrwem 18.—No 4. The York and Maryland Line Railroad Company vs. Rors Winans. Error to the Ciroult Court of the Batted States for the Eastern District of Pennaylvania. | to speak'to his general | from a credible this case Mr. Willard summed up for the defendant end Mr. Whiting for the plaintiff. The Judge then proceeded tocharge the jury. He sald that Mr. Shelton, the plaintiff in this casc, has sued Mr. Fuller, the defendant, for a libel, which had been read totbem; and it certainly fsa libel of a very serious cha- racter, ascribing to the plaintiff the commission of fences which, if guilty of, weuld render him liable te imprisonment. Mr. Fuller has not put in what is called | a justification. He had placed on the records of the Court am answer to the complaint, Which the Judge at special term very properly ordered to be stricken out, | The defendant then suffered judgment to be taken by de. fault, im such case the ordinary course would have beer fore » Sheriff's jury to have the dam: asseosed, and this case should have been so disposed of, as there is nothing beyond an libel init, ‘The case is, however, before them now, and ail they had to do was to sasess the damages. The plaintiff is entitled to something, it-is admitted on all bands. The sub- stance of the libel was that the plaintiff had been concerned im an over-issue of steck, and that he had fed to parte unknown. In extimating the damages the jury were to take into considers- tion the ehsracter of the parties. lace the man who comes inte court to sue for damages for injury done his character, can call upon witnesses repatation. So it is competent for the defendant to call for witnesses to impeach him, ‘and se the jury in making up the judgment would say how such causes for censure or against Shelton have arisen, and they would also take into considera- | tion what damage he sustained. The defendant alleges | an absence of malice. The law implies malicee,the truth $e of the libel not being established, but there would be a great difference where there was actual malic, and where the defendant intended malice. Im this case it ‘was offered te be proved that Mr. Fuller's assistant edi- tor—for whose act Mr. Fuller is responsible—published the article. It was contested, that that evidence was competent. It seemed to the’court that it was com tent. It seems to the court that there is a difference be- tween an editor publishing # fact which he lias received jon and giving circulation to inere rumor. The evidence fore the jury, and they would give it the weight that it was entitled to. The publication was an incautious act. There was no 3 difficult: in editor: teering clear of those It- bels. If ho knows fact he can ablish it at his ril. If he is informed of a fact by credible person, and publishes it, he ought to state from whom he has recelved the information, and in that case the party who was his authority would be responsible, and could not we himself behind the rinter, Editors alould alws speak the truth. The ighest authority had ordered every man to speak good of bia neighbor. Comments bad been made lero upon the laws underawhich we live, but they had nothing to do with the laws but to juister them as they were made. His (the Judge’s) own idea is, that the law in respect to slander and libel is a wise law. It there was | Dot a remedy in law, these things would bo tried in the ublic streets with the pistol, the bowie knife and the forse whip, which they sometimes are, notwithstanding the existence of the law. The freedom of the press had been spoken of. Tho freedom of speech consists in a man * speaking what he ploases,and writing what he pleases, but when be exercises that right he does it under a strict responsibility to the law. ‘The court believed that if an editor was permitted to write and speak what he pleased, po man would be safe and no government could There must macemerly be somo ene, to the law for the exercise of that right. Im estimating the damages the jury had a right to take in view the posi- tion of the parties—the injury the article was likely to do the character of the plaintiff ; thoy were also to take into consideration the character of the defendant and the character of his n a ease it is con- ceded that there was ho actual mali but it sho that editors should not publish what they pick up in the streets without eying it wae mor. It was purely rovince of the jury to estimate what ,damages should be given, and ee would give such damages as intelligent men would think proper. i The jury retired, and were over two hours wn delibe- ration, without having agreed. The court adjourned at 4o’clock, and ordered a sealed verdict to be brought in ; on Thursday merning. | during the February term, | Monda; ORDER OF BUSINESS"FOR THE YEAR 1855. At a general term of the Superior Court of the city of Now York, held at the City Hall in the city of New York, on the 16th day of December, in the year of eur Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, the following order was made:— Ordered, That the Calendar of Causes for trial at the ensuing January term of this court be continued as the calendar of the next February and March terms, respec- tively, and be taken up at the commencement of those terms respectively, at the place where the court leaves off at the close of the term immediately preceding. Causes not noticed for trial at the January term, and such as are, during that term, put off for the term, or called, or pas ed, may be noticed for the February and March terms; and causes thus put off, called, or rpaswed iced ‘for the first may be noti of March. The clerk will the causes as noticed for February and March terms, respectively, at the foot of the January calendar, according to their re- spective priority. Notes of issue are to be filed in the causes last men- tioned; in other causes on the January calendar, no notes of issue need be filed for the two sul juent terma; but a notice of trial must be served for each term that the causes may be put on, or continued on the calen- dar. d it is further ordered, that all notes of issue here- after, for the general, special and trial terms ot this court, must be dled with the clerk eight days before the commencement of the first day of the succeeding term. United States District Court, DECISIONS IN ADMIRALTY. By Hon. Judge Ingersoll. Dro. 20.—Giles Hawley against the Canal Boat Ann Arbvor.—The libel in this case is filed to recover the value of a quantity of butter, shipped on the Sth or 6th of De- cember, 1852, on board the canal boat, then lying in the Erie canal at Rome, Oneida county, to be carried to the city of New York, and there delivered. It is alleged that four hundred and forty-nine tubs of butter were shipped, and only four hundred and twenty-seven delivered, and that the canal boat is responsible in admiralty for the loss. The defendants deny that more than four hundred and tweney-seven were shipped, or that the boat is liable in admiralty if they were lost. The evidence was given by one witnesr, that he kept the tally of tne tubs | as they were shipped, or had itkept; that four hundred 1 1846, were not te be treated as | | opposite Negro Point. Ths tide was flood in i 1. Fiveton tor Whe agpalant. Ad. | coe wind was Mr. Justice Campbell delivered the opin- | ion of this court, affirming the judgment of the said | 130, James Montgomery &e., J. F. Faray and al., claimanta, Appeal from the Cir: cuit Court of the United States for Maryland. On the mo- tion of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of counsel for the appellees, this appeal was docketed and dismissed with costs. No. 131. The Norwich and New Londos Steamboat Company, ewners of steamboat Worcester, appellants, vs. tie steamboat Bay State, &c., R. Borden, and al., claimants. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the Upited States for the Southern District of New York. On tho motion of Mr. Lord, of counsel for the appollews, this appeal was dock- Nai th ine ver lin, toe, Appeal cy nts va. the lot Venilia, ce. Appest from ite Gout Court of fhe United Staion trom the ®, District wf Pennsylvagia. 8 cause was called ei Shiemiased with éOpte under tho G6th rule. No. 15. 7 tes, plaintifa in error, 73. Jules Levois, a te ‘The United States, plaintiffs in ‘v«, Paul Tricon, claimant, &¢. No ‘17. The Uni- na, plaintifis fm error, vs. Lion Pintard & Co., Ke. No. 18, The Unitet Staten, plaintit in oso Voterred. “Wen itted th ee sideration of the Court I const és oe omOn TE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, pes i vues 7 Mr Attorney Lene oer ac gert o moniter of Finance, ia favor of correcting om spine a tn erro, Nov 38 Sexes rinane : 4 ni Py ats, wit irom rin ome, iat, pre Sth . “ ° i , for the it aad coat. 5 REPORTS OF COM MITTENS. | ee arte Mint So topea. % o. Of Commnittos on ¥' 1 7M. tort " eer : on Fire Department, cone urting with oxed by Mr Tord tor 1 | Circuit Court in this cause, with costs and interest. No. | and al. va. the steamer Jewess, | and forty-nine tubs of butter went on board; that the weight was marked on each tub, and that the weight of all was 60,552 pounds. Evi was given, however, that some butter was put on board when he was not pre- sent; and one of the libellants, in obtaining @ clearance at the Collector's office at Rome, represented the weight to be 46,594 pounds. The captain of the boat, his wife ang som, who came with the boat to New York, all testi- fied that it bad not been disturbed on the voyage, and could not have been without their knowledge, and thatall wascarried to New York,was safely delivered to the con- signees. Heli by the Court that it is not shows by suf- ficlent proof that these twenty-two tubs ware ever put on board, but that all that was put on board was safely delivered. That it;therefore was not necessary to de cide the question ot jurisdiction; but without having sufficiently considered that question, the impressions of the Court are against the right of the libellanta to pro- ceed against the boat, Thecanal boat was not built to navigate tide waters, but the Erie canal, and is not « ship within the deduition in Benedict's Admiralty, sec. 213, not being @ ‘“losomotive machine.” When a ship is lidelicd in an admiralty court for a breach of a martime conpact, it is upon the ground that the ship itself con- tracts; and if such a canal beatas this, while on the Erie canal up in Oneida county, can enter into and bind itself by a,contract, so as to come within the control of a court of admiralty, Ido not vee but that any vessel or thing capable of containing freight, built and designed to rmahebendway on theN. ¥. Central Railroad by means of th ofthe ad cars, canin the same county enter into and bi come under the control of a courtpf admiralty, provided it is soconstructed that when it arrives at Albany it can be launched from the wheels of the railroad carriage into tide water, and be towed by a steamboat to New York. Libel dismissed with costa. Henry Navon, et al. agt. the Steam Propeller Oscerta, —This suit was brought by the owners of the cargo, which was on board of the schooner ,John R. Stull, and which was also totally lost by the collision. ‘This case was tried with the preceding one, and alike decree ac- cordingly entered in favor of the Itbellants. Wiiliam D. Pierce vs. The Steam Propeller Osceota.— ‘Thin Mbel was filed by the owners of the schooner Joim R. Stull, to recover damages for the loss of the schooner, which was aunk by s collision with the Osceola, on t morning of March 20, 1854, in Hellgate. The ‘schooner ‘was bownd from New York into the Sound, and wasabout 5 itself by @ maritime contract, and quarter, ranning at about the rate of twoknots an hour. rom the+ northeast, but there was not enough to fill the schoover’s sails, ani her steerage way was only derived from a yaw! boat with two men, whicl towed her at the rate of about haly a knot. Tho true tide at this runs near Negro Point, and when about opposite off for the Long Island shore; and be- tween Negro Point and Negro Bluff there is'an eddy which rung to the west whon the tide is flood, and there are whi ls in the true tide by which vossels are some- times carried out of the true tide into the eddy. The ropelier was bound to New York, and was coming along jn the eddy near Ward's Island. The schooner had been in view for some time before the collision. Her course was about W.N.W., heading so a8 to take the eddy to Negro Point, and there cross the true tide, as ia the usual course of steam vessols. She kept on in this course at her usual speed of seven kn ta an hour through the water, until she came within two or three lengths of the schooner, when she rang her bell to slow, stop and back, and put her helm a-port, but the collision could not then be avoided. She struck the schooner on the larboard bow, and the schoon- er immediately sunk. Held by tho court—that on the evidence, the schooner was, at the time of the collision, in the true tide, Thatif she was not so, but was in the eddy, hor being in the eddy resulted from no improper course of navigation or m: it, and she was not, therefore, ia fault if she was in the eddy. That where steamer has a sailing vessel in view long enough to avoid her, and there is no fault on the part of the sailin vessel, the ateambont is prima facie to be held resp onsi- ble for any accident by collision. That this prima facie responalbgity is not thin cane,” the by the facts made out in ‘could have gone on oither sl the rohooner, as there was inom | in the way, aud she could have aveided the collision if «be had stop) and backed in time. Those en board of t yore te nated that the force of the thde would take the echooa- In the frat) | | } | carriers for it, favigation Co. the —The libel was ied ts sation for services rend ue steamship Washi , owned by libellants. The ship Revenue, of 546 tons burthen, lued with her cargo at $55,600, sailed from Hampton Roads on the Sth of September, 1853, bound to Austra- lia. When about five days out she encountered a se- vere gale, which threw the ship on her beam 6 and to right her the crew were compelled to cut away her main end mizen masts. She also lost her fore topmast and jivboom, and her rudder, during the gale, which lasted about six hours. fee, the gale the crow to get up jury masts and a temporary rad- - Be fiye days, and the ahip then be. re . On the oe hai iled by thi et ‘the 28th, they were hailed by the pilot tad as agreoment, wos tonto that tow the ship. She accordingly took and towed her until about 5 in the afternoon, when the steamship Washington, then bound from Bremen to her assistance to the ship, which was hold of the ship about 6P. M, and The wind that night’blew west, Mowing heavily in wed the ship till about 9 P. caohemon “ nest eng ed = round, came to anchor. boisterous iecnah the night, so that could not take hold of her again that by her, and in the morning ‘ook * her another hawser, and to the city of New York, liaving Ho. ‘The Washington was passengers, dred and” foar. le taking her in tow, to the amount of about $200, and it cost between $700 and $800 to replace the two hawsers, The owners of the Washington having filed: their libel to recover salvage, the owners of the pilot boat also came in claiming salvage, and were made co- libellants. Held by the Court, t the service ren- dered by the Washington was a meritorious one, and must be paid for asa salvage service; that the Revenue was ino crippled and disabled condition, and would pro- bably have m_ blown off to sea by the northorly and westerly winds, if it had not been for the assistance of the Washington, which reseued her from imminent peril; that the Washington jeopardised her insurance by hor deviation, and if her valuable cargo had been lost by the means, the owners would have been liable as common ‘and that she was exposed to some peril herself by her delay; that six thousand dollars is a rea- sonable compensation for the services she rendered, The pilote’ claim having been settled before the tri their libel was dismissed. Decree for the libell: therefore, for $6,000, in which sum is included actual loss and damage sustained by the Washingten. supreme Court—General Term, Before Hon, Judge Mitchell. PRACTICE—COSTS. Dro. 20.—Marks ve. Bard.—The facts in this case sufliciently appear in the opinion, which was delivered. The plaintiff sued E. H. Bard & J. Bard, Jr., with five other defendants, as joint makers of a promissory note. ‘These twodefendants, with four of the other defendants, put in one answer, in which all six denied that the de. fendants made the note in question, or that the def dants were partner), and these two defendants also de- nied all knowledge of the facts stated in the complaint. At the trial the plaintiff moved te strike out the names of these two defendants from the complaint, and te dis- eontinue the action as to them; and his motion was granted, with the addition that he pay one bill of costs to those two defei its. From the latter part of this order the plaintiff appeals. It wasa matter of course, if his motion were granted, that ould pay the costs of the judgment to be entered against him in favor ef those two defendants. He himself asked to discontin: the action as to them: he thus asked to separate ther from the other defondants, became subject to the, costs that would follow from that separation. i joining with the other defendants in making c@ would erdinarily have og tees them to share the fate of thore defendants—the Ceygpterde own motion relicved them from that position; complaint was joint as te all, and the answer followed it, and was joint—his mo- tion severed those defendants, se that his complaint was no longer to be deemedan joining them with the other defendants, and it must, to de justice, be deemed alse to have sagered the answers of the ndants also. If this were not so, still the permission to discontinue as tothe two its, was inthe discretion of the | Court, and was evidently granted only on condition that they be paid their costs. If the plaintiff had mot ac- oy peice he Lege have been oe for suing as partnerathose whe were not partners. Judg- pe should be affirmed, with costs. “s Dro. 20.—Chadbirne w. Byrne.—The plaintiff alleges that he kept on storage for defendant until the 6th of January, 1851, 8,024 bales of hay, for which he was to ve paid three cents per bale per month for storage, and ‘bree cents per bale for taborin putting the hay into he store, The defendant alleges that five cents per bale wereto be paid, not only for putting in the hay but alse tor delivering it, and that it was mot delivered by tlie plaintiff, but by another, te whom the defendant was to, bale; and aleo that plaintiff was to long as defen: wished. There allegation; and if so, the plaintiff should not recover for merely re- ceiving the hay, morethan half the price agreed to be paid for receiving and delivering—that is, two anda half’ vents instead of five cents; but the Court allowed three cents. The agreement to keep the shay as long as the defendant wished maust have i vant, if the plaintiff conti- nued in possession. It would require very clear and un- ambiguous 1a to bind laintiff to keep the pape Mhaugh te soul be evi; om the atoce even irtomnghat Perce © me GouartiBbe, ot Gb | Female domestics rejected om account of bad charac- vi | last, no subscriptions or | of labor, and managing the | anxious to demonstrate to | practicability of these p! | Board of Managers design Iess to instruct you, who are | exists in | Burepe which you maj | senally or by | Sind, aaspelas tue Rardyoam commmeslty at tee, ast em, ag well as comm | general objects and plans. m i | " We desire particularly that yeu | sary information respecting this continent as a field fer | moral and industrious adventurers from the Old World, | correct the erroneous and extra tations | which are too ent America, | and endeavor, as far as practicable, to counteract the Magch 1, 1864. Theobjects of the Boe existence and aims of the society, so as to “prevent him froma becoming the dupe of dosignisig parties whoa he lands here; te direct em'grants to places of aboie while im the city, where they may be secure from imposition and plunder; to furnish legal and pecuniary aid to such’ as need it, or have been the victims of oppression and fraud; to obtain information as to the different sections of the country suitable for settlement, sad the demands for labor #to prepare full and accurate instructions as to the various inland routes and motes of transit, and | to forward emigrants to any part of the country by the beat and cheapest conveyances; to induce emigrants to | proceed to the country, and to dirett them to the most suitable localities; to furnish drafts and passage tickets | for their friends in the old country, and thus protect | them from frauds and imposition. For the accomplishment of those objects, {t is pro- | posed to establish suitable agencies and correspondents | at the principal emigration ports of Europe; to establish similar agencies and correspondents along our great tho- roughferes of travel, especially westward and in the West; and to solicit the co operation of other cities and towns in the establishment of auxiliary societies. The plan hat received the hearty commendation of our | shipowners, merchants, the Commissioners of Emigra- | tion, and other influential citizens. With euch auguries of success, it must prove an important element in abat- fruitful source ef destitution and suffering, and thus promote the material well being of our city and onney. For this reason, as well as upon thé broader grounds of hnmanity and’ justice, we condidently 9 to the liberality of our fellow-citizens to aid us by their establishing the society on # broad and Amonthly of the Board of Managers was hold on the 9th inst. at rooms, 13 and 14 Astor place, Mortimer De Motte in the chair. Among the docamonts ie was the report of the Finance Committee, as fol- WE The committee reportthat since the organization of the society in March last, there have been received in subsccip teas and donations $2,759, and that the dis- bursements have been $3,195 75, leaviag a balance due to the Treasurer of $436 15, ‘The committee report the following statistics of busi- ness transactions at the Society’s upper aud lower of- fices, from the commencement, — Number of applicants for em; Number who have obtained contributions enduring basis. in loymont tuations Applications for help. it is proper to state at, since of donations, worth mentioning, have been solicited from the citizens of Now York, the time of the Board ani of the officers of the society hav- ing been occupied in obtaining information of the fleld jams and carrying out the details of the Society’s opera’ it fore further asking the support and co-operation o| community, ‘The experience acquired is in the highest | degree satisfactory, and the committee recommend to the Board energetic efforts for supplying their exhaust- ed treasury with the necessary funds. Professor Joy is the corresponding agent ef the society. The manner in which the association propose to work will be seen by the follo ving copy of instructions:— Dear Stn—In addressing you relative to thp duties which you have so kindly volunteered to perform in be- half of this society, during your sojourn in Europe, the already familiar with those duties, thau to offer some general suggestions as a basis whereom you cau make ublie the nature and design of your miasiou, in order jat ne misconception may be formed on the subject, either in this country, where a growing sensitivoness to emigration, or in those countries of visit (where scarcely leas jea- found), whence crowds of voluntary exiles int mali their exodus to, oe this purpose of Mani respect! our eee a a ae ‘ou ‘ing yourself in co t, - eerrelpeaivtos, ‘with all sasociations be ry character with our own, and lay befoce lousy ma; are contin ill furnish all neces- promote to. represent the trae cond: be- the | j, “Lu Geet lecture of this setne was delivered f) Broadway Tabernacle, Tuesday evettng, by Mr. Wella Brown, » fugitiveslave, who, as nnowrced, delegate to the Peace Gongress in Paris, in 1849, he received the warm congratulations of Vicor the Abbe Duguerry, Emile di Girardia, Richard and many others of no less celebrity, for his upon the “ War Spirit of America, which holds in age nearly four millions of his brethren.” After ing five years in Great Britain, during which ti addreased more than one thousand public meetings commended himself to the confidence of the best ui that country, be has returned to his uative land vote himself 10 the work ef an anti-slavery léct The subject of his discourse last evening was, ‘Ou tional Character, and how it is viewed from a di: At half-past seven o’clock there was a very fair’ dience assembled, and im a short time after Mr. se rights American meray: = r fhey wrer in ihe Stale’whish for 40 South, where the colored youth were 1 pect before them but to grow up to be worked for lif. a cotton or a sugar plantation. Nothing on the coas Africa could be more outrageous than that; he bal s} inthe Southern States, im the markets of New leans, Natches, St. Leuis and Louisville, mother: from their chiléren, and children from their parents| order to be sent trem the gh a to the slave suming States. Here he related some affecting incid of the sorrow evinced by the members of the fam rated, and proceeded to say: that the bl slave felt as much for his childron and family as white man. Slavery was the natural reproach of country, and in the South the preacher of Gowpel ever vertised his as‘ prime’? with other goods and chattels. This was Southern a Northern theology, for Professor Stuart taught in dover for twenty years, that it was proper to sell a} iuto bem Even in Boston, the Reverend Dec Nehemiah Adams Spence for alavery, sa: that he had seen a man of one hundred years age, had not worked for ten years before, That was a go reason why he had not worked for the last ten years. Doctor Adams shoul ,live for one hundred oH would be glad to say thet he had not worked for t years prior. His lave was like # liberated dow! the 4] saw in land, which was sot Jarge from the fact that his legs were stiff from The Bible seeieties of New York had done ‘nothing essay against dancing, Sgatast the fact Of extsing alavbs dodaace at the ema acowhide. Slavery bad influenced all the institu The people abroad watch them, and the religious ciations of ody ol know very well what the Ler 1a—all were sent to it sea anieisteseate people,*but free pada yy Be Hale, would not muster at Wasblngien, Ta ites. The Engl 5 L) They found that the Amer ther tocM wet ae sything “te” eit Ragland 4a ‘wou! an} efforts to MA ri the Ltd fereign love fa America was neutralized by “the horror of the sla’ tion. You ait especially that of New York, already over-populated on seoking em- Bement, and the i Serpico and destitution te whic! many, who either have not the means or the in- clinatien to travel into the interior, are in consequence exposed. ‘ou will please confer with American Consuls, when- ai peprant tay oulgration $y) tke touaey of iscourage or n to this coun! Savane sar och yey cages for suecess-in the New World. Yeu will also please to inquire into the truth or false- hood of the charges some of por pone) as weil socal its of Europe, of Fogel con- ith country; and in jucting this inveatiga- a ‘te between political offoa’- would be recognized as crimi- 5 peel, the society’s general agent forGreat Britain and Ireland, and with philanthropic individuals, as occasion may offer, in regard to the formation of auxitary socicties, or the establishment gencies at the various emigra- ports of Europe, snd adopt such géneral measures our judgment may dictate. fou will with the Society, through its Cor- res] Secretary, as you may have leisure or ma; dorm attain spoons tances of your mission for non-payment of the rent. @ plaintiff did keep the as as he continued in possession of the store, | and communicating such other information as you may and until he was evicted: he was entitled to st for | think interesting or os gy that time, The Judge, however, directed the for Finally, we commend you, dear sir, to the divine pro- the whole amount claimed by the that tection and guidance, praying that prosperity may at- storage and for labor-three cents per bale, instead of two | tend you personally. and 8 more jure for the and a balf cents per bale. The only error in thie was } may your labor of love. one-half cent on 3,024 bales—$15 12, and interest on that | following are the of of the association:— sum. The exception of the defendant was to this direo- | Peter Cooy Presidents, Eleazar Parm- tion of the Judge—it was to the whole of it—it was too broad, and not ited enough to draw the attention of the J to this slight error: it cannot, therefore, strictly be sustained. Judgmeni should be adirmed, | with costs, on the plaintiff remitting $15 12, with inter: | est from January 6, 1851. Supreme Court—Circult. ORDER JN RELATION TO THE CALENDAR. The Circuit calendar for this year will continue to be the calendar for the year 1865, and will be taken up | | the: where the trials close at this December circuit, which will be near the number 1,150. New notes of issue im causes already on the calendar need not be filed. RICHARD B. CONNOLLY, Clerk, Dated December 20, 1854, Court of Common Pleas. Before Hon. Judge Ingraham. SUIT FOR INFRINGEMENT OF THE BUILDING LAWS. Dro. 20.—7he New York Fire Department ve. Joseph Harrison.—This was a suit to recover from the defen- dant the penalties arising out of not conforming to the lawa regulating the construction of buildings of a cer- taiu height and thickness, the defepdant having put up four housesen the south side of Jane street, botween Greenwich and Washington streeta, exceeding 35 foot im height from the level of the sidewalk, and having no outside or party walls. sought is $200,000, being $500 for cach house, and $50 for every twenty-four hours each house was allowed s0 to remain since March, 1852. The case is still on. = . Before Hon. Judge McCarthy. ACTION AGAINST THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG FOR TRESPASS. Edward Neville vs. Win. Wall,—This was action for trespass and false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff, proprietor of a hotel in Williamsburg, against he defendant, Mayor of that city, for arrest. It ap- peared that the plaintiff was arrested in August last, on warrant be io by the defendant, a im with velling intoxicating liquors on a Sunday. lainti? was imprisoned in the Kings county jail, and damages for such incarceration are now claimed to the amount of $500. The defences set up, was that the Mayor acted {a his oficial capacity in supproasing the sale of liquors oa the Sabbeth, and the Judge held that if an action could be maintained, it should be brought in the county of Kings. He therefore dismissed the complaint with costa. First Jadictal District Conrt. Before Judge Green. James Ryan against John B, Holmes.—This action is brought against the defendant, who bas figured as a politician im the first ward, to recover on a promissory 4, payable note mado by defendant, dated April 18, 185 three monthe after date to the order of plaintiff, for $50, and which has not beer paid. The defondant net up that the note was given for election purposes, jcon- trary to statute. The defendant's counsol called as a the plaintiff, who swore that this part payment of $140, loaned to fall, a yoar bo par, for which the money was to be.applied witness could net say. He did not know that it was to be app! jection purposes, The Judge decided that the defendant kad not made out his defence, and therefore gave judgment for plain- tiff for the amount of his claim, interest and costa, witness James Ryan, ven to him in Exrensrye Financrertna x New Onteana— Samuel C, Bell, cashier of the Canal Bank, yesterday caused the arrest of John M. Lee, a broker of ‘this city, The amount of the penalty — whom he charged with having overdrawn his account with said bank to the amount of $38,400 92. He alates in bis affidavit that on the morning of the 6th instant he deposited in the bank four chocks—two on the South: erp Bank, one for $6,985, and one for $12,560, and two ‘on the Union Bank, one for $7,030 50, and another for $11,000. Later in tho day he drew threo checks on the Conal Bank, signed “John M. Lee, ye payable to bearer, for the sum of $23,000, '$22,600 and $4,000. ‘These he presented for nt, and h the refer, although he fadw be was overdrawing his ac bove atated. It ia also vat to the amount he knew that the checks on the dou :hern a1 4 whioh he had de in the moruing, ons, he not having fuods im said banks to redeem Be was and bo give acc! 1m of 640,000 for is em Hate and wes Ww for ©. Peagune, Des. 4. xaminatioa, whiok be i seecenaget to negotiate a treaty oi Cor Secretar; Sesucr aie E Corning, General s.0B. DEATH OF MRS. JAMES A. BAYARD. Among the notable deaths of the Inst week, worthy of record, was that of Ann Bayard, widow of James Beek Taam mera eae 2 ee ) On evening, ina! 7 of her Few ladies have over lived or died United States, more honorably connected with ite litical history. Her father, Richard Bassett, was the st United States Senator elected by the State of Dela- ware. He heid his seat from the year 1789 to 1793. Her husband, James A. Beyatg, was elected to represent the State of Delaware in t! jower house of Congress from 1797 to 1803; in 1801 he was appointed Minister Plenipo- tentiary of the United States at the Court of France; in 1804 he was elected United States Senator from Delaware. He was re-elected in 1810; in 1813 President Madison ap- pointed him, im connection with John Quincy Adams and Albert Gallatin, Envoy Extraordii Po y and Minister Pleni peace with Great tain, under the mediation of the Emperor of Russia. Henry Clay and Jonathan Russell wero afterwards added to the commission, and her thoy negotiated the treaty of Ghent, 1814, In 1815 Mr. Bayard was appointed Envoy Extraordinary ‘and Minister Plenipotentiary. to the Court of Russia. He died the samo year, in the 48th year of hha age, leaving Mrs. Bayard a widow for nearly thirty years. Richard Bayard, one of her sons, as been twice electod to represent the State of Dela. are in the United States Fenato, between the } and 1846, represented the United States govor mest, as at Belgium, under t) of President Fillmore; and’ finally, James A. Bayard, anotber son, represents the same seat in the United States Senate heretofore occupied so creditably and so tong by his grandfather, his father and his brothor.— ‘The New Orleans Picayune of tho Sth instant saya:— ‘We have to deplore the death of a somewhat nota. ble citizen this week—Mr. Antoine Fournier, better known here as Pére Antoine. Mr. Fournier, who was French by descent, had been expolled from France under Louis Philippe’s government, and arrived in our parish about ten yoars ago, His name is mentioned in Louis Blane’s “History of Ten years” as having heen accused as.@ promoter of a conspiracy, against the King. The poor old republican, who once moved in the most fashionable circles of France, died upwept, unhonored, far from hie country, ina state bordering on indigence, He once had hun¢reds and thoasands at his disposal. How sad is the end of that old man! Died, at tho residence of James Matthews, in Crawford county, Ga., on the second instant, Mr. Joal Ethridge in the ninety drth year of his Tho deceased was « native of Halifax county, Nort ‘and after serv- ing in the militia of his native State, dui that period “which tried men’s souls,”” moved to Edgefield South Carolina, from thence to Jones count from Jones county to Crawford county, of which place he has been 8 citizen for tho last thirty years, George Lewis, aged 90, died on the 13th of November, in Clark county, Indians. He reosived his discharge from General Washington. ere a Tony we ee LEANS, =" ul at was ou; into the First Distrist Court on Saturday, tore: ceive eentence for the murder of his adopted child Fecolloched that hs emectatod the chill by Aageieg eomacta e of a and starvation, and finslly killed it b: etiptione the head. His deporimeat on Saturday was about what at bave beam expected from such a bra:e. , through an interpreter, if he had eny- thing to eay why sentence should not be passed npon him, he very calmly denied his guilt, and ac- ainet tim. waned pricat to at: to cused the witnesses of swearing falvely He expreszed himself aa resigned to his tare ; to see his nite before 4; >. Waute tend him in his cell, but not the Fourt: district, where asked that inatetd of being hang, his cut off with @ hatchet; and bave pleuty to eat white he lived. ounkee 4 compliance with his wishes be manner of his An American Doctor of Divinity was ref where he went to ra and strifes did not protect gold of England did, and he fel say that as an American, he could never see’ his frien or home but for it. If slavery were abolished, we w: soon have a national . Let aboli him, it ashai (Applause.) Mr. Brown if the remon- strances from Great Britain against slavery were got up, ny Gil wot come’ fom the true re: e separated, evidently highly pleased, at ® o’clock. / The Protestant Half Orphan Asylum. — ‘The anuual meeting of this institution was held yes- terday, at 12M., at the Asylum, between Teath and Eleventh streets, in Sixth avenue, to bear the reports oi] the officers, and trassact such other business as might come before them. Some fifty or sixty ladies were pre- sent to witness the exercises of the children and heer them recite im the studies they had been pursuing duriag the past year, Thd childrem, 180 in number, were in attendance, dressed neatly, and looking as comfertable as the cold weather would permit. The chair was oces- pied by Mr. James Boorman. The report of the trea- surer, Mr. Eli Wainwright, was read, from which it ap- pears, that the receipis of the year have been $9,146 00, and the expenditures $9,234 74, There are 181 ehildrea, im the Asylum—the cost of each child for the year has been $51 30. The society received from the scheel fund $1,148 77, and from parents $2,569 71; the remaining $5,488 26 were coatributed by the patrons ef the Oe B, Dr. B. F. Bowras, physician of the institution, read | his annual report; after which Mr. Wm. G. Butt. offored the following :— ‘ Resolved, that the thanks of this sosiety are peculiar. ly due to Dr. B. F. Bowers, for his unremitting grataitous attention to the health of the children; and to Almighty God, for his blessing on Dr. B.'s labors, exhibited in the extraordinary fact that no death hae occurred in the institation during the lest four and tea months. Mr. BoormaN put the resolution, but as the audiages were all ladies thore was mo response; he, however, Coa- } cluded it was carried, as with the gentler sex silence is supposed to give consent. The exercises of tho chilirea | were of a’pleasing character. They consisted of rectta- tions in phy, arithmetic, reading, &c. Mr. Josephs McKeen, who was present, examined them in their studies; but did not succeed in hia attempts to paasle them. A little fellow then came forward and in « veleo pitched in a high key, sald some dreadful ti against tobacco, whoreat the ladies emiled applaune. dass in hy sung a legson, and among other th ages in- fe the audience that— ‘This world is round, wise mon dedlare, And ‘hung on nothing" iu the aie, ‘The moon around the earth doth run ; ‘The earth and moon around the ‘The earth moves on its centro, As wheels, and tops, sad pulle; Water and land make up the wi From east to west, from pole to ; A young geatleman of exceedingly mimate Wan bare fatvodseed ond procesied. ep ealgseen tae company with reference to himself. He said —~ You sao I’m a boy and not a man, Yet allow me to spenk an beat I can; For all these friends, both low and tall, Have once, like ma, been very small. Small atoms made the earth we tread ; Small mista the clouds above our heal ; Aimail sanda compose the ocean’s wall ; Small drops the floods from hosven which fall. Your little rs and little pence, A little Leigh pious sense, ind. will gute this masa of humae And, through us, benofit manki Since little lessons here bestow'd Have saved me from jtion’s read, i. Td ‘tied nay Weshaes’ penal mee. my} . After the exersion were concluded, the Roy. Seat Faroe delivered tho benodiction, and the company sepa "The following is the lst of the oficers dlect for the a jing year “Firat Directross—Mes. WinaA. Torntinsot Second Direotress—Mrs. James Boorman. rer—El ib. Soenetaay Soret Managore—Mr. G. Mra. Jasper Deal. D. Jad Win , Mrs. Macons’ Welige, Messrs. Bra Bom Weeks. ae teaties hay Executive Committoe—Mrw. Tomlinson, Mrs. Reermaa, Mra, Boll, Mra. °helps, Mise Duncan Ebysiclan Dr. DF. Bowers, ‘i Atoce— Mowrrs. James George Charles Rtier, Wm, 0. Doll, Wan, Be Sohn Gompoat, Robert B. Moctom, James Decaldaon, Chas, M. Telhot.