New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-17
CITY ITEMS.

ron night Strskosch's Grand Benefit comes of at
Trip Ter Hall This, we understand, will be his
last D. 7ble performance in this City for some time
TO come He will leave shortly, probably on a
visit to M 'exico and South America. Let us ep,ov
| his sweet sounds while we may Spring win
| brio the bin, birds, but no more Strakosches!
CovP11NyN, AIRY CeNcERT.-The friends Of Mr.
RaoreH will 81 We that gentleman Compliment.
tsrv Benefit At Niblo's Garden, on Thursday
evening next. A brilliant array of talent has
volunteered for the occasion, and we cannot
donbt that the Concert will suTpass anything of
the kind that has taken place in this City lately.
UNSAFE BurLD1Scs-Tne Captain of Police in
the Sixteenth Ward reports that there are about
COO buildings in process OF erection In that Ward,
and that. though many of them are well and sub.
staptialy built it is to be feared that large por-
ton are no more safe than the miserable shells
which fell to the ground on Wednesday last. or
the truth of the report there cannot be doubt,
and we would again call the attention OF the au-
tborities to it, There are persons IN this City
whose duty it is to look to these things and they
sbonld be forced to do so. 1t is but short time
since the Fire Wardens obtained heavy verdict
against builder for improperly erecting block
of buildings Were those structures less safe
than hundreds of others in our city should not
our Fire Wardens deal out equal and exact JUS
tice to all-and if they do their duty thoroughly
and with due regard for the safety OF the brave
Firemen who may at any moment be called upon
to peril their lives in them, would not stop be
put to the operations of the reckless spectators
who are running up these shells
THE MoRrAR-A friend has left at our office
quantity of the mortar taken from the ruins IN
Twenty hrstst 1t consists OF pieces that nave
evidently come from between the bricks, and ap'
pears to be nothing but compound OF poor lime
and dirty, loamy sand-in fact the loan appears
TO predominate, and transient glance would ial
to discover any lime. The Coroner has specimens
of this mortar in his possession, taken from each
| of the six buildings, and will have it examined
and tested by competent judges, before the jury
| called to investigate the catastrophe
THE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNORS
| On Saturday last Assistant Alderman j. D.
Webb offered in the Board of Assistants, a reso-
luton the preamble to which intimated In pretty
strong terms that the demands OF the SoVernors
| unon the City Treasury were not only enormous
and extraordinary, but very extravagant-and the
resolution itself instructed the Counsel to the
Corporation to see if there was not some way In
which the City could legally resist these de-
| mands. On Tuesday the Governors held a meet
| ing and after recapitulating the assertions en-
| bodied in the preamble, they adopted the follow
| ing resolution
Re,oE,ed That the Committee on Conference OF the
Board be and are instructed to convey to the Common
Council the denial OF this Board Of these assertions and TO
INVITE COMMITTEES of the Common Council examine the
books and proceedings Of this Department ana Otherwise
he public mind; and instructed also 20 adopt such other
measures as they shall deem expedienI
DEPUTY DISTRICT ATToRNEY.-N. Bowditch
Blunt Esq the new District Attorney, has APP
pointed as his Deputy, A. OAKLEY HALL, Esq
Mr. Hall is favorably known as gentleman well
qualified for the position to which he has been
appointed.
LAUscHEs.-Mr VIM. II. Webb will, on Mon
day. launch three vessels from his yard at the foot
of Seventh.st. East River. 1t will be worth see
| ing.
THE IRISH BRIGADE.-Judge McGrath, Cap
| tain Of the Emmett Guards, has been appointed
| Colonel of the new Regiment Of Irish Volunteers
John G. Fay has been appointed Major, and Geo
| G Bowling, Quartermaster. Five new compa
MES ere in progress of formation, of which Cap
tains Bowling, John Manix, James Manix James
D. Foley and Thomas Finnegan have been ap-
pointed commandants. The Regiment is to con-
sist in a great measure of recruits
| ARREST OF SPENCER AND FLEMMING.-Coroner
Geer yesterday caused George Spencer and Mr..
| Flemming to be arrested to await the result Of
the investigation TO be commenced today, as to
the cause Of the fall of the buildings in Twenty
firstst. Spencer gave bonds in the sum OF $4,000,
but Flemmng being unable t. give bonds, was
committed to the City Prison.
| LEcTRREs on THE DECLINE OF PoPERY--Dr.
| Nicholas Murray, better known as "Kirwan,"
! delivered a discourse at the Tabernacle on We'd
nesday night, on the Define Of Popery." AT the
conclusion, on motion of DR.. Ferris, a large col
lection was at once taken to secure the printing
and wide circulation of the discourse.
Last night Rev. ]. F. Berg Of Philadelphia, de-
ivered another lecture in the same place and on
the same subject. The Lecture has already ap-
peared in our columns, and been read by all who
are interested in the subject. We therefore
deem it unnecessary to give any abstract Of it.
Mr.. Kirwin's" lecture is already printed, and
will no doubt be scattered far and wide.
TEMPERANCE AT THR FIVE PoISTs.-John b.
Cough and Rev. Dr. Kenneday, OF Brooklyn, are
to address public meeting at the Tabernacle on
Friday evening next in behalf Of the Mission az
the Five Points, and we take pleasure in calling
the attention of our readers to the advertisement
in our paper to-day. The efforts connected WIN
said Mission have been eminenty successful In
| raclairn;ro laroe number from courses OF wee