New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-22
CITY ITEMS.


,A., thu actual responsibility Of the Aston
,..,..s,o,o, has passed from Mesus- ssoqairico
,r,o the hand. Of the proprieors OF 'he mouse
,,.u,s. The psrmsnsnce Of the enterprise Of least
-. ,,,,e whatever mag be Ia pecunisry prosperity
e...,,,,g has been said both 10 private and public
-. g., ~, and 4, has been announced from seve
-. a., ,hs u,usI privilege Of free admission TO
-,-....,,.,,ve. Of the Press sss 10 BE- unknown Al,
-. a.,.,s,hment We learn. however. and from
a.,,,r. tia this is not strictly true bu, thst
-. from each Of the daily pspers, at least is to be
limited free.
Nov we have no personal objections to the entire
-, a, the free list. still doubt the necessity
-,.Aoo Of i,s sboton. Wa believe that we know
,hsn one journalist whose verdict upon the per
...s al the now artists whom are to hear to
-, could not 10 the slightest degree be affected by
~ -, ,h., they heard without cost to the mol
-, For our own part We hsve never supposed that
..re ,pcurripg an obligation BY receiving compli
,.,v tcke, 70 a concert, or by having our name on
s,,e, Nat at any regular plsce Of amusement. We
AWAY. spoken Of music OF other exhibitions OF art
-, ,s,fsc, freedom and sincerity nor have we so
-, an opinion Of the journalists OF the City generally
"a believe thu, they In sny danger OF 'eins mem
.sss for The trng confederation oi concer' OF oPe
rsicket ~ IL.
Tha
.,bsrge TO places Of public smusemen, is the practice
,,srywhere always shows that u Is iounoeo 10 some
"A reason Ii shows that there is some advantage In
40 18th psrties Tho IL quite the same - between
-.,v.h,r, of books and literary critics There 10 Just
.nch cause why publishers should stop the practice
..ns,s copies Of their books TO Editors that they
=, be noticed IS that exhibitions of Art-oi which
mara ia ope-sbould abolish their free list.
yoc.rrv out the parallel 1t is for the interest Of
,,.hsr that his book should receive greater pubic
.',..n can be given by q advertisement; he &C
Aosv hnds his sccount In politely presenting copies
-. Editors Of newspapers. lie would probably pre-
ia, thew should praise IT, but still II 10 better that
.houId blame IL than that they should say nothing
10th On the other hand, newspaper readers wish
b Informed OF what going on Ia the literary world
r., ,.ts paper for that among other purposes this
,. for the interest of Editors 10 notice books as
,,sv are published SO we see that their arrangement
1. not wilhou, Its reason
xov,, 10 for the interest Of exhibitors OF works OF
-, ,h. their exhibitions should be noticed In similar
n.posr. Whether they receive praise or blame II Is
,.,,sr than that nothing should be said OF them. Ac
s,sly they find their account In politely requesting
rA,os 10 visit their exhibitions and speak of them In
a. the, cannot well live without IT, On the other hand
a. nsblc desire TO hear about what Is going on, and
rN,os 6pd their advantage Ia speaking of such exbib
dam. This We take to be the reason of free lists.
Now the ssntemen who manage the Opera do not
em to understand this and propose to innovste upon
,g,ers and long established custom: moreover, they
don no, wholly but by halves We suggest that the
vsdom Of such step rather halfstep certainly
!, ,bs present case, very doubtful II any place OF
,nueusnt needs such publicity ss 10 derived from ed
i.l notices should judge that 1t was the new Opera
BOuss. But such an innovation based on no general
vspeple. % Is evinced BY the Inconsistent mode in
vtch n 10 carried out and seeming like direct attack
,oa the Press hardly be beneficial TO the establish
sent
We should be sorry to see the Italian opera once
us failure In this City, but plain that IN the To-
asy Of Astor.plsce, and under the peculiar circum
spsss Of the present enterprise, only the most judi
eos management can Insure Its prosperity.
Tnr.-The carpet store of Mr.. B Lynes, $50
p.srl,t WAS discovered to be on fire about o'clock
wssrdsy and before the flames could be subdued con
ssrsble damage was done to the stock by FIRE and wa
Mr. A. no FIRE had been kept in the store during the
Tor proceeding evening It doubtless the work Of
rtcendisry The awning posts of huge dimensions
hnt OF the store were found to be great obstacles to
astremep Amount of damage sustained by the hre
sad not be learned yesterday.
ARTIST or STAGE DRvyRs.-Offcers Leonard
n Brown stsge Inspectors made quite haul OF stage
rers on Saturday John Burt driver OF stage 23o and
George Prick were brought before the Mayor and each
med As for driving their stages at faster pace Than al
bxed by the ordinances Peter Psrvem driver OF l9i
aFulton Ferry Line arrested and held to bail by
he Mayor 10 the sum OF 5000 to answer for wifuy aud
malicious driving against the wagon of Albert Meisham
md breaking the same. Gilbert Decker, OF kiPp n
Browns line was taken before the Mayor and held TO
bail In the sum of $500 to answer at the Court oil ses
ons for having maicousy driven against the cart oil
James Kerr whom the conclusion threw on the pave
men, with great violence aud thereby severely injured
him.
LECTURES ON GERMAN LITERATURE w call
the attention of our readers to the Advertisement IN
another column Of course OF lectures on the great
men and great epochs of German literature by hER
MANN KHIrsK Eco. Mr.. Krege Is most Admirably
Qualified IN give complete and Just view of the subjects
which he proposes to treat Beside being clear and
animated speaker he brings these lectures all the
study REQUISITE to NIL professorshp Of German li'era
ture n German University position for which hs TOO
republican political opinions quite suddenly dnqusnea
him We can promise those students OF herman 10 TINS
civ who wish for comprehensive insight Into this
richest Of modern llterssures the greatest ssso'"
from attending the lectures of Mr. Kriege
SPLENDID ORGAS.-The large organ OF thirty
s,ops three keys and pedals recently erected
hshe Church of the Pur,sns, Union square, will ot
pa,cly exhibited this evening 22d inst commencing
At o'clock number of eminent orgsnists will per
non the instrument
Cy We are glad to learn that the ladies OF the
MAaISks FAMILY INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, have sufficient
encouragement to continue their sale OF useful and fancy
articles iso the present week twill close on the even
ios Of Thanksgiving day. We solicit In their behalf
eon,inusnc. Of donations and large aud constant at
tendance IT.. held At the Bethel Church In Roossvelss 81
lsDIASs-The manager OF the Museum mas en-
Gagged the compoy OF lowss. late from western nus
souri who are rsyu,od the best specimens OF esu'
ssvsges tina, have ever visited the East aud iney VII
give this sernoon and evening, svsety oil tneir mos
ntsresog war and other dances and various praetce
and customs peculiar 10 their tribe Other interesun
performances also take place at the same time Inc 10
llama ride abou, the City this morning accompanied o.
Ind Of music leaving the Museum alto O'Clock pas
lug t,<oueh Rroadway Bowery, Grand ct East Broad