New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-30
FROM ALBANY.
ne. of The N. Y. Tribune.

ALBANY, Saturday, March %, 1857.
A very singular paper was sent In to the Senate
this morning signed by thirteen OF your city delega-
ton -includine all the Democratic members from
New-York except one, who, understand, has not
been in his seat much Of late. believe this gen.
tleman was once second 10 little affair between
Yankee Suya an and ''t the late William Poole, esq.,"
and may now be training for aught your correspond
ent knows OF cares to the contrary. The loss to the
Stale by his absence is fully compensated by the
intelligence, energy, activity and faithuness of the
remainder Of the delegation The paper referred
70 was memorial protesting against the passage
through the Senate of the Assembly bill for the
amendment the Charter of your city, and asking
that the bill be taken from the Committee OF the
Whole, and referred to the Committee on Cities
and Villages in order that the sgners might come
before that Committee and urge their objections to
The BILL stating that they had been refused hear.
inc before the Assembly Committee on Cities aud
villages statement which is VIGOROUSLY untrue,
"a the bill was several weeks under consideration
and discussion.
The Committee held as many as twenty-five o
thirty sessions, TO which the New York delegato
were invited. apd all other persons who expressed
a desire for a hearing before the Committee were
respectfully and patiently heard. But this is such
An extraordinary NOV ement for the defeat OF very
proper aud necessary act Of legislation, and the
document itself ia so peculiar, that have copied it
for the perusa OF the readers of The TRIBUNE.
send just it was presented, so as to give you
the opportunity of embalmng it with all ts beauty
of diction aud originality of thought and photography
/ have neither added nor subtracted a comma, and
believe it contained TO other marks OF punctua.
tiop Here il is:
To the Senate Of the State Of N.pYvk
GEMS We the undersigned members Of Assembly
Representatives from the City Of New.York do sarn.
esy sDc respectfully demonstrate against the passage
of the Bill entitled An Act t. amerd the Charter OF the
| CITY of New York for the following reasons viz
That THE bill WAS not introduced by any OF the men,
beIs from said city but gentleman from Cayuga Co
who krew nothing 81 the wants of the citizens OF said
civ when ether bills was introduced to revive the
charter Of ssd city, no attention paid to them by
tie ms Tty Of the Committee on Cities apd Villages
70 HON all hose bills were referred, we stated to said
C, m that we would Ike to be heard on the Charter,
and we we're denied the privilege by the nlsjoTy OF
ssid Committee snd when the maj reported the said
B " minority reported inbavor of leaving the revs
ion of The Charter TO convention Of the business men
ofthe CITY of New York which bill is No 1853 Assembly
| Biz and report lie no l26 Assembly Documents, aud
thew would refer your epecia attention to the same
| S.cor6-Tbat when those bills under consider
ate n in the Committee Of the Whole opportunity
wss giving 10 the Representatives from the City OF
New York to discuss the BILL Oa motion of the Cnair
N an o. the Com on cities and villages the Committee
rse end reported progress snd when in the house, the
same gentlemen moved to discharge the Com of the
Whole from further consideration of the bill that
il b. referred TO the Com On cities villagers with
rcver 20 report complete such outrage was never
known 10 BE perperated before on the representatives.
ofapy particular locality We earnestly bat respectfully
SEX yoiu Hcn BODY 10 refer the bill to the sppropr'
ate Con mtee in the Senate and desire to have an
Opportunity 10 be heard before the COMMITTEE whch
| favor We hope will be granted
Respectfully signed,
Arthur Woods John J; Reilly
ThS:. e G ,nIocs Nichols: " Mooney
Z W. Glover John D. Dixon
Nathaniel Roe James j. Reilly
JsmesS suyter H. D. nfAo'oto'
A motion was made 10 refer the memorial, to-
gether with the new Charter, to the Committee on
| Cities and Villages; but the memorial, after dis
| cussion, was laid on the table.
The motion to refer the City Charter TO the
| Committee ON Cities and Villages was renewed.
Mr. Uplam regarded the motion as out Of order,
inasmuch as the Senate had decided the same ques-
ton yesterday, and also voted down reconsidera-
ton The President decided the motion in order,
| and Mr.. Upham made appeal from the decision.
The question was briefly discussed by several Sem
stors, when the molten finally prevailed-l4 TO y;
and The subject was referred to Mr.. Brookss Com
ntise-the Senate thus taking the back track and
uudoing Il day what they did yesterday 1t 10 un-
5erstooj that Mr. Brooks will report the bill back
on Tuesday next, with what amendments, or alter
ations, or recommendations Tuesday will show.
Trinity Church, which is taking up quite too
much of the precious time Of the Legislature, was
up in the Senate again to-day. Mr. Wads worth
made another iowery speech, to which Mr.. Noxon
responded in a spirited argument, in which hs
IL iXed in some damaging figures Of aIithme-
| tic with those Of rhetoric. Mr.. Brooks
offered substitute for he bill which provides for
The election Of ten Vestrymen and one Warden BY
Trinity Church and it, Chspes, ard for like num-
Der by the other Protestant Episcopal Churches in
the City ii Newiork- the twenty-five thus elected
I'm manner provided in the billy to have the regu-
iston ard distribution Of the property belonging TO
the Inhabitants in communion with the Protest ant
Ep;srrpal ChHrch Osher sections of the bill pro-