New York Clipper (Apr 1863)

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il»'.'^^SrRlTiS;oii»rIes A. fltaw, B. Dliiop. J. K. (top- TO CITY BDHIUBy^ rH« PBoraasioy. , M.. firnnn U tbt nut orsui of the diatnaUo ud iliew i"J2!*'^iM¥Mil?MafBl to the profMBlon, bnl lnt«r»8ttiig to tha »'*''i^iSm'niionBhtii8m»Slum of onr little llioet,ther«fore, '?^ ' S a pUyblll, a noTrspspor, b Una or Uo of the move. iC^'T• .^CSindTM and tboia MsooUtod with yon, so thot thoj .Siontfl of;'"'!," aTlai^ or Monday, it the Utest, and the Itama ""^.'^iu /uBwr to that wjiek'B luene of the Ouppbb. whloh f"^?"t5.v!iIS to wenti thronghont the conntry early on Tueaday ''^'"SfofeMhwoefc We oharge-nothing for recording the *"„/nu«fotirfrtendfl. neither dowewkbr aaek favora of "l^vSd for ao doing. Wewlah to oonHnue the Oictpkb as a !ST.h£ orean for the benefit of-the proftoalOD, and thereby ex- jSdX^hore of Iti uaefotaeaa. UomiT, Varoh 80, 'tS.' It la not many yean aloe* onr principal theatrea and other «.t>u8 of pnbllo reaortwere locatod In the lower part of the ally, Indaere were bot few attraotlona above Oanal atroet worthy of A* name. Then, boarding honaea of all gradeg awarmed In the Tm*|5 mnnlng toward the North river, below Chambers street, !^wbtt hotda we had were altoated wlthto the eame olreult; tat gndaally the marob of Improvement made Inioada upon the wMUnd-marka, and oheap hotels and cheaper boardlfag-honnos reiegitdnally given np to the neoeaaltlea of the tlmee. Tip- 1 «id, tlieatar of Kmplre wended Its way then, as atlll farther .gMntdltwandallawsy now. Wlththedepartnreof onrbosfd- honae KoMim), ^o departed many cf the patrons of onr tbe> I eto.. and It beoamo a question whether the hatitua ahonld 1 totbe followed bymansgera, whohadsolongostered forthslr iDOMment It-did not long remain aqneatlon, bowevelr,for I iho donn-town houses became deaerted, and aelf.preservatlon lopelled an upward movement. When Bond atroet was aelsotsd I igaaltefortho Wtoter Gardon, and above Honston for Laura ! Keeie'a, It was Imagined that those localities were aoffldently <.|ilgb up town, and many feared that a few years would oUpae ' («fore the upward tide would reach them. Wallack'a little ee- tobUshment, below Broome street, was considered in the m6at ' ftTorsble altuatlon forcatohlng the transient wsyfturer, as well . aatbe regular theatre goer. But we llv^ln a fast age, and there I so teDlDg what the morrow may bring forth. The elder Wsl- .Iick,wlth an obaorvlng eye, saw with what rapid atrldea'the fltat metropoICa woa progreaalng, and he hod the temerity to nore on a little, sven m advanoe of time. With that keen per- .oapUon of comtog ovonts for whloh he la noted, be saw Uut Ptoome atroet would aoon be'"away down town," aa Ohambera : atrtetwaaafewyoaiaprevlonaly, and he determined to setup -town, If there over was to be any op town to NewTork. At lenrth Avenue and. IStb atreet, "he Dullt blm a tbeatre." Ee wia looked upon as a man In his dotage. Old stagers predllctcd tlsntter ruin In building a theatre at auoh a ^'remote pUoe." . 'But the veteran went on bis way njololng, and has carried - ''ilooughdmoattwoof the most snooessftil seasons ever known Id NewTork. What next? After the nnlooked-for saooess at- tending Ur: Wallaok's enterprise, we shall not be astonished if , .«osie go-ahead Mow Torker abonld even Improve on Wallick's lies, asd give ns a theatre on the Fifth Avenne, beyond Uadl- ' son Square. As the Fifth Avenue EM has net with great euo- ' -eai, why ehould not a Viealre on the great ailitooratioIhoroujBh- : . tue also find patrons to give U a hearty sapport T Hon room :' for our commerolal pursulU is demanded In tae heart of the city, - '. anf even now the busy marts of trade are beglnntog to enoroaoh upon the palatial abodes of onr retired men of wealth, oiowdtog . ihem upward, still npward, on the beantUol avenBe stretohlng . 4owuds the Oentral Park, drawing in their wake restaurants, ' hotels, theatres, eto., ete. Mo, we shall not be surprised to see : J theatre on Fifth Avenue before long. Who knowa T Perhaps . 'I«oia Eeene may even now have an eye on the chances, for the / giving up of herleaaeeablp on Broadway looks as though the . ' JadT baa eome great object In view. There seems to be quite aTsge for dramas of the "OamlOe"' '/ school of late, so we should Judge from the eagemeas with whloh , managers take hold of any drama that oomes before them, re- lating to the commission of sdulleiy or seduction. Within the .' 'past few monthe we have had Oamllle, East Lynne, Edith, Luoy .'. fi'ArviUe and other productions of a like ohaiacter onthedra- -• Ditto stage, and the "Travlata" on that of the operatlo world, .\ In whloh Ulsa UatUda Heron. lUss Western, Mlea Frov(*t, : .\and two or three prima donnas have figured, and now we have a ; .yoaw drama to odd to the llatln the form of "Jessie UoLine," a I ij Piece in which Miss I^nra Eeene has thought proper to enter ['L'ths lists :ss » repiMsntstlva of Ae InluMd cues of ladles In {"^[aestlon. We have seen thorn all, plays and artists, admired a %w, but seen only. In this last prodnoUon, uiythlnc -worthy of jearly commendation. •■JeasIe HoLane," by annnnamedran- '.tbor^wasproduoed, fortheflrsttlmeln this country, at Laura :' Xeone's on Uonday night, Haroh ISd.. On Taesdsy we called in 'to toe It,, and found the honae abdentaly foil only. Twenty . ffilnntoa after the hoar appointed, the aartaln went up, dtqilay- •::^inga very pretty rural scene, auppoead to represont the snr- '. . ronndlngs of one of tho coal mines near Plttsborgh. It was all i : Terr charming of oonxie, but very far out of the way of the ' isallty, as any Pennsylvanlan could toll, who saw It. The ' play opens Well, wlth^ome lively converse between two . i miners, :after whloh John UoLuie—Oharlea Wheatlelgh— enteis, and shortly afterwords his young vrifs "Jessie"— .'bnra Eeene—who is dresaed rather gay and fksUonably for « miner's wife, John then retires fbr a whllo, and In i the ■ Interim Arthur Uaraden—0. Walcot, Jr.—enters, and briefly «)nvetse8 with Jessie on his former love tor her, alluding ' .10 the unuingenlality naturally existing' between her and John, hia coarssnese and her refinement, Ac, oontraatlnBhe^ position ' with that aha would occupy as bla partner In life. Thusu^hBlng 'the poleon, he leaves it to work, and retiree, promlalDg to see ! her Boain. John then reappears, and daring the morning meal hordleaatlafaotlan with her life Is developed, and besides this, . evldenoes of msutal dlstorbanceo are plainly manlfbated by > Jeulo, tho result of the terrible death her father met with at the imlnea, the blow when given having affeoted her mind, a feature «f it being her Inability to shed tsars. Before John's departure . to the mines, one "Betsey Blown"-Hrs, Bobertaon—a humble V-mendof John'Si-appevson thesceneon her way to Mew York to seek a place. WhUe bidding good bye, Harsden'a Imported : ^Engllshllvery servant—"Marker"—the inlmltoble Fetors—makea ; Ua entree, and manages to deliver a letter from Uarsdon to Resale, anseoo, the contonte of whloh relate to a etolan totervlew "Ee dealroa. After the whole party leave, Marsden appears, and ;.,. nlthnately carries Jessie off perforce, The next Important scene ' Is the intotlor of ,a coal mine, and WbUe the miners are bavlng a 'Mnfib tegethor.'Bolsy la soon coming down the abaft, her mla- non belngito toil John of Jossle'a flight. Some capital acting •followB, In whloh Wheatlelghnow dlaplavs his ability as one of ... Ibe leading aotora of fbt day, tho acene cloalng with an "Impres- wvetobloau." 'The second sot opens with Jesale'a boudoir in ii vVmden'a honae. It Is in this scene that Ulsa Eeene manlfoals uit oommondable odherance to nature to her Impenonatton of i .^-eboniater that has given her the reputotlon she pcsaesies. Her . .-remorse for hor conduot.ls truthful and powerfully depicted, :>.'«id is entirely devoid of that ranting and powerfully melo- ' <|ramatlo style of tho East Lynne achoof of aotresaea. The and- I . den appeorando of Beteey, and Jeaals's fear to eeo her husband, ..'.ffflotmltog almost to frensy, la finely rendered. tThe next'scene, .., tapcrtent to the plot, la the drawtog.room to Uarsdon's house, 1.' .la which a fosblonablo party ore to the midst of their enjoy- : I'.'.nent, when John McLano auddenly appoara, and again do we have a fine dlaplay of Wheatlelgh's dramatic power. Indeed, hia ' '«>Ung to this aoene is beyond all pralee. The flnalo of tho scene .. ana the second act maikos up an undonbtedly "startling" and ., iplendld tableau. We now come to the last act, to which Miss ' Sepno, as the tosane wife, acts with such truthfotoeaa to nAture ' ;.'Ss to make the eoeno aa fearful as it la dooply Impresilvo. The ' . :llnale of the act Is rather molo-dramatto, but nevertheless it has .many meritorious features/ To oonolado oar aketoh of the play, We have to say th^durtog the whole season, Ulsa Eeene,has not '! -plaood upon heifllge a drama more roplote with excellent potou <:,'CrattTaouvofeaWei than.la "JcseleUoLano," and'oertei eho .,-'1 baa appeared to no ploy l^ whloh her dramatic power has come toto play with gretter ^vantage than in this. Whoatlelgb, too, '"'"^ UcL&no a oharacter that none who once sees um, will ever forgot. Ohas..W^cot enaotod his port admirably, >:. aia dlephy of mvaioal ability being a featum of his performance. ''' Itoberison, .too, was capital as Belsey, and PoCus's Marker wisDurtonlan in comic exoellenoe. The scenery was effective, >v.' and, as usual, friend Bakerlent his valuable aid In the orchestral .(^-.aepatlmont, with some of hie moat oholoo libangementa. I.'.'. On Monday, Marob Wi, Norma was produced at. the Academy or Uualo by the Harotzek tronco fbr the first time, and truly 'i !^^_lt a grand performanca tbroughonl. The house was woll auod, not orawded by any moons; butliiosmuOh aa the usual crowd of dead heads did not oochpy their icoustomed seato to KvUie auditorium, it was fttUr os paying a house as the moat '-. crowded aaacmblogca under toe provloas managements that have Ov.controllod'opera matters at the lith street estebllshment. Beolly .': Hax deserves credit for ao boldly ridding the Opeia of snob a ' nuisance as. tho ollquo of dead heads alluded to had become, .1 xhoaa follows It was, who on all occasions made themselves so con- (. aplcudusln promonadtog.th6 alaleaand loudly oonvorstog during ' the portormanoo of someof the gems of the opera, and impndent- :'V.eyolngthe fair box through tholr glaaees at probably but a I fiew yards distance, Theyocied asif monarohs of all theyaur. ,veyed. and to fact, to a variety of wave, wore a terrible inonbua ' ' Ppon the energies of every impreaaario. Max haa been the first ' to make them walk chaus) and though, in conaequence, the '■' hcuaea have not bean so crowded as before—for weie dead . heads were numbered by hundred!—they have been paytog SptOM, and that U what has not always been the oase.on pr». 'S??? oooMlons, wnen appearances led to the contrary opinion, W ^t.(o the opera. ^ When Ume. Hedorl first made her appaa> ''''SS'^^WaaueivM of Norms, we prepared onrtelvea for* vtt'Mt feaifof opsrotti noito, likd m bad It Biioli kvoloe. Wby we'doinotbtigln tohivetahniit cotnmond to'desertbe its- IpsotonsmelodK dramotio power, too^ e]|o«Ist)iatof any IvtIq artist we nave had here ilnoe the great tepreaentetive of Norma, Orlil. In the rendering of "OaMs Dlva.'^.'.abe'exoelled; bat AdaMza, and her powerfnl deifithclitlons qf folUone, aha folly equaUedOrlsiitofut, beraottoaoooldnothave been inrpassed. Sufilce it to say, that her vooafand - histrionic persofiaUoa of the oharacter was of snoh exoellenoe as to enUrely oast to'ihe aUade dl the efforts of every artist that baa previonily vlalted this country and performed to opera, excepting arisl, and to'many-potota she even excelled her, BUeohl,aaOroTaso,.gave ns • tralradmlrsbls vocal ond dnmatlo rendition of the roln as- signed him. Poaeeastogall the power of the bassos that have preoe<Ied him. he has, besides, Blmcst the sweetness of a bari- tone. He fqlly divided the honors of the occasion with the ethers. Of Uozzoleni we have batlitUe ocooalon to speok, as we hove commented on his qoolltles before; but what we bove to say Is, thot he added to Us repntaijon 1^ his truly admirable per. formonce on thlf occasion. Of Ulle, Snlzer, the alto, we have to say that'ahe fully comes up to the high commendations hitherto bestowed upon her by the critics of the dally presa, who for onoe have a trathful foundation for their warm anloglnma of the truly great artiste comprising the company of Max Maretzek. We nave never seen Norma properly rendeiedto this conntry before. Judging from the excellence of tho performance on Monday night last, and we can promise the lovers of the lyric drama to Bostoq and Philadelphia, anch a feast of excellent operatlo muslo aa they have ncvef before listened to to the tbestres of their re- spective locslltles. Theymnst wait sometime yet,ihongh,for we are not gotog to part with Uox's troupe for some weeks; to truth, we ore omy waking up to the foat that we have amongst na now, one of the best open troupes that have ever appeared on the American contUent. A stotement havtog appeared to several of the NewTork pa- pers to the effect that Ur. Mark Smith would open Wtoter Qar- den next aummer, 'with Mlaa Emily Thome as one of his torn- pany, we ore anthorissd to stato-tbat Ur.'Hark 'Smith ahd Hiss Emily Thome are luriiKrt to the aforesaid undertaktog. We toko this opportonlty, thereforo, to nndeceive the pabllo to regard to the matter, and give the facts as they are. Uiis Thome is s partner to the enterprise, and not a m'ember of Mr. Smith's company, u atated by other Jonnala. And here we might take occaalon to advlae Mlaa Thome and Ur. Smith to be a Ulua more llf>eral to Ihdr mansgemsnt of the Wtoter Ouden than the pres- ent manoger baa been. The place has been sadly out of gear, theetagearrangementoabowtog t w»ntn« ti>ttT,i\ i<i«>n<miTi.- tlon,whlah boa tended to injure the estebllshment to the estlm». tlon of the pnbllo aa well aa of stars. Let the new manogsrs look to their 'oim totereste, by placing thiir entartalBmenm pn the stsge Id a proper manner. Mr. and Ulss Blchtogs brought their perfomonoes to a cloae at NiWo's,onthea«thtast ^ Yankee Bcbtoaon waa to town last week, leaUng a realdenee for his family. He appears at Cittabni^h on AprS 6tti. Andy Bpringer^sservlcesaaadvanee agent'hove been afcuredbythe real live Tonkee, who apeoks cheerfolly of the prospecte ahead for the forthcomtog, and all bnt here, oaveUng season. Bamum is not a man of his word, and can place little value' upon the truth. Before' the marriage of the two dwatft, Ulss Warren end Tom Thamb, Bamam annobnced, poaitlvely, that the woman would never appear to pnbllc, for exhibition, after her marriage, This announcement was repeated day after day, with the knowledge of both Ulas Warren and Strstton. The pair are to be on exhibition again. In thla- dty, by and with the advice and connivance of Baraum, who, however, keeps' to the background. The whole crowd are. of a ktod, deceiving the pabllo by falae repreaentatlona. Palace Sordens do not seem to have been veiy snecesstal as a place of amaaement, and we now see that the scenery and furni- tureof the plaoe la "offered for aala at a sacrifice." Tha Uenagerie cloaed on the Wth Uarcb, after affording oor dtlzena a deal of amaaement and tostruotlon to 'riswlng the nat- ural cnrioaltlea comprlatog the colleotlon. The den of Uona, whloh was formerly a den of "pretty waiter girls;" 'wtD now be used for other purposes; perhaps revert to the girls sgato, f«r aught we know. Ulsa Lucille Western had a good abara of tha week'a bnstoeas at the Wtoter Garden, and her rendition of Lady lasbel was fa- vorably received. She will repeat the perfonnanoe this week,' 'wliUe Hiss Uatllda Heron wul give as ter great Tenl90,'at Nlblo'e. Ulas UaiOdlt Heron comes before 'oa sgato this eventog at Niblo'B Garden, reprodnotog her great drama of "Edith, or the Earl's Daughter,' founded on lbs. Wood's norel of Esst Lynne, and whloh met with inch ikvor on ite flrat production at thla hohae a few montha ago. Ulaa Heron's Impersonation of the herotoe of the play is a most powexlU piece of scttog, and takes rank vrith her great rendition of Oamllle, which seldom (alls to attract full houses when performed to tUscliy. As pro- dnced at Miblo'a, the ploy of Edith wlU afford a treat to those fond of a good drama, for every attentton will be paid to a proper distribntion of'allthe obaractora. while the scenery and atage orrangemente generally wOI receive that attention ao neo- eaaory to a lialthfal representation of a work of the ktod. As Ulas Heron's previous engagement was termtoated trhlle Edith irka to the midal of Ite triumphs, It is but fair to presume t)i«t it will resume Ita fo'nnec success this week. Henry Peroy, who, a few ^eeka atoce, denied the report that ho waa to appear at the "New Idea," makea Ua first oppeoranoe at thot honae thla evening, Uoroh 30tb, thus provtog the oo^ rectoese of the reports, to aplto of his denloL lliere's' nothtoc llkehattogtheaeihtogs broriuhtdown toafoons.,.'.'" * There Is nothtog freeh'ot Bamnrn'si not even the girls'wbe make a praotlca of regularly visltmg tula'moral shnr ebbp on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons,ex'oept that an.Englisn oomedlsD, Bam Emery by name, appears on ue 30th, to Beorle's new drama of "The Shadow on the Wall." It don't matter what theBryonto hive on their bills, fbr the bnatoeaa contlnnes the same. People go there to lough, and although they are as "well up" to some of the Jokes as the per- formers themselves, they severthdeaa laugh as heartily as ever, and enjoy themselves as to days of yore, when thelamented Jerry Bryant was one of the ehlningllghte at this hoU.. . A panorama of the war, with for^ ocenes. Is for sale fbr $890. See E. B. Ounnlon's advertisement. Col. T. Allston Brown has returned fo 'the dty after a trip through the West, and la prepared to negoUato with Uansgera for the comtog aummer season. CoL Brown la desirous to travel 'wltha Oinua.Oompsny,aa "layer out," or aa Treoauror. Eos filled the above poaltlons before and undeistanda the bnstoeas thoroughly. Managers wlshtoi to engage a leUable, hard-work- tog'Agent, can addreaa him at ihli oSce. A grand concert win bo given at the Apollo Booms on Tuesday evening, April 7th, for the benefit of Ur, Gerald Gaffney, when the followtog artists have ktodly- proffered their serrices; Utd- ames Faulltob,^leper and 'Vetter, Ulaa Scheppehnan, tiie Uesars, HermannandBetoeman.andtheStoglngSodetyAmphion. The programme la very varied,' and Ur, - Gaffney appears several timoa himself, 'A firatclaaaleadtogjavenlle and light comedy lady Is. waoted to go to Eanaaa. See Oonnar tt Oo's- advertisement for further partldilars, ' "The Great Southern Contraband Tronpe" of twelve genntoe sons of Ethiopia are getting "well up to their parte," we are to- formed, and on the evening of Taeiday,Ua(eh Slat, they gfve their first dress rehearssL - - Hen they an, all together, and a ospltol show they make— opero, drams, apeotade, bollst, Ethiopian minstrelsy, burlesque, pantomime, aerobato,-and we know not hoiV.many etoeterns, though, we an sore; quite enbngh to astonish anybody who ion la for the moat of amnsamant at a moderate coat And when anolltheaeeopltolthlnRBtobefonndT Why, when batatthe fkmoua "Mi" Broadway f Then, a real daater of stan are ahl- ntog, InoludlngTony.Faator; down, Jeiter,- and ccmlo voeoUst; 0, E. OolUne, Jig dancer; Ulas Fanny Fomat, who stoM. as the sailor eald William did. "like a hansel;" and a whole holt of other dever folks, whose names are (be; only recommendation thty need. Without doubt, "ili" la a gttat place, and great aro heorowdsthathunr tolt, . . ; , . "ErtoOoBrtghl'' Boiwe have heard a moltltade of people exclaim who hove been to Hope Chapel, .and witaessedi ue doings of the UeVyoy companv, aided by the life-like soenety of oldlnbnd. Some Idea of tne "qneer spoil" of Hlbemla, ao tuatly celebrated all over the world, is to be gotoedbyavlslt lere—olao of the pecuIliriUea of the andent dtles, aaoh oa Mb- Ito and Wloklow; and if It la the aonga or the telk that yon like, why, by the powen, rou may have tnam. to all poaaible perfe> tlon. No better enter^lnment than the one under notice la now afforded to the dty, and that la saying a good deal. . The New Bowery might hang out a banner on ite eatword wall, as Macbeth did apon the outward wall of his costle, along time ogo'-Hinly with the dilTercnce, that tho cry, "BtUl they come," was slgnificanti to the usurper's card, of the approach M foca, whereas, to. that of Manager Llngard,- it tokene the arriving of friends. Baring the ntet week, the bill of tua at this'pepnlar hou^o has been qutto.fDll of jgood thtogs, Thepresent wsei has oomlaehcod well also, the eveninffof the SIstof March being set opart Ibr the benefit of Mr. Llngard himaelt-when Ur, B. Eddy oppoota—also several other fOvorilea, to addition to the popular company. Tluy fiaveo good tlmeofitatWood'sUlostrdHaIl,{li Brotd- vny,>hera a band ot right merry men give the folks a tute of their quality every bi^ht, and send all home well pleased with the genial banquet that has boon set beTon them. Of late daya wo havo hoard aomo of our aoqnototanoe apeak of the "blue dov- 11s," and have tovaritbly recommended a visit to Wood'a, as a aan cure. Why? Becauae we have tried it onnelvei, and found it tho oomblote thing. OnlyconaldMr auob aplorgoa. as "Handy Andy," "Tlic Old Mold? Lament," "The Broadwar Belle," "The Land of Freedom," ''Olhollo," "La Porohe Eqnl- polae,"and "Our African Oonsin"—real atunnera, ain't they (' Ur. W. H. Pan], whe dnrtog the pabt scaaon has acted aa tmsl- nesaagontforBarasy Williams,'Mil terminate his engagement on Saturday, April 10th, Tho many-years experience Ur. Paql has had to thla conntry and Europe, give him unusual qualiacs- tlona OS' a flrat olasa agent, and nndarhlaaerrioeaof gnat value to any one whp may be ao fortunate u to aeconiilni. Letters oddreiaed to the Oupibb office ^111 bo duly forwarded to htm, Tho eatete of the liito Edwin P. Christy, ao well known aa tte original founder of Ohristy'a minalrela, and the isuiager of tha tothU home daring their long and aacceaaftil otnerat Ueohotiloa'EaU. oUy^ la fonder-litigation. .In.the Burrog^to^J .^nrt se, ■ on the' Mtli of jraroh, ttt coaa. pidton I, Taokerr The fblowtog tvia irgaed More the Heoi te a synopsis of, the >t«<|Md- _ _ ftheoollaotbri2Bdwto mtt a'- m 'inMA vnuaH >»ptrty I The obllsotor of the eetate, to his petltton, seta Corth that among Uie artldea toventoriad as; aaaeu of thaestoto/areilie hogse- hold fomltan, pictures,. palnUnga, to., now to the house oooni pled by Kt'P. Ohrlsty at the time of his death, and. appralaed at 19,(03; that aoid bonss Isocenpled by a penon named, to what PDfpcrts to be the will of said Ohrlsty,ss his wife; that men than forty dsn have elapsed atoce Ohristy's death; that to the Jndgmentof the collector, it is necessary for the preservation and benefits of said estete, to eall'aald property, onfess thesame be amply seonred to said oolleotor; that he to, aad haa been auce bis appototment as collector, obliged to keep a man hired to watob aald property, at ian expense of two or three dollors per •■•rj thai, in.fte praaant poaitTon, aald property la not seoue; tntt the collector has no safe place to keep the aame, ex- cept at a great pecuniary expense to the estete and he Uberefore phys that be be directed to sell sold ilroperty. Theee atatementa on met by on affidavit of Maiy Ann Maplea Ohriity, the alleged widow of Ur. Ohrlaty, to the eSbct that aha tud no knowledge that tho appnlaers and collector, or either of them bod any Intention to inventory the fnmltun, ploturea; ptinltogs, to., now to the house occupied by her, tUl the sold appralsen and Oolleator came to the bouse to take thesame; that eho woa not privy to any manner to tha maUng of the to- veniory; and that at aald time, she caused the appralsen and OoUectorto be Informed thot the fumltun, plotaros, patottoga, &o., bdoiged to and wen owned by her; that at or about the time she ond Edwto P. Ohrlstv commenced honiekeeping at No. M Grind street, she loaned to him the sum of - about ton thousand five hundred doDon; that five thoosiol five hon- dted doUan thereof were the proceeds of the aala of real eitete she owned to PhUsddphla, and the balance was money she bad on depodt to savtogs banks; that all of aald fbmltnr^ Ac, was purchased with her said money, and the aame was totond to her name dnrtog the lifetime of Edwto P. Ohrtety, and with his knowledge and asaent, snd the same is now In- sured to her name. She farther says that she purchased a house with her pwn money and in her own name, and that im- mediately after she took potsesslbn bf this boase, snd hod nmoved thereto the furalture, to,, contotoed In the house, Mo. M Grand atreet, and thot she boa ever aince aold time occupied sold home so conveyed to her, that she is abundantly responsi- ble, has noCunlly, and the fomitonis bnt little oaed, and Is nottoasy sense perishable, and will be bettor perserved by ra- malntog when It b than by storing It; that the fnmltnn,plotnxes, paintlnsa, to., would be aacrlficed at lefis than their vdae if sold •t luction: aind that the estate will be ndther preserved nor benefitted by such sole; that the said ftamltun, &o., an entirely lecnn, and she has ilo^totentlon to remove them, bnt neaos to conttone her realdince tosald house and ntato possesion of said property there in til this case is terminated by a Judicial dedslbn, if not longer. In response to these aUegotlons,|tbe Conrtsdd: The paper propounded as the will of E. P, Ohrlatr la befon me, aid ite admission to probato to eoateated to this Ocurt by Un. Harriet E. Ohrls^, aUo claiming to be the widow of E. P, Obriaty, and tiy E. Byron Ohriity, ololmlng to be bla ecu. In this alleged 'will, the propcrtr toqnestton is mentioned, bat OS the will Is not yet admitted to probate, I cannot look toto that toetrument for ovldonce upon whloh (o sot.' I cannot try the title to this property, and yet I am nnoble totelUgently to give directions to the OcUoctot', wlth- ont tocldentally looktog tofo the qucatlon of probable ownenblp. Thus, If thenZappear to lie's "clear ontstandlbg title against the estete," I ought not to toterfero on behalf bf thecateto. Bat "if then be o reasonable canse for doabt, the proper course Is to germit the saleiond let the question bo tested by the Court ovlsg Jnrisdlctlos of the mslter.'! In this caae,I feel compelled to say I do not perceive einy "dear, outetondtog title agotoat the estete." Un. Mary Ann Maples Obriaty swears that she loaned the decedent the money vrith which the ftamltnre was pnrohaaed; and aha thna, (even if her teatlmcny were admissible under the Code, IS to 0 transaction between beraalf and the decedent.) ea- tobllshes oidy at moat o debt from the estete to her for the loon. It te true that ahe aweon Khe informed theOoIlector that Om fumltun waa hers, but ebe does not swear that it ii here. Mrs. Ohrtety does not allege' ony legal title whatever, but merely even thot she hos poaseadon ond "meana to ntito it" The Ocnrt was thenfon not diapoaed to notice on order for tha aile of what was aotuolly not to the bonds of the npreaentatlve of the estete, illhongh the probable title might lie to her estete. Bpch on order would not odd to the power or security of the ool- lecter,.who would have to owalttha decision of the Oonrt of proper Jnrladlctlon. Conaequently, the legal way of pnceedtog would be to dlnct the collector to bring o auit to teat the title. In tha event of the will going to probate, auch a suit would abate; while if probato wen denied, it would, if imdetermtoed, pass over to the permanent admtoatrator of the estete. Should the eatete sneeeed to It, the Oonrt would then consider the proprleh ofthesale. John 0. Tan Loon is for the collector; A, W.Orod- ford andP. 0, Olork for Urs. A. U. Obriaty; Somnd Jonea ond 0, E. Smith for Un. Horriot E. Christy and E. B, Christy. - DRABUTIO. Bnatoees at the New Uemphla Theotn has been splendid. The present bll and wtoter eeaaon doaea on the ITth of April, alter which lime J. F. Croasen ntoms to New Tcrk. A summer aeaacn of two months commences Immedtetely after the dose, as alMve steted, and some of the old people have made orrange- mento to nmain;' The present season haa been carried on with- ■ontlbeald-ot a'stogle star, and has so far been one of the moat sncetaafal aver experienced to Uemphle.' ' \ ■ ■ ' In kpeaUng of a reiceint drimatio performance at the'Bnolilni ■Academy', vte.aUoded tb'tbe v#i^ toeffldent raam'er-to'wUahtne .UflK. '«! > » Kj —..^.^ta- ^T «_i>ni<anrf«J fit thMLhOUSa. ItOj however,' that 'wetova oast nndeaemd 'can flilt]. ui i wP I dblnlst of that eatebllahmsnt,-and we therefore lef'Ono'Who Enows"—and who saw the faplte we complatoed of—hove space to exploto eertoto motten connected with theperformance under notice. He soys:—"Ii^ the remarks to Vbur piper of thlsdste, aist, upon the recent performance of Edith by ifiea Heron, ottha Brook^ Academy of Uoaie, yon hove nnlntentlonolly done great injustice to the worthy, mochlulat of the theotare; Ur. UcMally, who te acknowledged to be among the fint to bis onstoess to the conntry, bivtog bad moiy.'yean practical experience to onr prindpol theotna. Inateod of the effect of the performance betog morred by the bad management of the acenary, it was wholly canied by the toei&denoy of the penon at the prompler'a desk, who rang the cmteto down before the time, apoUIng one of friend Hany Pearson's scenes, and also the teblean at the end of the second act, upon ^iich the plot of the piece htogea, and which'of conne the macblnUt had no men to do with than he had with the alim onbostro yon mention, ond.about which there was no mlitake.' If the poUcy of the management is to combine the prompter and ao actor as one to the same plecf, and aoid prompter handa h^ book while on the atege to an tocompetent person, and mietakes occur thenft'om. Justice to every one ro^ qiilrea that the phbllo should know where the fault lies. Uanoger J. 0. Uyora dosed the Academy of Undo, Provident, B. L, on the' Illh Uoroh, after a season of one hnndrod and twenty-one nighte, and paytog for nnt daring that time 19,871). The high rout as^ed for tho Academy wa^^e cause of Mr. Uyen dostogotsnchon eorlydoy, yet he no doubt could hove pro- longed the term hod he been to time to arrange with all fint-dsas atars. Ha vrill be on hand for the next eeascn, however, to en- gage all aton who may wish to try thdr choncea to Providence. Bla bnstoesswith Ur. and Un, Barney Williams and Ulss Moggie Utchell was better than the aomo parties did to Beaton, at the Hovrard, aa the Providence Academy ,holda more money. Ur, Myon:'was to hove hod a complimentary, tendend by the dtl- 'Eons, on the 37th of Uoroh. Among the volinteera were Eury Langdon and Aimle Senter. and also the dramatic company, who have bean pteytog at New London, Norwich, Woaterly, oto.- Mr. Uyen wilt re-open the Providence Academy, for cno week, com- menctog on the SOth, to play Ulss Charlotte Thompson. After that, he will vidtNew Bedford, Portland, and Bangor, Ue., when he w^ be reody to negotlato with'flrat^uass stars. The Hclmon Opero T^npe ore still psrformtog In J. Qi Vyen/ droiUl Lost,week they wen at Sprtogfield; on the WUi of Uoroh they open to Hartford, Conn., ond on the eth of April to Mew Haven, . Adoh Isaacs Uenken dosed her aecohd anbceasfll engage- ment at Ike Ftont Stnet Theatre,'BaltIniork, on the 38d of Uarcb, to one of tho largeat and moat fkshlonoble andlencea ever oasem- bled to that houae.' So reports a BoltUtoro oofzespondent, who flirthcrioys:—"It being the fiuowoll'benefit of Ules Uenken, ahe oppeond to t#o pieces, the French Spy and Uozeppo. Long 'befon the onrtato rose, the house vris pioked to lis utmost ca- pacity. At the dose ot the Fronoh Spy, Ulaa Menken wis called ont, ond she mode a few'nmarks, thanking the audlaneo;for 4helr .many Undfavoisi and saytog: •Mo natter howter away I may so, I eball always look back upon Bdtlmore, and the many ktod friends I have found there, for their names are Impntoed upon mrheut, never to be eriacd.' Long and loud opplanse foUowea, ond boquete wen oaat at. her feet,. At the condnalon of Uozeppa aho woe sgato called for. . She appeared on ;her horso, and badefanweUlo all preaenL" Bo much for tho ovcnte of the eventog. Nowfor another little matter. Our oorreapond- onteallagreotoeteUigthat 'th'e house-was crowded,' ao wo will take It for granted that it was so. Now, if we on not groitly In error, the Front Street Theatre, ot preaeht prices, will hold t70O,and'saoh should havo been the rctttrqafbr the 33d, when people ire sold to have been tnmed owiy, owlnn to tho crowded steto ot the houae. Whkt do yon oppose was the amount actu- ally relumodesbotog token In? Tkrahundrtddollan and/urt!/ ontil Whotbeeomeof thebolincc, if the'houso was^ so crowd- ed? . A few days pnvlonaly, o doctor's'bill for ottondlng the bono wos brought In; it purported to bo for fSO/snd Mlaa Men- ken pdd It. Hovtog oceoalon to see tho.doctor agito, eho men- tioned thot the \)lll was pretty ateop. The doctor thopght not; tae had visited the hon^ twonty-flveUmea. and ohsrgedlen than a doUsr o vIdL' An explonatlon followed, when It wos found py the doctor's books that the amount reodvedbyhhn wis »18. •ffho got the net of the WO ? We moT heor more Jbont thla of- fUr, and fasten the fraud where it belonss. Ulw Menken com- menoea aA engagement at Plka'a Operallcaie, Otodnnall, thte 'eventog,'80th fiuuoh, Iiiiqa4 wio^^ laKmt doii^jr ^'b^'ii«t, t^tlfiiUA missed Ida fo»tboldv, .v..Uiss Annie B>^ is bsoomlnajnttS the Old I)ni7fbi'(h»-past three or fonr weeU,flnd sUDDorteA UUes and UeDonmigO to a very credltiUa inonner.'fr..aB Monday, March 80, lb. Meaflle will oppeir. He genenllr slsn a blir esgagttt»atK'bOt'dbw:not jam tha houM....rlttIiink mon^tbatwe are wlhavea/nccesaUn'ofatan from thla tliH tetheendtf llistheofi53aI»«£ion." -nuromimaiuw The Uttte BaMoot will take tiie place ct Fancbon, this woik at the Eollldoy, Baltlmon, an|l give the admbera of Ulas ir«SC Mitchell an opportunity to see her to something treah. '"■f^ TheFICnnees are doing wdl at Wood'a Theatn, OtodimalL Ftom CtoolnnatI they will probably go to LoaltviUe, and plar engagement at Wood's Theatn, to uat dty. - ^ J. E. MoDonongh's "Seven 81stors"'Bet vrith a mrm weloeta* at Wood's Theotre, to Louisville. There la quite a lively tc^ petition between the rivol monogen. Wood ond FnUsr, WoUock'a Moobetb, at Grover'sb Waihtogton.on thea(lb,to hlghlT conunended by the press of thot dty.. Mlaa Ada Pirhar was the Lidy Macbeth. Some of the pnformen wan 111, ond othen hod to do donble dnty, Ur. B. B, Williams "ahowlnc lir throoparte." . ^ Ulaa Alice Pladde must have oome to a fbll siop'cnt Weati Ibr we do not team thot ebe Is dotog anytUag at preaaiit. Ueasrs. Wsllack and Davenport renuto ot Oroyerfs TheotaL Woahtogton, D. 0., the preaenf week. Their bndnea last ire^ woa good, on one or two oooodona the henss' Uatng orowdsd^ United, theee two trogedlona do very wall; but trhsa-Davenpnt goesltatone,hegenaraUyploy«tontherpoorbUBtosaa,- Itwfll be profiteble for him, therefon, to keep to with coinlnaailMi componlea. ---i- ■•. i Un. John Wood succeeds UotOdt Eena at tha Wi_ Theatre, opentog on the SOth Uarob. She wUl donbtlass atlr among the "heada of the natloo," vrith her great ' "How An Fon Qraenbacks?" Boom, there, for Seontu "Friends or Foes," was given two or three nighte of uwon weekat .theWatoul, Phlladdphla, bat it teHed to pIsaa^Md was soon withdrawn. East Lynne, also given two eventog%''Ai not help bnstoess, and the week may be sat down oa'deddM^ nnproflteble. Ur. Donld SetcheU te the stor for the present wedb The German Open Troupe bring their season, at the Phila- delphia Aoademy, to a dose on Uondoy eveatog, Uoroh 8011b They hove not met with the soma soocess which ottandedtbilfe first series of peifo'rmonobs. Ur.and Ulas Blchtogs win commence on engagement a^Q» .^ton Unseum, on Uonday next, April OlhTfor fouroV nftL weeks, and while then, they will bring out an aaUrdy'iinr open, the mtialo by Ur. 'Elch1>erg. ond the libntto by Uf,-WoK who an the authors of -Aloantin. From Boston, the gUtod vocalist and her fktherwlll proceed to Cleveland, Ohio. 'Sits tdented father and dinghter ore under engogement to UignlA^ ot San Frmdsco, OaL^ when they are to appear abonta yesr hence. Ulss Eato Sento looked to agato at the Walnut, PhlladelpUlC on the 37tb, and produced her venlcn of East Lynne. ItwM repeated on toe 38th, on Which -occasion Ur. Sim.Byon also appeared, and performed Handy Andy, to t)ie Irish drama «C thatnime. The several minsgen to Phllodelphlahove comblnied toreadtr oadatanoe for a benefit to dd of the various United Stetes Anw Eoapltela to ind around that dty. - The ollllr te fixed for Apal 3di ot the Aoodemy of. Uualo, and will compriae o dnmoUo oaA mudcal entertali^mant Uony . thanks to oil oenceraed to tit* benevolent movement. UoggleUitbheUwaa the star laatVrsek sttheHdUdoy.Baliip more, and aha boa beent dotog well Adah ISaaos Uenksa, ae- cordtog to ons of onr correspondante, waa present to a privaia box, on the 2ith, dressed very handsomely,' and the obsemd eC many present on the oecaafon. Adoh bestowed several hand* some bouqdeta upon her sister artist during the evening Wm. Gilfflon Slmms la aold to be to Blohmond, Va, engaged to writtoga'ttagedyoa]Ded"Benedlot Arnold." to be ^rodoM at one of the theatres to that dty. . TkaVi the place for anali plecee. Ur. and Urs. Conway snooceded Ulsa Julio Doly at the Indian* apolla Theatro lost weeik, Jallo gotog to SL LouIsj Ulas Matilda Heron did not draw very large audiences atfta Washtogton Theotrie, when ahe doaed on the 38tti to fdlfil aa engagement at Nlblo'e, New Tork, The Oermon trogedlon, Ur. Bondman, mof e Us first apMB^ ^oe befon aPhlladdphU andlenoe,at tha New Obeatantta the ISth Manh, to the choraoter of Bhylock. 'Then ore 'not so tnonyGermons toPhlloddphte as then on to Mew-Tork, aad the ottendonce was very emoU. The Oermon vros ktodiyre- celved, and Ua dofecte leniently looked ever. He foiled to'ereat* any morkedenthnsloam.'andltte not probable thtt his engage will piOTO 0 ancceaa. He appeared for the aecond time, as sCy* look, on the 38th, but the house wss slim, and the andluioe emS, On the tot of April, he te to appear to a new tragedy, caOsd -'Narolase," never acted in thte coantiy. . "Lei Ulserablee" seems to hove come to a mlsarsbls end,: tba piece soarcely reedvtog mention now-o-diys. Not a stogie veiw slon' met with aucoess, and a hOBt of- writere who were "adapt- ing" It to •■superior style," dropped it like a hot potatoiAeii they saw the handiwork of othen receive the odd shoulder.:- -> - Foster's troupe opened to a very ehy house at the Front SIzeeL BdUmon, on the iStt, The weather wos against them, andlmt few ladles were to ottendonce. Ur. and Un. Bomey WUlloihS onnonnoe a series of four Mr. £ B. J. Ullea, with his tratoed bon«j Htewathk, has been dbtog Maioppa, Wok Tnrpto, Hike Uirtto, eto.,_at the Pills- burgb Theiin for the i*Bt two weeks. "Nowand Thftn" aays i— •<He otlnoted pretty full houaes daring the 'fint atz blghta, but oonid not auoooed In drawing tho'daefto&tbelyporloraand firsaldea. Bla oadlanoes seem to be oo^pdted of Uie middle oUsMi, who go once or twice, ond then remato ot home. Con. sequentiy, the hone and hlstaaater have tot done aowoU the eaattwoorthneevantogsastbeydldpribr to thot time. Fox tainmente, commenotog April eth, it the Acidemy of Umdo, Brooklyn. We tnst that the atige- orrangemente will recetsn » Uttte mon attention than they have hentdfanmedved^,!- - >.■ .J>Ian;.PpiwatiiJnthesei5ondwaek of hersBgagamentitfka Area Street Theatre, PhIIaaaIEIlllirBi)ir'Will..hrtog. ont Jbar ;awa tranalalion of'"Lucie d'ArvlUe." Bustoeu has not bean voir ' briakatany of tha Phlliddphiibcntes, ind'Uiaa Provost^ha* not played to very heavy bushieas. ' - t The Webb dstenareso wall pleised with their nctptlon In Nossaa, that they will probably nmato then until June. - A Iet> - tor dated Tlotoria Boyd Hotel, Nasaau, Uarob 18, soys thattha Webb fomUy bad then been on the lalud ol>ont fbur wseha,' la which time they hod given eight parfbrmonoes, to reoQy excd- lent bustoeai, the loat performance rediztog $600, whloh to t» ported to t>e the brgest audience ever pteyed to In that place; A complimentery ben^ had been given the daten, on whldi occasion Ur. and Un. Webb and Ur. Witeon aadated. Bntlng their ateyot NosaoUj^e slsten will give one or two perform- ancea eaoh week. The weother was worm and ddlghtfol, and bnstoeas of dl ktods to a moat floniiahtog condition. ' Ur. Forreat produced Jack Code tor the first time at the. Hew Ohestnnt, PhlTaddphla, last week, and-it will he repeatsd^thto eventog, 80th. Thte great ploy te always ann to dnw/lan* andlencea, the same as Ur. Forrest's other copyright plsi)aS,itM GlodtelOT, Uetomon.do. - . . Cubes pteyed the past week at Pike'a Opera Honae, Ctodnoai^ and now gives place to Adah Isaacs Uenken.' What a lovdy,taam those two would moke together. - CnboK< we.bdieve, g(M t0 Lcnlsvllle thte week. ^ > t,<. .- > i.-. :-( Ur. CoUto8,'Insh comedlon, onncnnees thot during Us recent .vldt to London, he pnmhosed the sole right of.jpeKormlng, la America, John Brougbom's drama entltted the "Bnke's Uomh" What <i the Duke'sMoUo? - .' Onu, with Ua "Indiapoied" Italian Opera -Troupe, will, eaa^ menoe a season at the PhlladdpUo Anadeny of Uasle, on He»i doy next, April tth. Fmi I—Agoto we have to record the dotogs of iUs'destnisttva dement to connection with the drama, thrmigh wUch tbe.dty of Boston hos loot, for a lime at leoat, one of ite tl)eottes, temlUiilr known as the Mollond Theatn. From the fioaton pspenisnd other eouicea, 'we oompUe the foUcwtog ftote in nferenoe - ^ tha event At about 3 e'dock on the inornlng ot Tueaday, MaMh the fire was discovered by a policeman, who eaw -an immans* volume of smoke oecendtog from thoroof of the balldtog^snd promptly gave an alarm. In o very few mtoutea brilllont flams bunt forth from the whole top of the .theotre. Befon tha fii^ menopuld arrive, tho roof wos an on fire, and Jt wos evident ttuHBe bnlldtog could hot be saved. The contente of the dreaa- tog rooms, the stage fixtures, and tho fnmltiM of the thea'trs^ being of a Ughly cnmbusUble natun, and the flro apreadins ropldly through the boildUg, to the epaos of twenty mtonies a denso volnme of flame was raehtog opwordi, to on immenia - height, skirted by sbeete of fiery spny, and aendtog ont -dotttoa tongues of flame, bisstog, crackling, roartog, msktog a most aubllme empyrlod dispUy, wUch gnwterrifio as the wolls of tha immenee building began to auccumb beton the fierce heoli ond tolter on thetofoimditlona. The roof foU to with loud crashes^ by hkir-pOBt two o'dook, furateblng new food to the toterlorflrtst audotollttJe boforoithree o'dook, nearly the wholtof tbettoni will fell outwards toto Portland atnot" The theatn, whicll was situated on the comer of Fortlind, Traveree end Friend Bireete, together with all Ite'flxtuns, scenery, proporttes.-eta. was tho property of Mr. Soblor. It wss built. In-Jnly, 1813; at a coat of $40,000, byPage, WUdden&Jopaon, on the dto of tha old Natlond, deatroyed by fire April 33, 1863. The comerstona was Idd July eth, and was opened to an unAnlahad oondltlOD| Uonday evening, Nov. lal, cf tho eome jctr, with ;tbo •.'Heir at litw" and "John Dpbba" tander the management of Ur..'Joaepb Leonard. The building woa a very strong and- substantial one, built of brick, stondtog npon 800 piles;- npcn'Whlch were placed large blocks of granite four feet aquon, foimtog the foundation. Sopth of themoto building, runotogfrom Portland to-IMand street, was ISlK^oet, with 0 tront.on Portlond street bf 80 feet. Contotoed a Parquet,, Dreas01rde,Fomlly01rde and^Gdlsiy, oipible cf lealtog oltogelber 1,880 rcoplo. The fixtares ware worth betweon $10,000 ond $30,000. . Uv, Wm, B. EngUab, Ite last monagor, la o loeer, bnt we ore pleased in laamt not to o greet eitenti notao, however, vrith many of the oompooy, who nova loot mnoh to tnoway of wardrobe,, and we etocenly hope thot a benefit or (lenefite wlU begotten up to reimburse ihem-'Or their, to them, very aerions losses. "Some of. the momben of tha theatre company an losare to o oonsldenble extent. Mens. Paol Cane and Us son, •Young Amerloa,*'gymnastic parformsn^ I«at dl tboir wardrobe and properties, Mr. Chorles BIdwell last all hte wardrobe, vdned at about $300. Ur. 0. L. Farwell-te aloser to the extent of $100. Idlsa Marie Bodftoe lost acme ot her dresses worn to the play-of the •Thne Fast Men,' wUoh waa pteyed the pnvtona evening. BUly Woat, Feto Lee,.Ototge Mor- on, J. L. Sanford, Oharlee Clark, Ulaiea Emma. Boss,.Imaa Monh ond Emma Hmltb, and others, olso lost pertlbna of-ihdr wardrobes." The theatn, aa above atated, wu opened to Nona* ber, 18S!>, by Ur. Joseph lecnard, who was Bole aaanank'tDr oneaeaion. "It v^ulhen taken for a atogla season iSf .lfir. Leonard and WlllisiDnemmlog, and the euooeedlnf piDt Mr. nemmtog waa ttie sole lessee and manager. lB.W6, .wiisa T.Ii.