New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-07
CITY ITEMS.

..;r siyen at the OPe'a "O~eO' 80
- -; Beneventano and Novelli. TINS IS the
$50 LIT but three Of the regular season. we
.A' oot space this morning t. speak OF Pattis
hs a which came of last night.
x.rstxek's Benefit. With superb programme
80 Cor next Wednesday The Opera o
S.,.;,ovide, with the glorious, refreshing music 0,
po..;nj and the performance OF oTakoscn ana
-, between the acts. We are glad to learn
a.. ,bs tickets are selling rapidly. A meetngoi
;,,ee will be held to night at the Opera
House.
co,n-yasterday was snowy and monotonous
n the morning, but the clouds cleared away
ION ard the evening came on crisp, AM keen'
I'D .ola The temperature seemed nearly az low
a. AZ any previous time this winter.
r,r CoNwoS CoUYcIL.-On "Wednesday night
~ h,snches of the Common Council adjourned
until the first Monday in May next. FOR tne
.msllest favors we are taught to be thankful, ana
ve think we feel duly grateful for this last us
,ensstion Were il not for an ugly proviso In
che CITY Charter, whereby the Boards can again
=. assembled before May, we should rejoice with
exceeding great loy-for we should be happy 10
aha reflection that there was brief respite OF 'ne
drain upon the public treasury, and chance az
Ieast of killing off the infamous Gas contract
(which now rests in the Board OF Assistants
Mighty events have before now transplred within
,be brief space Of three months, and who knows
but in that time the Assistants may be induced to
look 10 the good of their constituents and to vote
against squandering any more OF the peoples
,uopev upon infamous contracts like that now be
Gore them. We know this is anticipating much
but strange things hare come TO pass, and we
hone their day has not entirely gone by.
The closing doings 10 the Board OF Aldermen
were not Of an extraordinary character. Petitions
were presented, motions made and resolutions
offered upon an innumerable variety Of subjects
from the removal of pump to the renewal OF
crosswalk Late in the evening, the table having
been cleared of papers, the hammer fell and the
Aldermen were released from further labors until
the first Monday in May.
The Assistants waded through several re
ports, relative to renewing sidewalks, gravely
considered the proprety Of removing an old pump,
and authorized the Street Commissioner to give
bis attention to the subject of adding one lamp
post to the number already in existence. They
then appropriated $4,000 to celebrate Washing
toms Brthdsy-s3OO for some new hags-referred
the swinding Gas contract to Special Committee
of Five-and then curled up for nap until May
day.
The official record of all these doings will be
found in another column.
HERR KRAUzss CoEcERT.-To morrow night
Trpler Hall will be a very Tower Of Babel, TOR
Herr Krauzs, the Hungarian vocalist, intends CIV
ing US the songs OF thirty different languages and
dialects In addition to Herr Krauzs's perform
ances, we shall have songs by Trufi, Gandolh and
Never and instrumental solos by Griebel Pych-
owski and Eltz. This novel entertainment will
be well worth hearing.
LECTURES OF DR.. HAAs-Dr late Surgeon-in-
Chief of the Hungarian Army, and formerly Pro-
lessor of Epidemic Diseases in the University OF
Vienna, is about TO commence a course of Lee
lures on Physiology, at the Medical College, in
this City The course will be interesting, as well
a. instructive, and we trust it will be well at
tended.
Tar CAsE OF K J. LATHAM.-The examna
ton of this individual, charged with causing the
death Of George Robnett, the mammoth boy oy
administering to him Improper medicines, was
held Yesterday before the Coroner. The accused
stated that he is about 40 years of age, and was
born at Sag Harbor. He had nothing to say rela
tive to the charge against him, and was fully
committed by the Coroner to await the action Of
the Grand Jury.
GRAND LoDGE, i. o OF o. F.-The quarterly
session Of this body for the Southern district OF
New.York commenced on Wednesday evening.
About one hundred new Representatives were
duly qualified and took their seats. The Lodge
then proceeded to ballot for a Grand Secretary to
ELL the vacancy occasioned by the resignation oil
Benjamin ]. Pentz. The ballot resulted in the
election Of John j. Davies. of Columbia Lodge,
No. l, who received $40 votes ]. Murphy 81 and
J. Galbraith TO- The Grand Lodge is still in
session.
The CITY TAxEs.-The following table shows
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