New York Clipper (May 1863)

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TH isATBIQAIi BEOOBP. otn^ IjHTIvb BOX.'" T^Bsnnitt, W. H. DoiuldtoB, OhM.Bejbert, 0. H. OuUt, ^^^atahlnton) tfislut; u Engllab lotttr. ^ 70 TBB PSOrSBSION. ».The OiJrm Ib tie grert orgii of the tomUo »nd ihow .w!Sulon. and oar deslro li and «T«r baa baen to maks thla da- SStaSitnotonlynBefpl to tba profeaijon, bnt tataraattng to tha Kn^iOreadtr. ThnngU the medlom of ow little ahtat, thetefore, fhanrofeasion oanleam thewheteabonUandbualnaaaofeaoh JS»f. Drop ae a ptaybUl, a newspaper,» Una or two of the mOTO. Tn^li ofyoonelTea and those aasooUlad with yoa, so that they ^reaoh as by Saturday, orHonday.attheUteet, andtheltonu ftmUhed will appearlntbat week's lasne of the Oliffeb, which ii forwardedto agents thronghout the oonntry early on Taesday momlnflof eaohweek. W* charge nothing for rooordlng the, moTements of our frlonOs, neither do we aak or. seek fevors of KCT kind for so doing. We wish to oontlnae the Oufpis as a itUable organ for the benedt of the profession, and thereby ex- tend the spbere of Its UBeAiInesB. ^ UomAT, May 4,1803. We have had a aorlea of "morlag" scenea and dtasolTlng ^ews since cnr Ust:'Uay day, with Its IneTltabla* "ohange of base" ■fer honsekeepers, making oonfoalon In ouny a heretofore happy honseheld. and oreatlngoalamltlesdlra ta the way of breaking things to the eternal smaib. We hate this detestable oostom of movugl there la no real neoesslty for It; bnt Kaw Torken hava H aeoiatomed themaeWss W It that they vM moTo onoe a year, It they break a leg by II. And the worst of It Is, nasi of those who BOTo, get Into worse qnartets than those they have Jost left: and, in addition, In all probability hare to pay SO per cent. More rent, nice llttlt arrangement that Is I The 1st ef Hay la Hew Terk Is a oonlrmed nolaanoe. If a feller wants to see his, jlrl daring the mOTlng week, how does he find her f Bnrled In stew pans, store pipes, old hats, doaty oaipeta, diaoarded hoop*, "Old bottles, copper, and brass bonght" Pretty mess, this, t« «atah yourlady love In. Bhe's fio»BU yoor f^noy painted hef thS; by a longahot With hair dlsheToled. ud dying t« the breeze; face besmeared with store blaoUng and^olaues; bands begrimed with dust and grease; no crinoline; sUp shodahoes; tarn aown- and dirty stodklngs which cover "the Iialtless r^^h?if hi YinJa-like lejs;" onr "belle of the ball" looks more like a combination of the Hottentot. Eaanlmaax, aad Kanaaroo than anythlngf else we oan think ot Excuse the 2mlle, ladles, bnt lis so. Ten knew It, and vt know lt,aLnd Tbody knows It; all the reaolt of oar Infernal system of r on the 1st of May. A man can't get anything to eat the day; the women folka are ao absorbed In npsetUnK things hey forget' to get ■ man's dally bitad ready for blm. thai attended t£eoheap places of amusement, and bnndled In fer the night anywhere. When Hr. Bntler had the Broadway and the American both rannlng, be had a oouple of adrerllqing wagcns, one for the Broadway, and the otber r^r the American. The former was. oaUad.the "St. Nicholas" and the otiiartlie 'TreseoUi" Onr gay yonng gimbnllers often took np theb qttarteis In the Si NlehahLs for the night, and might hare made It tUalr permanent place of roost had it not hem lor an offldlons H. P., who ons erenlng made a reeonnolunoe of the wigoni In force, and when the pet lambs wore snugly stowed away, arieam> Ing of '•blaekyer boats," ,"HoOIsll>n polish," etc.. madean attack upon the wsara, and oaptarsd the whole balob. fPatty fre# oonntry Ail u;" exclaimed one, as he wu being lagged off:'"If Oeorge I«w had been in there, yon wouldn't a teohed liitiL." '. We are to hare a great norelty at the New Bowety this erenlng^ * The drama of "Bleozl" Is to be rerlred, with lis gnnd prodev- alon of knights In armor, etc, marching directly through.the .parquet, right smaok among the spaclaton. Eitenslre prepara- tions hare oeen made to glre all dne effeot to this moic Impos- ing display, and thewhole extent of the Immense stage at this hoose fs to be thrown open. Ur. Eddy Is to arsume the princi- pal oharaoter. Uai Uarelzek commences another little "go" of opera, oo'm- menoing thla erenlng, with Terdl's "Aroldo," first time In America. The oast Is thus:—Aroldo, (a Saxra hnlght) Signer Uezzolenl; Ulna, (his wife) U'lle Ortolanl Brlgnoll; Egberto, (father of Sllna) Blgnor Bellini; fihidTino, Herr Belcbardt; En- rico, Signer BuUo,-Brlano, Efcr Unller; Elena,-lladame Zlcher; peasants, MghtSrShort^klrtea ladles, and so forth, by the usual "fall strength of theoompany." - Talking of slngen,'remlnds us that we are to hare-««enutlon this weak at Wood's Vlnstrels, In the person of UssteirWood. who Is pronoanoed "the grealeat Jurshlli bslladlst of th«i«ge»^' hlaageoelng about eleren years. T^eare told that hejupot like the majority of jnrenlle prodigies, bnt is a regular grander. In the elng&ig llDi. W4 shelf see and hear for onrsdrss, and ''bonder what^'p with the mnsldans? A oan has been IssUed fer a great mass meeting of the moslolans of New Tork and, rlclnlly, to oome offon May 6, at the Metrpp<rtlt<ui Booi^^: Heater atreet Bet a flp they're going to strike for higher wa««. to blow, and. sorape, and finger aa hard as erer, nr. They hare t , _ .. the aame money they need to get, while prorlalona and pepper, mint bare gene np wonderfauy. W. B. BLAKE,— Tbb Aoroi. JitXa.T SjtOtUED DI BOBTOR. John T. Ford, the theatrioal manager of Baltimore and Wuh- ington, has oerlalsly shown himself tp be a nun of energy and indomitable will. In the ftoe'of the moat dlsconraglng dronm- stances. Ur. Eord had firmly established himself In the esteem ef Wuhlngton theatre goets, when, in tke mldilt of bis triumphs, his theatre'waa completely destroyed by fire, npsettln| allur. Ford'a arrangements for the aeasob. He lost no time, howerer, but went to work in earnest, preparing for the ereotlon of a splendid edifice upon the elle of his farmer theatre. The No- (ioMi InUTUgaiar, of Washington, glres the fcllowlng partlcijars of the new building:—"Ford's New Theatre, Tenth street, which the energy of ItrTFoid has reared upon the rnlnq of his former elegant theatre, is being rapidly harried to an early compIeUon. A brief halt ooourred fii the work of oonstructloh a short time tto,'in .consequence of • temporary fUlare In th» supply of •bricks; but Ur. Ford, whose fertUlfy of .resources Is a dlsHn- gnlshlng charaeteriatlc of bis enterprise, promptly shipped an abundance of the. material from Balttmore, and- in a rery few days the work was resumed with redoutiled rigor of IndostiT. A large foroeef arUsana are now engaged In this city and Butl- more In preparing the wood work and ornaments for the Interior of the theatre-tbe adjustment and finishing of which will occu- py a eomparatlTBly abort tlmeafler the outer form of the build- ing shall bare tieen made ready for their reoeptlon. We are gratified to learn that especial attention has been directed to £te strengUienlng of the strnotnre, and that, when o«m-' plated, Ford's theatre will be one of the most masstre and durable of public reaorts In the oonntry. The walls which sostaln' the weight of the circles are thirty-two inches, or ■Marly one jtM. In tQchnessi the other and leaa important -walla rary from .eighteen Inches, the mlnlmnm, to thirty-two Inobes, the maximnm thickness. The archlteotaral design of the new theatre is sorpasslngly tsstefol, and rery slrllrtng. Its iterior plan combines ;th« best of those adrantages which the letade of ecoustlts and the Improred mechanical skill of the The aimmtr "sacred aaason" for onldoor Sabbath oonoerts last hand. One of those plona entertainmenia wis glren.on! theSdlnst.,al "OrsmomeOardess," at Third arenne andScfr- entr^eoond street, leading to the Oentral Park. We euppose we, shsll hare an abnndanoa ef "saored entertalnmenta"-the oom-^ ing season. tSSMM Batsman makes herre-appearsnoe atNlblo'sthls erenlng, reproducing her last new piece of "Leah, the Forsaken." She brugawlthlier the company who hare been supporting her at> dhe New Oheatnu^ Philadelphia^ while the Nlblo company g« aif to "PhUly" to spppcrt Ulaa Westetn, who la there now. ' •There'atoVea'"Bow at Lannlgan'SBall,'.' this week, atBry: anti, and there will be a large attendance to see the "Bow." Any, kind of a fight. Is sure to draw a crowd, now-»4ays. Ifjan , wish to see a "mass," In peace and quietness, call In at Bryants l .un conferred uponthe modem theatres and aoademleaof during the week. kSnafc TbilB, the auditorium of tbe bnlldlog will aocommodate f —„— ,^ . ^ , ■„ , I ThebenefitfOT'tfaelrlshBeUef Fund Is set down for May I, at ease and comfort twenty.flre'hundred persons, and yet Is Pretty girls and ugly onea look alike on that day—all glum, the Academy,' The theatre Is to be decorated onlalde afld in. Unwell arranged as to give to aU an anobstrueted rlew of the «nd sour and crabbed as crab apples, Itahorrlblel "Its sMld, N^qi gj^s of all nations, the "Ocnfederaoy" excepted. Thert etag^andensurethelrhearingwltheaaethelowestBtage•whlBper. — - - - - - - . TeryflneblUoffered,rlz: MMitnreandAjrt,"wlthaWalooW Ninedoors,lii all,-wlll piorlda the abundant means of In^eea U.LaTleIi, Ulaa Laura Eeene, and )Uss NIokerson In the ud egte^e—fire in ftont and fonr In the rear of the theatre; . iCasi ThU wlU be foUowed by "Oustoms of the Oonntry," with ttiTongh these an andlence, howerer crowded, could be aafely lutweek. They had to more. Of coarse: ererylwdy had to u,, uorrls, A. W. Fenno, Ur. WalltUta. Walaot,Un. Uyron.' dlamlsaed In fire minutes, or eren leas. The atage department morebeoauseil is the custom of the dty. The men turned out I enUin, Bamey Williams aa the exponentaofthe "Oostoms," I QftheestabUahmentwlllbe arrangad with admirable complate- pntty strong at our thealraaand halls of amnsemNit because I Kext comee an interlude, parttclpated in by BfrncGnenabella, oess,aad with eapeolal reference to-that peifefct order which la •lliey had no other place to goto. For the. time'JMng, they ume. Strakoich, Ur. BlephenIIaasett,U'lle. Qaletti, and Ume. uie fint and controlling law of the flnt-class theatre. The ware all like "(Hdeon's Band, seeking for a bomV'aild "mourned uuxettL The "Irlah Tiger" wlitds np the shoW-Ur. Barney scenea will be mored by ingenious machinery, and the dreaalng- beoausethey found it not" We are not addicted to swearing, | vUllams as Paddy Byan, Ulss lone Burke ssManay,efo. )fe|iaoms are placed in conrenlant proximity to the stsge. The but for this time only we will hare to aak (ergtreneu for saylngj. hope that all who hare rolnnteered will be present, and attend I ,t>undance of what is'technically called "stage room," and the «damn the lat of Uay." We had oiuUsr holiday last we«k, besides the let of Uay. It 'was "Abe's Fast Day," and li fist day It was, tnilr. Fast boys .and girls, with thdr fkst teams, were ontlnfnll feather, flying along our ttoroagbfkres. out on the Bloomlngdala load. over on | business they rolonteer for. ■the uland, and ao forth, obserrlng the day In thiefiutest manner ■ — - - possible. Ahd'^rlUlesI" Wenerersawauoh —"-- fore, Ererybody was en the loose for good U' to their bnslnesslust the same as If they were to be paid for ^li The fault with roInnteerUeneflta Is, that the rolunteera do Jo onnanaUength allowed to the stage proper,^will ei agsr to producs plays and apectacles which the :e proper,^ will enable the man, ■" want ofthese onslices. Uany a chap unuaed to NsW York crowds fonndUm' self going through, therarions stages of "squeeze, sqaaze, and gqulEzen," before he emerged from the pressing throng, ^tst days and thanksglrlng days are days of harreat for theati;es. LanraKeene has conqlnded to remain rae more week lh,Meir Ume.' The past week gare use sort of haahed-up dish at Ckdra Eeene's. "Our American Oonsln" was' rerlred, then there waa a benefit; then we were promised a cat spectacle for.the 90lh; hut it didn't oome to pass; then It was announced for Uay Id; and again the eat drama ailed to come to tlme,,andltls again promised for this erenlng, Uay ith, and It Is to be hoped that is called "Tib, or the Oatln Crinoline," Ulsa Eeene taking the part of Tib, because, we presume, she onderstaqda how- to iantob, being of the female persnailon. We presume aUthe as they please, and don't care a case for anybody. They want to 'l.^npertles hare piactloBlly banished from our stage heretofore, be biuBtored ont of serrloe before they hare accomplished thaf A^ong theae mxj be instanced Shakespeare'a "TSmpeat"—hla islness they rolonteer for. ,■ \ matter-work—and "The UldsnmmerNight's Dream." The last. , Mac Eroy's "Blbemlcsn" baa left Hope OhapeL and win opeV mcntloned adrantageajwUl admirably adapt our new theatre—of dlzlng be-1 QDder better eniploes at the Ohlneae> Assembly Booms, oa I which we are inclined to boast in adranee of Its completlcn—to. ig on Fast Say. | Thursday erenlng,- Uay 7. We think the more a good one:.' I ibe highest reqnMmenli of the opera, and thla, with manager ~ ~ -. ., ...1^.. 1 _ . .. predilection, for-tbe refined class of entertiln- . -4 pleasing uid accepUble assurance t)iat Uuslc rrlth the'Drama the worship of this splendid and that' the admirers of the .lyrical-'stage will, fini an Academy of Uqslo where, nnder the. 'tui- tion of Oordler, Brlgnon, Louisa Pyne and other famous birds' of song, thelr sense of harmony may be' delighted, and tbkir tastes educated to the hlgheet standard of excellenee. : The, en- tire cost of the building, completed and adorned, is' estimated at serenty-flre thousand dollars. Ur. Ford, who enjoys the es- teem and confidence of our community to a degree untouched by any manager since tbe time of Warren and Jaffetson, is de- termined, we hare the gratlfloatlon of knowing, to win for his jfew theatre the-fashlonaoleprctH^ and popularity so eminently peasessed by its predecessor.- It will be his highest amblUon again to render 'Ford's Theatre' the recognised resort of the 'tnalllef of Wnblngton—the social exobange of onr beet society; I, uvu. .u.Twu.^., v. v^aiaemblenl^tly'ln the loxoricns boxes and clrolea of the de-' ies,the great ■katet,hsa Just Ancladed jarery I'^tedlflceh'elaeraoUng, thedlEnlty,.Uie'graGerandlhehleheet folnj, Banford'a Ulnsltela rrlU))rebBbly rlslt ua during the sum- mer.'and glre a series pf .entertainments In one of our thea^cal estanllshments. ' . . A new comedy Is announced at Wallack's, this erenlng. ', It Is callsd "Lost and Won," and la said to hare been prepared ez- Tork, although she waa booked to be b Philadelphia by thla I pieggW for Hr. iralliek'a company. At the New Idea, sereral new names are brought forward this erenlng; among them, Agnea Bulherland, the£cottlsh Nightin- gale; B. Olaike, Ethiopian comedian, eto, ZaSCretts and Her- nandez oontlnae the great features, and the pantomime of the "Qreen Uonster" is underlined. Ur, Henderson, manager of the Pittsburgh Theatre, is In uura may fbrthwlth bring It before us. Thla new mqnstroilty town, to meet bis wife, Ettle Henderson, who arrised. In the ateamshlp Etna, from Llrerpool, on the 1th. «rltlcsin town win expend theiunjMjrerof their wit and hn^' mor on tnU new eitiaraganxa.\jn the aMttl pause rrhlch 'muat .ensue before we hear from tha oritlcs on the catalogue of catas. -trophea whloh the "Oat in OrlnfUne" la deetlned to bring to light, we calmly await the coming ahook. i^^^.'^$*3°J?^SyP°^/^j^^.|jj^i&l^fWnceefJhe MaUmaalOaprtg.""aiid'fii'thniB elOTaUng^Oie Jaikui),Haln( thyengnei . tt^inth 'jBi^tgut. for.th^^aialng'iMtd^'glinM^'seaon^f^^ ralaajiplo the e'njnmciert.Utiaopar Bcuolty of Ice makes no dllTerence to Haines—he can ekato aa I mission the aaplranons of the dramatic art. To thu end, so well on the boardaaa on "frozen-water." Seeblsadrertlsement I <dercatly tobe wlshedfor* by erery admirer ofart'and erery Uuuger Ungard, of the New BowaiT, la rapidly ^plng the I lorer of good order, he baa already opened negotlat^ns with the . _ , benefits of his liberal management; md though n(a expenses I {[leatest artists of the age, in the aereral fields of opera, tiagedy, "There waa three crows sat on a tree, as black as any crows | ue oonalderable, his receipts are Is proportion; witness, for ocmAdy; and pantomime; and the probabltltlea now are tbat our «ould be; saya one old crow, imto his mate, what shaU we do for iutanoe, the splendid housea he had on Thursday afternoon and eltUana -wlU be permitted to enjoy, within thellmlt of an ordlnatr breadtoateT" (Sing.) These feeling lines are snppoeed to erenlng, the theatre being croMed to anlfocation in tha erenlng, | theatrical seuon, the extaaorolnary and raried delights w&lc: i hare been written by Jeff. Darls, on the reception of the Intelll-1 guA e nry good honse hwig .present in the aftamoon, the gal- flow from 'tiii 'genius of Forrest, Oharlotto Oushman, Joseph gence that Oreat Britain and France wonid "let him alone." I lery ddegaUona behig nhusuauy nnmfrons and proportionately jeOetecn; the gushing Haggle UltcheU; Banflmann, the Fechter They hare lately been set to minslq, and sung br Frank Brower enthustaatlo. The new romantlo fire act drama, entitled the of America; Clarke, Ube Barels, the Wllllamies, the Florences, •nd his mt\fnra at Wood's Ulnstrsls. As Frank glres ont tbs "Police Spy," met with a wall daserred success, for It was net ud the Italian Open. This combination Is probable, we repeat renea, it la like "throwing pearla before swine," so tender and only weU asled and creditably placed upon tbe atage, but it ex- At least Ur. Ford haa so announced It, and our publle are suffl- natnrallsheinthedallreiy. Talking ef Frank, did you aes that I oeeda In tfaerit two at leaatotthe recent nordUea piodnoed at oienlly acquainted with his Indomitable energy, hls'taot, and bis Ihotographlo oarloatnre of him acme one has recently got outt I the Broadway eslabllshmento near Blsedker street- The plot la customary good ftrtune, to be aasnred-that if those artlatea t'sagood'un, and fall of "pint," The "breastpin" lsj< capl-1 peculiarly nenchy, and, of courae, replete with Interesting I appear in waahlngton at all, it wlU be under the auspices of the MalueneaaofFnnkasoanbemtde. ' * I ,ttaations. In whichrlrtuals rewarded, andorime meetawllh Ipopnlar managerof Ford'snewtheatreand AcademyofUuslo." Hiss Heron's engsgemsnt at Niblo'a ended on the 9d Inst. It I lu punishment. We were especially pleated with the acting efl The Marietta Barel Troupe were at the Theatre Bbyal, Hon* hasproredaTeryaaUatacto^one, "AuroraFloyd" ran through Measrs. Clarke and Eddy, both of whom'were loudly awlanded.'I treal, last week, glrlng paniemlmes, baUets, eto. The troupe In- 4heweek. In aomi portlraa of the new drama, UIsS Heron xhe drama promlsea to m a ftrorite, and one of the atockpleoea I eludes Marletn Baral, U'lle Julia Lehman, Hons. E. Velarde, -makes Aurora a roarer indeed, so terribly boisterous and demon- erentually. Bythe way, the New Bowery adopte the Bryant Hons.'A. Lshman, Hons. O.H.Uoreste,Uons.O. Lehman, Mens, '■tratlra ia ehe, especially in her interrlew with the trainer, Oon-1 junetrel plan ef reaezrlng the front part of the parquet for I p.. Scribner, U'ne A. Lehman, U'Ue Caroline, Hons. U. Hanly, "" .. . 1.. ) ledleawith them. 'Whycannot thepalronaof — ■■ — • "■ " toi;^Smina^'WUler, Eato Belgnolds, i>. Betchelt lbs- E, Sandman. Maggie UltoheU, Edwin Adams, and J.H. HMltett, The theatranas been mnch Improred outalda ai^d ln,slnee ih* dose of the winter season, and ererythlng done to ensure a no* oessfol spring and summer campaign. . .....^ The Boyal I^cenm, Toronto, nnder the Linden managemenl^ waa to hare doted the season on the 99lh AprD, with AoompU* meniary benefit to the manager. Mr. LInden'a seaaon has bees an unfortunate one, the busuieas being bad. Ur. and Uisi L., we hear, are organising for a "trard" through Oanada..... .Oeoi - Srans, the soeuo arttal^ has made an engagement -with Uanager Bu<*land,'Of Uontred Charley Daly, lowoomed l a n , iin don> of the nioat popnlar members ef the company, has also engaged rrithUr. BucUand. Unden hasfdlen Into the bad graceac< many of his friends by refusing Ur; Ddy a benefit, althonih h* is nnder much "obligations" to him .0. P. De Oioolcaea back to Buffalo this Week. , , Mr. Sllsler's forces are in good working erder once more, at the Academy, 0ereland. The foUowlng Is a list of members of the company:—Mr. and Un. John XDsler, Ur. and Un> Dick- aon, J. 0. UoOoUom, Oclln Stewart, Jas. Lewis, J. W. OarroD, Ohas. Jeffreys, Pnroell, Foster, Ulss Baohd N»ah, Mrs. Brad* ahaw, Blanche Bradshaw, Harlon Uoore, Ulis Eeyser, eto.. Mr. Jas. Dickson Is the stage manager, and the box oflloe is nnder tbe control of Mr. 0. Bnsoh, late of the New Tork Academy of Muslo. Ur. and Ulss Conldock terminated their tngagement on the Id ef Uay. They hare produced tha usual, routine of domeatio plays, for which Ur. 0 > has been oelebrsted for yeara^ Interspersed with now and then • tragedy. The business haa been good. The "Seren Bisters" Is to bare the boards nexb commencing on the 4th Sf Uay. This speitaole was produoed there last summer, and created qalto/S senSWsn. Mr. J. E, UoDononghls the manigerof 'tbe "Seren Bisters,''and John Huntly the agent Hde'a dramatic company did a good buotneas Bnrllngtoa, Iowa, last week. ^ Dan, Worcester, oomedlan, a])pat whom inqulriek hare been made thzoogh the Ouma. IT a aergeant In Oo. 1.9Ttl> Con- necticut wlnnteers. His tknawlU benpln JilheuBid.'he,ez< lecte to-be in New Toik about Jnly 1st In the mUStt^^let- ors will ngoh him by being addressed as abore,inoatnnliear Falmouth, Ta.*.. Uanton and Button's dramaUe te>iipe' were perfbrmmM (n Ualne last week, to.good bgslness. .They wore at SardUiu on the leih, and Bangor on the 9Tth ult Ulss Annie BacoQ is with them, and the people db'wn there'kar they U^e that sort of BMon rery much, and wonldn't mind tnaUng three meals a day otf 'lt On Taesday and Wednesday sight last, the "Colleen Bawn," Iran by the Laura Keene troape,wts the attraction at In* IrooUyn Academy, and the perfbrmasoes drew great house* on both nights. We weU remember the occasion of the fint pai>< formance of this play under the management of Slon Boilal> cault himself, who pleyed Uyles -Na Ooppaleen; hla wife, "Ulaa Bobertson," perfomung Elly O'Connor. The admirable pcr> formance of Boudcault In this character, and the contia«t his naturd and beautUhl delineation of Irish oharaoter preeented, to the ordinary stage Irishman, was such as to draw forth loud ap> plause from the Intalljgent portion of his audience., Since then we hare nerer seen the part of Uyles so weU acted, and eei> tainly were much disappointed at BIr. 0. Woloot's ImpetSonatlos of It In fact the great fault of this really talented actor appean to be that he ooples too muchtrom the stage. Did he take life models as examples he would earn the applause of the Judlefoua more than he does, but his ambition, at preieat, aeemato please , the groondllngs. Ulss Bnrke, as EUy O'Connor, orsdltsbly ae- quitted herself throughout; Indeed we hare nerer seen her to ' better adrantage than on thla occadon. Mr. Daly's Hardres* Cream was neither l>etter nor worse than he waa in the original ptodnotlonof theplay. Ofthe others we hare to s<^ that they acted lidrly condderlng, but we win accept Mr. Btodiurt as Coi>> rigan, for he acted tbe part well, fir better than we thought bA would. Of Mlea Eeene's Ann Chute it is unnecessary to apeak, as it WB^giren In her best Uyle,and an knowwhatthatlt; snfllce it to say that ahe was heartily applanded, as ware all for that matter, the play being rery ttrorab^ reoelred. Ulss Ladlle Western's brief engagement of three nlghii at the Brooklyn Academy, did not turn ont aa profitably as ehe ex- - lected. The attractions on the first night were "Don Casy de lazan" and the "Loan otaLorar;" on t£e second night ''Lncoedn Borgla'r and "Perfection," andonSatorday, thelastnlghkthe'hill of fare Induded the French Spy. Bhe had a&lr house tor Don Otesar, almost emp^ benchea for Lucreita, and a rery allm at- tendance on the last night of her engagement Bhe waa warmly applauded, howerer, on each oooadon, being also called out each night Bhe waa but poorly snpportad'ln all 'three plays. That Ulss Western has considerable talent- fi'ene .win qaestlon, and had she been brought np In a correct school she would hare tmqaesUonably 'taken a Ugh position as a first daas artist But Bhe haa many defects to getild of, and the sooner she seteto worfc-the better for hen chances of snixass. The starring boalness In Wsstam dtleA is enough to Tuln the best actress on thi stage, and its ill effects are made palpable in the case. of Ulss western. She, howerer, deserrea .^eat credit for the energy and Industry she displays in orer- coming the usual obstacles that aU candidates for hiimonle fkme encounter. . - On Tuesday, by spedil roqnast of the regular "lliaatrical card committee" of Brooklyn, Ur. Dandmenn Is to appear for one Ight as Bbylock, In the "Uerchmt of Tenlce," and on Wednes- lay and Friday, "Aurora Floyd"fk to be pnNnoed, with aU)thh Ntblo scenery and atage appolntmente. Truly BtocUyt^ fliftttrt- cajs.are becom^g a feature of ourmetiODsUtiB ennuBaiTi' -^^eNawI^phtoThditte^ taeai^1a\W'-a(a|>mf^l^ ' apectads of the "Naiad Queen" was upon the boaila last injek. Emma WaUer dosed at the Pltteburgh Theatre oh the 3d Inst, playing Hamlet to the Ophelia of Ulss Lizzie Glllet Oharlotto Thompeon fcUows Mrs. Waller. Ur. Edwin AdamawlU remain another week at QrorerUTh*- aire. WaahlngtoiL He took a benefit on the 1st Tha hOl rraii "Wild Oato,"'With Ur. Adams as Borer, Ulss Sasan Denlnaa Lady Amaranth, and Hany Clifford as ^hrajm Smooth. Mlaa Western foUows Adams at Oforer'a, E. L. Daranport Remained at Uo'VIcker's, Chicago, last ireet^' 'St Mark, the Soldier of Fortnne," being the attnctloa. .He la aucceeded thla week by Haggle UltohelL Wllkee Booth la the atar at the Washington Theatre. He la aupported by Ulaa AUoe Orey, Eflle Oermon, and E. B, Brink. On the occasion of Ur. Booth's benefit, on the 1st, he appeared as the,Btrangar. Ulss Hary Prorostrrin foQew Ur. and Ulss tUnMng * at tho Boston Uuseum next week. J. C. Uyeis and his dramatic company hare been doing a fins hnslnessfor nine olghto in Ullfsrd, Uses. They could hare yers, at his lodge. Mrs. Jordan locked reiy pretty In the piece, I those who hare ladieawltE them. 'Why cannot the patrena of uons. B, Slegilst, U'Ue E.'Lane, and U'Ue MaishalL Therare ixA dressed wlQi much neatneu and taste; she also played her the reserred eeal aystem ahlrk the speculators, and do likewise! ttli to be doing a reiy fine business, and wlU oontlnae their partwaU. Strolling np Broadway on Taeaday erenlng, AprU as, and perfcrmancea this week. Speaking of Ur«. Jordan, rre might say that this lady reoenUr I heing near the Winter aarden,we thought we would "go in;" I "Ur.WUlard has engaged the following artlstofor the coming arrlred here from Kigland, where aha had been redding with I end lee how the new drama of "Luck" was being recelred, the I aeason at the Howard Alhenaum, Boeton, which theatre is now tier husband, Oeo. Jordan. His petulant manner, howerer, and I eame baring been written by De Wdden, for J. 8. Clarke, and under the management of tbat gentleman. The Uat, It rrlU be «urly conduct towards his wife. Induced her to leare him and re-1 produced for tbe first time at this theatre the night before. On teen, includea a number of rery popular and tdented perform- torn to America. Nov this little preface enablea ns to work in Mientetlng, we found about a hundred persons present, the front ers>-Uessrs. AlbertD, Bradley, stage manager and lat old men; same was toe case laai year, xae oiapiay just ciosea was not rented to see Clarke as Toodles. "Luck, or the ueniien equd to laat year's exhibition, owing, no doubt, to the.unsatla- Natare," is one of those plays that are written np at eo .factory supposed award of premiums. The whole affair looks (q egt or a scene, and it Is anqnestlonably one of the low ] '"mixed to a man up a tree'—which "are a Eansas word".7-and articles. It is fall of inconelslendes, and no morerepn Jordan."* Dramatic kmateurs, adapten, Boucloaulters, and gince the doors were opened. We shaU hammer away at this {|om the Arch Street ffbeatre, Phlladdphls; U. W.Ilske,.Bos- «ommentetors wiU please not infringe, fraud upon'the public until It is done away with. There is bnt ton's fkrorite; Hany Hawk, ftom HoUfday Street Theatre, Bd- J, B. Clarke Is in his second week at the^^ter Oar^en. The one legttlmato mode of securing aeate In adrance. and that is by tlmcre; P. A. Anderson, do.; 0. S. Bogers^ Arefa Street Theatr^ "bUIs inform ns that hla "entertalnmente bare been reodred by I taking them at the box office at the regnlarhoors, Theorohestra phllad'a;J.L.8aphore,do.;F.nnn,ofBoBton; Urs.Ohanfrau, ■orerfiowlng houses." 'Tlsntso. Th%attendancebasbeenfklr, it^i are set apartfor the oonrenlenoe of thosewho are late, from Winter Oarden and Niblo'a, New Tork;'Ulss Anderson, late ' nothing more. I and they are properly charged more than tha regnlar price for of the Boeton Uosenm; Ulse De Laoy, ftom NIblo's, Nsw Tork; : The dog days are orer at the Uuseum, the whelps airing their the prirliege; nut this marking seate aa taken that are not ao, ifa, StoneaU, from Aroh Street Theatre, PhUaddphla; Ulss C. last howl for the ssBSoa on the 3d of Uay, The BuUet who sn- merely to nupply fBrorites,' ia a great humbug, and no Adams, do.; Urs, A. Hayes, do.; Ulss aUce Jones, do.; Ulss FIo- perintended the arrangemenU was yery kindly awarded the mjalSe. We acarcely hare patience toaUnde to the drama; renoe, from London theatrea; UlsaUary Boniface, of Boston; -"11,000 prize," and nearly aU the other prlndpd "prizes," The indeed we should act hare seen It out, but that we uiss EUwood, Ulss Jones, -UIbs Cdllnga, Ao, Ur. John HoUo- same was the case laat year. The dlapliay Just dosed was' not wanted to eea Clarke as Toodles. "Luck, or the Oentleman of iray, of Boston, la leader of the orcheeira; Ur. J. Howard Sogers, " ' ■■ ■■ ) at bo much of New Tork, scenloarilat; W.Prescett master ostpenter; leaao t low priced B Bleb, treasorer. The company are oaUed together for Satni- , ^ —, Biiauioo. », » .uuv. ~-.*repreaents day,Hayeth,preparatorytoanearlyopentog.- things should be s^alghtened out If another dog oatherlng erer, the chanolers of the period of the drama than Albany does The theatre at Oraat Sdt Lake City Is stlU flculshlng, nnder takes place, Bamnm haanotrdsed quite onougn babies yet, parls. Clarke'a good acting redeems his part a Utile, and the the auspices of the salnte and sinners of Uormondom. We hare «nd Ikot show is not on at preaent same may be add of the character assigned to Ulss CUfton; bnt dates from the edly dty up to the Ifith of AprlL Messrs. T. A. Palme's benefit, which came off at tbe Academy on the 39th I beyond these, there is jiothing else worth mentioning. Ulss j^yj^t and B. Snow are now the leading men of the theatre; Ur. April, rodlzed about •1,000, aU told, whloh Isn't bad, when we Brown waa rery badly dressed, and waa anything but at home j, B, olawson, old men; D. UcSenzle, .heary bustnees; Ur, 'Oome to ooqslder that the "people" nerer muster rerr strong at la her part In tact the piece was on a par with "Bantry Bay," Parker, walking gentlemen; Urs. U. Bowring, leading lady; tha Uthatreet house; and the AoKluei of that ettebllshment Bd- thatms recenUy glrenat Laura Eeene's, and noteren upto Hra. A. OUwson,''walking lady; Ur. Dunbar, low oomsdlan; dom patronize anything but "gUtedgo paper." themerkofUy NohleBon-ln-law," at Wallack's; both otwhlch uibs M.Thomas, soubretle. On IheBthcf April, a Urs. Sten- Another "mlnstrd bos" haa gone—"In the ranka of death are poor enongh. After the fkll of the ourtdn had reUered theej house (her husband, we bdlere, waa engaged as reporierfor yon'U find him." Died, on Monday, April 37, Dan Leon, for audrenoe from the tedium of the new play, they were treated to one of the leading New 'Tork dalUes some years rince) made inanyyearsaonnealedwlthrariousmlnstrel'organlzaUons,rlz,, Thetis odled anew rerslcn of Toodles. It may benewaafar im first appearance on any stage as Urs. HaUer, In the Stranger, B. P. ahTlity's,Uurphy, West b Pad's, and CampbeU's troupes. I as bdngout down aUttle, butweaee no Improrement In theland was qolto'succesafuL Ur. J. T. Calne appeared as the Be waa bom Haroh 1,1836, and entered the profcsdon in 1841. arrangement of tbe play. Bnt for Clarke's lx>odle8, we hare to Baron; Ur. P. Uargetis as Peter. On tbe following erenlng, . . ... ~-. . aay that we prefer it to Burton'B. A more complete repressnta- .•yirginlus waa glven.and a'Ur.H. K. Whltoey'made his bow. I tlon of an intoxicated "old boy" we nerer aaw; it was dons to ur, :Ijne seems to be the reigning aiti in that section of the I'ttie life. Of course It eUdted "roar* of laughter," and "cntbu-1 coun^, for he la much applauded bf the press, daaUc.appIause." and Clarke'a InlmlUbleaoUng fully men««d - • ail the commendation bestoVred upon It The house waa oov about half tUl. He was a derer 'interlooator, and did Shakespearean burlesque business. Z ' - A new Oeneral takes charge nf the New Idea thla week, Mr. Fox harlns aold out hla Interest to Ur. J. 0. Lee, and the plaof triU hereaner be condncted by J, 0. Lee b Oo. What Ibis place wanU is a first daas company. The 'entertalnmenta hare not , been aufflclently good for the place, We think there U room for an establishment of the Und, but it rrill require a Up-top com- .pany to glre It a good atart At slider's Athenieum, Olerdand, Ur. Oouldodt haa been playing the past week to oxceUent business; In fact this Is one of I Mr. Oouldock'B best towns. On Tuekday erenlng, April 3Btb, DBAMATIO. . A oanlng affair took place at the New Memphis Hicatre a short Shylook, to a rtry crowded house. Jamea Conner has established quite an eztansire theatrtod, time since, the recdrer bdng Ur. TasnehllL It was an elegant Portia, and rendered the part rery effeoUrely. Mr.O. appeirMas Louis XI, a oharaoter in which he has no superior on the American alag*.. On the.aoth, he appeared as " ■ Ulss Racbad Noah rras the This lady Is -music haU, and. cirous agency In thla olty, managers from aU gold-beaded oane'which 13r. T. reodred, and Major Neuby, of rery prepitssesalng in her appearance, and bids fair to become a parts of the country-doing huslness with him, and engaging we 9d U. B. 'Oaralry, waa the donor. Mr. Maolnley made the ahlnlng light of the profsaslon; Bhe has, howerer, a rory whaterer tdeni there U In the market, thKougb hla agency, presentatlofi'apeech, and'Mr. TannehlU reBponoed. And then I awkward atage walk. Urs,l>lduonlsonoofthemostproinlslag .Perfcrmen in-erery branch of amusementa can bare engage-1 foUoWed the naual flow of Obampagne, eto. -laoubtette aolreaaes on t&e stage. She is deref in erdlryJhtng ments nude for Ihecg, or oan reoelre erery information concern- - Cairo, n).. Is in the fidd again idth ite Defiance Theatre. The I she undertakes. Ur. John EUsIer is one of the best old inen it Ing affairs In the dty, and in other dues, We hare long headed foUowlna la a Uit of the oompBny:—Uessrs. Welsh Ed^trds.C. the Western country. Ur. Lewis, the low comedian, ispcasesse< something of the kind. We hare dramatlo'agencies, but their U. Uanley, T. T. 'HoUand, Kobert Uarble, Oeo. Boscoe, SoL of a great deal of comlo humor, and bide fair to become a good buslneBS Is prinolpaUy confined to thaatrlcataiilra; in Hr. Oon- Smith; Misses Howe/nralker, Uortlmer, Hary UoWUUams; Urs. comedian. He is a great farorite there, Mr. McOcUcm, tbs ner'sjagency, howerer, actors, singers, dancers, acrobate, EthIo> Ponncyer, and Ur*. Welsh Edwards, leading man. is fair to middling. Soaaya our correspondent plan performers, etc, aU rsodre. attenUo# U business should Theatricals in NaahrlUe, Tenn., bare been picgrosslDS finely, Mr. Couldodk goes ftom Olerdand to FortLearenworth, Eanaas,' oonUnus as brisk as it has been of late, UK Conner WlU hare to and Managers DniBdd and Fllnnars making money. Theykeop' *' ~ ' prorlde larger quartersithan those now ocoupled by him, Atl addlngto thelrdreadygoodooinpanylnqmteaUberd fBahicn. present ne la located at No, SI4Vi Broadway. - I Among the new people are Ulaa Perolrd and Mr. OUnten; and ThorewasanlmmenseJamatAmerioauMndoHaO,444Broad- aim later, Mrs. Stewart and her aon AL-Stewart, the Irish com- 'Way,0B Faat erenlng, and at a rery early hour pooplB were un. edlen; Messrs, Bamlltoii, AUen, Dnncin, Foster, Stewart, OUn- able to gain a eight at the stage. We must oanQon the young ._ _ . Monday erenlng, Mky 4th, the spring and sufauner seaaonof the MetropoUtan Theatre, BuOdo, Is to be inaugurated. Tha foUorrlngla aUstof the forces engsged:-Mesan.W. H. BUcy, 0. P. De Qroat, A. Halfbrd, BtdneyBmllh, J. R,Flsber, J.B. , , . , Pike, S. W. SSley, J. D. Wood, T. Carin. T. F. OoUtos, W. M. young ton, eto.; and Ueadames Hattie Bernard, Duncan, Bcanliu, Blew- Lannler, J. Uontegne, J« A. lotke, J. Buns^, F. Lawrencer .nanatfheentranoe,whodlstrlbutesbUli, tolieaUttleBoreat- art,eto.,makeupagoodoompany—in aU, eighteen actors and Ulases Annie Walte, UolUe WllllamB, B; Lawrence, Jennie tentlre to "the boys," or the eetabllshment wUl hare to "take a actresses. Thornton,. Sude PrenUsa, .Oarry Stone, ~ backseat" On the erenlng in qneallon, three Uttle sharers them, "let's go orer to the Bowery, they put on too many L airs at thla shanty." And the hopeful crowd Waa off in a hBf. 7* bar; some high boya la New lork. Th«i« nasd to be • cNwd . , , , „ , UUly Myers; Ella Orari Thedramatloa»rpioftheIrlah'VoluntMrs,atHaUft>x,N.B,,were Mesdames Sidney Smith, RDey, Fisher, Moore, Fanny Merrill, "* ' "--»«■•--■■ ■ Bthejprogramms J, D. Wood, and J. F. Pike. John H, Meech la acting jbers,'' etc. manager; Sidney Smith, stage manager; Ira Earle, treasurer; NashrUle Theatre, and John Kelh, leader of Otonestr*. Arrangements hare been ... _ ie"LlmortckDoy." madeforthekppearanceofthefoUowlngstarsdurlngtheseason, Mrs. Hattie Bernard is stUl engaged' there. The "Ccrdcan Bio- rla. i Matilda. Heron, JuUa Daly, J. B. Boberta, the Blohlngs, then," "Hamlet," and "Vlotoilne, or V]X SIespontt,"aieiB the Bard Troupe, OdletU, Eate Denln, Laor* Jleene, B.X. xeheanal. ' 'Darenpott, J,W.Wallaok, Jr., Mis, &7p. Bowers, JoaepkPioo- done weU for some time longer, but prior engagementa eaUed them away. On the occadon of Ur. Hyera'benefit vn'tlit 1st Inst, Ur. Hafry Langdon appeared as Uaobeth, to a crowded house. Annie Benter.I^ngdon was the Lady Hacbeth; and J.O, Uyers, Banquo. The company open on the 4th In I^nn, Uaas,, for one week, then go to Pertemouth, BIddeford, Portland, and Bangor, occupying the time until the 4th of July. The wheieaboute of Jamea H. Bradley, Adjutant of the l^lat New Tork HetropoUtan Beglment, la asked for by his friand, Harry TdIA Bntler House, Blxlh street below Cheatnut, PhU- addphla. Br. Bradley was formerly ooaneoted with, the dn- matfo profisdon. . Angels Seflon has been doing tlie part of Hdene, In dum'b show, with the French opera oompsny, in New Orleans. HatUda Heron leads off In the list of atari engageA fbt tha HetropoUtan, BuflUo. She beglna there on the llth, .JolU DdyfoUowshsrohtheailh. .. There has been acme trouble among the managen Of the Washington Theatre, and J. Wilkes Booth now holds .thexalaa. 'WhatwUlAedowlthlt?" The operatla speckde'of the "Enbhantress" snchanted large audlencea at tha Beaton' Unsemn, last week.. ItwlU beiAren through the current week, the engagement of Ur. and Ulaa Blohlngs terminating on.the eth inst ■ " ' Mr. UaisbaU'a lease of the Howsrd Alheaaum hariiig expired; Ur. andUrs. 'Flcranoe,And the company who performed there laat week, are now at the Boeton theatre, the "Barrow combina- tion" harlAg finished thdr engagement on the Id, and we do not hear that the "combination" will try th^ fortunes elsewhere, wbldi is s« we predicted three weeks ago. "Aurora Floyd" wUl be introduced in Brooklyn, at the Aca- demy, on the tth and Sth, by Mlaa MaUlda Heron. The PhUaddphla theatres hare been doing, aa excellent bud- Bess, says a ooirespendent "At the Ohistnul, MIss'Batemtn hu attracted fine bouses to witness her impersonation of "Leah, tha Forsaken." It ia regretted tbikt her eCaycaimot be prdonged. LudUe Western, succeede her en the 4th In her renlon of "East Lynne," In which she attraoted the largest houses in the iinnjila ■ot the New Ohestnat Her' "Arant-Coarier," Harry Asb^, Is ar- ranging matters for the reappearance of the charming LuoUle. Charlotte Thompson closes a sneetstful engagement thla erenlng, 3d, at the Walnut She appeared on the Slth aa "UUld Barefoot," whloh ran four nighta. On the lat tor her benefit, she appeared as "OamlUe," to a crowded konse Ohu.E. Porter, the reteran actor, has a benefit on the 8th Laura Eeene's combination open at the Walnnt en tke llth. - "A Ufa's Berenge, or Two Lorers fer One Heart," la an- nounced for May 4, at the Walnut, PhUaddphla, .Ihere'lano etar there this week, # Urs. D, P. Bowers opened to a crowded house, at the Arch Street, Philadelphia, on the 37th ult., and met irith a hearty wd< come. Bhe dosed on the 3d Inst Beneflte win now occupy, tha time nnUl the dose of tbe theatre for the'seasoa on the tth Inst, tbe performknces on that erenlng being fsr the benefit of Hn. Drew, the lessee, Hit members ofthe Iste Lyceum cempaay, Tcroats^ hare ten- dered Ur. U. 0. Ddy a benefit to come off on the 6th Uit Jno. UaUiews was np for a farewell benefit at the same houses UaytUi. A oompUmentary testlmonid Is to be glren to Mrs. Jane Sng- Ueb, at the New Tremcnt, Boeton, on the (Ih but Amon« thosa who hare rolonteered for tho occadon are Uesn*. T. EamptoB. O. B. WUson, W. W. Pratt, O. W. Pike; Mlases Uaggta .Parker, Llzdo Frauds, eto. .The Bsrel tronpe wlU also perform. The People's Thealie, Denrer, eonitaines to da,weIL Mr. T. U. TyrreU baa been engaged for the season. The proeeeda of tbe psrfoimanoia on tbe 3Slh and 3(lh ult .wera to be derbted to the reUcf of tbe suflererB by Uie Uto flry, A oorreepondent Informs ns that UIbs Kaw Denln has boaght the right of the EngUah reielon of "Lady Andley's Bsoret" and that she Intends to produce it In Bufble, Byraonae, aad othst dtles, daring her (ngigemtnts. .• - Adah Iaaa£ Uanken arrired la Balttatcfa, ftom LoilsrlOSk oa the M Inst She wUl rest a ccnple ot weeks In Uial eltyil9fa»i Ite Oentlnoattsn «f Theaeietl Beovid, See lagi* Ift L .-;...'. J.-i