New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-22
CITY IZEM&

Bulls HEAD.-Quite Unexpectedly, We think, to
all pares there advance Of price OF beef cat
lie at Fcrtyourth street yesterday, of about half
cent upon the prices Of the previous week and, not
wthstandipg the severe northeast rain storm that
prevailed all day, the market was IN Usually lively,
ard rather larger proportion than usual OF the cattle
yarded were told The prices showed very wide
range between first quality and poorest-say from a
I2ic. pound. The sales generally We're from s@
lie All good fair cattle such the welled, booded
stock of Ohio, and the red oxen OF Ncwpos--a. aoh
at prices per head equivalent to lOdilc pound TOR
the meat and such bullocks our best butchers buy
for Christmas beef sold at II be, and one or two
| lots we heard of at l2!c.
The supply this week We do not think will fall short
of last week although there were fewer in the yards
Yesterday; but more were expected from Albany,
Bergen and Harlem road-enough to make mp some
300 or more We sec by our Albany report that
there were 100 more there this week than last and,
if the whole nuober here to-day proves equal to last
week we shall be surprised to see the prices hold out
TO the end of the market equal to what they were on
Tuesday.
Some very interesting facts will be found IN our
Albany Cattle Market report. Some droves average
over 800 head
BuRToS's THEArER.-Bsuy Sullivan played "Rche-
lien" last night His conception of the character was
good. aud his execution moderately So There were
some capt. 81 points; but the effect ss whole was
marred by too much yigor and adisagreeable monot-
onv Of emphasis a measured infection which kept one
constantly in mind that the text had been carefully
conned and came from the elocutionist SULLIVAN IN
stead of Richeeu the ambitious cardinal II Mr.. D.
will sink the student in the actor, he will stand fore
most among the best representatives. VI tns dlmcuIt
character.
Miss Ada Clifton was the " julie De Mortimer, AMI
rendered the part in natural and therefore very
effective manner so much e. as to elicit larger share
Of appause than is usually bestowed upon the char
| scter. 1t WAS her frs. trial Of the part and adds
another laurel to her well earned fame, as one of the
most talented, versatile, and popular OF American
actresses In the other parts, Messrs. Canon Moore
Whiting. Hicks and Grace and Miss White, rendered
efficient aid, and Mss Francis was particularly good
as the page to Rcheieu.
This afternoon, at o. O'Clock, there will be day
performance Of &" Uncle Toms Cabin by Little Cor
| della Howard and an excellent cast At night, The
Lady of Lyons Barry sullivan as " Claude' AM Al"
| Clifton as Pauline.
Pow TT OIWER WENDELL HoLNES.-Ihe hut
gers street Church was crowded last evening, notwh
|
casion being the reading of Poem by DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes Of Boston before the Rutgers Female
Institute. Tie poem first compare the illusions OF an
old actor TO those of the lecturer when lie rose 10 act
hispsYt Its theme was -" Each heart knows IT. own
secret" ard was illustrated in five narrative. The
frs, was called the Island Run,' and referred T.
one still TO be seen On an island in Boston Bay,
the life of whose former occupant Wa mystery
! and whose secret died with him. The second mar
native was of "The Banker Dinner" and tn secret
# the supposed rich man came out g. the close OF the
feast in the empty preterse of weah amid bankruptcy
The banquet scene gave the poet fne opportunity
for description of character. The third story wss thai
ofs yourg Roman who wss sick, aud none could tell
his allment until great physician came and discovered
| his secret in loye-sickness-whish wss successfully
treated by the love cure. The next narrative wa.
that OF Mary the virgin mother who kept the secret
of her wonderful child in her own heart, the unfolding
Of that child into his maturity ard the exciting scenes
of his life. i. was rcplete with beautiful passages.
The tfth ard last tale was that OF great statesman
who was unhsppy-the cause, seoret-being
! ambitious TO secure throne
The poem was listened to with profound attention
ard was frequently interrupted by applause.
A. y,,svyK'. LECTURE PosTroSrp--lc cOnse
ouerce Of e pcement STATE OF the weather last even
only about $50 20 200 persons veniursd out N hope
OF hearing Mr. Thomas Francis Mesgher ecture al the
Cooper Institute before the Washington Literary
uuior A. upward Of 500 tickets had been sold, the
Commiti,c Of Auaugem, hts inferred tLai more tn ~
80 had been kept AWAY by the storm; aai - they