New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-21

which It had been placed, and II was broken 70
pieces TIE labor Of months was lost in q min
ute bu, other goods from the same hand are 20
occupy space in the Glass Palace.
"A dispute has arisen between the Patriarch
OF the Greek Church and the Catholic Bishop OF
Beyrost, II Syria, respecting their jurisdiction.
The Court OF Rome being referred 70 decided IN
favor OF the Catholic Bishop. The Patriarch has
protested, and his party declare that henceior-
ward they will never submit % any decision oil
the Apostolic Legation n Syria.
The London Giobe in commenting upon the
article in the Tunes quoted IN the letter OF our
London correspondence of the 45h inst, heartily
sympathises with its tenor and thus concludes
" We can only add, that whatever be the issue
Of the general meeting Of the z nited Service
Club, the officers whose admissl0llty - the co 4
mon courtesies OF polished life is thus made mat
ter Of debate may be assured thai with the eG,
ception Of perhaps hslfa dozen martinets, al
London Joins in cens1rug this Wretcned piece oil
professional foppery and that we lameRt It the
more IS the most VI graceful commencement With
which it was possible 20 inaugurate oar natlona.
festivities Of 1851.
The council Of the Irish Tenant League have
been inviting M John Stuart Mil, the eminent
writer on political economy, TO allow himself 20
be put in nomination for a. Irish county on ten
ant-rieht principles. Mr. Mil declines on the
ground that he holds az office under the East
India Company, and has reason 70 believe thar
the Directors would consider thetTo posts lncom
patibe
The Times speaks well Of Mr.. J. ". Wal
lacks performance of Claude Melnotte. Il nnds
bis tender scenes inferior 20 the others.
The Daily Aers, a good musical gossip
speaks thus OF Beethovens Choral Symphony
"It was, il every respect magnidcently per-
formed-better, we think, than we have ever
heard it beforehand yet as usual, It ialed 10
make an impression on the audience. IL Is GER
tainly a mighty effort of genius, and contains
some Of the authors grandest and most beautiful
inspirations. But they are mixed up with much
inferior matter the movements are too pro-
longed and fatigue the attention; and the differ
ent portions Of the work do not seem to be the
result OF any clear and consistent design. The
Philharmonic Society do well, from time 10 time
10 produce this symphony the last great work OF
Beethoven, written, moreover, expressly Tor taemi
but we doubt if they will ever succeed IN bringing
il into general favor.
The Folkyb Herald praises the Fraser fam
lily, company Of singers who are about embark
ing for America vote OF thanks was proposed
by the Provost of the town at their last concert
Mr. Fraser is the originator OF the sty OF musical
entertainment in which the late John Wilson was
30 successful
We notice in the April No. of Beatley's Ms
ceHany some "reminiscences Of Judge Story by
Charles Sumner.
"A second edition of Major Herbert Edwardss
Year on the Puma Frontier is published by
Bentley.
-Ofthe new prima donna's Caroline Duprez)
performance in Aubers Gustave, the Daily NelcS
remarks She achieved the greatest difficulties
OF execution with sportive ease and faultess per-
lection, enhancing the beauty OF every passage
by the grace and animation OF her manner"
Augusta Talbot, a scion of one of the most
ilusirious of noble English families, and whose
residence in a Convent has lately profoundly eX
cited the public mind thus concludes letter to
the Lord Chancellor: "--, After Easter
shall be ready to yield myself, and again enter
world whose charms ! can never value This
letter was, however, written from the Convent.
The gentleman, whose marriage with Miss Tai
bot has been Obscurely limited az, was the
younger brother OF the Duke Rochefsucauld.
IDA PFEuER, arrived recently in Berlin from
a voyage round the world, performed mostly by
lard. The unwearied traveller, who was CON-
PEELED by the war now raging in h atrsrla to
abandon her visit thither intends to go to the
Guines.coast to collect natural specimens for the
European Museums.
A French work recently published contains
an interesting account of the rage for gaming at
the Court of Louis XIV. Madame de Aontespan
" AZ in tho habit of losing gro eco,OOO. She
once bet $500 600 upon three cards and won
On one Christmas eve she lost about 100000.
A courtier named Dargeau had such knowledge
Of Algebra that he calculated the chances during
the shutting Of the cards and often won enormous
sums bV IT,