New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-30
CITY ITEMS

character Of :" PescaT7 IN hicnAu ha'"' "' :.
ativeIy wre'cbed play, The Apo-'~1e' WIN ."-
single exception, u performance more tno'o"snv
dericable. more inexcussbly bad ID every P'"se"
PARTICULAR wa never presented 10 Ne"-iofS Poos-
In merry TO the misers.bs actors, we withhold he1
nsues Tie play, ~ written by the suhor, u 20 os'
that nothing bat the highest order Of acting can "Y@
rescue it from the contempt Of the public and car
never find il REDEMPTION in the company at preeena
engaged ut tie Winter Garden. From our geser~
cerepcy we desire 10 except only Mr. Lingbam. who
undertook to act Hemeya, the Moo., but who OF"
having in bs costume one sBS.ss afs..c5 belonging
TIE Mo- sb dress and who, withsl, was 700 DADDY
to color biz retiy face Of the Moorish hue looke' nAs
an IDIOT throughout the irst and second sct.
The Hon. CHAs SUssER il announced, we notiee.b
deliver his lecture on Lefoyettes III aud CAor0cer
at Coorer Institute this evening. With the single ex-
cepton Of his speech ast July when many OF our CIT.
gems were out of town. Mr. Sumner has not appeared
publicly in this city since bis return from Europe, and
tie Of tis opportuuiyto meet and welcome
him, upon the broad platform Of Literature and History,
vii he spPres$;sS1 ~ ;-s who admire the scholar
slip and rhetorical finish which always characterize
Mr.. Summers literary efforts. OF the lecture La
fayette the Boston papers speak very highly and 40
may safely calculate upon seeing crowded hall and
hearing brilliant historical lecture on subject which
itsof il unusually attractive.
NEw GYMsAsrIc FEATs.-The Oriental Gymnasi-
un. at No ~ Bayard street IL much pa,ronzed by
Young men who desire to develop their muscle They
each have little dressingrooms, wherein to depo-n
their street adonings when they don the garb Of gym
nssts During the last few months theee students OF
health have suffered much from the depredations Of
some peIson who was in the habit of getting into their
dressngroOms and robbing their garments Of such val
ables as might have been left in them. Thus, Wm. j.
Hughs of No. 40 Wall street, lost gold watch aud
chain worth $40; VIM. G. Bell of No. 10 Rutgers
street lost $3.50 in cash; Rodney N Curtis, cerx in
tho Metropolitan Bank Lost two watches worth 800.
and $40 in cash the proprietor Of the gymnasium lcs
q watch and elctli worth $50
young man named Thomas Corbett, who WA 70
the habit of visiting the place but who not pupil,
wa suspected OF the many thefts, but no evidence
against him could he found. On Friday evening Mr..
John j. Shaw was robbed Of watch worth 30, and n
was then determined to arrest Corbet. 0fcerGolden
took the young maa into custody, whereupou he ex-
pressed great indignation. Eventually, however, 10
confessed to having frequently robbed the gymnasium
students and raid thai within year he had realized
81 800 by 30 doing considerable portion of the pr'p
erty stolen the young rascal had presented to cst-
Inable young lady in Brooklyn, to whom be exprosed
the utmost devotion. This lady had placed impiics
confidence in all of Corbets statements in reference to
his pecuniary Affairs and had promised to become hs
wife, When shs heard of dis arrest she refused TO be
lieve him puy, and his confession alone con
WINGED her that b5 She then gave 10 the of~
Ger such presents she had received from her lover,
and they were restored TO the rightfsl owners.
At Corbetts bOardingbouse, No. $40 Broome street,
was found number Of pawn tickets representing va
rous watches and ether property whch he had stolen
and pawned. These were asO recovered. Corbeu,
who il quite 20 years of age, IL the son of very
respectable parents Vho reside in this city bu. from
whom be had been estaDged By his bad conduct. He
has been living the life Of fast and gay Lothars
on the proceeds of his villany. He TO take the
whole matter joke. and says that he kept up hs
acquaintance with the Brooklyn lady simply because be-
could take part of his meals her fathers house and
thus "ease up" on bis board bills. He yesterday
taken before Justice Brennan, and fully committed To
answer