The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-20
Tho result al ears to have given general ~satisfac'

the Mayor recommending the dismissal of the
eighteen attendants on the Court of Sessions ap.
pointed under authority of last years Board, and the
substitution Of policemen in their place. The sdop-
ton OF the Mayors suggestion will save the county
sl4 900 per annum. A resolution to increase the
police force to fifteen hundred men was referred to the
appropriate committee. The Committee on County
Oiffcers were directed to inquire into the ~propriety
OF reducing the fees for recording births and deaths
from ten to five cents for each name registered. The
standing committees for the year were announced.
The names may be found in our report.
The Board of Councilmen were in session last
evening. A special committee was appointed to
make arrangements forth celebration Of Washing.
tdn's birthday, and 81 900 were appropriated for
that purpose. A resolution to prohibit the Hudson
River Railroad from running steam cars below
Fifty-ninth street was referred to the Railroad Com.
mittee. The Chairman of the Committee on Fl
nance submitted a report on the tax levy for this
year. which was made the special order for the next
meeting. They suggest an add ion Of s45O, 900 to
the Gomptroler's budget. A minority report on
the same subject was presented by Councilman
Cross, which was also referred.
The Board of Almshouse Governors met yestcr-
day. Patrick McElroy was elected to I'LL the vacan.
cy IN the Board occasioned by the resignation of
Mayor Tiemann. Mr.. McElroy was formerly pro.
prietor Of a line of Third avenue stages. He retired
from business some years since. There are now $3.50
persons under the care of the Governors. being an
increase Of l ,694 as compared with the figures
last year. We learn from the Superintendent of
Outdoor Poor, Mr.. George Kellock, that the expense
of his department will be greater than in any pre-
vious year-a circumstance due to the hard times.
The donations in money to the deserving poor
amount to 81 900 per week. This is distributed in
sums running from fifty cents to 50 so. In each
case the visiters of the Alnshouse see that the do
nation is properly disbursed. The amount of coal
used per week is 1000 tons. which. at 81 per ton,
costs the city So 900. This coal is given in lots of a
quarter of a ton at a time. Over three thousand
families are constantly supported from the Office
of the .Almshouse with donations of money, and
twelve thousand families receive coal.
The further consideration of the petition of George
Taylor for the custody of his wife was postponed to
Thursday, in consequence of Mr.. Sears, his counsel,
being obliged to attend at Albany.
The motion to dissolve the injunction restraining
the Street Commissioners, Devlin and Conover, from
acting, came up before Judge Sutherland yesterday.
Mr.. Field moved to dissolve the.injunction, SO far as
it regards Conover and his employees. The decision
is reserved.
In the Court Of General Sessions yesterday Hugh
barrow was convicted of assault and battery on off.
Ger Morelius-who, on information given by q lady
that a number Of rowdies insulted her in the street.
proceeded TO arrest him-and sent to the Peni.en.
tiary for six months. Recorder Barnard stated that
the prisoner a short time since was convicted of a
low grade of manslaughter. when the presiding Off
cor {Rpcorder Smithl suspapdad oaptaooa IN o-.
dition that he would behave himself in future.
James Breen, a barkeeper, was tried for grand lar
ceny in purloining money from Alexander r.
Thorpe, OF Broadway, and convicted of the minor
charge, and sent to the Penitentiary for five months.
The trial was very tedious, a host of witnesses hav-
ing been examined to establish the good character
Of the accused.
The annual meeting of the Association of EXEMPT
Firemen was held last evening, and was numerously
attended. The Treasures report for the past year
exhibited an excess Of receipts over expenditures
amounting to s75 co. The amount of funds on hand
is 1881. The old board of officers were elected to
serve during the ensuing year, and Messrs, ]. l..
Smith and A. NJ. Turnbull were appointed delegates
TO the Board Of Representatives.
The suit Of James r. Moloney against the San
Francisco Vigilance Committee, the circumstances
OF which are well known to our readers. came up
yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas, upon a
motion Of the counsel for the defence to amend the
complaint. A report Of the decision is given else
where.
We publish today a number of interesting articles
from our European files by the America. II was &C.
knowledged that the financial crisis in England had
revealed a system of combined fraud by Joint stock
spectators and bank swindlers unequalled in the
history Of m Great preparations were being
made by Queen Victoria for the marriage of her
daughter the Princess Royal, to Prince Frederick
William Of Prussia. A detail Of the changes max.
ing in st. James's palace and the Chapel Royal is
quite interesting. Rejoicings on q large scale were
also to take place in Berlin. The Paris government
organ openly defends the new African slave trade of
the Emperor, in opposition 10 Lords Clarendon and
Palmerston. The Emperor Napoleon had recovered
from an attack Of influenza.
We have adviees from the Cape Of Good Hone 20
the 3lst Of October. Surveys were making for a
railway. The local Parliament guaranteed six per
cent.
We have news from Port Louis. Mauritius. 10 the
lith OF November. The sugar market opened with
a reduction Of Is. per 100 pounds on all descriptions;
and, with the increased quantities in sellers hands,
prices had not recovered. A lot Of 7j3 bags Of the
choice mark Of st. Antoine (middle Yellow sold
at 8 81 per 100 pounds, and good grays were plenti.
full at about 6 so. The total shipments to all quar-.
tiers amounted to 59.s7i ,ss7 pounds. The American
ship Napoleon took 200 tons TO Boston.
The cotton market yesterday continued firm, with
sales Of about ] 900 a ! 200 bales, closing stin At loXc.
for middnnr uplands. The -four market was steady, and
sales made 10 a fsr extent without change Of momen, in
quotations. Wheat was nrm, and prime milling lots
scarce. The stiffness Of holders checked sales, which
were confined TO a small lot Of amber colored Tennessee
al 81 is a 81 20, and one lot OF souihcn white at 81 30.
Corn was in good supply and prices easier, with sales Of
new yellow and white at zoe. a 7lc.. and old Southern
yellow, from store, at 7cc. Pork was more active, while
prices were unchanged. About 500 a 600 bbls. chiefly
uninspected new mess, were sold within the range Of
ga IS a sl4 90. lard was more active, with sales OF 400