New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-05
CITY ITEMS.

s,s almost entirely discarded, while many light
and elegant forms of architecture have been H.
,,oduced. and the rich brown freestone is coming
into very general use as building material
Nearly all the new stores and other edihces on
Roadway, and the blocks Of dwellings In the up
nsr part Of the City, are tsstefully designed, gen.
s,.llv after the Palladian style OF architecture
assn from their shOso sides, the effect is at once
;moo.ipg and elegant. But shift your position
mi. 70 one side or the other, and in three cases
ont Of four you will find the massive freestone to
Ia lint thin shell, stuck on body OF ordinary
brick, and much less agreeable to the eye, thus
,s.p. than building wholly of brick would be-
Let any one who walks from the Bowling dreen
70 Union Park, examine the commercial palaces
be sees on either hand, apd he will be surprised
to End 90 70 consistent specimens OF architecture
among them.
Going up Broadway, Stewards Building looms
10 above the trees of the Park; chaste, har'
mouious and majestic structure Coming down
Roadway it is mass of common brick, with
yeneeriDg Of white marble on the Broadway side.
In this instance, few dollars spent in paint
would restore the harmony Of the design, and re.
lisve the eyes of every person OF taste who sees
Il from the northern side. We noticed, the other
dsy, a splendid private mansion, now erecting at
thecorner of Twenty third st. and Madisonsquare'
Seen from the Square, the solid blocks Of free
stone have fine, massive effect but coming up
Twenty third.st. the glarng red back Of the house
stsres you 10 the face Here, some thirty or forty
thousand dollars have been expended, and the
result is an architectural sham. Our City Hall
itssf, with its white front and brown back, is
another though less glariDg specimen of this style
The Clarendon, at the corner of Fourth.av. and
Eghtee nth-st. and the new building at the corner
Of broadway and Fourth st. are in much better
taste, the basement story the wndo w-sills, mold
ings and cornices being of heavy freestone, aud
the walls of brick. All the sides of the building
hGmonizei the front is not specious mask, to
mislesd the eye.
In many cases, we notice freestone fronts, with
dead side walls Of brick, which will be hidden
when the adjoining lots are built up Ia similar
style. These, Of course, are only temporary de-
fects The character of our City architecture has
improved so greatly within few years that the
errors of taste to which we have referred should
no. have been made. New.York has reached
that period when the demands of its population,
nOess than the condition of most OF its old streets
demand that it should be rebuilt; and the pro-
cess has already commenced 1t is in the power
Of our citizens to make her. in the course Of TWEEN
" or thirty years, the most elegant capital In the
world, in point of architectural beauty and har'
mOny 1t good policy, no less than good taste
to build structures which, while they are calcu
lased to endure, shall be unexceptionable speci'
mems Of architecture.
Gao. LoDER's BENEFIT-The complimentary
benefit TO George Loder last night at TnPler Hall,
went of with much eclat. The house was com
fortably filed, and the audience appeared in
most genial mood, all the pieces, we hear, being
very cordially received. Mad. Schlesinger made
her first disappearance in this country. Mr.. Ar
thurson also was not audible, on account OF his
distance from the audience. Enough was heard,
however to satisfy the most inveterate musical
appetite. 1t is hardly necessary to particularize,
where so many sang and all sang so well yet we
must not omit to notice fine chorus by the Lie
derkranz, a dashing song by Mary Taylor,
charming duett by Mrs. Esstcott and Mr.. Swift,
songs BY Sgnora Bozzi, Mrs. l.. A. Jones, Mrs.
Bostwick, and instrumental performances by
Eauser, strako,ch, Hoffman and Timm. Miss
Wyatt performed Yankee Doodle on the harp,
between the first and second parts.
MUacAL-We have the richest musical treats
ia store for the Spring and Summer. About the
middle of April Jenny Lind, Salvi and Belletti
will be among us, and will probably give Concerts
or space OF two months. Psrodi, who is now
bound South, on tour with Amalia Patti and
Nhka Hauser, will then return, and sing through
he Summer in Castle Garden, which we under.
glnd Maretzek has taken for the purpose Of CIV
ing Summer Opera season. In addition to this,
Nrti, with his grand Havana Company will visit
steward the close of the summer-so that, from
April to October, we shall enjoy an uninterrupted
succession Of performances, from the best musical
artists who have ever visited the New World
0, Philadelphia, though you have $4,000 houses,
when can you expect the hike Of that
LA GIsELLE.-The Roussets are now per
iOrming this exquisite ballet Of love, moonshine
md water.lihes, at Niblo's Last night the house
vas crowded from the orchestra 70 the toPmost
bench of the amphitheater. Caroline Rousset Is
one Of the ARREST sprites that ever aoased over
nOOnt lake, aad Mdlle Adelaide is so handsome
duke and so sentimental lover. that we shall
not be easily reconeiled to see the character
enacted by masculine feet The Willie" did
their part with sufficient grace and spirit, though
some Of them looked too substantial by far for
nidnisht fays.
UsAcooUsrABLE.-We notice among the causes
Ofdeath in the report Of the City Inspector, one
person is stated to have died from starvation
Wemsde inquiries at the Office. with the view Of
obtaining the particulars in this case, bat We
could gain no satisfactory information, the Pbysi.
cans certificate stating nothing more than that
the person died from starvation. For the credit
Of the community, We should hope that the physi-
Clan hes made a mistake, and that though his pa