New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-21

sHERIEr's JURY.-Its first panel Of he sAsaa,
Jury eel down last evening 70 tseu Annual Dimes n
The g. Nicholas Hotel. Nine hosts Of the St MI.
elias, a. usual on saeh occasions, sustained theis vs
estsbE.hed reputation IN tie preparation Of visnds
The company entered the dining room about ocl,eh
and assembled around the table with Mr. GsrsrJ
stuyvcsant at ito head. After dispst hing Tho suh
stsn,ials the cloth was removed and the cWtomsr
sentiments flsnhed with appropriate speeches, ven
the subsequent sccompsninenss. A tosst wa red
BY the Chairman ( ON the sheriff, Mr.. 0rser, VII, ~
unable to be present in consequence Of impersdN
epgas enent. EI-Recorder TaIlmads, wss 6pt cslsl
on, and responded in his a.ssl happy manner, exeh
ing the risibles OF all present The Dishict Atoms,
Mr.. A. Daley Hall, was brought out by the rcmut
Of Mr.. Tsumsdge, and spoke al some length |,
vein of unequaled bumor and ready wit. In n
ply 10 other sentiments Aldermen Ely and yuIss
e1patisted in their usual aldsrmanie style. vsroa
sorgs were also surg, and after other Appropns,
demonst s,iors the party separated.
Among our law reports wiz be found slt FOR A.
legged malicious prosecution brought by william Ia
against John Cochran.
REAL EsTArK.-The following sa &c Of reA es.sa
were made at the Merchants Exchange yesterday. 4,
A. j. Blocker:
Let on 10. sv q ct from stthH 75xloc feet .sxs
Lot adjoir g. same "
lots on isIiast near iihsv xIitc fsst each sso III
A CoyrIDEscE 0PERAroR.-On Thursday afercosa
young man calling himself FrsLcis Hillon, called
the jeselry store of Tobias Lyon, No. ss Chsthsa
street, and purchaser q watch for SIS, which h
wished seat to the Howard House, where he said b
boarded, and where bis funds were deposited. H.
Lyon, suspecting fraud, informed his customer hr
he would himself accompany him to the Hoel. The,
started together but Hilton turned suddenly int,
Frenchs Hotel With view Of euding Mr.. Lyon. TAs
latter however kept besit hin until both reached he
Howard Hotel, where Hlon made al kinds Of q.
cuses to get away from bis tormen.or and was Anay
colsred by the later AMI taken up TO the desk whsr
it was ssceitaired that he was not ledger h.
tel A policeman was then called in and Hi ton w
arrested and locked up to await examination.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SwIyDLE AN AcrRIS.- |
La Belle Adams, an actress Of some celebrity, ms4
a complaint few days since before Justice Connolly
agsicst two persons named j. II. Allen and Joha |
Constable, charging them with a conspiracy 10 d. /
fiaud her on. OF her wardrobe, which she valued /
ssOO. 1t appears that some months ago she arrived
in this city with her husband from Baltimore and pe
after they became settled the latter died. lesving hs
almost penniless. In order 10 raise funds to bury IL
body, Mrs. Adams was compelled to give one Cozs
bill Of sale for her wardrobe, in consideration Of hs
losnipg her $780, the wardrobe to be returned whe,
the money was refunded. This blu OF sale was Gd
and resold, and the various operations arising osta
the transaction led to the charge Of attempt 70 %
FRAUD to be preferred by Mrs. A. against The abovt
named parties. Allen was yesterday arrested and
held to bail in COO to await examination Constable
is still at large. ....
HEAVY URGLARY.-About iol o'clock on Wedn~
day night some daring burglars entered small book
store in Chatham street by means Of Use keys, sni
By cutting hoe through the side wall gsined scess
to the ewelry store Of L. ons Cohean, No. l6S, sd
joining which they robbed of jewelry 10 the valued
IS DOC and then escaped with their booty The pcid
knew nothing about the operation until they werck
formed Of II yesterday morning by the proprietonl
the stcre. No clue to the robbery has yet bcenaI
tanned.
MonR RowDrIsx.-On Wednesday night 0 H.
pera.e fight occurred at the Belle Union, ncAI
rioas GROCERY In Leonard street, between gsaga
rufians who are in the habit Of resorting to hEl
locality. One of their number was staSbsd iakI
neck, but how severely was no; ascertsned, shsI
police failed to report the affair.
Policy VESDLR ROBBED BY HIS CusroMn-I
The office of lottery policy dealer named HolssI
located at No. Jersey-st ente ed and ranst&xI
on Wednesday night by number Of persons 10 shNI
he had sold policies, which happened to draw prns
but which prizes he had not paid. He yessesdrI
went before Justice Brennan with the intentios
making complaint sgsinst his angry customers, NJ
finally concluded to pocket the sfront lest they shstI
serve him similar trick.
FATAL CAsuALTY-VERDIcI OF CIssrRE-Xt {
Mary Franklin, native OF Ireland, SO years Of vi
died on Wednesday at the New-York Hospital, hsl
the effects Of Injuries received on the cath ult h
sequence Of bale Of cotton having fallen upon
as che was passing the store No. 26s Front ss@
Coroner O. Dornell yesterday held an inque@ ret
the body, and the Jury rendered vertct OF dsssg
il juries, to which they sppended the following wi
I" hold the propretors of said store gSity Of eals0s
/" negligence in allowing cotton TO be rol edm% I
I" sidewalk in q reckless manner .at !
SUDDEN DEA1B.-Coroner ODonneL YESTERDAY !,
bel an nque. upon the body of Henry Il Barclay, ssp
he British Conss who dea suddssy, IS PrsviouSy ss1
It The Star" No 81 Lhpensrd street, on wsasessy"J
d. A posmorem examination Of The body ~s nAsw @
Ds OF nl,n and White, and showed that consesoesz q
], IN was cause of death, and verdict 70 that
endered. Deceased was native Of this cy, ysSs"F
RuMoRED DEATH FROM NIoLEScE.-u 49, =
ported yesterday that little air. Yeas Of age. had
rouse on the corner Of Bedford and Csrnao Hresusf
ures received the hands ofs who had ne
he mother OF tho child having recently tied. Tm w. a
notified and will svestis.e Tho matter TO-DAY