New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-30

ENTERTAINMENTS, &c.-PARK BEyJAMrS
win deliver bis poem on The Ridiculous" in Brook
Ign TO night before the members of the Institute.
MISSIONARY MEETING will be held to night in tho
For.yth NJ. l.. Church, when Green Bay Indian, Rev
Tah.y ou-g ah way hsy viii speak
At the BROADWAY, to- night Madame Alboni and
troupe viii repeat "Cenerentola which will be given
probably better than ever After the Opera the ballet
LA Msjs dc sevilla, for the first time here.
At NrBIo's, the spectacle of the week, "Mazcppa"
will be repeated 1t has drawn full houses.
At BURROWS the new farce, The Work Of an Art
ist" will be played by Johnston and others and then
the queer and funny Paris and London" by Burton,
Plscide and company.
At wArIAcKs the well known Faint Heart never
Won Fair Lady" and then the Christmas Dinner
and Mysterious Rsppings" concluding with "A Prac
teal Man" in all Of which the company will partci
pete.
At BAnSuM's MUSEUM the usual wonders in nature
and art with the spectacle of the Forty Thievcs,
and other performances in the Lecturer
HrLLrR's Magic, WOODS Mnstrels, BRrASs Gal
lery, BANvAKD's Panorama, &C., will be found duly
advertised on our first page.
II The weather is improving, after many
days Of rain and mud and yesterday looked
like comfort
~ The Board e Assistants last night did
very little worth notice. They concurred In the es-
tablishment Of the Police telegraph the donation to
the Controller, &c. Mr.. Sanford, the Clerk Of the
Board Of Assistants offered his resignation which
accepted.
u RumOr has it that the Trustees of Co
lumbia College have concluded to remove that inst
tuition uptown location, rs soon s proper ar
range nen,s can be made. The opening of Park phce
to Robinson world probably be the first step after
the removal of the College.
rY The caloric ship Ericsson was found to
draw too much water to go upon the sectional dock,
and yesterday che taken to the Navy Yard TO so
INTO the Government Dry Dock for coppering.
FUSERAL OF Mr.. CoFFIy.-The funeral Of
the late John Coffin who resided at No IL Readest-
whose death wa. mentioned yesterday in The Tribune
took place yesterday at o'clock P. NJ. 1t was at
tended by quite large number Of his old scquaint
snces Rev. DR. Spring msde brief and appropriate
address and offered up prayer. The remains OF the
deceased taken yesterday afternoon by the Rail
road TO Concord N. H., for intermcnt- The deceased
was over hf,y years a resident the very spot on
which be died lie .sid that when he frss resided
there the reeds grew abundAniy in the street. and al
ways insisted that the named Reedst from
that circumstance but, that afterward the name was
erroneously changed In its Orthography to Readest
Fifty three years ago Mr. Coffin founded Asraham's
Lodge of Free aud accepted Masons, in this City lie
was Colonel in command OF regiment stationed on
Long lsland during the Of 1872 Since that time
he has been TO some extent public man, and was
highly respected and useful throughout his Life AT the
time Of his death he was q years Of age
SHIP BUuDrSG.-Mr. Jacob A. Westervelt
Sons have now the stocks in course Of coastruc-
toe ct their yard foot Of seventhst East River,
e,ennship named the Jamestown This vessels being
built for the Nev-York and Virginia Steamship Com
pany 10 run In ecton with the Roanoke, and will
be fitted up for the conveyance of passengers and
freight she go feet on deck y feet beam 10 feet
held, and about 800 tuns burden Two engines are
now being built for her q, the Morgan Iron WorkA
The cylinders are to be 40 inch with 10 foot stroke
The jamestown will be ready for early IN the
srrirr and u TO be commanded BY Capt Parrish Of
the Roanoke.
Al the same yard a vessel nearly completed named
TIE gesolu,e. which s being built for Mr. Miller Of
LspdoR This vessel 80 feet deck, u feet beam
COZ tecs deep and registers about 900 tuns She Is 70
be launched en- the 5th 9th Of January. Aner the
frr, rsp (which vii be 20 China) she will be placed on
the line between London and Anstrslis The Resolufe
Is the irst Aericsnbuf vessel ever constructed TO
sal under Epelsh colors. she vii be commanded oy
Capt Perry, formerly commander Of the steam'HP
FrsnkEn.
Nessrs Westervelt & Sons commenced laying the
keel st week Of new pscke, shp for hessrs Spoaerd
Tes,on- Ct this City, which, when hnished is to ee
placed in the YewYork and Liverpool line This pac<'
e shp. il said VII be the largest steamship running
from this port. Her Dimensions are a follows 40
feet length OF deck, A feet beam, and - ieef decP
She viii be ready to auneh the last OF next May ana
IL to be commanded by Capt Truman Lite commander
Of the shpper-ship Golden Gate
~ The fine steamship 1" Abratross win
leave this per for Vera Cruz direct On me an o. Jan
u.ry. Let,ers, paper and passengers By her, wns
,v-,,.na ~ Aespuoo. en- rouse for California. This
route o6ers the sdv.sssss Of novelty 1t least