The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1877, Page 4

4 LONDON STREET SWEEPING Disposal of the Refuse of 7,000 Miles of Streets. MUD BARGES. Origin of the Ancient Order of Crossing Sweepers. LOVE IN THE GUTTER. Loxbos, May 14, 1877. In aformer letter some account was given of the ‘vast subierranean Wwotks by whion London is drained ind porifed, and it how fomainé to speak of the opera- tions above ground, the cleansing of tho immense area ecupied by the modern Babylon, Sdine estimate of the extens:¥6 matute of those opefations may be formed ‘when we fetleot that the streets of London, if placed tn oné life, would form an atouus of 7,000 miles in fongtl, in the daily cleansing of the streets about 14,000 mén find employment, which gives un average of two (6 the mile, but the number flactuates accord. ing to the season, In the service of this army are 6,000 borses and 2,400 carts. The City Commissionérs of Sowers, upon whom de. volves the task of kedpiig the stfeets clean, do all their own work and make the most, commercially, of the gatbage with which they have to deal, Tho “city” has its own ongiuecer-in-chiof, at a salary of £2,000 per nnum, and be has his staff of assistants, superin- fendénts and men tor the carrying out of every depart- tof street government, Une corps of laborers is told off tor the sweeping of the streets; another for their Waehibg; a third for tho colloctidn of the rofuse; a fourth for tho carting away of the same, auda special body is omploged in atiending to the pablic strvet con- veniences, The payroll of the street cléaners amounts to £28,000 annuaily for the ‘‘city” alone, which would give a-staff of about 540 méo. These are divided into scavengers, carters, street orderiies, dust sifters, mud puddiers, &e. THR NIGHT BRIGADE. The work of street goveriiment goes On day and ight, but tno aétad] sweeping does Bot commence ‘anti eight o'diock in the evening. Frem that boar until daybreak filés of men oecupy the streets, which are jourly becoming more and more slieht and emptz ight wears on, the laborers themacives mov- ‘if immense brooms with automaton-like regu- larity, and with ap @ir of melancholy which befits the nd is im keeping with the dréary gloom arouud them, One wonders what becomos of these night birds in the day time In what “fookery’’ do they pass thé houfs of light and sonsbine? Do they over falk or hold up thoir héads?—for ono Of the results of their occupation is a coufirmed stoop of the shoul- rs. Whole regiments of them, formed im line, may bescen during the night performing their tasks ana fookimg like brigades of hunchbacks. Most of them are old men, er at least look old, for one and Have that strange, wizened, dried-up look which defies any guess at real age. ‘ome of them havo taken to the business trom downright affection, and their histories would form a strange and entertaining chap- ter of human biography. The story of one of them at feast is Known. The hérvof tt ts now an inhabitant of one of the workhouses. Twenty years ago he drove bis carriage and pair, aud carried of a business whico drought him io £10,000 a year. He lived luxuriously, kept open house, and took af active part in the local it of bis district, Misiortune came, and in jo week hoe found himaélf ah adfolute pauper, and finally a strect cleaner, Sweeping the very pave- ment from whieb his o' Triage had many a time utirred the dust. Some of these night workers do duty during the day ak “gaNpWica MEN,” aslang torm for the miserable creatures who peram- Dulate the streets, carrying boards slung over thoir shoulders, before and bebiad, forming a kind of Wooden chesable, whereon are pasted advertisements. Poor, broken-down mén, with abject mien and gait, these Iking advertisem: onder their degrading shilling aday. When aight comes they take to their brooms, and in the early hours ot the morning may be Jound sleeping on the woeden setties of the common 16dg ing houses, ‘THE CARTERS, Following the army ot sweepers come the carts, each attended bytwo strong looking men, clad in diagy fmock frocks and immense ‘‘sou’Wester” hate, and beating large shovels, with which they scoop up the mud, dirt and other refuse and pitch it into the carts. Up in the nafrow streets of the densely populated neighborhood a midnight stroll will reveal buge poolsand heaps of off fore the entrances of courts and al brought by the night soul men from the backs of the poorer dwellings and awaits the arrival of the carte, Every ounce of tlie reiuse is conveyed t6 dépots, that 4s to say, largo open spaces where the liquid matter is thrown into reservoirs made of mad, and is eventually tronelerred to barges on the river. PISPOSITION OF THE REFUSE. Tho fluid refuse having been shipped is conveyed howard the mouth of tho Thames, where it is | discharged mio the water, The solid dealt with th manure, Thi beive genera telved by th: et sixty: r fiquia reluse aod the TH ‘The crews of tneso in extfaordinary class Of betogs, Mr. Si “to whom all print wes open,” knew them and their ways, but they ate how raiy an lively @ race as when the Golden Dusitman alt in theif wares. They spend their iiic of board the barge, meh and women together, and, as & Hocessaty result, childtén olfeu see day- Weht, or, wore treqivently, a Loudon — fog, for the first time in the filihy little svles called cabing, The langu of this floatin population j# peculiar, It it @ py aie of the tonal | milor’s style of biaspnemy With a fhikture Of thé cos | py vermougor—Romany jargom ‘They do swear most awiul,’? these uncouth mariners, ind have an uncon- Wierablé Aversion to the White te of the evangelizer | ind the unitorm of the river police, Ali thé effurte of denevolence, Committeds of lords and gentlemen and tocietion of mifisters to Christianize these nnruly homads bave iniled, A gentic Indy, Who nak a decided talent for evangehzation, has been Known to visu the Bargemen in their abominable haunts, bat even she Gid vot make the siightest impression. They eativen thé monotony of the voyages down the streom by padding the mut aad examining their cargo with ali the seratiniz covétous instinct of the chiffonnier, in search of such van is «may Lave escapt the operators jopot. Whenever they “make a bani,’’ wi ie not ab toftequent occurrence, they sigoalize heir good luck by @ drunken orgy i the public how y the Fiver ide, Lt is suid ‘ret has been hidden ip the ¢. The polier jes found in the river, eapec hb bear upoo (hem the marks of foul p' thrown overboird trom the barges may receive a “parcel,” with ins it with the cargo or to drop it the bottom on their way down with the ude. q THE CRONSING SWFRVER At what precise date in the history of London this Kuight of the vrvom made bis appearance js Hot on frcora, bub (6 Judge’ ifom What London was and * bar 1b still 1a, his serviees inust bare been indispen at a very early period, and, indeed, were iar mote neces- ehry in the London of the prast thon in that ot our own a a6 Will be eviden: from a qaotation trom nnighls work on the metropolis. THB LONDON STRALTS IN 1720, “The middle of A paved stfect,” he says, ‘was gen- Orally occupied with tie channe:, mod tue sides of the Cirringe way were Jull of wbsoln’: poles, where the fickety Coach was often stuck op aAquagmire ‘Vue only road to thé houses of ament belore 1750 jad through Kipg siree: and Uy atreet, which were (Sarr they estate that jagots were thrown into | the rate on the days on Which the king went to Paria. | Ment, to rendet the pheange of the state Coach Inoro easy.’ The pretent St. Matgaret’s street Was formod Out of w thoroughfare koown a4 Sait Margaret's | hich Was so Harrow that “pales were vbiiged to feet high, besween the toot path and the eon tO preserve the passengers from injary snd trom being covered win the mad whieh wns all sides in abundance.’ The pales pre- skengers more eMfeotually than the posts in Wwe principal on hotween the of other avenues, foot wa: a Ourriageway ; for tho Wan as uneven a the spade without, Aphes WAH Sometimes natrow thay only ud the din of assaulting sticks ed ateol, Dh Jon NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. puted to the gradual improvement of the streets. In Gay’s time Aner whs tio safety bat iia the POSES i Thon pedition Mas, Fot nev Where no ranged gorts Jofend che Here laden carte ttt thende rine Wheels clash with «hee nd bart Ip wet dnd gusty wea hy 9 unhappy walker beatd erady sans swinging over his héad, a¢ Gullivet de- scribes the Red every house were Lica of Bren 1 ay he spouts of at Lor dreachin; his laced bat and & ‘Wig With unpitying tor- Pp 60) bulk or sbov projection rents, At every narrowed the purrow road and drove him against men, if there was a the ui the eoach wheelm The ch room to —-pass, = — occupied pace between thi land the posts, The “hooded maid’ came sometimes gingerly along, with pattens and umorella (thea exclusively used by woinep), and of cotrtésy Be must yield ine wail, The smnall coal man, the sweep and the barber took the wall, in assertion of their clothes spoiling pforeg: and the bully bim or was bimsell thrust ‘to the muddy ken- But at whatever period the crosaing he “eer ‘s side.” sweeper first took his place as one of Londoe it tw cértain that he ti y$ a prosperous trade, nv doubt, in such ity as Loudon fo. many, I ever's herv, could have jelt their crossings to te dine with tho Prince Rogent, In the days of the Regency the crossing sweepers hud a trade union of their own, with rules written, but ¢igid, Not more than tweuty years aga there sluma of Oxford strect a tavern wh used to take their ease in tecord 61 vuéant crossings and of the fraternity ae desired sell their it. There ii with a@ wooden leg, who waited for years belor would retire, He dwucd a crossing in Pall Mall for which be wanted 000, He had establistod crosaiag himeelf, i days when vieau awept across the sireets were more wanted than they ai now, and bad swept it for twenty-five years. It #: worth $5 a day to bim on am avetage; tho “nobs’ Knew him, he said, Acertam noble iord yave him half-crown every Jay a the mua off he averrod, used to smile on him so vlandly Wheuever she crossed t! tbe old man ulmost forgot to hold out bis tremblt hana for the coin, which op occasions w: shitling piebe, He sold his crossing at last years afler frequented the sweapers’ rendezvous, where be generously assisted his leas fortunate brethren of tne broom. THR ROMANCE OF STRERT CROSSING. It is related of a young gentleman who was madly in love with a cruel iair une, but upog whuse beart be could make vo impression, that he at Jast bired a crossing just Oppomte the lady’s house so that he might but touch tier hand a8 she vestowed upou bim a coin as she picked ber duinty way. (ne day he Slipped a note 1bto hér band wiih the words, aroel your pafdon, Miss, but 1 think 41 is ofie you droppe ‘aa you crossed over.” in tho note was unioided the story of bis love, and, of course, the veracious history would not be complete without the proper ending that they wero married und livid very happily ttl they died, But street crossings have their tragedies as well ag their romances, Faithless wives have been divor6ed through the agency of the crossing sweeper, who bas discuveréd the error of theif ways, ood, while recoiviug bis daily ‘tip.’? has taken uue note of the frequency of ‘his honor’s’? visite to the Ca te house whiue the busband was away. Angry husbands, anxious to be revenge! on runaway wives, have become crossing sweepers in order to torture tue trail one as she passed, Improvidens sons have ba the expedient to melt the hearts of stern fathers and to in from them the very shilling, pers haps, with which they were to be out off 1t 18 nut Joug ago that an ex-oolonel of the Engen army, who had gfievance in tho matter o! pensions, took to ing « crossing Opposi je War Office and then the hot Parliament, in order eae, attention to bis woes, io period in the history of street ly pussing away and the projession nilemen nowadays 0 ps’ or full privates in the Britt . The realities of tho crossing sweep- er’s life told by Dickens. Who docs not re- member poor ‘‘Joe” in “Bieak House ?”” STAERT ORDERLIES Any visitor who for the first time walks the atrects ot London will be surprised and amused by the legion of boys, distinguished by a brass piate on their caps, whe rush about tho carriage ways, sometimes en all toura, and recklessly precipitate themselves in front of tapidly adv: @ hansoms, omnibuses or drays, with aD apparent rm on to commit suicide, Where certain death seeins inevitable, there will the ‘‘sircet orderly’? be tound. When two vehicics are swift! approaching each otber tn a natrow si abd thoro is barély room for them ti 88. then ti moment for jb forth between them. If the trafic be dull reet balf empty of vehicles, you may look jor of a hundred hools, the rai of many wheels, thero may you see bim plying bis brush and shovel For his basiness to collect the horse droppings 1m the v heat of trafic, The wonderiul agility and coolness of these boys is acquired by @ course of trainiag under the Superiptendents of the streets. The lad who aspires to the dangerous vocation of a ‘street orderly” must not be less than twelve years of uge, and he cannot continue at it alter he is sixteo. There are 140 of these boys employed by the author- ities at wages varying from $1 60 to $2 25 per week, according \o agé and length of servi For ten boars ot each day do they rush about the streets and dodge jor their lives. aving filled their shovels with the manure they empty it into irom bins erected at iuter- vals along the sidewalks and it isthen removed in catts and gold, ibe manure is worth at the lowest valuc $5 per ton, and he must be a lezy orderly indeed who, in acrewded thoroughiare, doos not collect «ton in the week. ‘he average, in fact, is aboot a ton and a quarter, The boys are for ihe most part children of the men already in the ewploy of the Comm: and are destined asa ruie to spend 6! live noble avocation of street cleaning. It isan amusing fact thatthe manure bins are so frequently mistaken at night time for pillur posts that she carters ure in- structed always to carelully exumine their unp'easant contents, aud nota morning passes without a cons:d- e er ol letters—business rs containing money and valuables—being led to she Post Office asa resuit of tho examina- éan do better STRAET VISHERS. ‘The street fisters, tnasm as they have a hand in of the moticy popuiation of the sed chiefly of women. Now that cleansing is undertaken by Public bodies, the female street faher is to be foun courts and alleys, in the back slums and tho streets Heading to tho river, She is not young. She is not boautiulL she is ether a sturdy, mid od Amazon, or a decrepit old hag. Clothed m a shapel ye, occasionally overcoat, tered bonnet on stockingloss feet thrust into a of rough shoes, sne m k in bend, basket on back, setsing forth in the jy morning on her reuuds. From the dust heaps she extracts rags, bones, broken boutles— nything that is of the slightest value. She follows and picks up the droppings, and e¢ great wagons laden with vogetabies for the same purpose. tories she prowis, gachering up any stray fragments of raw material wuich may lie about (he gateways, A few grains ot Indian coro—a little oatmeal buret from | the packages—wll rurni#h the poor creature with a faeal forthe day. At night time she betakos herself | to some back yard or the underground kitchen of ber louging house, where she sorts ber treasures into lots, disposes of them for a trifle to the dealer, who iv turn takes them to tho manufacturers. All the finda of the street fisher are not 40 marketabie, for now and then under a dirt heap adead baby t# brought to hgh. A certain class Of sireet Habers devotes itseli to the col- Jection of dead abinvais, It is computed that every rep the London streets and alleys yield a narvost ot 0,000 dead dogs and cats. Their skins and entrails are utilized for various articles, such gloves, tur | caps and Hddlestrings, while the flesh—but the horri- bie thougut of sausages urges us away srom pursuing thesubjeot further! When, at ant, after years of this unsavory life, the street fisher dies 1b the Work- | house, she ws bupdied into a shell and buried with litle mote ceremony than tI! she wore one of the dogs or cuts by which she made her living. Of tie streets are generally lor a term of years, Every department of the work 18 contracted jor, inclading the sweeping, watering aud carting, and in most cases the contractor receives the refuse ta dispose of a8 he chooses. Io this way the Boftinses of oid and of to-day Amass fortunes before they have mastered the alpha bet. They do what tho vestries, one would think, might do ior themselve ciully assort and select the refuse of the streets and turn it to good account, ‘The smallest picco of waste paper tound among the Round the warehouses and tac- | débrié bas for them its commercial value, and the rieh Manure which 18 manntactured out of the Btract sweep. ings yields them a jarge protii, But even without | these “perquisites’’ the prices at Which iney ovwuin their contracts would enable them to acquire moderate fortunes within a very sbort time, huve really a vested inierost 1 aud a monopoly of the work of the local bodies Noininaily, of course, the contracts ar open tO competition, but the tonderiug is provably a mere pretence. The contrac- tors are of « lower class than oven the vosttymen, and as their business is a particuintly repulsive one, which cafnot be properly conducted without close per- The contractors | Fonal attention to all ite details, they have bata smail competition to overcome. They generally begia in a | fmall way—otten on movey borrowed irom some of | the vestrymen (at beavy mterest, no douvt), and as | the less experienced or less intelligent men fail tor | want of means in performing the small contracis the hiore successiul man tuys them out, In this way ove contractor has b Kiowa to acquire contracis for | nearly the whole uf one side of the fiver Thames, | An Irishman, and com- within the metropolitan area, midow with nothiug but his rich brogae and tfor capital, he sow lives in a magnificent n Ville surrounded by oruamental grounds, Keeps carringes and nore dirt depots aud personally of his tm but yer visits daily his perintends all the details Ho will die a milionnaire, and the name of Danie! Redman—ftor go 18 this Golden An calied—will be remembered oa that of the ind wealitilest ewployer of street labor on this side the Atlantic. Ff a company wilh adequate cap. Mal wern to uudertoke the whole cleavsing of thé vast Augean stable by contract the work would yield a good prot ,Andatiittio more than hall the present cost, but the present tice 18 so mach a part of the sys: tem that there not much chance of any change, ST, BERNARD'S UNION, A dramatic entertainment will We given by the mem. bers of St. Bertard’s Union im their hall, West Four. teenth street, beiwoon Eighth and Ninth avenues, this and to-morrow evening. The “Ticket-of-Leave Man’! ‘Will be performed, besides au original tabicau vrvant Entitiod “Congress of Nations at the Kote of Pius * written expressly for this occasion by the mom- bers of the anion. THE NATION'S SECOND CENTURY. HOW TO BIND THE SEVERAL STATES IN A BOND OP CLOSER UNION—-PROPOSED 6oNvANTION OF ALL THE GOVERNORB—A MEETING IN INDEPENDENCE HALL AND A PaRTING UNDER THE SHADOW OF BUNKER F soxumtene. Nitw Yous, Ming a0, i811. To tin Eviton of tin Handupi— Your readers wili reoall that ence during the dark- est duys of our civil conflict the Governors of nearly all the Northern Siates met at Altoona, in the Biave of Pennsyivani, to consult together how best to cies the unfortunate series of events Which them threat- ed to destroy every intetest upom whieb. Americans eet uny Value and everything in which they codid take yn met, consulied and agreéd upod a liné of policy whose good effects wero at once felt; and what they then and there inaug- urated bas passed imto the care of bis- tory Now, wat atid war measuies are at end. Autonomy—seli-govornment—bas been re- stored to all the States, The people of the States mat each other lass summer in the néigbbothoed of lnue- pendence Hall, and pencelully and joyously celebrated e close of a reunited nation’s Aras contenniak Lt was easy or each of thei to realisé, tn the presence of the splendid display there made by ali Hatio#a, that ‘eae hath ber victories, no lé8e renowned than toposed that during the course of the Con- Guverford ot al! the States teno! xbiviifon should mect, aud, as it it we ‘4 sacramental doca- ‘vows! of fealty, as ro ai tore Bul af enorge Udiortubately Interferéa wih prevented tts cohsummation. True, liad ibéir special “‘staie dage,”’ the was, as sald, intend iy the States, It 1@ Dot too late to do something quite a8 desirable find equally appropriat v ive so orat year of our second tury. will accompany the era of peace upon wute entered ufder sich betign Auspites. Lt 18 not too late, pd no one will assert that it would be inappropriate, tor New York t6 eXchango greétings, through 1 Executive, with those who hold broad seals of all the other States, trom Maine to formia. Even & few bo ry 0! quiet converse; of a candid exchang views anu leciings; of 4 statement of the Wants aid Wishés of the people of each of the States, cout not Feeult io bd ye but unmixed benefit to ai, The representatives Of our commerce, manuiactures aid Uther industtia! pursuits can exchange gréviings witd those sections, the producers of all that goes to sus- tain Infe or add to our comiort aud convenicnce. ‘A meeting of this kind would tend to widen of thought over which thé minds of th been accustomed to move. In ho better id, in no bettef uf moro eloquent way si jearn and show to rin which oacare upon our whole country. They mach the sentiment te their people that, we have kept pace with it is pow our bigh und saci duty to become the for THE CENTRAL PARK RESTALRANTS. on oregon why “Compiaint Book, stance of the Commissionets for th horses places the Oying As the: well a8 riages? are short stomnoh. For the poor tho are held at Teach of tho needy. that great pleasure places the reporter's in regard tothom, It wi dertaking, it must be confes: indigestion. The carriage service, ho’ ‘most icaders in the grand mal Since the inauguration Magistraté, Washington, apptopriate in which to st, meeting of this kind; aod while no better spot on the Continent could be selected in which to initiate this movement, it would be but right and proper that these representa- tive men should meet in Independence Hall, at Phila- rete gather again, here, in New York, pas part, each to go his several way, withii feach of tho sbadow of Bunker Hill Monument, If the Heraxp will but adopt the suggestion which I have yenturéd to make the press of the whole toun- try Wiil gladiy indorse whatever you may say on the Ad you will thas add another wreath to the many laurels which you have won in the cause of good govert ment and in the rostoration of those fra- ternal views anu feelings which you Dave always as- ofthe world’s Hproktees, this oy of our fires Chief has been no time more siduously cultivated and encouraged. J. E.G, THE PARIS EXPOSITION. & POSTPOMEMENT BEGARDED 48 PROBABLE, | Wasninctor, D, C,, May 27, 1877, 18 is ramored in diplomatic ciroles that the Paris Ex- Ppouition will probably be postponed, The question of postponement is understood to be now ander con- sideration by the French offictal action bas yet been take: ero several reasons to expect that a postponement will be ordered, as the war between Ruasia and Turkey will cértaloly preveit theée countties and, perbaps, Aurtria and England also, from actively participating in the Exposition at the date now fixed for the opening, d, besides, the present political crisia in the govern- it of Frai threatens to émbarrass, abd may inter- re with many Ol its OWN arrangomente, AN AMERICAN ARI UNION. New York, May 26, 1877, 1o THs Evitor ov tus Heratp:— A® many who desiré to extend every encouragement to the risiog schoo) of art in this country are surprised that the aid aad assistance of an Art Union is not ex- tended, I propose as briefly as possible to offer ap ac- count of the more salient points of the history of the Att Union of Lendon, Eggland, more especially eficcté of the operations of sach associations have uot t been ‘aken properly into consideration by writers on art:— “he irt Union of Loudon was éstablisbed io 1837 to promote the knowledge and love of the fine arts and ‘thoir general advancement in thé British Empire by a wido diffusion of works of Sative artisis and ‘to ele- vate art and encourage the professors, by creating an increased demand tor thelr works and an improved taste on tho part of the public. It was placed under the direction of a council of seventeen members, ‘whose services were honorary, and ih the first year they with great diMiculty raised £449, which was dia- tributed in prizes in thirteen purchased works of art, varying in price from $10 to £100. The amount of tho subscriptions wont on doubling for many years until an income ot about £12,000 per annum wai tained, and at this sum, more or less, it remained for some time, In 1867, ho ir, it reached £18,926 and in 1875 the jbacfiption was no less than £20,934 In the second year of its existence the society adopted the principle of setting apart a certain sum of pose of engraving a picture, so ehould receive an impression of the plate, and th have a cértain and direct retorn for the subscription. ‘The council coymissioned Mr, W. Giller to engrave the firet picture, ‘A Camaidolese Monk,’’ palntes by Tim son, Thia was the begioving of that issue of aonanl plates which have been continued aver since, a re murkablo series, neluding roproductions by the frat British engravers such as Dov, Stocks, Sharpe, Fin den, Heath, Willmore, Joubert, Joens and ottors of the | works of Mulready, Webster, Turner, Maciise, Land+ seer, Callcott, Frith, Cooke, Stansfleld, Armitage, Goodall, the whole culminating in the two large plates by Stocks and Thorp respectively of Mactise's magnt- fieent wall paintings im Westminster Patace, ot “Welling‘on and Blocher Meeting Alter Waterloo” | These romarkable works | and the “Death of Neilson,” each occupied five yours in engraving, the artists te- ceiving over $30,000 for their work, while the total cost of production was $75,000, The engravings in pure jine, man.er, and considered the most important and effective works ever produced, can ve seen in the book and stationery store of the Ruropean Select Cir- culating Library, where two epecimens, the property of the society, now hang. How IT 18 boxe, The annual subsoription is £1 is. (ope guinea), which entitles the subsoriber to the annual engraving and a chunce sn the distribution of prizes, the total amount of witch varies, but whieb consi to $1,260, The fortunate winner of 4 prigo has tho privilege of selecting trom the public exhibition a picture the price of which equals the amount of bis prize. The sooety makes no profit, but the whole Atnount subscribed is expended tor the good and pro- motion of art, Taking my last report 1 fad that the prosident of the society is Lord Houghton, while among the vico presidents will be noticed the vames of tho Kari of Verby, Dean Stanley, of Wesimuster, and Lord Emiy; also that of George Godwin, feq., the father of the society, The council comprises aver thirty gentlemen lovers of art, who Live their {ree services, und comprises the names of well knowa bankers, merchanis and members of all toe prole sions, How tar the labors of the society havo been @ueeess(ul in promoting art may be gatherea from the following tigar In the first thirty-cight yoars (1837 to 1874) ir 340 were patd as prizes, Which represents over $1,000,000 pom- tively paid over to British artists, while $503,450 were | paid in the cause of art, im the prodaction of prints, &e. This amouat does bot include $14,270 given as ptemiums to artists, This gives a grana total of | $1,698,000, which the soctety lave directed to. the cause Ol art, at (ho same time cultivating a line of true art among the masses of the people. TRIKD IN AMERICA, 1 believe a private attempt was made in this country to introduce the system of art unions, and faied This probably caused little surprise, for sueb an imstitution, to be eifecuve, must be promoted by those whose names aré held in bigh esteem by the masse, and Whose services ure bouorarily rendcred with the single aim of promoting art fa fow sneh lovers of art Would desire to unite fur such a purpose, to form an art umon of America, the present offers an appropriate period. No doubt many artists will fhd a aiMeulty in selling t works or have to accept Prices. iwo oauses may bring about such a res' frst, the nardness of the times, and second, the drain upon the resources of art buyers by the immenso number of paintings of merit thrown upon the market by forced sules, It may be economy the firat year to offer os a gilt to each subseriber & handsome Hhotograpb, copics of either of the grand engravings have deseribed, or a copy of tho tine engraving trom the play scene in*‘Hamlet” by Machi#o May be acceptable. If sv, the loan of tho prini tor the evils of the trying orde: AT THR DAIRY HOUSER. Entering by the Eighth av $ You investigate the prices at the Oi tral Park restaurants?” agke a coutributor to our “f undéritand that thé raves charged for the Park amasemonts have been reduced a number of instances, but the woo! about whieh the public know litile or wothiiy. sume that the prices have been reduced at the in- neht of the public, but why, then. stiould not the reform be made more sweeping, and apply to the restaurant as and the goat How the loner Man Is Supplied by the Vietualiers in Our Padlic Gardea, etcetera A Round of Lunches and Dinners— Exorbitant Prices. An Interview with President Martin—Twenty Per Cent Cheaper than in New York, abject is one I pre now conducted wer the man Who would satiéfy the cravings of appstite ip the Central Para must either have a big purse ora jaurante of that groat pleasure ground afford no facilities wh: Everything that ia sold in thesé places, of which there are about a half dosen, is put at « price which even the rich might well hesitate to pay, aud yet the Central Park restatrants ought to be models of cheapness as wellas excellence, Even bread and butter ana milk ich exorbitant rates as 10 be beyond the To view of those allegations « Hsraup reporter was {natructed to spend several days in and about the Park, gathering !nformation im rogard to the managément of ‘olnd, There wero the carriage service and tho donkey service and the goat carriages and the flying borses and the boat service and the res- taurants all to be looked into, and at the last named instructions wero not only to examine she bill of fare, butto eat aud drink at them in order to be able to speak with more precision jomewhat formidable un- but it was carried through without any. worse consequences th: was found a6 utterly and inexcusably inefficient that 1! obtained in going from one piace to anotner, because the extortionate rates demanded by the Park vobicles mado walking s necessity, modified in a great degree xorclse ue gate the Haratp map at once made bis way to the Dairy near the chil- dren’s Summer House, This building covers part ot one of the most popular thoroughtares in the Park, and most people in going and coming from the Mall, the Terrace and the .ace pass through it 1t js an inviting Spot, and the tomptation to linger over the tables in- specting the bill of tareis very great, As the Hematp man took bis seat in what appeared to him the oonlest corner of the place and began to peruse that intercst- ing document 4 waiter appeared and patiently remained until the ‘‘order’’ was given. fare at the Central Park is @ study. ‘with that popular i1 The Dairy Houre bill of It begins ide treexer called ice cream, which fs offered at @ unifortn price but in ondless variety. On the walls abd agaifst the pillars in every direction “Teo cream at 16 cents,’ and the Haxatp man sat down in tho Dairy House restaa- rant a dozen women and children were at the different tavles eagerly consuming it, *‘A glass of milk and pieod of apple pie,’ the bill of fare was ended away to full the order id H. M., when bid jaspection of the waiter burried Cogitated to bimeell, “A glass Ot milk—that is a peculiar ordot for me to give, bot I wi ought to 1 must dtink milk. sent here to eat and drink, and, as milk the specialty of a dairy, of necessity And as to ple, { never cat pie; indeed, 1 regard plead the enemy ot the American stomach, but thete is good ie as well as bad pie, 1 supposé, atd I am bound to test this for the bencfit of my country."’ The milk and pie were brought—an awfully maj! glass of milk for 5 cents and a triangle of paste, from dorners of which peoped out what may once bave been apples, but which were no longer ther to the taste or the eyo the fruit of the pyrus male, Tho lovers of pie would hi regarded (tas good ple, howover, and the price was 10 cents. A whole pie, of which the plece in quéstion was equal to one-quarter, could have been bought in any bakeshop in New York lor .20 cepts, and a quart of miik, worth 8 cents delivercd by the milkman, could beeh subdividéd into thus be seen make 100 per have Ie will festaurants cens over that paid by the ordi thust be the profit updo five such that the Central yn the Bill French peas are forty cents, lettuce wWeity-ve Gents, he or slewed * otnatecs Iteen conte and fried potatoes ten cents 7 Ona would chink mone of ibese prices, ever could have been higher, and yet not tong ago Sfteen gents Was charged for tried potatoes and twenty cénts fot stéwed tomatoes, A great novellf on this bill was the price at whieh oysters were pub Raw oysters are twenty-five cents; a is now twonty-five cents, but lately it Was thirty cents. and a ‘“iry” or a “ronse” Ie forty cents, Having been Jatély reduced trom fi! een! Pets ere forty iweale ts, Mutton chops abd bam apd bs I are til boiled «| twénty cents, {fied or Went: omelet ve cent Fo salad béing Atty cents; ronst or corned forty cen vongde, thirty-f its, and heft, thirty Ice higher than comes out of cream is ocr pa the Tértace, althoug ant bian’ thauge tia 5 kinds five conta higher, although they ate ale bas jer are, at least, ‘niladelphi Heh restaurants. All this rent to the Heraup man as he stad: aad waited for the broiled chick: became bil of fare iy “ohicken ftina’’ be bad orderes A DINERR aT Tak Casino. At last the order was filled and such Kittie bit of obickea was never. put down to a hungr; mat before. It was “spfing chi i bin? bit fro: Une sige of ib it mum ANYE Come late Ih the spring. ut = then, " a only 8 late spring ioken’s and 6 meat on it was & little over tablespoohtul ip quantity. It was an bxpenial? nitul of chiéken, Wut It sér¥ed to Ve an-appetite for something. eisé, and 50.8 dinner at he C»sino soon cost more movey than it would have ebat at the Fifth Avenuc Hote! of Delmonico’s. This ‘was the way the bili stood Broiled chiokei eb sceses $2 10 eeteras which a There ia ne mi ica in this of the at ood dinor rd osists upon before, altér ani at iuner, but any little thing the Akai» man may have jad im that way Was pi for aban equally interesting re. Awa matter of course tho cigars were avomi- Did; bi ordered to be ‘the a ahd of6 advantage ad tobacco in the 4 LAGER BERR DAY AT TAH PARK. The eecotid day e park was the Inger beer day. As every lover of good laget well knows the devotee of Gumbrinus must bestow his worship upon that god alone, ut loast during thé houfs of his devotions, and #0 it wad that a whole day Apart to testlag the price and quality of that yeruge and he at- it 8 ‘Naturally enough the ser- into the day’s work, aid it at thé Daity House nothiag ered h that ft anxtoty of the what he is paying for |i good and cheap. fecident will iNustrate (his, Whon the HekaLp man orderdd his bottle of lager beet, bY way of experiment he desired a mug for the beer exactly like that which had contained the milk the betore, His purpose ‘was to sen whe:hef @ prot of lager would be equal or nearly equal te three glasses of milk. [8 | at to say that he did not get what he wanted, but larger a t bim an beer mug was brow, ad , for dome feasob, he servant said, addi chat is goed lager and eb: This anaskes information was thankfully received, as a mati ‘but still it may bé remembered that good tavern bush to proclaim it. ol wine ry a the ger Although the giass the beer was cool and reireshi+ 1s plain—the Terrace 1s not tho ‘@ phiegmatic temporament to drink {4 the mug placed on the tavie than je ts peeted to pay: which would be all right ey) if beer drinking was not a contemplative otcapation. While the H&raLp man was looking at the foaming beer dreamily the walter kept jingling three half dollars together until it be- came apparent that it was the nickel he was after. At the Terrace the waitérs have hot the politeness to pre- tend that they are not suspecting you of an intention torun away without paying for your beer, aud se they enforce thd rule strictly that whe guést sliall psy ‘as jh as hw Order is filled.” Now iook at the prices:-At the Terréos the beer is “om drhught”’ aud the price is five centaa glass; at the Museun ft is ‘bottled’? and the visitor is Fequired to tike # whole bottle, tiie price of which 18 ten cents, and at tho Dairy House you can have a Jasa of beer for five cents or a full bottle fora dime. fe are the Ordinary prices fn the arroki se pace in ‘the city. bit-they haven tiagdifeent margin of profit, ‘as Will be seen from the fact stat this very beer 1 retailed at seventy-five cents per dozen. Lager beei ought to be cheaper ib Central Park than at any ot! lace in America, but listoad of this the priced a: ing; bat one t! noe for a mam eer, No soonet 1. Vincent restaurant tw “drinks” of all eents. AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT MARTIN. tat Mount St. Vincent was left nnvil t cents is charged, whil kinds except lager are (wenty-fivo ind when spoken to in regard to these aweréd with much (rankness and ap- paront earnestness. The whole system of licenses for Apecial privileges it the Park has been changed within wd years. It is my work. Formerly the jed for the + ae to do anythi Park gh —an high, usually, as twent; were very cent of pS sagt byl on AL was ty the make tho percentag jes, und this has been charge only five cents for ig horses; whereas we formerly charged ten cen and the privilege ja now let for five percent of the gross receipts, instead Glasses. Park on a wmple piece of ple and inerease the price of milk fivefold iry consumer. ‘préad and butter,’ fora What, then, Small quandty of which 10 counts ischarged? These facts were apparont at the very outset of the investi- gation, whi'e every step of the inquiry revealed other srbitant. DAIRY HOUSE PRICES. The bill of fare at the Dairy House is exceedingly im as it does, mostly of ico cream, he ice crvam is 16 cents, the pie, is; the cake, assorted, By be bread and butter Churlotte Russe m or tongue, in, pots @ glass of sherry, oi consisting, y and flulda,'T ts 10 wine or 20 cents; the aro 10 cents; thi cents, in cups 10 cont or Rhine wine ie 16 sonts and Edinourgh, Atsop's dr Many oxcollent restaurants im thts city seli Bas and it is the railing price over the bars o! tn this city 10 cents 25 coat York. Jn most of the wine roo only is charged for a ginss of aborry A cup of coffee in every way a8 vents for a coubler, ( world who would pot spelt to his own unguided sonso of tho ithess ot things. has nothing todo with the verb “to curouse,” we must look into the inner consciousness of of suins from $60 | o the HERALD good as that farois! Central Park for 10 conte may be bad almos: H wha, si ier 18 20 cents; « pint of Philadelphi charges equally surprising and, if possibic, even more © 18 20 ty erry of claret ja ale, bottled, or Base’ pres ret and 15 ntative in ywhere down town ‘or Scents, and even mor. bread and batter tor hall tho sum wekea at the Dairy House. THE “CANROUSKEs? . When the pio aud the milk had veen tested the HeraLy man took a stroll in order to inform him. self somewuat as to the prices the Park amusemouts. Carrousel. charged First be went lor to the This ia @ word pot in the diciionary aud consequently there is not @ printer in. the it place a 80 utoness ot th words for the place where the fi the Carrousel—tue as some peoplo might imagiue—wtie ‘carrouse!’’ is formed and it means, of horse which goes ull (he way round. that no reader a somewhat blustoring da. flying horses, any to ride the fier; person whd atl lime for conversation. been work?’ the reporter inquti eight years.” ‘I eo pot higher anti late! th suppose.”? The boneilt of t reason in that; bat tho main so vory high, A peace oftering to bis stomach. Low, have no echo in Céntral Park. The of course tlie bill of fare is re, properly speaking, not rest As many disvesd are offered a Aro Nike 1 that purpowe can be had at any time, with reports and Fales 0! the society to assist organization, JUHN MICHEL turn which a horseman makes. By adain, and changing the last syllable from ‘cole” to “sell”? besides taking liberties with the ace roxpeot, In fact, places like the Dui tk Commissione!s for its meaning. alvo, that our habitual distogard of the originality an ae gentlemen as the carvers ol vow nglish language should cease, horses are made to go round 16 Ht ison the jast syllable aud the word is probably derived from the French cara. cole—it is not merely ah English word spelled in French, | “‘oarousal”? if Jett Ibis ony The means the hail it c len 0: the Heap will rogard this defin tion Asa mere whimsicality, tor it the word ‘‘carrousel”’ dogs hot menn this it canuut mean anything. when the HeraLp man Vi wore no children there untamed steeds, The obliging you dé on thom consequrutly had um, “How long have these red. could not solve without farther explorations, the Hrranm man, sill further pursuing bis mission, and not without fecting some il) efects from the pic and the milk, but bungry withal, sauntered slowly toward the Casino, having mado up his mind to dine as AY THE CASINO—CASINO PRICES. ‘There is not a prettier plage fora diuner any whero in this city or ont of 1t than the Casino in Centtal Park, ‘and if (he prices wére not so appalling the place woal be threnged all through the summer. | prices,’ of which so much is hoard in the city just Casino 1s tho headquarters from Which the vic- thalier of the Park supplies the minor rs-tauran a tore elaborate in ity and the Ler. rants at w 1 the Onsion only Where hot dinners are to ba ost onic g another *r!’ the word a flyin be ho i Tt was © price ts five conte—was it y sit was always ten cents antila month ago.” “Why was the reduction made?” ‘Phat Ldoa’t kuow—for the benefit of the pudlic, 1 pablic—there was come 0 kind of reasoning aid not seem to apply to the restaurants, and why tho rates tor the flying borsés should go down while prices at the Dairy House, 80 néar at hand, should was & mystery which the reporter And so “summer an very and of tha hign rate lormerly demanded. The samo rule plies to the boat and other services, and where, asin tl case of the goat carriages and the donkey servic was mot thought wise to decrease the pric have fengihened the routes, Tho restaurants we treat inthe aime Way, [Tt 18 the intention of the commissionérs to make the Centra! Park restaurants cheaper in every way than salle sae inthecity, To accomplish this result we démand only #x por cént ofthe gross recéipts for the privilege of keeping these places, nod we fix the prices at which the persons keeping them may sell any article on the bill of fare, taking caro to make the bout twenty per cent lower than the saine agit can bo odiainéd in a general way in the city.” “Is ol Mount St. Vincent includod im this arrangement?” the | reporter asked, “Uh, certainly, and it is our aim te make it one of the very cheapest restaurants in Now York.” Probably the best answer that exp be givon to Presi- dept Martin 8 the Mount St, Vincent bill of fare as it ‘was aproad before the patrons of that restaurant on the very day these enconraging views were pronounced Fish, 60 King Fish. «1 M4 Fresh Mackere! 1 Cold Dishes, Chicken. 75 Lim, 40 Chickoh 65 Ham ar 40 Lopater Salad. 50 Tongno.. 40 40 Sardines, per box... 40 40 Sandwichos.......-. 15 Fos. 20° Brojled bam. . oo 2h Omelette, piain...... 25 50 Omelette, with herbs 40 50 Omelotte, with musb- 25 TOOMES...e-e- serves 50 Serambled, 50 Omelette, with tral- Ham and eggs « 50 jos, ss eses ty Broiléd bacon., 40 Spanish oméiotte.. 40 Disher to Order. Sirloin steak. « 15 Sweetbroads. -100 Tenderloin steak. . 90 Uhicken, broile - oo Porterhouse ste asted.... 75 plain 100 fried Porterbo! . 100 with mushrooms.. 1 25 100 Mitton chops, plain, 60 60 Mutton chop, breaded = 75 40 Lainb chopy..ssss.66 Rive croquet ao Veal cutiet, plain,... Welsh rarebits, 2b Veal cutiet, breaded, = 75 Vegetabies, be. 25 Potatoos, tried, boiled 20 5 Potatoes, stewed, mashed. ..... se As para) Potatoes, Lyonnaise, Spivach ... KO. .cese oe . 2 French peas.... Potato croquet...... 25 Tomato salad, Maccaront, boiled. a Cacomber suiad Maccuronl, baked 380 Lettuce salad, Snipe....s..0- PLOVER. sssevceveses «© 15 Relishes, Spanish olives. 15 Chow-ChoW,c.ceeeee 10 Englieb picktes, 15 Pasty, Fruit enke, per plate, 20 Fruit tarts, per plate = 20 y 20 Jumbles, per plate.. 20 20 Ladies’ fingers, pr pl 20 20 Maceatoons, p’rpinte 20 20 Assorted onke: 20 e cake, per plate, 20 Pios of all kin 15 cake, per plate 20 Ice Creams 25 Strawberry 25 Chocolate. + 3 5 Coffee, per pot. Chocolate, por pot... 30 Coffee, per cap Frosh milksecceeees 10 Ted, por pot Dry toast. Gem bisoutts » bb Buwered toast Bread and butter... 15 Cream toast., Aibort biscuits. 1s Chere. BnglishseQea.. 16 Newichatel.cceceee 25 AN ANALYSIA OF THE PRICKS. Asarulea “bill of iate’ is exceedingly dull read. mg oven to the Lodi ie starcher alter something to eat, bat in view of Provident Mettin’s vaunt of its at Deli. cheapness this ond becomes very inter ug Le it possible to call 50 cents for oyster soup ‘eneap” or even 80 centk for the other vatietios? Most of the New York restaurants with a better service in ry way than at Mount St. Vincent eberge only 20 ‘26 cents for tho name things Thon think of 60 satya ae ope ates pete the 2 at tits restau oath je Osh $3 60. cente is ehiatged tof “ky * note bathe: Bey + 1b 18 the Cheapest spécies to ve Bought in the murket. A chicken salad is 65 cents, 15 cents higher than at the Gugino, i has just been ree duced from 75 cents. Ho DY persons willing t¢ satisiy their hunger with bam and 3 wonla vag of agate for a eid and Who Would Gall a BiFiol “cheap” cents or a ténderioif at 90 conts? Pres ident Martin and bis associates have singular ideas 0! cheapue: put ‘at 15 cents, saparially, they ought to Know that many restai rante in New York make mone; by selling 1 2 Yelling them for 28 cents. And only thik of it! threads are $1, and r than ip York,” Here, riod for vs bles at t thd thosd demanded Nei York. St. Vincent ib the Dati jouse ‘abi Ard 20 nents AI tho sume freezers pi grin, ich isetweaty.per da ge ‘twent York,” oad be fold b ye wh Arg il i nt YJ At the Terrace, i 8. Vincent “i uel te 16 hOtwrious tle place _altoge preferring othor houses on the road tor reireenne simply bécaude the prited aré 86 Gxorbitant. Aud ¥ these people pay next to fothing lor their priviléges~ 8im per cent of their reoeipts—whéen ir prods never fall below | per cont. on ay ae city in thé world ‘woul given away that privatt vie te upon the 4 i$ they séll. Id ho ott ublie property Ph the jedividuals might people tid, oppress orou them, he case with the pors id Whom thé résten franchises in the Central Park have veén conferred, Thoy pay no rent for seme ot tho vest business stands ih New York—ouly an ingignificant mi of the recdiptsaid get it will bé see tfdm the tore going that they charge prices fot what they selland what théy ought to be sllowed to sell solely as an ae commodation to the community—oqual to or in ex. dess of thosé ahatgéd by redthitadté which ate to. quited to pay enbdrmous rents, The satiject is one of the greatest importance and ene that sadiy needs attention and correction. OTHER DAFiCIENCiES iN tHE PARK SERVIOR. The carriage service also ix Very bad. When the ree porter wanted to a to Mount St. Vineent be aor roached # driver of ono of the Park vebicies, but 3 Adividdal wad Hot Willing td tako bin Quless aabther passenger ould be ubsaihed. On offering to pay double Fates, 60 a8 (0 sectre the services of ono of these vetits cl wae told that hé could only Have “transfers,” As the Wagon Could not Wait for his retufn If he got out of it. “Not ten or fiiteen minutes, even f’’ asked the reporter. gi 1 can’t maké any stop at ail,’? Thid was At the Eigoth avonite, ad bt that tha Filth avenu might be bettér the HERALD man Bhues pn went thith can move, irom there r of nearly fe intficpeies of tl thways which lead through thi ‘vast space of the Central Park. Ifthe st Vineemt wat weil kes and cheap, as it ought to be, and the upper rt of the Park as well cared for as the lower portion, hére 1a not A chibicér nh any Whete th the viorntty ob New York tor picnies; but these wil! fot come until the Commissioners sée to it & lace 18 mad opular tesort in every tedpect afd the réireshments pecially are furnished at popalet prides, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN DUBLIN. OVER THIRTY THOUSAND POUKDS' WoRTH OF PROPLETY DESTHOYED--A PORTION OF THE orty zxdiéNorzey. [From the Dublin Evening Mail, May 16] Shortly before fivé o’cléck this morning a fire was is¢overed to have bfoken out 1m (ho dtiil house in Power's Diatitlery, Jon's lane, bY 6nd Of the Workmon émpldyed on the pfetfieds, Whd immediately gave (he alatin. Captain fam ahd sonie of the Firs Brigade ‘were On the spot at (en thitiutes’ past five o’clook, and poured a plentiful supply of water dn the barring prem. jdes, and vhe fire Was got under at oight o'clock. ‘The workmen on the premises, after (ie discovery of tae fits, attacbed the hoté on thé premisés to the adjoining hydrant, ahd commenced to piay on thé proinises be bess the Lehi’ of the bri jut wv workinen, Most serious consequa: moment the extensive spirit storea close by the burns ing premises, extending down to the bonded stores at tho fear, might Have taken fife, afd, if so, there can’ be little dodbs that eat portion of this part of thé city would have been destroyed. The stores contained millions of gallons of whiskey, and their ignition would have beén beyond the powets of the Firé Brigade to even check for momént As it was, it was only by the most heroic end determined efforts o1 these orave fellows that suc! a catantropie Was averted, as a visit to the ati smouldering ruins will at once prove. The ginuted in the still house, irom what ¢gause ia not Known, and fapidiy spread to the receiving house, ia which there were two large vate containing several thousand gailona ot first proof whiskey. On the ar rival of the Fire Brigade every available appliance as their disposal was brought into requisition, Six jete ot water from the same namber of hydrants fn thé Vicinity were poured upon the burning premises, ia addition to that irom the hose recently purchased bv the Messrs. Power to meet an emergency of this kina, There were nearly two miles of hose laid, bringing water from Thomas street and oth adjacedt streets; bot for a considérad! time the jets played with but fittle perbeptible effect. The whiskey if thé vats exploded with a terrific noise, is and shooting a white flame up- ward to a hei<ht of 150 or 200 tect. As explosion explosion occurred the alarm of the people [ving Lt a of the crowd increased, but the ardot men bever jor a moment ed, itiows and to ‘cid cep the walle of the the water was in plen- fever Worked with croaier te After the of the tat tbe bout tw danger @xtension Wad Gver, an ned the Spirit stores cool, tifal supply, and thé m zeal or better airédted rouf and some of the walls they were sble burning premises with groater vifect, and hours all apotber hour under. The satety of brigade, but the premise#—was considerably éndatigored thtor out, but they worked on with a will and when ti task was achieved were, with Captain Ingram, who had been directing their oporations, thanked by the Mésers. Power for their extraordiaary éxertions. The sulle Were saved, but tho bulldings in whieh tacy were, with the otbor contents, poveting au area of some 200 {dct by 300 feet, were totally destroyed. ‘This portion of the éxtensive distillery is how &@ inass of biack and smouidering rains on which there aro still streams of water being poured as 4 matter of pro- cantion, One of the fire escapes Was brought into the yard and placed against the wail within which the fire principally raged, and from this a conplo of the men directed a powerful jot on the furnuce withia at eom- siderable risk to themsvlves. ‘Tho amoant of datnage dauséd By the firs proves to be trom £28,000 80,000, CHASING A BURGLAR. James Fennell, while lying asiéep ona sofa athia fesidence, No, 395 Baltic street, éatly yesterday morn- ing was awakenéd by feeling @ hand in fils pocket, Upon opening his oyes he discovered James Delmar, of No, 384 Warton stteot, bending over him. Delmar at once made a hasty retreat thr nh open window, UMecer Winkle started in purst contonts of two bartels of bis Fr ing figure, but without effect, Delmar suddenty dis. ft he sought shelves im jo strout, where dee was fire completely . got only on the mon—nov arrested, WELCOMED HOME. Abraham Boatty, residing at No, 176 Putpam avonue Brooklyo, returned heme trom the West on Saturday last, where he bas Been since Fevroary, In the even- ing Detective Price, of the Fourth precinot, arrestea bim on suspicion of Having stolen a gold wateli and Chain, also « quantity of clothing, in all valued a $96, from the apariments of John Retll, No, 286 Myre aventté, on the 26th of last February. PERSUASIVE HUSBANDS, Mr. and Mra, Wilsof, residing in Conway street near Broadway, Brooklyn, beoatne involved in aquarre, on last Satufday evening, The dispute was finally eaded by Mr. Wilson cutting bia wile in the side with akoife, inflicting a sight wound, The bloodthirsty husband was affosted and held for trial During @ discussion between Join Murphy and hie wile, of No, 135 Douglass street, Brooklyn, on Satur+ day evening last, Joun thought he vould better convince his wife of his fine of argument by pounding her on the head with a flatiron, This hé proceeded to 4 and was 80 succegstul that her removal to the hospital wus deemed necessary. Murphy 1s lockéd up to answer, EX-MAYOR LAMBERI’S CONFESSION. At the conclusion of the morning service yooterday Jo the Latayotte Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brook lyn, of which Rev. De. Cayler is pastor, Me, Lambert, ry the ex Mayor, read a paper to the congre tive to his mismanagement of the estate of tl in-law, Mr. Lambert acknowledged Lake I dove wrong, still, be thought the Lord had iorgiven him, as ro eed and bo intended to live a eposiess ure, life in the