New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-26
CITY ITEMS


CITY ITEMS
! TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE Moon I'm the evening and
light Of Tuesday next ibe ist Of May there will be
totsl eclipse Of the Moon, the whole Of which sL
be visible in South America, and in all of inhabited
Moth America east of the Miss ssipp but only the
later part in California and Oregon. The Eclipse
will take place IN mean time in this City 70 lows
Eclipse be gins May l., On Ism. p NJ. Total eclipse
begins lOh. 2lm p. NJ. Tot. eclipse ends llh SIN.
PM. Eclipse wholly ends May ., III. Pan. A. NJ
The Eclipse begins the eastern eide of the moon,
80 from its northernnost point
AMATEUR CONCERT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
NURSERY FOR THE CHILDREN OF Pooh WoNES.-
Last evening, an Amateur Concert for the benefit Of
"ibe Nursery for the Children of Poor Women" IVES
given at the Church Of the Puri:ans Union square.
The pews, galleries and asles Of tie edifce we're
6eDsely C, owded with ladies and gentlemen and it lie
cacsats IL at upwards of eighteen hundred persons
were present. Over twenty five hundred tickets were
sold, realizing to the Nursery" about $4,000.
The programme comprised selections from the
compcs tions Of Rossin Mercadante Pacni, Mea.
delssObD, and other eminent composers. The per-
foImances were commenced with voluntary 90 the
organ, by Mr.. w. Bcrge. Altar which, La priere des
nespassts solo and cborus-Pro peccatis, soo-La
Charlie, solo and quartette-5lma Virgo, solo-aad
other selections, were surg The eli giDg was good.
and seemed to please the audience although no ap-
plause was given The names Of the performers were
not made public The affair very I'll conducted,
and passed off pleasantly.
THE wELsH-At The Welsh Calv abisiic Methods
Church in ibis City, lecture delivered last Tues
day evening, by Alexander Jones; a. ID, on the
"Wesh their Origin and Institutions The pro
ceeds Of the lecture given toward deraying the
debt Of the Church. w. Jones Esq presided.
BENEFIT We notice that Mr.. Halfway, an old
ard estee mtd favore at the American Museum
takes benefit this evening, when the comedy Of The
" Poor Gentleman" will be played lie ought to have
a full house.
LOOK Our Mayor Wood reiteratss his determine
ton to publish Immediately after the LIST of May, the
names Of the owners Of all property let for gambling
houses or dens of lie ~daess
Ep1roRs CoMING.-A number Of Bostop Editors
arrived here this morning, on board the steamboa!
Commonwealth.
conn union, one hundred and twenty three persons
are to be received into the Rev. DIR. Hatfelds
lPresb, terisn) Church, in the Ssventh-av.
MORE SIRAws.-At the trade sale Of glassware of
the Brooklyn Glass Company, on the cath, large
ousntity Of bar tumblers, bar decanters, wine aud
champagne glasses, were offered. In nearly every
nstsn ,e the first lot put up the only sod the
1 - LII. ~.-.kb Tba ots hrnu
Only about one-half the factory prices and if the
duplicate lots had been forced of the loss would have
been ruinous indeed. This was in the face of the
constant assertion Of the suctoneer that the Maine
Law would be knocked into cooked hat before the
summer was over.
NEW FRAUD UPoN INMIGRASIs.-lesterdsy
afternoon the Commissioners of Emigration had q
new case of fraud upon Immigrants broughi before
them. A poor widox man, named Gibson, pu.-
chssed passage ticket for New York, in London
| deny, Ireland, for herself and two grandchildren.
On arriving in Liverpool she applied at the shipping
Office and after beit assigned berths upon the ship
the person in attendance the Office asked her il she
had al Y money which che wshedto exchange for the
current Gin of the United States She gave him a
Il note and 80 shilings sterling IN silver, for which
be gave her what ste supposed was 90 los in I'd.
On her arrival in this port she discovered that the
coins were spurious. Robbed thus ruthlessly OF
her little means. she lea destitute, snd
unable TO go to Der SOD, who resides 10
distant part Of this State. The case came to
knowledge Of the Commissioners, who employed
John Z. Develin Esq their counsel, TO investigate
TIE matter. His report presented yesterday, Is in
accordance with the facts above given. The case
has been submitted to the British Coniul, Anthony
Barcsy, Esq, and every epdssvor viii be made to
brig the guilty parties to justice. Tais is the drst
case Of this Kind but it is feared that it will be but
the precursor of many others of SIM Lar character.
The Commissioners have decided 10 publish the full
particulars of the case. The coin, purporting to be
sovereign, has queens head on one side, with the
words Victoria Regime, ls49, around it. Ga the
reverse is figure of Prince Albert on horseback.
with a crown on bis head, ard dragon running
along beside the horse. Above are the words, " To
"Hanoyer," ard underneath $780, The half
royeresn hiss on it similar head, but smaller, and is
inscribed, Victoria Queen of Great Britain" On
the r.verse is the plume of the Prince of wes sur
rounded with garter, and surmouned With Gro vn.
| The Inscription s, "The Prince Of Wales Model
"HsIf.Soveeien These coins are OF gil, brass,
very cosrsey executed, and could only be pimed of
upor some such poor cres'ure as the present vetiu