The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-15

Board making provision for lighting al the streets
and avenues from dark till daylight every night, WIS
referred to the Committee on Lamps and Gas.
This would be far preferable to the present
arrange ment, by which we are frequently left in
total darkness on rainy aud cloudy nghts when light
Is re Ally most needed The report in favor Of APP
pointing policemen to the Eigbtsep,n, Nineteenth,
Twenty .frst and Twenty second wards was concur
Ied The Assistants were princip lily occupied
with business connected with fire companies, streets
ard piers, assessments, Hlsres OF different en-
ployes, &c. Both boards adjourned till tomorrow
afternoon.
An indignation meet ng was held last nigh. in the
Park to oenounce The conduct OF the Mayor in cans
ing tie arrest and " prisopment Of Mr. Parsons for
preaching in the street last Sunday. About ten
thousand person., assembled in front Of the City
Hall, where 4 ,latform was erected. The meeting
was presided over by James W. Barker, Esq, and
addressed ~ Cnauncey Shafer, J. W. Bryce, Mr..
Parsons, ~ d others. report will be found else
where.
Yeste day being the day set down for the trial Of
the NJ 9TH ward rioters, the District Attorney moved
for = trial Of the defendants The whole dav, how
eva was spent in endeavoring TO emp annel jury.
tSy ing which legal argument sprung up between
To counsel for the dtfeodaots and the District At
torney concerning the right to ask Jurors under
0a'h whether they have formed or expressed an
opinion as 70 the guilt innocence of tire parties or
trial. Mr.. Blunt argued tina. according to the com
moi law o. En- land tire counsel for the defence
had no right 10 degrade juror by masiog him coz
fess that he had prejudged tie prisoners Tue
Court sustained the objections Of the District Attor
ney, and jury OF triers panneed TO try the
| jury one by one. After five jurors had been ex
amineo and swern, the Court idj ,urued until this
morning, when the remainder OF The jurors will be
empanneled, and witnesses for the prosecution will
| be examined.
The New York City Tract Society celebrated its
twenty seventh anniversary, at tne Re orned Dutch
Church, Lafayette place, last evening" The society
is in fourishing condition, and the report shows
that the managers have been active during the past
| year.
The fifth Of the course of lectures on geology was
delivered last evening, in the Greene Street Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, by the Rev. R. s. Foster DID,.
| before large audience. The lecturer spoke on
the rshgion of geology reconciling the science With
| the Mosaic history of the creation.
| Mr.. Thomas d MCGEE delivered lecture on the
subject of " Christian and Pagan Ideas Of Educa-
tion," at the Brooklyn Athenaum last evening.
Want OF room is our apology for deferrng the publ
cation Of this and various other lectures we'll as
| variety of local and miscell aneous reading
& The steamship Asia is about due as this port with
three days later advices from Europe. Much anxiety
is felt for the reception Of her newspartculary for
additional information concerning the alliance en-.
tered into on the 18th ult. between England and
France, in which those nations assumed the respor
sibihty of settling the dispute between Russia and
Turkey, at the hazard Of war with the former
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