New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-25
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| beyraele by the well known THEODORE PAREER, OF
Roop will be the leading feature Of the evening and
those who expect TO hear him must 20 early. IL 10
upneceessary to speak Of the qualifications Of the
lecturer: his manner Of speaking Is known far and
near and admired or dreaded the matter Is paaable
or unwelcome. Whatever be says comes with WILL
and wherever his blows fall they are suret TO be felt
Hon. GEoEoE BAxcRoPT will deliver Lecture to-
ni-ht at the Mechanics Institute Rooms The SUBJECT
Of his discourse is not advertised but the reputation
Of the American Historian Is ample guaranty tnat
discourse Of extraordinary interest viii be given
Prof A. DAVIS will give Lecture ut Hope Chapel
tonight upon "Eew-Amsterdaro or New-fork as IL
ssas under the Dutch Governors" There matter tor
| an entertaining lecture and we presume MI D. VIII
avail himself Of the best points.
W.. II Far viii give the ninth Of his interesting
and popular lectures upon Music tonight at MsToPoA-
tan Hall The subect Of this lecture will be the His
tory end clarac,erisics of the Lyrical Drama" The
! illustrations are by Rose de Ynes and others.
M,.s Bacon viii give the last of her first series OF
Historical Lessons this morning a. the Stuyvesant In
stitute.
LtG w Mar will lecture tonight at Thalian Hall
upon the Unpublished History Of Gen Taylors Cam
paign in Northern MEXICO"
The Annual Festival of the BURN5 CLCs will occur
at the Aston House this evening
Atthe BROADWAY night the performances are for the
benefit of Madame Aiboni which occasion she will
present La Cenerenola the opera in which she first
appeared and in which she made such permanent
foundation for her increasing fame with the
public. ST.. Revere will Of course do Don Mag
nifco" end sangiovsnni the Prince Between the scts
Madame Abon and chorus viii sing the celebrated
Drinking Song in &" Lucrezia"
| At WALLAcK's, the excellent comedy Of "Old
Heads and Young Hearts will be presented, in which
Mr. Blakes A" Jesse Rural has given him such fame.
Laura Keene Lester, Brougham and Co. participate
The farce of Raising the Wind is also to be given
walcot az Jeremy Diddler"
At Burrows tonight "The Rival Queens" the new
er-tiring Toodles and the 600 Mllners in which
! Burton, Johnston and company appear.
| 1.-THE MUSEUM, Tom Thumb is the bright particular
star. His extravaganza Of "Hop o. my Thumb Z" IL a
great treat for the younger portion Of the audience
At the Circus, the week opened with new BILL
embracing avareiy Of remarkable and pleasing icsts
WOODS MINsTRELs offer and extensive pro
granrne for lovers Of negro melodies, dances jokes.
! &c.
! HELLER performances in Magic Second Sight, &c,
are an established feature Of the town, and will
! tinue during the week.
BANvAHD's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy
Land Is still exhibition attracting large and highly
satisfied audiences.
| RIsLEY's Panorama of the Thames is also before
the public II is fine and correct dcneaticn OF the
scenery along that renowned stream
The STUDIO CURroso presents rare collection Of
singular articles of interest
~ The weather yesterday was mild, with
some rain. 1T midnight j, was freezing slightly.
| The 0pERAs-At Nblo's last night Mad.
sonag had an OVERLOOKING house, and the perform.
ance of "Lucrezia" was received with the utmos.
/ satisfaction.
/ At the Broadway. Mad. Alboni repeated sonnam-
bula to a very full and fashionable house. The per
/ formonce in every way most satisfactory, and
was highly ppplsuded Here and at Nblos probably
more Than 5000 people attended the Opera last night
FRANcoNI IN NEw-YoRK. - 1t has been
generally understood, for several months that Fran
conf Is TO open Hippodrome in this City, early next
summer, but 1t is probable that many who have seen
the fact noticed, have very distinct idea the
manner in which IL viii differ from the equestrian ex-
hibtons already witnessed in this country. To such,
few particulars respecting the proposed establish
ment will be interesting The ground selected for the
location near Madison square is nearly four hundred
fee, in length, and upward of two hundred feet u
breadth building is TO be erected which will en-
close the whole of this field in apartment Ex.
tending around the entire interior will be built ten or
twelve tiers of seats rising from the ground rly to
the roof and which Is estimated will comfortably
commodste than ten thousand spectators, giving
every one an uninterrupted view of all the perform.
ances broad level track will be run Immediately in
from, of the seats and the remainder of the viii
h. Al
From the walls the roof will only extend the
space be occupied by the spectators, while the i'm
mense viii be covered by gaiy colored canvas
canopy sustained by forty supporting masts. This
viii admit an abundance of light and is to be
ranged that with very little labor it be taken
pletely away when necessary for balloon ascensons.
Moreover il will render the exterior view ,eeiingy
snowy aud attractive
The entertainments to be given will be for the
part entirely new in this country. NJ Frsnconi will
bring with him avery large troupe of male aud
female performers, and the whole will be carried on,
upon extensive scale be witnessed al any es-
Enlistment Of the kind in the world. The perform
ances will include steepe chases chariot races and re-
presentations Of the games of ancient Greece and
Rome stag hunting, tournament.scenes bringing into
the arena hundred horses at once ostrich chasing
dromedaiy race and numerous other features o.
equal attractive power For hese sports great mum
Der of Thoroughbred running horses will be imported
together with DEER swift dromedares ostriches and SO
on. ndpsgesnts will also be produced introducing
cocssaltriumpha cars which arc miracles OF workmal
ship and splendor, together with smaller vehicles
drawn by all sorts Of snimals, which one would sup
rose would be impossible to break TO harnessa dis
play which least win have the merit Of novelty here
Several shipments of stock for the HppOdrome have
already been made from the other side Of the Atlantic
the ground is leased contracts have been taken for the
erection Of the building andby the Is; of May will bs
in full operation. OF its there can hardly be
doubt.
~ Mayor Westervelt has given the broom
Of Reform twirl and 10 it Is ordered that Policemen