New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-28
CITY ITEMS.
ENTERTAINMENTS, &c. DAY AND EVENING

IALLRLITY Fst1r GAvazzr will address the 1a
ian Patriots the Tabernacle the above subject
PHYsoLoGYDr WErsG will lecture At Hope Chapel TINS AFTER
DODwoEIHs Fifth Grand Concert viii be given tonight " Metropo-
Lucssz BoEcIA will given the last time this evening
LADYoF Lyons tonight Bosdwsy-Mr Forrest Claude"
cvIzATCs night Burton be Onowedb Charles ths
Lazy E. q .Sosi .SRshs Lester Claude Miss
EyrEtES wnsOs tonight Charles Also, THE Military
The X nv. G % @ nj IL;
cry Among them are ,n s,1s o.s s a nn
.tGeS No. ~ BIOsdwsy e. this Sses
IT, saloon Second Sight spirit RsPpasa &c. ','''
in Palestine exhibited this svenns at No. 59s Broadway
The Great Of the Father of Waters
MOyT BL4ScM PctafsqHs of Mont Blanc
cuRiosrEs-Tbe Studio Curo.O of Mechanism &C. open day
PASTses &cTSs National Academy of Design open day and
D. evening At No Se3 broadway ,,.... r. . :. o,.n dv
night at No. 4s7 Broadway.
~ Another exhibition of Berdsns Rock Crushing Ma
chine will be given at the Novelty Works on Friday next
at TO- A. NJ, On godbearng quartz from California
ry' Augustus w Clason a wellknown citizen, son of
the late Isaac Csson died yesterday at bis residence in
Weschester County at the age Of 81 His illness was very
brief and supposed to have been caused by the rupture
of blood vessel in the brain. He leaves only son
tW7 Among the passengers who leave for Europe on
Saturday in the steamer Arctic will be Elk President
Van Buren,, and Hon. Solomon Foot L. 5. Senator for
Vermont
MECHANICS INSTITUTE SCHOOL ExHBIrIoS.-The four
teenh Annual Exhibition of the Mechanics Institute School
occurred last evening at Metropolitan Hail. which was well
filed large proportion Of the audience was ladies and
misses and the exercises pleasingwhch was fire.
auen during the evenngthe audience showed much ami
nation The platform occupied by large number of
young ladies' misses and lads who attend the School The
exercises consisted of declamaOns dialogues, compo.
sons and vocal performances, and the pupils acquitted
themselves credtable manner, frequently elcitng APP
pause The awarding OF prizes was the close OF the eXer
cses This exhibition given as benefit TO the Ragged
School connected with the Ladies Home Missionary SOce-
ty, at the Five Points.
PUBLIC TEMPERANCE Misunderstanding Harmony
Division No. of the Sons of Temperance, held public
meeting at the Lodge Room, at No. 25l Grandst There
was fair attendance of the friends of Temperance Ad
dresses delivered by Messrs Nesb and Edmonds in
support of the Temperance Temperance Odes
sung by lIes.rs Stowe and Marlborough 1t an in
terestiDg meeting.
PRrsESrArIos-The friends of Moses jackson, one of
the Assistant Engineers Of the Fire Department have pre-
scented beautiful and costly fire cap to him. as token of
their respect and esteem
TENT PRrAcHISG-CIrY ALLIANcE-The City Tempe.
rance Alliance is about to pitch its capacous Tent in the
vicinity of the Crystal Palace They have engaged Rev j.
H. Martyr to conduct temperance meetings every eve
ming and secure religious worship the Sabbath. 1t
is noble and necessary work to cOunteract the inlu-
ences of the innumerabe grog shops that daily being
opened in that region The Sabbath services too, will be
of value preach the Gospel to the neglected to
rest the thoughess and turn their steps Heavenward. If
rightly managed this Temperance Tent will prove one of
the best means resist the tide of Sabbath Dissertation
drunk enness and crime that destined to roll
that portion Of our City. Temperance men from the
:u /. o,;stt ha Tp1nOp
THE New BIBLE HorsE.-The interior of this building
is nearly finished Carpenters and painters putting the
finishing stroke to their work machnsts busy putting
ND and composOs and book binders are already
at work 1t is expected that all the arrangements will be
completed in the course of fortnight
The SOCIETY," LIBRARY is being rapidly transferred to its
new location in the Bible House there to rest for two or
three wears till suitable building can be erected for It,
The Librarian expects TO be readyo open by the SJune
On Saturday next the following religious and benevolent
associations move into the building; American Board OF
Commissioners of Foreign Missions; American Home Mis-
sonarv Society Colonization Society Episcopal Board Of
Forc;cn Missions ; American Female Guardian Society;
Cbdrens Aid Society Chas L. Brace Secretary and the
Cooper Insurance Company.
Aston Place vicinity rapidly becoming the center of our
RELIGIOUS Literary and Scientific Institutions Already
within the radius Of few rods from the new Bible House.
are the Astor Library New York University Union lheoo
gical Institute and the AstOr flace opera ou>o oiuu
for tbe Mercantile Library Associations occupation some
time in December next
Tho Cooncr Institute which is in course of erection be-
,ow tbe New Bible House will, when completed vie with
chat bu5inp in size and bear favorable comparison in an
b;tectnra point of view The use for which 1t Is de-
SIGNED does honor to the head and heart OF It's hoern
founder
Ro.rD OF ALDERNrx-THE GREAT IRU>s PAvENESr
CoxrrAcr Pur THRoUCH-The Board OF Aldermen met
IL aft tho
last evening. AID SruRrEv'Nr' IN the absence u 'e
President was called 10 the Char
AID CORNELL called up the Report OF the committee on
Streets recommending that the Russ Pavement be hd
an from the junction of Broadway and Chatham ST. atthe
p along Chatham 81 up the Bowery, and around Union
- and moved resolution to the effect that the Com
of Streets be directed TO enter into contract with
Mr. Russ for the laying down ofthe said pavement -.
ud DyyNAN-I trust that resolution will not pass u
would, in my mind be making P'eSe'' ~ "'' -'-'"'
Railroad Company OF SloooV c.....
Ala SrrRrryAxr read the opinion OF the Corporation
- sl which stated that the Harlem Railroad were obliged
their 90 feet of the street in such repair as the Com
40, Council considered necessary and in such mode As
bt be prescribed and if the Company did not 90 ms
M Coronation had the power ofhaving the rails removed
hr, he sve II his opinion that the corporation order
,b streets 10 be repaired no action at law coud aer"u
no maintained against the Company TO compel thein 10 pay
- o., che CITY Treasury the cost of such repairs
nrSv,,It appears clear by that opinion that we
- 40 control over the Railroad Company unless We
hn 70 take up their rails, and this instead OF be-
;o an advantage would be disadvantage to the Gity
1sm to pay m GI repairs pa scSp
we may % repairng of these streetsthe Corporation and
f Ss Railroad sehe has right to force the
Of SDpSse the ec cde the
yment which costs Sc 50 square yard and the
RoiI Company say get as good pavement with
iL as large and durable, for SO 30 Has the corpora
~ N sav Won shall not get pavement at - 20