New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-30
CITY ITEMS

4 course OF lectures will he given in the Rev. Mr..
Grams church 10 Twentieth street on Thursday even
| Jog Of each week.
AcADENY or NrsIo.-Mad4ms Lagrange executed
with her customary case, elegance aud bniincy tie
pat Of Lnds di ChamluIi last nj hit, and The other
artists, Mess. Brigpoli Revere AMI Gspsooni,
msiI tanned their repu alton As for " Morelli, he
was especially and eninently drsmatic, aud, spsH
| from his singing, actor TO excite admiration.
In the frs, ect Of this are two pisces of superior
besuty-the duei FOR soprano aud nor and the prayer
at the close These contain, 10 broad relief ell tia
| peculiar scceniustion of later composers orhaariy
d. I'm. novelties ard spec sites we mean in pointed
| socen;uaton AID crches.raion.
Asa whole. Linda is not popular. II wants variety
Of musical grouprg-too many duets one after an
o,ier, and no cab,etts, prime inspiration. Tbs
prayer hoEever, il OF the finest things in opera
music-broad, unetuous and most beau fully instrn-
nsn'a,ed.
TIE Academy hes uew piece, in store sni the new
siDgeis have come.
A HOME FOR DESTITUTE cHmDRES-Whatc can be
doIe TO relieve the Of destitute ignorant aud
worse than homeless children Ii n Il our streets and
WHO are destined ultimately to FL our aims houses
AID PRISONS If not removed from their present posi-
ton society Of Shakers could take 8 hunlrei OF
these children, from SIX TO twelve yesrs o. age and
make them earn for themselves good home, con-
rtable clothes, and four months scho ding per ye.r
until they are of age; the Shakers providing fr aud
takirg care Of such as may be sick during The tune
and all at a handsome prof; VI the Shakers ca do
this why cannot an institution be founded 8h,re
these children may be received and provided with
sooo home kind treatment, and more liberal eiu
cation to say nothing about remuneration fr their
services An hesitation of this kind would be en-
irtly ,elfsuppo.tipg, after being once etibislei,
and would pay a large per centage on the capital
required to est sblish It With capital Of city tsoG-
send d,laIs, such sn institution cOult receive oe
hundred and fifty children in the oItsst, and would
in five year, when the Chi dreu fist 1ceI'ed
had been improved, developed and - insured
a. to be abe TO perform variety Of la55 be
able 10 double be numoer; AID this without any
il creGse of capital, except what sholli De ac-
cuir,d fem tie profits o. the inFitu,ion i'seL
We learn that there some ten Or twelve integeo
abe bodied young persons who hsve had ex2enen'e
in the msr 90 ment of children both in school aud -
work some of them having ben with ire steeeis
number of ye4rs who are wiling 10 devote their en-
the the and talents without com sensation, to the
buicipg up Of such an institaton. rhe Assoc It N Of
Il
ne arl, hundred acres with suitable building, within
n atort distance Of the city, which was purchased OK
press for The purpose Of aiding The destitute pOo-
the use of which leJ wiling t. dev0'eto his pur'
POSE An that seem, nect ssary therefore ia order to
have TIC experiment of setsupporDg homo FIR deg
ti;ute chill Cd thoroughly tgied Is lev hun.ret d.
lsrs 10 furnish them with board and clj'hiog during
the irs' .e-sor and until cr'p ne obtained from
the farm VIII not ouf benevolent citizens Throughout
the city ana State supply this deficiency when thy
Ie,ru the purpose for which it required Ii this
sight amount Of mesUs is promptly supplied wo may
reasonably hope that st distant y an iaiti'd'iSn
OF this iLc will be built ~ sufficient in capacity to
receive every destitute, homeless child in the safe,
and provide them with tina e6ucstion end protection
which oil require Ia fit them foe u'eful position II
society, When this IL accomplished, then hal: tne
work and expense o. aims bou-es and prisons vii
lie aytideJ ard widowed mothers who have worn out
their lives il feeble efforts to support theirorphan chill
dren will feel the assurance that Pfovldence has indeed
provded home for the fahereJ through the efforts
OF benevolent and Christian nen.
We are informed tina. Mr.. William ~ Halsted has
pad 800 10 p,e.er. an elegant copy Of the nemoif
OF the Rev Dr Justin Edwards to every student aad
every officer of the Union Theolosio. seminary. lie
thinks every young man pfcpsiDg for the ministry
and every pastor, shoud have copy.
Harry Howard, in & card in The TRIEUSE Ills
morning. denies that he had anything to DO With the
Tsmmany hall disturbance on Thursiay evening last
Among the arrivals at the Brevoor House, Fi'sh
syet ue are Baron Won Gerot Prussian Minister, ard
Cheyalier Bcsh Spencer, Belgian Charge d'Afsires.
CRrcKET-ALBASY ". HARLEM.-Tais match com
menced yesterday on the Harlem ground, One-hur-
dred-and fourteenth street, betgeen Firss and Second
avenues, and at sundown the game stood dc follows
Albany club fret innings, sixty SIX runs second in
mir "a thrYseYen runs witt the Ioss Of two wicket.