The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-20

powerful, but y che aboliionisss wsse srus 70 thsir
principles Il would soon fASL A report Is publahed
elsewhere. A report Of the lecture viii b psb-
hsh<d tomorrow.
We arc stiIl without later news from Europe,
neither she steamer due at Halifax, nor those dus
at this post and at Portland having bean telegraph
ed up 70 Q late hoor last night.
An &C ion sss brouah. yesterday In the Superior
Court by Mr.. Shelton, late President Of the Stone
Dsessins Company, against Hiram Fuller, editor OF
the Ersning Mirror, for an alleged libel charging
Ny. s. with schuylerizing. The case vii. be oon-
tinued this morning.
The Canadians ParNamsn. adjourned on Monday
sill me Esd Of February. Previous t. the breaking
mp Lord Eiein responded TO the address in felici-
tous terms. He viii shor.,y setugn to Europe.
Colonel Benton's lecture last evening attracted
TIE largest an iience that has ever been brought
together within the walls Of any building in this
city. At the close he addressed some appropriate
observations to the nbers Of the Mercantile Libra
ny Association, report Of which may be found
elsewhere.
The -four market was unchanged yesterday, and
the business rather moderate, including small lots
for export. Wheat and rye were scarce and firm.
Corn sold TO fair extent 1t 95c. 96c. A small
lot Of new mess pork sold a. $l4 so, and lot Of
DID, deliverable the S0sh instant, at sl2 70. The
stock Of cotton continued very light in this Market
which restricted fsls, the transactions embracing
only 400 or 500 bales, without change in prices.
The Corporation MISREPRESENTATION Report
from the Comptroller.
On Monday last Comptroller Flagg sent to
the Board Of Councilmen his report on the city
advertising, selecting as the future recipients
of this class Of municipal patronage the follow
ing JOURNALISTIC Eoening Post, the .Ns,c
York Demohrat, Germany the .New York
Stats Zeitung, Germany the .Ns,c Yorh
Daily Times, and the .Net0 York Sun. The
reasoning by which Mr.. Flagg came to this
conclusion, and the facts of the case, may be
briefly stated.
The Common Council, in requesting the city
journals to tender for the Corporation advertis-
ing, laid down the following rules to govern
the bids and award
LIST. Bidders to offer by the line for each time
published.
I'd. Bidders shall set forth under affidavit as
near as possible their daily circulation in the
city Of New York, exclusive Of their Sunday
and extra issues.
Sd. The award to be made to the newspapers
offering to perform the work at the lowest rates
per thousand papers circulated in the city.
Three journals-and three only-tendered in
conformity with these rules: namely, the .Ns,0
York Demokrat Germany, the EUening Post,
and the HERALD. Six others-the Sun,
Times, Tribune (Which subsequently with
drew, Erpress, Stats Zcitung and Commer-
cial-fled bids, but not in conformity with the
rules, for they said nothing Of the crates per
1000 papers circulated in the city" and stated
only the price per line at which they would in
sert in their usual edition the city advertise
ments. OF his own authority. the Comptroller
decided to overlook this omission, and admit
the informal bids on the same footing as those
which were regular. The result is presented in
the following table, in which the omission is
supplied =
EXHIBIT PROPOSALS ADvKRrluNo FOR THE CoRPo-
RATION or TIE CzY OF NEW YORK, Al RscuvD 4rH
DEfr