New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-26

| OF tllt -d!nS dlpi'plhifIs t itNpiutiVH wa ~
ferred to the Committee Of the Whole. resolution
wa, oftTcd nstrcting the Counsel for the Corporation
TO prepare suitable memorial to the Legislature to
procure the passage Of an act empowering the Com
mon Council Of this city to appoint one hundred adj
| Gitiona Commissioners of Deeds After several un-
surce-sful attempts to amend by making the number
successfully 500, 400 and 500, the resolution was
! sdoptcd Councilman Clifton offered resolution
authorizing the Controller to pay all expenses incurred
nv Committees Of the Common Council while on official
business ont Of the city. The resolution laid over
The taA levy for the year came up in the Committee
Of the Whole, and the amendments suggested in the
Board of Aldermen were concurred in, including the
cutting off the appropriation for contingencies of the
Ma,ors Office. The Board adjourned to the first
Monday in February.
Ball or Tnr MrEDoCH DR,siTIc ASSOCIATION.
There are several welorganized amateur clubs in
Thu CITY, composed both of gentlemen and ladies,
which meet -tstedly for practice in the histronc art.
The general object and in most instances the only one,
j. personal amusement; but make these perform
auc,s a school for their own Improvement, with view
Of following the stage. Indeed, these associations
have furnished some promising members of the pro-
fe-.ion who are now playing in public in this and
other cities Of the Union. As far a. can be ascer-
tanned, they managed uueScoptionably and the
general character of the members i that Of high
re-pcctabty. The oldest and one of the largest Of
thee clrls is that called the Murdoch Dramatic
Association, deriving its name from distinguished
American actor. Tie meetings of this Society are
held on alternate Tuesday evenings in the building on
the corner of Grand and Mercer streets formerly
Presbyterian Church. The exercises are exclusively
dramatic representations, and accessible only to
9TH ftrnis hcl with
plin,uiory tickets. The President is NJ. H. l.. Wal
colt.
Tins Association gave its eighth annual fancy dress
ard civic ball on Thur-dav evening bat at the City
Assembly Rooms and it truly an elegant affair.
II is too customary make such occasions noerabe
bv the representation Of and ridiculous charaG
tors But in the present instance though there was
c-- diversity of character than might have been
4, sir,d NJ complaint Of this kind could be- justly
made. and tie co-tpuic- generally were in excellent
taste.
Mr.. J. \. :. @, Hamlet, with "cu-tonary suit Of
.oleInn black" attracted considerable attention,
well ~ the merry Monarch" by Mr.. j. III. B-3
but a. u.ua those characters indicated by ttle
tl-c than the lre,-. Il would that much more
interest might be impaired To ball' % this kind the
Jr0natis isrsoa0 were delnestcd by more appropri-
ate action instead of being merely expressed by COS
tune.
Tie Three Guard,men" were pcrsonoted by }.
D. W. VI. II. b.. and r. +. q. L., ir., son ot we'll
known a.irant for the White House. appeared in the
uniform of the Governor, Guard Don Jos, a chag-
acter in certain popular novel; sustain ID by Nf
HI. VI; and Partho-, from the Three Guards
| men, by Mr.. j. T. w. Punch present, too but
coudI', GO through the fancy dances very well, ex-
cept with some young lady Of dininutiye stature.
Jeannete and Jesnnot were also there, and LIZ file
du Regiment was represented by -tout young lady,
| N-e J.. P-r
! B,s:de these. NJ K.G-n i!ovri-Lod u e superb
Russian court-dre-s, Ms J. Ii e. peasant, and
a Young lady in Grecisn a,J.r~, wcrc emong III
mot conspicuous.
during the cyer.uc the bali visited by the
O,nocsaa Boat Club OF Ne 80 Broad~ay in il sailor
rig a. aso b. twenty or thirty members Of The Me,r0-
,,o..tan Literary A-so, :aiior OF No. 20 Broadway.
! AtIe' o'c,rk tn company -a- DOWN to coln'ori-
alb, supper, prepared by Mr. MILF proprietor Of tLr
| A~.mby Rooms Dodworth's bard did" the mu'c
N,r Tx occasion and at T. oolok, ,ie 'ordero dane
ipe' having been exhausted, the ps.ts -eIs-'ted,
much p'eas-.d vii, tie entert liz.n,ut.
>wOSD PEE.f,rArioS. Li,l,b'r, o. Il Toop
81 Ncy-Yorh IElsar- attached 20 Ia fo1rth reg
mcIS, last evening p.e-entcd 20 tk';r captain, VI
| Peter Hoeit magnificent sword and arrondt--'-
IT, ccren.JrY took place a. Washington Hal IN ~
aL.ih street. ihere Ncg, prc-,n. 81 III "rc1-i4r
| siort Tort, n. The COMPANY n 3!l uniform, btade
large number Of invited gu,s,-. Tle sword wss Pc
.,ated Gy Lest. Pv-t. ~ pr,t,y anc sppr)p-'-i'
| speech, which Wa rc-YunI.c u b! TIE captain 10
.,w word o.. ;heaks .or tbs ;okn Of the e-een %.
rl,-e who - 10 pat Hc.e y.G-e, have taeh lrlcT
| ii. commaHc. Tn ,wOrd = very bedut,icl eft-e,
from -, Establishment of esr- eralr, IN Al-eu
enc and, with z, cabbari- and furniture, e"st 10
| The n,c-ptivu s e. follows: " Pge,"n.ed Z" CSpI.
| Peter H",fi by iLe MEMBER of Troop New-for<
! Hu-.aI-. Aier the presentation cereEr1no7 WOKE
over the members u he company and the invited
guests numbering abou; ole hundred Il all "a, down
e., le O'Clock % las, excellent supper. PROVIDED ~
Mr.. Fuuck OF Washington Hsn. IL ies- "a we've
kept ny at Lorr ard he VIII, nhsI i'>"d Oh
! n.cst ably.
! IaFoRTAST PEoEEETE SUIr.-A SUI nvoiNns
large snouns u property now !, P,osres- IN inc
Superior Court. and r. expected Up fer argument heAt
week. The complainant = Samuel G. Ogden, son and
administrator Of The late Nichols G. Ogden, ana me
! 6e.eDdente are William y. AstOr, John JACOB Astor
1r james Gslsin snd Washington Irving, executors
of the late Millionaire John Jacob Astor. Mr. Osdcn
was in mercantile business from 1910 10 ls o. there
| abouts, when he Mr.. Ogden, died. 1t u claimed
| tbs. prr@t se.,lmset q Mr.. Aaors books s'4sa