New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-30

timed with scarcely an interval up to mi might Il
was mostly moderate drlzzle, but at one tine there
was perfect deluge for about quarter Of an hour
Tur OpyRA.-To. day is the last day In
which the old subscribers to the Opera will have
night 10 apply for their old seats for the November
season afterwards "the first come first served"
Preparations for the opening, with Norma go on
well and there is no doubt that the impresarlo will
surprise and CRAFTY his thousands Of friends On that
occasion.
Concerning the Grand Opera-House, things look
well Max has signed contract for the land corner
of Astor place and Fourth avenue, and the sub
scription list shows an aggregate OF more than a
hundred thousand dollars in aid Of the project.
POSTPONED. We learn that the award of
Medals to the crews Of the Advance and Rescue,
which was to have taken place to-day on board the
L S ship Ohio has been postponed until further
notice. =
~ Lieut.. Governor S. f. Church, Al
bany Hon. +. Follett, Canal Commissioner, do.
Hon. l.. S. Chatfed, Attorney General, do; DAVID
Beakman, Undertook Hon. NJ c. Story, Pough-
keepsie William Rush, Philadelphia Hon. l.. B..
Peck, Vermont Gen. ii. Stanton, L. 5. Army,
Capt Day, U. s. Army, Capt. Shras, U. S Army were
among the arrivals at the Irving House yesterday.
ILLNESS OF CORONER GEER.-Dr. Geer
Yesterday experienced an attack Of paralysis and
now lies with leg and an arm so paralyzed as TO
be perfectly useless.
Nor THKRE.-The people of the Tract
House state that no person hurt there, report
ed in our paper yesterday.
70 CATHERINE HAYES has concluded
her engagements in Boston, and is returning TO this
City. On Tuesday evening she gave concert In
Springfield. On Wednesday evening In Hartford
This evening she appears In NewIiaven She will
probably arrive in this city on Saturday Next
week she will give three concerts in Tnp!er Hall
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. The
Father Mathew benefit Will he gala evening. She
will then visit Albany, and may go as far west as
Buffalo, before proceeding to Philadelphia and the
cities South. Her whole series Of concerts in Bos
ton was succession of triumphs. The press was UNI
animous in her praise.
Cy Signors Frazoni's bust of kossuth is
completed and as We understand, is for sale in the
music and print stores. We are indebted TO him for
the present of a copy. The bust of Mazzini he will
soon have finished. The two are of the same size
and intended to 60 together.
70 Madame Bscaccanti gave delight
full private Soiree at the Aston House Tuesday
night, at which a small party OF her friends and ad-
mirers were present. During the evening she sang
morceaux from many of the best Operas, and fully
proved that her tour in Europe has added much to
the force and style of her singing, of which the pub
m -of udotp in feNy
days Three or four well known musicians assisted
Mad. b. during the evening, and Dodworth'S Band
wound up the affair by delightful serenade to the
American Prima Donna which she acknowledged
in a graceful manner.
DARING ATTEMPT TO Ron THE PHENIx
BANk.-Last night party Or burglars. undar sh~'--
of the storm and darkness made bold but unsuc-
ccssful attempt to break into the Phenix Bank, IN
Wasi. II seems that the burglars had got upon the
roofs and entered through scuttle the building NO.
43 Wallst. occupied by Weeks, Kelly & Co.. and
one OF them had begun to bore through the floor in
order TO descend INTO the lower story, whence II is
pIesumod they meant to dig through the walls into
the Bank, which is in the next building No. As The
affair was well planned, and gave every hope of sue
cess TO the rogues, when their plans were all upset
by the sudden appearance Of officer Watson, of the
and marched him to the Station-house, where he
gave the name OF Bower Rice. lie Is German, and
states that he was In the employ of other persons,
who were on the roof, and who probably made their
escape as they had not been caught up to
late hour last night. When Rice was caught
he was very busily engaged i'll boring holes IN
the hoor for the purpose OF removing piece large
enough TO admit a man he had bored two sides, IN
ALI eight or ten holes. He had auger, an AK, a
rope saw chsels, &C. &C, in fact all the tools ne
cessan for a successful operation. Officer Watson
is entitled TO great credit for thus frustrating this
daring robbery and saving to the Bank very probably
A large amount of money AS soon as the affair was
known. Capt Slvey proceeded with large force Of
men TO WaSt. and vicinity 10 arrest If possible the
other parties, but have not learned that any
further.arresis were made. The night was especial
ly favorable for burglaries and 1t quite probable
that other and more successful attempts were made
IN more exposed localities The immense amount
of gold now in Wal-st. renders extraordinary pre-
cautions necessary inthat quarter
PUBLIC CoLoRED SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
The Semi Annual Examination of Coored Public
school No ?, in Laurenssi. near Grand, was held
Yesterday by the Board Of Trustees. In the Primary
Department there 1863 pupils IN charge of Miss
Sarah Ennals Principal, and Misses C. Spencer ana
C. Harley Assistants. The fifth class only was ex-
amined, and the pupils acquitted themselves very
we'll There are far more scholars IN this school,
which is pleasant with excellent teachers and
accommodations In the Girls department, there
were 50 pupils under direction Of Miss Fanny Temp
kins, principally assisted by Misses Caroline Iamil-
ton and n. Thompson. The lowest classes we
examined, and the Geography classes were very
superior The other exercises were fair. The
Drawing and Painting class, taught by Miss Dram,
was especially worthy Of note, among the best
specimens flower piece IN water colors, by Miss
Cynthia Moore, and one by Miss f. Spencer, were
very fine, and indicated decided artistic ability
snecimcn Of drawing that struck our eve, was a