New York Clipper (Dec 1862)

MIB8 OAROLIM-H TY'flOH: . ' ta PonniylV'iulis, and made hep llirt »lipe}wnce m Uie JSTnSiimlSrl. ieM, «t the Oheetnut Street TBeitro.Phna- •'yS,\r^uSuiin the "Honey Moon." On Angnet 1», IMS, '.'■'Siime » penn»nent member of the Btook Comp»iiy.»t the •**i,1^t T&wtro, PhUadelphla, miUng her d*ut 48 CoMtM. 4"^J^eBI«nof theWorli" . , v vn •tfinidftom the profeselon In J8J7, and wAUrtng for iwhfle, _S^t^pSenta,OD»f8nnlntho8t4t«of PenneyWenl*. , *«J^SinMity»nd beenty proponseeaed the andlenco in her.fc- * fclTnoweis promised to lieoome more dhinnlng, and she iShWrtthaSegreeof partialis to aU that were wllllni.lo '^niSe a noTJdate-and & PhUadelphU they alwajB compose ■°™lBrSof theandlenoe. Her deportment and, flmire Were fi^tt?g«nto»U Phe epoke. V no^rith energy, at leMt triUi •SlJoa • Md upon the Whole aoqnlted hortelf exceedingly wdL •■SSSoa^M tte to W*. ana inJnIywa» married to ji^SScM. Bill'o' P. b. dtr NNIHOHAM. ii/<mln0Iasaow;Bootland, and made bli flrst appearance on JiAae. rebmaryleth, 18M,at-theWarreoTheatre,Boston. SwnttiheVerylovaat ronndaof the ladder, be Boon.bygaTete ^« attnoted the notice of the aadlencee, and the prea^'wu ^Mdmona In Ita enconragemont of bla endearon. He soon left iW^arren" for the "Tremont," then Ofi eelabllabment9f the nn^ted States. Here he remalned for fonr yean, Improtlng ra- itJlrln the school of mioh artists as the lamented Finn, John eWptty _ _ zSSm a'srasatfonin^Idinenand Irish ehiiraoten not ejtsUy ^SSsD. In 18(0 he was at Mlblo's Garden, «n«r« he became a iSutftVorlte. "u?,?, then took atrip aoross the Atlantle, Tlstied England: Mand and Scotland. Betnmlng to New Tork, he re-JolnM igtahdl's, and waa.Tory saccessfnl Tto'm Hew Tork 'we trace: ]i]m to Oinolnnatl, where he became manager of the Uasemn, and carried It safcdy throngh a most sncceaeftil season. On the opening of the Arch street Theatre, Phlladelcbla, In uai, be became a member of the company, making hia nnt ap- uaiaobe before a Phlladelptala andlence, Angnst 31, as Olbby, in Clie Wonder." In December, 1851, be married HlasTlrglnlB Howard, a talented aul promising actress, - - }|r, OnnnlJigbam'B VersatUlty renderd him an InTsloaUe mem- ber of a oompany. H4i)layB with equalliiclllty, oomlo and serl- Ml old men, dialect parts, and eocentrlo comedy. He la paitlo- ilarly excellent In tne delineation of Scotch characters. . JOHN A. STILL. Hade his first appearance on the American stage In 1821, at the OhestDntstreet Theatre, FhUadelpbla, as s tenor singer. Betlred ftom the profession, and occasionally appeared In concert rooms. HesIsotaoabtmnslolntheBonth. Died on Sunday, March 18, 1819, of oholora, at New Orleans. The style of Ur. BtUl was nat. nnl and simple, bnt extremely gracefOI. It was winning, not daizllng; tenderness and sweetness predominated. Others may possess more science, none oonld have more harmony and flexl- Dlllty of voice. Sweeter tones cannot well be ooncelTed—he pos- sessed the merit of completely Identl^lng himself with his ioigs. This we regard as the great test of a singer. A real to- callstmost possess both talent and feeling. Mr. SHU united them. YOHM WOODHVLL. Bora In New Tcrk State, and made bis flnt appearanoe on the stage In 1827, at the Park Theatre, New Tork. Died In New Tork InT838. He was a brother of Jacob Woodhnll, John was a fine, tall-llgared lAan, and was gifted with an excellent study. JAOOB WOODHTTLL. f Bight name Wood, was bom In the State of New Tork, and de- scended from a Qnaker fiunlly. Hade his first appearance on the stage as Jaffler, In "Tenlce Preserved," at the Park Theatre, New Tork. It was for this gentleman's benefit In 1820, at the Park Theatre, that Ur. Edwin Forrest made his bow to a New Tork audience—appearing as Othello. In 1833 was manager of ^e Blohmond HUl Theatre, New Tork. Died of oUolera at New Tork, August SI, 1833. HENBT TIEUXTEMPS. . One of the most distinguished violinists of modem tlmea, was ''I)orastTevleTes|,lnl8ao. . Beriot having hoard blm play whUe a mere boy, received hlra •sblspnplL Before he was twelve Vearf old, Beriot pionoimoed Ub education finished, and returned him to his father, who tbea commenced an artlstlo tour with blm to Bdglnm, and afterwarda to Vienna, From Vienna, he went to Drosdan, Iielpilo, and Ber- ' lln; and then to Bnssta, where he'remained a number of years. He subsequently made a Journey of several years' duration, Iq the course of which he visited America In- ISiS. Here his fm- formances elicited the warmest appnbatioh from artiste'and ' amateurs, though he filled to make upon the general pnbUo an Impression as uvorable as had been produced by mueb Infarloc per&rmen. SPORTS ABROAD. THB RDia. . Fm»lh» Sporting I^t, IfmDiibtr VS. ' v . FIOHTB TO OOMl.. ' Sot. 3S.-4aok Hloks and James ao11agher-<100» aide, «tM, Homeebrcnlt. SB.—Pataey Beardon and Jem Dillon—AlOO a side, at tOat Ub, Home Olronlt.. ° I 4emMace and Tom King—MOO and the Ohamploif- ship, London. THE.'OHUIFIO^SHIP. . ' \ , Jnc Uioa iBD TOK Kma.—MOO iUiD IBS OHiiopioa'a But.— lbs fbrthoomlng battle for the Champion's belt Is definitely ','i;fized'.to take place during ibe week orlglnflly named, and a vCOttleohosentnat .wlllgnaranteletheaiblr coming off to a cer- italnhr—at least, as ftr as can be foreseen. Booh pmdentlal steps .; will be taken that no Intermptlon need be antlolpsted ftom those jv .'iwhose absence Is most desirable." Torn HIng Is, from all re< ',~?Ti<«te, Id the most excellent condition,' and confident, ftom. his .' Ian biattle.with the Champion, that be will bring the Issue cS. In <: ll|sfkTor^^It Is openly asserted, by persons Is.a position for knowing, that Tom Bayers will be In tne comer with King, and , atvB him the fnll benoflt of his knowledge and experience. Jem .; Maee'ls still at Newmarket, and full of' health and oondltlQp, ox- '■.iiresalng himself sanguine of his ability , to win the "seoond (amp" ior the belt from his old opponent. Mr,Oon'ey,Us backer, / was.wlthMace on Tuesday last, and wlll.pay him anotiier visit , 4o<ino(raw. The betting la of a very diversified cbaraeter, as ,yan aalibgilted. As little as level money has been taken 1^ some i OtthebartlsansofElDg, while. In another Instance, as much as .. 3 to 1 has ()oen laid upon Mace. In certain dlstrlctsof the VorEh, \' Zing Is decidedly the favorite. During the onsnlng We^,.Iiow- V <Ter. hilars will no doubt settle down, aud a fall and averago ■'. ■■ standard of betting be rotumablo. Great things ore expected to ',.. trauplie ep Wednesday night next, at the final. deposit, whloh c. WlUiakeplaoo at Mr., niebardson's, Shorodltcb, when iho.last iSS a side has to bo. posted. The counsellors of the men aro most actively engaged In concluding, all prellmlnaiy arriuige- <'.. ttents, and lato htat evening we wore assured that the means of ,. locomotion bad been decided upon. In the moanthne, we may .. as well remind those of our country rosBors Intending to witness ■ ."this exciting battle,that tAq/ mtul \)f in Lonion on Sunday nigU weA, ' at the latest, if they really wish to make everything comfortable •. :foi themselves, .. —^^— ' i ' . ■ '-'i. .SINO <>N DiTS.',;,;,. ''=':^BoBOo'pnt ikire.Xinas, £18 a^idb. Huiui.—Ttie matoh between. '*t oatch.welght, will take place on Tuesday, Nov. •.vl«,tathe.HulIclroult.,. : , ■ ; . 1 • Botu ,ain> Owm.—The slokeholder now has £4 on the par^ of :feyMi*nai8onbehaIf of Offen,for tholr match, whloh takes W«oe In.tte .UisflheaMir district, oil Jlonday, Nov. IT. ' .; i lli!!?' 2?*^7 ^ JATSSt BSABBON, £100 A-SIM,'it lOst jib, Hwile .Okonlfc—The deposit dno this week has been pat doWn, 1 •' S.1*SJ "Sf^ dap6Blt of £30 a^ldo has to be posted on Thursday, ■i mn;:^'^ 5^5° '".t?*^? *♦ OarratPs, Wandtworth, and 'irS^SSv**"*"""*^**" »natboadvloosflronrth«head.quarters i V.S IS?'' 't tooelsaUafOotoiy desorlpUon. The colors l;,^Myiiemettaro()ufc ' ' .■• ' ^riiti5it*'i5:"?""^ fiOEV ilOo'.'i^Bn, aV tst, Hdme i^. TOOTlt-Tha deposit due at Jem Maoo:s, the'Oia Klna John, r:..i.HttlyweIl.Ian8,.waamado good, and the final, of £10 a-aldo must •'',*• pat down 4nring Uie ensnlng ,weet 5uw ofwSah^ ^•^^H ni^^^t. Ward. fSr Oollaghto. 5!3tor£iirZ6°^ ^^pifii BaoDME AKD TB* XJiiKMowM, £t0 imsit, at cateh.weiBtii. Itttt* qll^t,^The deposit due bn^MSy""*? il vTm l&ii^'^ Wl': ".otfett. of 1« i;idriiVb2 .edoh(lh\ufadAy next, at Harry Qrunibii's, . ■1 ^^W^'J*" SmoH FnaoBTT, £l8.A4iba, atfBL'iaih ^•£S5i.*'i?lf'"''<-I*«> aePMlt ott Vsanesd^rNi^iVSJi ,, SgJ* ^ sad another of £3 lot a side,' ha^ to Iw MUMl «S ':ir«nesd4}rBt!it,^»tMr. Boston's, Bh((r*4lMr >AV^\^\^- ■ toBiaE iWD Wkuau Fout are matished to'flsht on Vonday, Hot. at, in the Midland Slalrlot, at oatdMre^i^t^Sl i-slde. Beth are In active toialuliiff, !^ ^ good lads, a great treat Is antlslpated from them>by .the fknoy. I Ooosn txD DiOK FsLiowsi—Tieao Blriilntfham men tave signed arUeles to fightat SatMMb, for £1Ql*'^ "g^jjolgh the day before fighting, to come'.'ofr In the mdUnd Olnmlt on Tuesday, December 10. ■ ' , , v I FBAMk "'friuoN AWD TouHO BusTii—Tom'iJtfOpfr, of tti£ Mar- ket HaU Tavern, Birmingham Jli^ sqUe a matolPfor Mat CoUln. son's MouB« to. fight Tonng Ifustyi' at catch-weight, for £1S a- aide, .over tcif.and within twenty ndles of 31i1nlnghkm; the mill to take place on Monday-.iFobmaty^,' 1863, and theUds to be In tlfe ring between eight and ten o'epeki A.'H, . < '' The vncBAN Bown lAnon and. Xa^ Dtrrn,. .botbi>f Bir- mingham, are matched to fight at.catoh-welght, Xor/£ilO a-slde, DecemberlS; i Job Ooss Aiin Posb Pbiov^— We are pleasied to lain that there Is every prospect of these ■•blg.''unB''at last getting, together. Both are paying strict attentlonto their tjralfiing, Opsa at Wolver- hanvton, and Price at Mr. St George's, ^Inntflgham. They are reported well, an'd veiT eager for the fray, which Is again exolting much Interert. i'.v' T;',' ' ' ' ;' likE Bnia IN. AVSTBuiA. ' Avn £dt'i i^e in. rieforla. Thb OiiAiiBioiremp.-rI<ast evening, Beptember.U, there "met by ohanoe",at Tom Cnmn's, Harry Sonars, JemBoUtvan, Oharloy Brook, and a few patrons of the P. R, In the ooniM/Of conver- ■sailon, Jem Sullivan, not to be confounded with JUK Sulflvan, who fought Dave White, stated that he was open to receives bhollsngs to fight any one for the Championship, and offered to deposit £fO to make a match to fight for £200. Ats laterj>erIod of the evening, BulUvan, aoeoaipanled by his bsokeH, waRied on ns, and deposited ft to fight Harrv Sallais or any one else, for £200 a-slde ahd.th'e Ohampionshlp of Victoria. , - ' Dave Wbitx amd jAoi Bullivak.— We learn by telegram from Sydney, that the stakes In the great fight for £1,00(1 were paid over to Whlto, ItSnlllvan'ehoattlry, on Monday evening bat, Septem- ber 1, when as Snlllvaii' expressed himself dlaaatftrflMl wllh bis late defeat, a fMsh match waa made for £300 a^lde, t^ oome off Trithln a month. ■ ■ • _. '. 'OBSAiFBnESTBUnFBAl^MAbiAVAHnDTniBMin.—Ayonng gentleman, afflicted as before stated, recently performed the feat of walking friim Edinburgh to ^ndon, the parttoulars of whloh we give In a condensed formi abbreviated from a lengthened ac- conntglveninthe SpmiingUft ofMov. 13. Theh'eroofthefeat aays:—"I left Edinburgh at 10, P. H., on Tuesday, Oct 7, and walked all night to AnooM, In Northumberland, without halting or rest I walked sevens-two miles that night On leaving An- oroft the next day, I waBed In Newham Hall. I left Newham toryin hlsfkvor. -It was soon evMeni.from the pace at whloh thepwe^ rowing,'and'tli> .evenn^s'of thelx powerv, that the turning-point of the contest had afrtved,' and that onemust-give wav, whloh was the'case, fot/lnoh tiy Inch, Ellsby drew up, until he became level at the botto'l)! of Oblswiok Alt, when they rowed for a few strokes .perfebtly.lev^ The youngster, how- ever, rowed the longest, and gradually went past Spencer, and lod h|m by Ms own length at the top 'of the Alt The .^ater through OUsvlck Alt was lumpy, and they met a strong north- wester, whloh did not Improve Spencer's chance when he.wofl rowed ont,'The aame distance In advance was held by SUsby' paM Ohiswtok Church, after which he bid himself down to his work, and was a leqgth dear at Oomey Point; which, lead, de- spite all Spencer's spurts, was Inoreasod to three lengths'at Barnes Bridge, which was reached In exactly twenty-three min- utes. No change took, place after tho above point and Ellsby, altbongh rather closely pressed, won by sbont' five boats' lengths. In 37 mln, 39 sec.. Which Is^ery good Ume, considering the wind ont and the slockness^of the tide. Obcuipior Swunmia Match.— On Thursday evening, Nov. 13,' there was sn'eicellent attendance at the Learstreet Baths, Man- chester, to witness the natch between H, Gardner, of London, and E. B. Mather, of Manchester, for the sum of £iM) a side and the champion's splendid silver cup, which for some, time has been held by Qaroner. The conditions of the match were that they shouU swim twenty lengths of the bath (SOO yards.) There was no betting on the %Sur, offers of 2 and S to 1 on Qardner meeting no taken. The enp, which la of silver, was exhibited In the lodge of the bsths, and was msnnfactued at a 'cost'of £2£. It waa first contested for on Sept'^, 1861, when it was' won by Donovan, of Lopdon, who had to give up possession of It ftom leaving the oonntry. On being again thrown open, it waa won byAsplnwall, of Pendleton, who was afterwards defeated by Gardner, since which time there had been no competition untU that evening. All the uspsl preliminaries having been arranged, and Ur:E. Elton agreed on as referee, Mather was the first to pat in an appearanoe in company with his trainer, the once-cel»- orated Charley Jones,ofpnglllstlo renown; and waa soon followed by Gardner, In company with his backer and trainer, Mr, Beok- ^th, the celebrated.London swlmner. They at once took up lieir poslttons on the platform erected at one end of the baths; and on the stgnsl being given by plsbL Mather was the fifst In th^water; Qardner, however, aopn iobk'ihe lead; and'when they had gone about four lengths of the baths, he waa six or seven yards In advance. From this point, the match needs little de- scription, as Gardner got away gradually from hie opponent at every stroke, and eventually won in a very easy, manner. . , - [ iB^ii^tiie Blsfigp'of BwUf ^oto ftoifa Tew'ieslrtiry laotdBBto.aaoeitaln t\ie pleuoH of the Elog, "WbMhu ahallweapnoyote any lord of myitula for the salfl honor- dbreTllniWMtdei tO" provide for-InterlndeB,- dyagvriogs or- ^laves.ln.ttoi^ttia ftst, or for abanket od TwolfNyghtr* in liit9tI.iwe i(»lIea;,"Jaok,Jagler,'' was played In 1620 J It Is taken, from a "goodly comedy of One nantas." Hall at 10, P. M„ and walked all night to Durham, without feod, .rest or sleep. I walked eighty-four miles, from Ancroft to Dur- tiam, -wlthoutgolng to bed. I stayed all night at Durham, and started on foot the next day for Tonn. I walked only thirty-one miles that day. I stayed two nights at Term. I left Term on Oct 13, and walked all day to Tork. I walked forty-three miles that day. . On leaving Tork, the d^ after, I w^ed tlilrty-sevefi miles to Doncaster, where I put up for the night I left Doncss- ter, and walked.to Wentwortb,where I stayed five days. On Oct IS, I walked only nineteen miles; on the 16th, fonr miles; 17th, 16th,andl(lih,Ir9etM. I left Wentworth oh Monday, the 30th, and walked back to Doncaster. I walked only twenty-two mllee that day. I stayed one night at Doncaster, and started on foot in the morning for Newark. I'walked forty-eight miles that day. On leaving Newark tbe next day, I wdkedthlrty 'flvemfieeto Stamford, where I remtlned one night I mode op my mind not to rest myself at any place on the road between Stamford and London. I waa alao detonnlned to walk more than 100 milea at onetime. I left Stamford at nine o'clock, A. M., on Thursday, Oct 33, and walked, by very long roads, through Northampton- shire, HonUngdonsblre, Bedfordshire, and entered London at Klng'B Cross Ballwaj Station, in Middlesex, on Friday, Oct 31,at twoo'clook,'P. M. Iget my very heavy travelling bag at King's' Cross, which Was forwarded from Edlnlmrgh to .London by rail, and, having paid the carriage of the bag, I carried It in my hand for seven boon about the streets of London. lAm Stamford to London, I walked no leas than 130 niles. In thizty-elx hours, without halting, rest food, or sleep, and without goht'g to bed. I waa by no means fongued. I could still walk many more miles.: I could dance the Highland fling after I had walked 180 miles. My feet and shoes were both In perfect condition. I was In great health and In fine splrila "I was never trained. I was only In tbe habit of walking be- tween ten and thirty miles every day In Scotland, for stx months, on a tour of vialts to' my friends. My physician, of Edlnhnrgb; who has known me for tbe last five years, told me that If I dared to walk all the way to. Condon, it would perhaps be my death; bnt I mystif perfectly knew I was quite' able to walk all the way from Edinburgh to London without being wearied. I visited tbe Great Eihlbltloa for the first time on Monday, October 37, and continued to visit It every day until the dose of the eihlbl- tlon, I was very nmch pleased with my six visits. I walked no less than forty mllea within tiie Great Exhibition hulldlng, having visited all parts of the depaitmente and iefireehman°V. rooms. I walked fire mDes an hour by moonlight, lut I walked only three miles an- hour In a moonless night I walked four mllaS 'an hour in the dayllght - I prefer to walk by moraillght because.I can walk much better and quicker tn tbe moonUght than in* the daylight I walked so iarfrom Edlnbargh to Lon- don for pure ambltloii. ' I am a native of Northumberland, but have ~b<>en a.resldent In Scotland nearly tJl my life. Walking,' Instead of my profession. Is only my amusement and pleasure.- I was unfortanately bom deaf and dumb. Notwithstanding thla alBlctlon, I am very bappy, cheeiAil, and' lively. I am now twei;ity-three years of ege; I had nine walking days—from Edlnburgli to London—at the rate of sixty miles a day. I had other eight days to stay -with my friends, at their own request I walked 635 mllea, from Edinburgh to London, I was never In' a harry about walking to London-until October, because I knew It was the best time va walking, wltbout the Inconvenience of either too much heat or cold." ^ The young gentleman entered into very minute partloulars, both In wriUng and ttliutniMm—the latter most energetically- as to his stvle of walking, and showed'us on his feet the Identloal shoes In which he performed the feat He kept • small box of grease in his pocket for the purpose of greasing the uppers every night and he also carried a flisk of vriilakey, for molsun- Ing.ths Inside of his shoes. People wondered, he said; that he did not consume the "national spirit" 'by the mouth. Instead of poarlng It li)to his shoes, which they considered agreat sacrifice. He totally'Ignores the use of the soap for the feet, and backs whiskey sgauat anything. At the ,request of a young friend of his, he carried a small bottle of brandy. In case he might feel faint bnt he never once required its stlmnlatlng All the whole of the journey. _ y. , ■ " ■ - AdVATIOS. EXOmNa SODLLEBS' BAOSi The aquatlo season on the niamea was brought to a a close on Hov.'lO, ih^Uilef eyent-of the day being a sculling match be- tween Frank Xllsby and W. Spencer, for £(0, from Putney Aqueduct to the Old Ship at Mortlake. Fruk EUaby Is a watei^ man's apprentloe, of the Old.Barge Hoase; was twentyone years ofageenNovemberr d; lBlftrwn.in height and about Ostln rowing condition, and bis victory oyer Sjwnoer on Sep 33, was his maiden periormanoe in public; W. Bjpencer, Templa, Is twenty.five years of ago, (ft lOIn. in height and on the present oocaslonwelfihedaboat lOst.-.Slb.. He has been be- fore the public some ume, haying- rowed aeveial suocessfUl matches with Bradley, May, land others.' nie attendanoe of spectatore was large; and the betting brisk at6to ion Ellsby. Alter eanalderable delay, the start was prepared for at4:15, when, the positions of pie men having bton taken—Spencer on the Middlesex shore—some manouvrina for the start ehsUed, and they had to back to tho starting point a couple ot'tiinea before they could get off level for ' THE BACB. '. The boat8~were as nearly level as possible for about 160 yards, when Spencer began to forgo a little ahead, and was hsU a length In front at tho Dukes' Head. Bf th had every mjuole at -wow— Bpenoer to.lnoreaso his advantage, Kllsby to hol^ls own. Op- posite Slmmonds!, Spencer put on a spuri„and drew away fMm Kllsby, who, answering by another duhlng effort, regained his old poBltton, half .a length behind his antagonist NeariUg the London Boat-hoi;se, tbo positions of the men wore reversed, for Bpenoer had drawn himself clear, and, Just escaping a foul, let Ellsby take the Middlesex. shore.. Immediately bpj^oslto the boat-ueuae, Bpenoer tonohed a couple of barges that wue moored off tbe bai^ whUh t^row him out of his stroke for a shbrt time . Kllsby. took advau|ago ct the omtrdcmpt. and, went up a trifle We fihd'^lh la obllwtlbn of old EngUeh playsT lone of whloh were prioted;u^ 'l692, one entitled the "Blind Beg- gars of BeWnal.Crfeen \%, Alio one printed In 1601, en- titled "Robin . Hoodand: In ICOO, om with the name Skakeepeare 'dh tbe tltle'page, oalled "The Flret Part of the Life of Sir Jdbn OldoastTe." A pamphlet, pnbllghed In 1692, contalne the eultest notice of Shakespeare: It Is entitled "A Groat's Worth of Wit,;" wherein he Is al- lodedtoas the"0Dlv ehake-ctoene In a country t" In ' 1688, was pabllshed a,tract, balled the "Trlomph of' time;" Shakespeare fonnded ills "Winter's Tale" on this tract. In 16011, was printed a tract by Thomas Dekker, called "News from Helle I" The "Taming ot the Bhtew." ^y Shakespeare, Is almost.vetbalhi] t^qm a copy of the old "Taming of the Shrew/? prIntedMn'1694; It Is a Kieat onrioalty, a copy of wnlob wias .'flold,?lii 1817, foir £20, at a bookeale In'Londoa.', '^-i- i: • Blank verse was first /employed' Id plajrs perfotmed at the pabllo theatres of LoncTon, aboa( tbe yew 1686. The evidence of this faot Is contalned' ln lEe Epistle, bv- Tfaomas Nasb, to the gentlemen stnde'tatlfof the nnlversl- ties; printed In H87.' - . Qaeen Elizabeth established a Mrlds'Of iiglju^pal anl. dramatioentertalomenis, 1671. '..Vou;j,'i "Eastward Ho t" was jprodnced In 1609, whiob gave An to some offenoe. Sit ,Jamea Horray, a SdotbEinaiil,-.eon- sldered hlmseU and dbnntrymen Insalted tbereIn,ranAr jrepreeehted It In so strong atllgbt to the Kli]ig,ihat' lordeis were Imniedlateljr given id arrest the antbor. "HentT the Fonrth," "firet part, owes ltir)S!H|llb*''io Hclllngshead'n Ohronldes," and an ancnymoos-plNV^ezo hiblted before the Immortal bard became a writer for Ibe stage, entitled "The.Famons Ylotorlea of Henry Ilftb," oontalntDg th'e honorable Rattle of Aglncoort' Snake- epeare has made liberal nae of the design of this.plaj*. and bis Ideas are frequently tbe same as the nnknogn dramatist's. Falstaff 'and Polne, Bardolph and Petit), are sat^tltntes for Ned, Tom; and John Oldcaatle,'Bit; GadBheDilhtheblid.'pIay. • _ ^ ...— Middlesex Shore, and there was no ohange whatever post Graven Oottage and the Dung-whart The only alteration peroepUble was on^e occasion of cither making a Bpurl,-wbloh advantage wad -'imme- diately negatived by a corroepondlng effort bytheothoracuUer On ahootlog over, Ellsby mode a fromendous ^Ifort, and over- lapped the stem of Bponoor's boat but Bpenoer gettblgliito his oourso on the Surrey shoro, sgoln led the way, by his own length Opposite the Orab Tree, Kllsby once again Wad to'gopi^Fbut It was not "all out" of Spencer, who answered Orivpr's oul bv ing in, thero .was a lODglh difference. Approaching "Ham^S^ smith Bridge, Klleby, who rowed voir gamclv, pressed Bpen- cltr very hard at times, being slightly over his stem, and a slight touch took place Inunedlatelv beforo, as woU arf inothor underthe bridge, which was reached In 10 mln. S3 aoc. The friends of . Spencer pot down tho roco as a certainty in tholr fkvor, not only on bis rowing quolUloatlons, bat on account of ■•Ihealleged fouL" Tho race, however, oontlnu'edin'alllts vigor, and Ulsby, who waa, fUl of rowing, came out from tbe shore Immedlatehr after shooting the bridge, to avoid the wasb of Spencer's sculls. The race was now of the most exdUDg eharacter, and the cheers for and sbojils to each man beggar au dosoripUon, all that could be heard being a doafenliig'a«roar, Inteisperaed-here and there Willi "Qo ft Speno«rlv^'«Srivo, Frank!" when a slUht lall took plai«.' The tMs-IMe' «r W wonted aeveri^ pan BammersmlCk Mall, fta, and aearlng the (^Kwlok Water worta, each did his ntuoft to brln( off thevlOi ' HOW THBT GO TO BBD. ' < The difference between a man and a Woman In disposi- tion, flods no: plainer lIlnstratlpD than that afforded at the moment when either of them is retiring to bed. The yonsg girl trips gaily op to her ohamber, and with the cautions timidity peoallar to her sex, flret looks the doors and arranges the window cortalns, BO that by no possible dhanoe a patserby or a-belated noOtumal wan- derer, from the pavement, can catch a glimpse of her baddlog beadty when Ih.en dwAabiSe. This- task com- pleted, she tons on Jhe gas to Its full, and Institutes a general search throaghoat the apartment, tbatshe may be sore it does not twntaln a "horrible bng-bear," or a "des- perate mfflan," In big whiskers, and crisp Maok bplr. Carefully with her deUoate lKtle flogere, she lifts tiie bed valance, peers into places where even Tom Thnmb conld not eqnteze his dlmlnnllve oorpotation, and takes a onr- Bory peep into the half emptied tmnk, not fdrgettiog to glance nervonaly noider the sofa, the space between which and the floor Is not enffloient to contain the ^hott of Oal- vln Edson, much leas an ordlnaty robber. Having ascertained that ehe is really alone, she lelanre- 1; proceeds to divest her fair form of "the ailk and linen oonyentlonalities of society." S^rst She relieves her glossy hab of tbe pins and combs,w^ch enthrall ft, and "does It bp" more oempaotly. • • Then off comes the little collar, and the light vapory clond of iaea she calls nn- dersleeves, which all the day bave been clasped arpnnd her white, plnmp arms, by a oonple of India rubber straps. Next, the love of a spring silk dressb nntasten- ed In front. Then eondry waist strings and button etraps are loosed, and lot what a^^ collapse Uke that of Lowe's big balloox She stands like Satam, the centre of rings.: There they lie npon tbe soft carpet, partly covered hy the linen onderfizliiga and overfljdogs, with no more express tlon in them than there.Is In the bare floor beneath ther oarpeL Sits she now upon the edgeV>f the anowy bed, and begins the nnleoing of gaiters, and the disrobing of thoaefalrewelltng lifflbaOf the stocUnoa. Tbe pret^ Uttle foot ,Is carefully perched npon the knee--down' drops theWter, off oomes the elastio, and her thpimb^Itt-' aerted at the top of the stocking; pnshSs It downtown over the heel,'and the ootton rests. beatde the, pmnellaj Bo with the other (!»oV only Involving a alight' onaoge of poaition. -, ! . There Is.a^snille that peeps ont from behind tiieblnehes of her sweet face.'noVi as ttanding before the glass, the places apon her bead the night cap, and witb &qalok met of he^ flnge^ ties the bewitching bow. Then the night gown Is thrown oyer the fHlled chemise, eohoSalbg the heaidog boaonit vA the shoulders In the linen folda Then tie connterpane and sheets ue thrown! baok, the gas „ lfri;SS?iS«^]S^rZwi!?iiI?7J"7i;r'^^^^^ ••eia *''* ^d of tie rope; feTt"l!im doTO bito the dim presses toe yielding couch, and the angel goes off intVl „inn„ . '. TBBSIFIO ADVIUIVUKB IN THB nASUIOTH ' .'. O&VB. > The following la from tbe LonlevIUe Jbumol of 1868. The hero 6f the adventure was the eon of Ur. Prentice, of the Journd, wlib^was' recently killed:— "At the supposed end of what has always b$en. eon- eidered tbe longeet avenue of -the Mammoth Cave, nine miles from Its eatrance, there Is a pit, dark, deep,'aod terrible, known as the Haelitrom. Tens of thonsandil. have gaised into it with awe, whilst Bengal Ughts.liave' been thrown down to make its fearful depths vtelbie, bql^Done ever had the daring .to explore It Tbe' oele^ brated gnlde, Stephen, .who was deemed Inaccesdble to fear, was offered six hnndreid dollars. If be wonld de- Boeod-to tbia b6tV)m pjT'ftji bnt he'Shrtnk from the perIL A few years Bgo,ia':7ei)i)easee ^rpfestbr^a learned and bold man—reaolved to do.wbat no one before hlin' 'had dared, and making his arrangements with great oat9 and precaution, he had himself lowered down by a strong rope, a handred feet, but at tbatpolot his cour- age fuled blm, and heckled aloud to be drawn np. No human power'ooald- ever induce him to repeat the ap- palling experiment A abort time ago, however, a youing gentleman of 'Louisville, whose nerves never trembled at mortal peril, being at the Uammoth. Cave with Profeasor Wright, of onr cityi and others^ ;determbied, no matter what .the dangers might be, to explore the depths of the Hael- Strom. Hr. Proo^r; the enterprising proprietor of the ■ oave, Bent, tp ^am'vllle and proonred' a long-rope of great Btrengtii, expreedy for the purpoae. The rope and neceasary-timbers'were borne by the guides and others to the pohtt of exploration. The . arrangements being soon opmpletpd, the rope, .with ^a heavy fragment d rock aitaohed to It, was let down'and awnng to ai4 froto dlslodgV any loose rooks that would be iDiely to fall at the touch. Several wbre. thus dislodged, and {he'.^ong continued reverberations, rising np like distant thonder from'below, proclaim^ ihe-depth of the horrIl,cbB'sm. Then thd yonng hero 6f tbe%ccaslon, with seveHl, Aata drawn over bis beaid.tb protect it as tar as posiible' fron masses falling firom above, and with a light in, bis hand and the rope fastened rbnnd his body, took hIa place over tbe awful pit, an^ directed the half dozen men who- the world of dreams. Now, la the room dlreotly above her Is the great bmte ot a brother. He oomes into It, shots the door with a slam, tarns the key with a snapi growls at a ohalr whiel happens to be In toe way, pulls off 'bis lioots an^ throw i them Into a corner, jerks his .sbdks item bis' feet, drop i bis pantaloons on the floor and lets them lie thire; get i oS his cost and ve^t by a qulok, vlndiqlive eort'of .twist ot^hUarma and body, nnprnsand nnbntto^ia his oollar, throws it oarelessly with the tie, at, rltiher.than i on, the table;: travels to the window in bis shirt extremity to let down tb'q piirtalo, as If he didn't care a cuss whether Uib entire population of the etreet beheld his anatomy or not; then pnta out tbe light and bounces into bed like a greaidalf Jumping Into a pile of hay—onrls blmsolf up, his knees nearly touchlog his nose, lies so a moment qr two; turns on his baok, stretches his limbs cat, swears a( the .tuoUpg In of tbe bed olothes, grants, gete overontUi other side, and Is—asleep. Then oomes in the snoring and snorting. Isn't ti&erea^lfferenoeIn style? OILLUATIQ, ITBH8 OF THB' OIiDBIT TUtB.' "Damon and ; Pytlilas,'! by Blohard Edwards, w| printed In 1670, with a coUeotlon of- taleS. : ! In 1693, Shakespeare began to attract nctloe, as a dra- matic poet. The old "Chrolblcle'HiBtory of King Lear," was published In I5S1.'Shakeatteilre prodnced tala trak- edy on the same anbjeot in 1606. The flrat was: playld by Henslaw's oompany, on the flth of'April, 1693, oAe year before Its pablloaUon. j ' "The Hietory ot Error*.' was played at Henlpton Oourt, 1676.—Bhakeapsare founded his "Comedy of Errors" npon this old fioglleh play, both of which, however, are fouadednnoa the Uescnlml of j^lantos. ... .Gay^a "Beggtv'a Opera" wak reftised by thelin'tnagers of DniryLane Theatre, as being too Indeoenf.' One of them oalled It a dirty opera, the index to "BilltoMate's Oalendarl">.. • ' ■ The first English actress that appeared np«n the stage, was a Mrs. Ooleman, wbo,.In 1668, performed the part of Ianthe,in SirWUIlam Davenlant's play of the -Sleireof Rhodes. . '■" '^'r Joba LlstoD, Hmxuf Ko^soin, wm a' sbhool-master. Miracle.plays were ■ performed lai.fiogland-as earless 1119. A nuo of the name of Hoswetha, wrote plays In Lower Saxony In the ' lOthoentnrv. Some of the Inci- dents In. the .inlraole plays, ais well as their titles, are truly laughable. A stage dlrecUon to a pageant is, "Enter a boy and a pig." "Obrlst's Baptism and Tempt- ation," Is the title bl another italraole play, In whloh we fludthefbllowing: -.l ; —.••lArd luciflar that but of hell cam,'' ' . Prince of the world; and gret daks ot helle I" . Extract fh)m ablll of Items, mjide out In 1602, for * theatfloal rtpVeaenthtlOD; qrtiitfk of aoffleUAd:'' , 10 Henry Vllt Jany,r— ■„.; ;";. i To lltell Hayden'tbe tnhbto.^^ u 1 'Oi To Vineooi#i,jtiif ttiabler»lnmWaM> ^. .v .1'.';.0i fd Wat, the laier, that played^ (hef,foleV;;.V. ..0 'is' To • Spaniard that tuBUed beflM the^g,;>.0 10 merlan gloom. . We have beard from bis oWn Hps an acoonnt of hls- desoent. Ocoaslonally masses of rocks wentwbleeing past, bnt none struck blm. .Thirty or forty feet fhtm the top he saw a ledge, from which he Judged by appear- aHaes, two or three avenues led bff In dlffeieiit direo- tlona. About a hundred- feet , from the top, a cataract from tbe tide of tbe pit went niablog down the abyss; and,ashe was In'the midat of theapray,he fell, soma apprehension that bis light'^ould be extinguished, but his care prevented this. He was landed at ths bottom of the pit, a hundred and ninety feet from the top. He found (t almoet perfectly circular, about eighteen feet In dialmeter, with a small opening at one Jiolut, leading to a.fine ohamber of no great extent He fodnd -oh the floor, beautiful apeolmena of black sllex of Immense rixe, vastly larger than any ever discovered In any other part of the Usmmoth Cave—aTeo a multitude ot ekqols- Ite formations as pure uid white as the virgin enow. HaUog himself heard with great ellort by. bis friends, he at length a^ed them to pml him partly up, lotendlog to stop and. explore' ai'cave that he bad observed open- ing aV)nt forty fbet above the bottom of the pit. Beabhing the mouth of that caye, he swung-himself with mtrch exertion Into it, and holding the end of the rope In his.hahdi heiincantlously let go, and it 6wqng out apparently above bla reecb. The altuatlon was a fearftai one, atid his friends above oonld do nothing for him. fioon, liowever, he made a hook of the end of his lamp, and by extending himself aa far as pdaslble over the verge'without falling, be enoceeded In seonrlng the rope. .<;fs6tenlng It f6 a rock, be followed the avenue a hundred and fifty or two hundred yards, to a point where he Ipnnd It blocked by an Impaecable avalanche of rook and earth. Returnlug to the month of this oave, he be- held an almost exactly similar modlb of'another on the opposlte'alde ot the pit Be fastened tbe rope around his body, suspended himself igain over the BbyBB,.and shqnted to bis Mends to raise him to tbe top. The poll was an exceedingly severe one, and the rope being ill adjoated around bis body, gave blm the most excmolatmg pals. Bui sbbn'the pun was forgotten In a new^and dreadful perIL i;-' ^ .... % When he was ninety feet ftom the top of tbe pit, and one hundred feet from the bottom, swaying and swing- ing In mid air, he heard rapid and exolied words ol hotror and alarm above, and soon learned that the rope by which he was upheld had taken fire from the WoOon of the timber ow.whlohlt pasaed.: Sflwral moments of awful snapenee to those above, and st^U ■J'? bi?i belbwi ensued. Totbism and to blm a fotal and I^, 'ilattt oafaatrophe seemed inevitable, Bnt tbe prp was extinguished 6y a bottle of wsttf belonfeing to htawlf^ and flien the party, above, Ihongh slinoa' exhausted by their labors, snooeeded In drawing hhn to thftto^ .He was as calm and self-po»9^ *■ °P<>° ^"^r^H^A^ the pit, but aU of hfs boBpantona, overwiiiVMth &■ tigne, sank down upon tbe ground; and his Wead, Prof. Wight, from ovet^^tlon and^ excitement, fUnted, and remalnedifcr some tine insaiialble. "bJ.. "5he.i^nngXuli»rer left. Us name wr«Sa.' d^tbsoftbetfalitrom-tbs name of the lltlt:;ua t^ person that ever gseed npon Its mysteries,