New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-16
THE CITY or Ne w YORK.
EcruRE BY wM. HENRY FRY.

LECTURE BY WIN. HENRY FRY.
Mr.. Wm. II. Fry gave lecture last evening", before
IN. Mercantile Library Association, on the City OF New
Yol He apologize for no, lec'nring, as announced,
100 weeks before, since all the good-"osing Young
men were engaged at The Cooper Institnte on that
eveping III not eecing a MAYOR, 10 which they snc-
seeded The Dotrh be said, founded orr city, and ~
vas only by mere chance that he Uas not now al
dressing Dutch audience in D1'ch. He did GOT give
ueh credit 10 Herdrick Hadson for discovering the
leland Cnnbus Uncovered the continent; the greater
nclndel H.. lev, ard to hin belonged ali the glory
Mr. Frv showed the philosophical importance OF the
discoveries Of Columbus. Before him, fhe earth was
,urros, 10 he fat and 10 be the center and gre ter
roiion Of the unverse. The new theory Of Astrpno-
nv, which gave new IDEAS OF inilnity and phhoso-
1hy all hing upon the discovery OF the new world
Though discovered in 1909 New lOrk was not mnch o I
CITY until tie close Of the last century. In the time Of
The Revolution, PHILADELPHIA was ahead of Congress
though Organizing here having gone thither. New
York in her eminence differed from all other cities IN
having beer extempOnzed and not having grown, and
aleo in rose ring population diversified that that
of LoI don and Paris seemed narrow and contracted
in conparison. No monument in London or Par's
euuaed our Castle Garden IN moral grandeur. No
where had history shown nation Hospitality recelV-
ing laf a illion of strangers year protecting them
fro m inn Ostons and assmilaing them 10 ltsef Let
us, said Mr.. Fry, proceed thence mp broadway,
10 study The peculartes and attractions OF our eY
1lete gwen by the SPEAKER IN descriptions OF tbe
yarous nations tler pecu rites I'd contrasts, from
The Chinese 10 the French; likewise the many shops
their sgns and specialties Then we come 20 the ,y
Hall, he abude Of purity and the home oi innocence
On the character Of the recent candidates for Chlet
Magistrate Mr.. Fry dilafed. Next he spoke Of the
yarious great establishments, Delmonico's very par
ticularly of It's cHisine, the Chef their mode OF
cookery and the excellence of the establishment. He
also touched upon Stuart's, and told anecdotes of
ladies going there.
Is degrees Mr.. Fry got up to Wallaek's Thester.
When Wallaek came over here, he was the glass oil
fashion ard the mold OF form. There was no acting
company in London equal /, the Company there. The
nan who Lad written the best b1riesques IN the En-
glifh language went there, John Bronghd q. lhen
the 81. Nicholas, that magnificent expression o. the
Democratic idea there nothing in antiquity like II,
neither in Europe except in Paris, the Hotel de Lon
vre which was copied from IT, and that was 30 badly
appreciated that il paid only II per cent. Laura
X eue's showed what were genuine w0mans nights.
The changes in the size OF the Winter Garden &C.
minded rs of the change in dramatic art reducing the
sire of ,heaiers that actors conld speak natn
rally nj be heard In art the White Captive showed
us D NJ the age of Greek Goddesses was gone. W.
nee ded sadly some place in which To shoT plctnres
the place in Tenth street WA about good enough TO
exhibit learned pig in. Boston and Philadelphia
were both in advance Of us in this. Oar libraries
were ahead Of the demand Tor BOOKS.
We Rad as fine churches as any in the
world though there not many pictures as those OF
EuIore; It'll churches bsd places 10 show Pic
lures in; was taken up generally with the srchi'
tee ure. Our Academy OF Music was the most uneeo-
pomiCal building Of - kind in he world it, mi taken
form would seriously inlure the Unions Saving Meeting
next Monday, when 3 600 people would not be able 10
see the stage. There street in Euro q 10 com
pare with the Fifth avenue, aud that had been nnt
mostly With ten yearr. tie in banqnet-r ,om 10
Madison avenue lately the ceiling of which d@tin-
guisled Dresiep artist had been engaged all day TOR
fifteen months. He had no time 70 speak OF oar won
derful Fire DEPARTMENT. Our military comnan'es
l.. Al Ia had hAH
abroad seen re admirable drill than that Of the Sew
euih Regiment. lie hoped thai the new Cavalry rag.
inent ould be equally well trained. For gre It deal
Oi manliners and superiOrit' depended on ability
o ride hone well. The cavaliers ALWAYS governed.
The governing classes in Europe were those who rode
back and the reason why the South ruled this
country Was that Southern men knew how to ride
VIXEN The Northern men didn't. Henry Clay rode one
thousand miles On horseback from Ashland 10 Wash
iugton nearly every Winter, and people called him
gallant; they called nobody gallant who did not ride
Mr.. Fry sIoke of the Central Park comprising more
than onetwenteth of the island in extent which was
being laid out with peDdor perhaps nowhere else 10
be seen in kindred Place, and raid high compliment
10 the architect nchief Frederick Law Olmsteaf. In
the r [ o of health New-York stood very low. In the
First Ward. where were the best means of securing
health, the deaths in every 81 while IN the tt-
zenith where be lived, the deaths were in o. II he
liy ed in some other Wards he wonid be very dead
This showed the difference between those who feared
God and used soap and those who didn't
Let mother select house there. The ratio OF life
war decreasing in duration in this city, because our
government in TIE hands Of ignorance and incom-
Tttence. We allowed these men 70 control the me-
chanc and fine arts Of this country. II New-York
ould he the head of the world she must shape the
policy of the Government 10 foster her anu ac.
iures. She evolve her IDEAS az well as deal
in the ideas of other people. We rsised more gold
than any other country in the world bat gold went
10 frsu &c in search Of her manufactures. Poverty
here Was Increasing with terrible rapidity. At the
nate We were gong on now, every i've persons would
coon have 10 support pauper. Everything we sent
abroad bulky, and every thing France sent TO us
was in a highly -concentrated form. We did not ex
change on equal tarms. The average duty on manu-
featured goods imported here l9 per cent, while
the average duly of manufactured goods imported into
Europe 800 Ier cent. This called free-trade
An enlightened and reformed political economy would
supply labor 10 the poor. AT present, things were
grow ing frghtfuy worse. Mr.. Fry delneated his
views of reform. After speaking for nearly two hours,
he closed leaving he sad, many topic. untouched
DR.. FRANCIS, who was present said Mr.. Fry had
rather understated than overstated the evils Of this
city and State, growing out of o-c4ed freerade.
Tie audience was attentive, and loudly applAuded
the speaker throughout his discourse.