New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-13
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
-r,rsrlIyMENTS &C.. DAY AND ETENING.
at the TABERNACLE upon
L. 81 srrsert and Modern lnguisitiou. ,,,,.
EgsSe DR. WIEIING will lecture at me DIooA'n la'ae'
~ Entertainment will be given Blocker Hall for
krs Al NisIos LA FavOrA" viii be repeated b. Mad
s ~ he BROADWAY Mr Forrcrt plays OMelo" M
sEtSs "Isso" To conclude with The Obsnats Family"
es,s at wALLAeK's, Two can Play at that Came, and
al BrSroSs the benefit of Mr and NJ. Holman
nnsss second" Tie Waser' from Charles OMAley aud
lsassrous Family" Barton in a ] tie pieces.
SSe' ct tie ST CHAsLrs There's the Orphan of Gs-
.,SocS al the MUSEUM he Roman Brothers aui Bllwers
$3.50 TINS EVENING. Roman Brothers Paint Heart AMI
sSNSe at CIRCUS, novel performances in tie ring
s,Ss At WOODS MrxsrKrLL HALL great var ETY. Of New
Ss.sssrsn Songs Burlesques &C.
1910 summit OF Mount Blanc
FsxSe a. the CRiNTsE SALOON Prof Heiei's wonderful
~ in Natural Magic" &c.
NSe at METRoPOLIrAN HALL, sanfOrds Panorama OF the
SSe at BASvARDs. in Broaaway his great Geor,ma of
ns Boly Land. AneInoo1 EHho'tI e q Friday ;, .
and ESESss the Washington Exhibition of Art is ex
~ ard EvfSSc the studio Curoso" at No GO Broadway
fsSe Lecture English and American Poets at No ais
,ssdvsy
y The weather yesterday was more warm and
Ewe slow rain commenced early in the evening
80 10 put down the dust, but not much of a shower
ID
7s,,vp,Y OF HENRY C1AY.-In consequence of the
death of the Great COmmoner his friends in this CITY
"A any public demonstration the Anniversary of his
;noonropriate There was. however, a reunion of
II one hundred Original Friends of HENRY CLAY, last
inc at the Irving House, where they parook of
- cot M in the most liberal and approved style by Mr.
,orci,s the proprietor Of the house. DodwOrths
~. Rand was present, furnishing appropriate music.
IL DrNT ESD presided at the dinner and speeches i'm
"a with the occasion were made by him and other
80 and political friends of the man whom they de-
81 10 honor The affair was strictly private.
srpc the day flags displayed from the City Hail.
&c houses shipping &c
H1u,ReEmEsT OF THE ST. NICHOLAS HoTEL-The
.ors of the St Nicholas Hotel have leased for term
Lar, the lots on the corner Of Spring and Mercer-sts
sa on Spring and l27 on Mercer, belonging to the
.etate The houses thereon will be taken down, and
uo,el building extended over the space. The addition
feet on the south side ofthe Hotel is in progress
IL expected to be finished in June The St Nicholas
z hen be 3O2 feet Broadway and Mercer ST. by 200
" ON Sprng.st, and will contain coo rooms. The por
now finishing the Spring ST front will be ready in
H. John w. SOuthack the cabinet maker, of No. 1876
Tadwsy who made large portion OF the furniture in the
inse i, now engaged i'll fitting up the engagements
ore will be one large room furnished IN style of SPLEEN
hitherto uninterrupted.
l.
i-perance Demonstration nj Metropolitan Han on
fIpesday evening Goth inst Addresses are promised
John y. Cough, Rev. Theodore h. Cuyler and others
q singing under the direction of VIM IL Oakley lately
kader 0fthe AueghananS. An enthusiastic and profit
L meeting is reasonably anticipated.
lIHv QUEEN OF CLIPPERs.-Ths magnificent vessel,
largest clipper in the world arrived here yesterday
assigned to W Dugan, and has taken berth in the East
|ger. She was built in East Boston by Mr. Robert f.
!kson the builder of the John Bertram Winged Racer,
many other fine ships Her owners, Messrs SeccOmb
TAYLOR have spared expense to make her perfect
h. and To insure her success She is expected 10 sail
INV miles an hour with leading wind and TO rank first
kong the foremost upon the world of waters In few
lys She will load and sail in Messrs + u d. Fowler line
Esan Francisco clippers She is (says The Boston Ana)
feet long on the keel 10 feet longer deck, and 2jS
l. over all from the knight heads to the tara Her
me breadth of beam j. Az feet depth % feet including
bet hight of between decks dead rise at half floor II
|Aes, rounding OF sides inches sheer eet ana VIII
|rser about $500 tunS. Custom House measurement.
ends are very long and graceful and extremely sharp
rcularv the bow and her lines are slightly concave be
IT, but convex above, to correspond with her outline on
l. rail Notwithstanding her great sheer, so truly is
sduaed along her whole length that she seems to the
H. straight as ship ofwar vet her bow i bold and lively
Il, outline and raises just enough Ia be beautiful /
c above the plankshccr aud remarkablc for the Just
p. Of il rroportion~ a. it swell, into the lmes- OF her
The stem and cuwatcr form the vcrtcy of a
Jain angle of which her lines represent the sides, and
lske her appear bow on complete wedge. She is
roetl to the plank sheer moldmg and br0adsdc on has
utt apparent length which makes herlook low
.at She J., hymg light Her stern swclls outward and is
val in outline with semi clipca turn IN the monkey
- Her run is very easy and yet has buoyancy enough
bear her up. however fast she may fly through
\ water She is shcathcd with yellow metal up 10 20
h. is painted black above the metal, and inside she
pearl color relieved with white Her buwark are feet
nche, high including the monkey RAIL- Wmch ms ma
bgany Sanctions and mahogany glngway boards, the
tier ta,,ciullv carved and brass mounted. The bUl
ks Sanctions of oak and are the continuation OF
very other top timber She has small togahnt fore
ase house abalt the foremost - feet long T. wide and
high fitted for the accommodation of the crew aud also
lnins the galley and other apartments She has SIN al
sfpoop deck upon which she Is steered and connected
r is the after part of her cabins which are in house
feet long leaving gang way room ON each side Of it. This
,acious house contains two splendid cabins and an ante
,Om The after cabin is wainscoed with mahogany, rose
ld satin wood off with plastcrs. cornlces and lowered
dncs in the most perfect styleO art The forward cabin
ALSO finished i'm superior stve and the state of both
spacious well ghtcdand ventilated ana Ike the cabins,
re elegantly furnished Theanteroom contains thepany
nd state rooms for the officers and leads to the nm deck
oil there Is also staircase in the after b winch leads
.Ne pOop She has spacious deck room for working ship
ID look, magnifceny fore and aft Her frame Is OF sea
Ned white oak and her scantng of hard pine Her keel
Nm two depths moulded 81 inches and sided 10 the floor
sbers are by H. and she has three depths OF m.dshp
sE0ns each 10 inches square backed by sister kceons
KS inches square the whole bolted with copper and iron
4 inch the copper bolts driven through and cinched
hoor ceiling Is inches thick and the bge keelSonsar
nohes square extend her whole length and scarphed
ID souarc boed Above these SIN strakeS of II by Il
ahes graduated to inches thickness up TO the deck
here is also a apstrake over the ceiling, upon which
b lower ends of the hanging knees rest The between
s WATERWAYS are l. inches square and the thick work
Fg them 10 by o. and that inside of them 10 by H. all
sely cross boted The ceiling up to the deck is inches
hex and the upper deck water ways are 10 inches square
si two - incl strakcs inside of them. Her grbOards
inches thick the mex; strake G. the third > graduated
; a without projection forming slight concave floor.
gwaes are y 6y inches and are continued flush to the
anksheer which is q inches thick She Is square fast
upper and finished smooth rs glass. All the Sanchons
tue hooks and all the knees in the hold are of superior
Itie oak the between knees only are of hacmaack and
le,e are very stout Her ends are wen secured with
'e'r kncod The hold beams are 10 inches square the
ler deck beams 10y L. the frames OF both decks are OF
I'D pine. and the plankmg - inches thick She Is
t>oned with salt has Emcrsons vcntllators ana an the