New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-28
CITY ITEMS

WEDSE DAY, Jan. u
PROTECTION To ENIGRASTs The Irish Emgrant
Society held meeting the Minerva Rooms, on Monday
evening at which Chas H. Shea Esq advocated stlength
a petition the Legislature for amendment OF the eS
isting laws so require that the sum OF 81 which
each passenger pays for Communication snail go mo
the City Treasury whereas under the existing system
nearly every Of goes into the pockets oil the pas
senrerbrokers The number of emigranis who arrived
here last year was 10000 yet it said only $4,000
of the $4,000 received from them went into the City
Treasury also that the psuper emgran1 shall be sent
to the Aims House and not to the dens called emrsnt
boarding houses" The petition and the proposed amend
ments were unanimously adopted by the meeting. and
the President Gregory Dillon Esq. and Messrs. {. +.
Shea and K B. DAILY, were appointed committee to
90 to Albany and press the matter upon the attention OF
the Legislature.
On motion of Florence Mccarthy, Esq memorial
to Congress adopted praying for modification of
the existing passengerlaws OF the United states so AZ
to promote the health and comfort OF the emigrsnt
without enhancing the price OF passage III proposed
10 allow the law to remain at present two passengers
to every tons but to prevent the captains OF owners
of vessels carrying passengers from placing any freight
OF any description between decks-to leave the same
free and for the passengers Also to regulate the
number of superficial feet TO be allowed TO each passen
geras does the British law the subject and to have
a physcian on board when there more than fifty
passengers
The President was authorized to call another meeting
soon at his discretion meeting OF the Society II was
also agreed should be held the I'd Of October next
and the meeting then adjourned.
ETs During the delivery of the British mail
Yesterday the vestibule Of the Post Office was scene
of confusion unexamped in Gotham at places where
merchants most do congregste.' Owing TO the very
large mail brought by the Boston an unusual
DELAY in delivery was consequent. The immense mum
her of persons assembled all anxious and inpatient
crowded iosied and qusrreed to such degree, that
Mr. P NJ Morris after a hsrangue which was received
with three croans was induced send to the station
house for body OF police preserve order. Several
puciistc clerks and handled roughly by
the officers even to the extent of pitching them into
the street
~ The cry is still they come Dennis era
dy wife and 1--WE children, emigrants from the ould
country in the good ship" Pacific, from Liverpool
were brought the station house in the Fourth Ward
in an utter state of desttuton. Dennis argued 10 cue
es nut TO him relative leaving his native land with
out penny that starvation wss the same everywhere
and where prates most plenty and sxPences mo't
nimbe and the priest got less and there were no u'he
pigs TO be atened and sogcrs to shoot the HE ou OF
hungry man for hrying to keep away the thei s'ArVA
ton was the best country any how, and thar IN 'a'h
he did MT think ireland would be Ireland long for the
dear isle would soon be all in Ameriky Amer beng
nrovided with food Dennis and family were sent to the
| Almshousc.
The happy family had scarcely departed, when Pat
ik Farrell his wife and three children, accompanied
nv Ellen Collins and Mary Murray all passengers IN the
same good ship the Pacific, suggested to MS honor'
the propriety OF disposing of them IN Ike msnner'
which was sssented TO- and the Aims House community
increased by the new corners.
~ The Union Theological Seminary, according
10 h, catalogue usi published has forty students in the
senior class hrytwo in the middle and forty three in
tho iupior with Elk residen, Iicentis,es total lsl
The WATER CURE JoURSAL.-Ths semi month
IL pcriodical by Dr. sEw OF this City now In It's third
wear VIC have before recommended as being nehy de-
serving perusal BY all who are in any way Interested
in the subject OF health. Those particularly who are al
distance in the country and have not access 10 books on
the subject of Hydrops,hy do better than sub
scribe To this paper. Price 81 per year
rSp James Flynn and Margaret Doyle were
committed for tobbing Mr. sheehan Of dry goods worth
81.
Cy' We learn that the Bridgeport Express OF
Messrs Mead & Co. has been discontinued IN conse
auence OF their no, being able to effect an arrangement
with the H. r. r. Co. to run ever the road to West
stockbridge The President and Superintendent refused
the gran, on the ground that Expresses had tendency
10 cheek travel and otherwise nure the business oil the
road Whist viii business men, whose time Is more
valuable than money, say to this
~ Two Of the juvenile gang Of thieves with
which the city Is infested, named George Smith and