New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-21

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Various City Items will be found on the Sew
enth Page.
UEioN or THE CITIES-CHARTER-Th Com
mttees of the Common Council, Senators, and
Members OF Assembly, will meet this evening, at
the City Hall, n. Y. pursuant to adjournment, on
che question as to Union. The Trustees of Viii
liamsburgh on Monday evening, adopted resou
zion to apply to the Legislature, at its next
session. for City Charter. AS the powers OF the
Trustees are merely advisory on ouch matters, it
is to be hoped the subject of Union as part OF
She City of New York or distinct and necessarily
expensive City Charter, will be submitted to the
vote of the people AS Williamsburgh is now,
she is not only suburb of the city, bat merely
secondary turn in the country; all the Judiciary
business and other matter Of the kind being done
in BROOKLYN The business places of most Of her
citizens are in New York, and she should be
part, of in name, as she is in fact of good old
Gotham.
BOARD OF EDUcATIos.-E. c. Benedict, Esq.
President, in the Chair. This Board held scs-
sion last evening The Committee reported ad-
verse to changing location of Primary Schools in
ed from Mr. Charles 7. Cromwell, presenting
donation Of $500, the interest of which to be
appropriated yearly to the purchase of gold
medal for the best scholar in Belles's Letters and
History at the Free Academy. The salary OF the
Clerk Of the Board was raised on resolution of
AIR. Smith, to 81, 500 year, increase to commence
in June last The salary of the Assistant Clerk
was said to be $500 year. Some resolutions
were discussed in relation to suggestions as TO
Che Free Academy, and some papers referred
quorum not being then present, the Board with
out taking the questions adjourned.
PORTRAIT OF DANIEL WEnsrER.-Y esterday
ahe Hon Secretary OF State sat for portrait at
the Daguerrean Rooms OF ]. GURNEY, No lS9
Broadway. We have seen the picture, and con
cider it the best likeness OF the Great Expounder
chat has ever come under our notice. In this
opinion we are sustained by gentleman fully
capable of Judging, and indeed by Mr. Webster
himself-lor he was so well pleased with the
likeness that he ordered copy to send to his
wife, the first occasion OF the Kind during his life.
There was great strife among our artists to
secure the attendance of Mr., Webster, but we
understand that he yielded only In fulfllment Of
n promise made last Winter to Mr.. D. d. t.
Davic, proprietor of the Empire Gallery Utica,
N. y. and had picture taken at Mr.. Gorneys,
as above stated.
LEcrURE.-Rev. DR.. Pise, OF Brooklyn, will de.
ver the first lecture before the Catholic Institute
of New.York this evening, at the Stuyvesant.
His subject is" The Social Life of Sir Thomas
More
OMSInrs ARRANGEMENr.--A new arrange
mont on the plan of the London and Paris omn
buses is about to be started by VIM. Tyson pro
prietor of the Willamsburgh and Jersey City
Ferry omnibuses and which will afford a great
accommodation TO the public. The plan proposed
is to have each driver provided with transfer
4ickets, so that person living on the east side OF
the town, and riding down. and wishing to visit
the western part of the city would be furnished
with a ticket by the driver, and so perform the
extra trip without expense, For instance per
son in one of the Williamsburgh stages wishes to
go to the corner of Ninth.av. and Twenty.second
st; under the new arrangement, he would leave
the WILLIAMSBURG stage st the corner OF Broad
way and Canal. st receiving a transfer ticket from
the driver and so go to his destination in one of
kipp K Browns stages without extra charge
Mr.. TYSON expects to have ms arrangement IN
operation by the LIST OF December
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ard School No 5, Elm,st
will be examined to-day.
ZtSc or AMERICAN MANuTAcruRE.-The FIRST
American Zinc ever put in the market, will be
exhibited at the Exchange to-day. The New
Jersey Exploring and Mining Company, which re-
Gently filled up the subscription to its Capita
Stock as we noticed at the time, is now vigorous
ly extending its works for the supply of It's beauti
iul Metal as well as Zinc Paints and we hope
soon to see it extensively employed for water
pipes in the place of lead, for which it is adnira
bly, adapted and also for various other uses in the
arts, to which ordinary zinc cannot be applied
Those interested in the manufacture of Britannia
and other ware, should examine this American
Zinc, which is perfectly pure.
To CALuoRNIA,-We understand that Beale
Il Crayens Panorama of Voyage from Phila-
delphs to California is attracting large share Of
visitors The scenes Of Ocean, land, calm and
storm, noted cities mountains, harbors &c. are
well executed, and so lighted aud shaded as to
give the artists work its best effect There is
variety enough for half dozen pauoratnas in the
long route ofthis one-al the way 10 San Fran.
cisco by the Horn and all the way back by the
Isthmus but nearly all the notable scenes seem
10 be caught and prisoned here
FIRx.-Noy. 10, 10 ANA ire broke out in
the Assyran Rooms, in Third st near Avenue D.
Damage triaing