New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-12
CITY ITEMS.

EF About 10 o'clock yesterday .he sun broke
through the clouds and fog that had obscured his
RAYS for the past half week. and for time the air
was az soft and bamy as that of Spring morn
Ing Toward evening, however the cold, biting
north wind came sweeping round the corners,
causing those who had been lured out by the sun.
shine to seek the shelter of home and the comfort
of fire. At midnight, the full moon was in mid
heaven, sailing through a sky as blue and I'M
clouded az ever poet sang lover sighed beneath.
BENEFIT OF PARODI.-Our triumphant prima
donna announces her benefit for Friday Of this
week, when she will appear for the last time in
New.York This, with the attractive programme
she offers, will suffice to fill the Opera House to
the utmost.
MARETzKKs BENEFIr. The complimentary
benefit to the popular Manager Of the Italian Ope'
m takes place at Aston Place this evening, when
in addition to the Opera, the audience will hear
the violin of Hauser and the piano of Strakosch.
We learn with pleasure that every seat is already
taken. No compliment was ever better deserved
than this, and we doubt if any other Manager with
the same means at his command and the same
difficulties to contend with could have brought
the season TO a conclusion as successful as that
which crowns the efforts of Maretzek.
~ The Eco dItalia Of Mr. Secchi di Casali
appears at the beginning Of its second volume in
an enlarged form and most elegant and attrac-
tive typography. 1t is now Of the handsomest
sheets published in the City, We notice with
pleasure this evidence of its success and pros.
perity.
VALUE OF REAL EsTATE.-The lot on the
corner Of Broadway and Pine st, 43 feet on
Broadway and 100 feet on Pine st, has lately
been sold for Sll5,OOO. A new Banking Institu
tion has purchased lot on the corner of Chatham
and Duane sts paying 900 for it; the lot is so
feet on Chatham aud 50 feet on Duaoe-st. The
old structures are to be demolished, and highly
ornamental buildings will be erected in their
places.
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.-Rev. Henry
b. Smith will be inaugurated as Professor Of &c.
cesiastical History in this Institution at the Mer
cer-st. Church, this evening. Professor Smith will
deliver an address, and the charge will be deliver
ed by Rev. DR.. Cox. The services will commence
at "a o'clock. Rev. James ?. Wilson, D. D., has
signihed to the Fourth Presbytery of Phisdel
phia, of which he is a member, his conviction that
it is his duty to accept the call from the Seminary
to be Professor OF Theology. On the accession Of
DR.. Wilson, the Faculty will be complete 1t is
expected that he will enter upon his new labors
ss soon as he can be regularly transferred to the
Institution.
NEw'YoRK AND PHILADELPHIA MANUFAc-
TURKs.-The manufacturing interest Of this City
and Philadelphia compare as follows, according to
the United States Census, just completed New
York has SSi,sS2,sa2 capital invested and the an
noal products OF her manufactures are valued at
sl032ls,Sos. Philadelphis has about $50, 900 900
Of capital invested, aud her products are valued
at s6l,0O0,o00 per annum.
u Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcBER has been
invited to give bis Lecture on Character in the
Tabernacle, aud has consented 10 do So We
think nothing more can be needed to secure AZ
OVERLOOKING house.
~ Rev. L. II. CHAPIS'S Lecture on TIE
Iaeaf and The Aetaal will be given at Clinton
Hall tonight. see card
For THE GOLD RvGloSs.-The steamship
Georgia Capt Porter sailed yesterday afternoon
for Havana aud Chagres. a list Of passengers
will be found 10 another column Among the
passengers to Havana we notice the names of
the lady and daughter Of Hon Daniel s. Dickinson
The new steamship North America. Captain
ainke'Pau, sailed yesterday afternoon for Cha
sfe'' with about one hundred passengers