New York Clipper (Oct 1863)

NEW YORK OLIPPJEB. 195 THEA TBIOAL BEOOBD' ■—^ ouH IjKTTMH box. .. f ^ have laHora for Mesm. J. RoyDOldP, J. T. JUymona^ T ^w«leyrNrfVF0Bl.r. H, T. Hudge. J. B. Green, J. UvIdm- Srid«rFr"k 3F~nk Wyimt, 1. M. W. Bteere, §*1U»8 Booth. wdW.H. Coot. . OITViBUAUIARV. ' MODDlT.aopt 98,1603. ■«.. <n the utttin Of men, wbloh, Ulion at (he flood. «■ aiSLB(S5e «ryB.*ead"(m to fortune, bu mohed oM pcofe.- 2^1nJ^5wSd»,»nd manegen Md people »re now riding on to f?. ^MlofprMperity and wealth. Bnoh bmlnow aa onr theatres '^w KfaBtontohee even .the moit hopefuL Broadway "'a .h. Bower? are nightly orowded with pleieute BBokore, and «in^S^orth their Ihonianda of baah eaters, the principal S?^«n«1bhroa are ataoat ImpaaeaWo, anch la tie dense throngi SSrSSSipy them. They pish their way along, elbowing tbia ?n. bSSItog iSa nat tbit one, and omehlng or noltoe Into aU fi!'J?ib& ebapeaand slaea: bntthe women folks don't mind r^ShTebonldtbey' An they not on the way to the theatre. .h«Ta the crowd la atlU more denee? And does not the pleasing Mm of enters and other refteahmenlsloom np before them ol Il« doJe of thTahow» A70. aye I the pUys the thing, and the Snwr la the revivifying deiaert that makes np the tlnaU of the !^nnlna feast, and preparea the AaWtio for a retoro, on the mmow to the labors and bid boarding honae dionera that New Tork Suh Is hell to. The metropolis Is different from most nUus-lls people will be aay and happy, U It takes the last shot iolhe looker, and leavea them wllhont a cop. They era a go- i^eod oommnnlty—there la so lack of alacrity about them— ibaT spead their money freely, and go to work for more. Amose- menta are abnndant—patrons are nnmeroos, and money la ftMtlng aronnd loose; evoiy manager onght to niake a small fbrtone thia season; It's their owb fanlt it they do not; let them coDllBneto provide good fare, and the people will orowd their ftallve halls every time From over the sea we bear that •met Agnes Bobtnson is coming back again. She la ever wel- ^ne (or shs has afforded us many an hour of real enjoyment bv her natnral style of acting. We are a little down on her hoibatd, Dion Boaoioanlt, for pandering to the tastes of rebel innnathlssrs In London, anl flying the rebel kite or flag on Ms uieatre In that city. He made a hundred thoniand dollars in the Northern States, while hsre. and waa alwaya w«U>tiealed imf liberally patronised. He forgot na when he left ue, and tallied the confederate rag. But it brought blm to grief, for mlifornine aoon after overtook him. and in a year or («o be vu a bankrupt It taught blm a leaaon. perhapa; he moy profit br If be seeks to conolUate hlsRorlhem friends, and to thia end he thinks of sending his charming little wife over here as minis- tar plenipotentiary and envoy eztraordlnaty. We don't think Bonoy will go back on na again, ahonld he be taken Into the -fold. We'll apply a versa to blm that we were taught In onr adioolboyda)B:— "If he had money and a fHend, As once be bad before, ne'd keep his money and hia friend, And play the fool no more." But we may let up onhjmfor Aggy's aake, foe she Is a brick. We'll apply a vorse to her, expreaalve of our fccllnga and tender regard fbr the Scotch laaale:— ■VInna ask ns gin we'lnvs thoe, Deed we darena tell; Dlnna ask us gin we luve thoe, Askltb'youisel." 10 come olong Agnes, dear, make no delay, we'll give yon a ohince lo ehlne ogaln. on our beautiful Broadway The "ghoat''la not played ou( yet, for it stUl OMoples several of our theatres and musical balls; and only to think that this ntu> «bost Is now discovered to be more than three hundred years old, wblch Is another evidence that there la nothing now under the snn: and Ur. Popper has only got bold of a thing sailed down for three centuries. It is a aeaaonablo production, how- ever, and serves (0 make a variety In our theatrical programme, Quito an army of operatlo people are arriving In the olty, and everything betokens the busy note of preparation for the Bcaaon eoon to commence. Horns are being brightened, trombonea cleaned up, old fiddles restmng, and Instruments of every buo and tone "ritoovated and otherwlae improved" for the good time coming. Uax Marelzak leads off at the Academy, ^arly In October. He is certainly a courageous mao; he has had more upa and downs in the operatlo world than any othirc •'Imprcseario" "known to the Court." Ho has lost half a dozen fortunrs. If not bis own. why then the fortunos or others: still ho Tctunis to the atsault; ho cannot stay repnlaed; he bos a lo'o for the opera wblch cannot bo wiped out by disasters or reverses. Ue would make a good Brigadier, for heisasklirnl tactician, and plays his polota with ability and ooursge. Bo has managed all B»ia of opera compaolea—relTaotory and obedient, rebellions and docile; bo has tackled hungry French- men, and overfed Italians; ha has confronted whole bandi of -•onaptrlog Dutch fiddlers, and mastered them with Uger bier and Switzer cheese; he has had boapltals of Invalid tenors and Erlma donnas to lake care of, and he has brought them to health y a show of dollars. Notwithstanding the reverses he has met 'With, the Insubordination and demoralization of his forces, and the losses hs Is supposed to have anatalned, he comes sgaln with a rush, and la prepared to go the whole bog this time, or perlih in the attempt, Let the persevering Max have a good show; let the codfish and ahoddy arlstoeraoy harmonise on one common platform, and vow that while "eternal vIgUasee la the piles of uborty," and the price of the opera Is so much less, It Is their bounden duty to support Uai and his irrepresalble crew of hiuigry and thirsty operaUvas We are promised a couple of noveltlea this week, one being the appraranoo in English drama of the magnifloentconlrilto, Vestvall. If looka alone could pull a performer throngb, Testvall would go It with a mab, for ahels lovely, she's olvlne; her limbs are "models of prfectlon," and lior face and form the very embodiment of beauty. She's perkoon, sure; and it'^ not odds that ehe will full, although things don't look altogether gorgeous for her; she wlU either make a big atrlk^ or fall heavily; besldea ber lueclons legs, distracting bust, and beautiful face, shs sings with much "fluency," and that is another point in her favor; bnt whether shn will be able to keep a p the shake in the spoakina portions of the play ebo Is to appear In, is another matter. Let the dear pabllo bo lenient to this ambitious child of song. Ihe other novelty will confront «s in the person of that great showman and exhibitor of "waxflggen,"tbe Immaoulato aad untamed AitemuB Ward. Ho tbreatena to enliven his conscripted con- sUtuencj by showing them hi) ahost, bow it is done, vbatfor. ole. He will also Iniersperae hu "piece" with gems about tbs congtltotlo'n, Boole'a 'street swsepeis, and slaughter houses Nlblo's Saloon has l)een sdeoted as the theatre for his forensic display, and if there won't Iw a Jam to aee Arty, may we be Jammed for aaylng so. It is a rare treat to listen to the wax flgure man figure in bis ourloui figurea of speech, and to thoae who wish to get a sight at the ahowman, let ns say go remarkably early, and freeze to the best seat you can find. We've t>esn there, and know nil about the crowds thit attend theae lectures. Snfflolant time having elapsed to fbmlgate the iiUoe. and give it a good overhauling, reudeVed necesaary by Ibe opera- tions of the ortjlnal Wal^los and bis original ghost, Wallack's theitro wUl open for the regular fall and winter campaign on the aoth of Septem'^er. W« dou't know what atTcot the gliost feature may have upon the legitimate business of the placo. It may be forgotten by the hoUluu. in whloh case all will be well; It may be that the luMua will demand more ghost, ones having bad a taata orit; the sensation may have destroyed all lovo forthelegttlmata; 11 so, and It a ghost should be really necessary to run the plsce sacooestally, let the "Indebtlgabla treaaurer" rundown to olthBr or the Bowery theatres, and plok wherever he likes; he can have any ghost upon the boards at the onrrent rates. Oh.the evening o( Ibe aist, we paid a vlalt to the New Bowery theatre, for the express purpose of wltnesalog tho lato European arrival, M. Ysireoke, upon the flying trapeze. The evening's penormance commenced with, for the first time In this country, J\.?e«5'onWliks' romonUo drama of " rhe Night Demon," oast with the fnU strength of the oompany. inolndlngtbe first ap- ^aranoe this seaaon of that very popular Bowery aotreas, Hra. w. a, jonel.who,upon btrenlne.waa greeted by the"goda" with ttres hearty chsera and a tiser. Tho piece waa enioled in e very oredtiable manner by the several members of the com- PJ2,^t*S? ''8''0Btly speotres" made their appearance at in- tervaUi thrpughoni Ihe piece, to the tsOnlte pleasure of all those ?™^Jff •"''orrlble." The play finally ended, its everything muBt We were then introduced to M.tyerreoke. Smii. »<!«H«4 by the nieana of a ladder to the gouy olrole where a platform had been erected. A single oS^^^f* 'O^I^P AoA tipm the dome of the theaUa immediately "«rths leader of the orohestra, and about half way between w oapaig ud the platform at the fhmlly olrcle, suspended Sm?.?.*?"? '•"'"8 to Veneoke. were two ropes with tilS.i E' "•"'ol' be swung from the Seoond circle to the rSm^'J. S!''"^»'*'">" 'rtthhts legs, and then dropping the th> tt>i£r! ybrongh Us performance, which conaUti of one of this JI?h!!?^*»8 '•»»'« 0' tbo ago. In our former noUco of Bill that not aUowhlmto do bis aoL It is a minsoer hSt onhtoarrival hereby a speonlaUna "t^Vt',^JiV*J^?^ »t a flrst-oltes esUbltohmenl and with already iISS £55°1!J " * manager, and the consequence hss npontlieb!?o?S'»t"' VoiMoks ptaoestho nape of hisnsck the 7in«li V^f^r" Fopon, and in that posiUon beats a tone on inadelhi!^2ff/'"l*'?-»I'»o«oftwomlnutei. Thlaperrormance UDon St w'i?' b'"*"". nn"l be regained bis seal dC«« Bf^*..v*" •Ufiesent burst forth in tumultuous sp- at onS asucoeseful Amorloaa detail, and 11 ttoaa tiSnS'<l>8beadof his profession. It Isoneol Bravll^«^,5i**P'?,'^? ^ "bloh the laws governing homan BKiosf^?n.f?i5?''S»'t»*.™ •»<>» to be aet"at dcfiaioe, and oa2Smi?Ki£«**''i*j''°"«'>7 •«« daring deparfure from the SetSfauiS^Sy ^ b'un»n safety. It la an act that waa never lion? thffSn* by any of our gymnaats, and it i TJrZwV2Si"^ii?' Verrtcke aworld wldore^UUOD. * verrtekewffl shortly appear in hU great flying tnpete act, or as it is'^oV oallad, ZamptUaerostatlon, He has created oon- Biderable exohembar among the Bowery boytf, ' The Winter Oarden commenced its fall and winter seaMn.on the 91st, with Edwin Booth as the sur. snd A. U. (Dolly) Daven- port is foil oharge of tho stage department The Initial porform- ana< was "Oatnlet," which was contlnnod throughout the week. On the opening night the house was donaoly filled by aeeleot as well aa orltiosi audience, for we saw on hand a good representa- tion of- the oyster house critics. Tho opening , night waa at- tended (as is someiliues the oaao) by a few disappolutmeuta on the part of sevsral members of tho company who did not put In an appearance, as advertlaed In the bills. Ur. Sidney WUklns. who was oast for tbs King, having had to travel all the prevlotu night In ordsr toresohthe city, was suddsnlv attacked with the— cholera (eh, blol)(andoooseqasnUy was seriously "indisposed," and Mr. Hsgan was oalled upon at the shortest notloe to perform the Xlog. This caused several changes, among whloh waa Ur. Davenport doing Laertes Instoad of Oario, as per cast We do not propose a fbu orltlclsm of Ur. Booth's goiilus—to onslyze its elements—io weigh in the balance of careful dlaorlmlnatlon its oondltlon and modos of manlfoatatlona—lo seek to unfold Ihe secret of his power. We can only, in the scope of a passing no- tloe,iodlcate our—we trust, intelligent—appreclaUon of his anting, record the deep imprssalon It has made upon us, onll here and there a flower of beauty, and allude, perhaps, to'an Inoldsntsl de- fect. In the first plsce. his dsllqeotloos are eminently intelleotuol. The mind is ever In the complete oscendanuy, and the whole be- ing is pervaded and subordinate to Its ponor. Every member, every muiole, the eye, the face, aeem permeated by its subtle influence, and moving In obedience to its dictates. Hence Ur. Booth never mouths, nor rants, nor makes faoes, nor teara a pas- sion to tatters. There Is no prodigal waste of more phyalcal pow- er, nor any offensive obtrualon of it upon our attention. His acting In consequence Is obsraoterized by naturalness, eaae. and great almpllclly. We feel the efTeot, but In the qalatness of out- ward demonstration we cannot tell how it la produced. A word, a look, a geatnre, often uufold a world of meaning, and seem full of deotrlclly. He acta from within outward, and does not lash himself into an exoltoment, that be may thos waken the mind to action. Agahi, Ur. Booth does not truet to his very great natu- raf qoallfioatlons for an actor. He is not led captive by a blind enthnsUBin. We sse everywhere the evidence of thorongh train- ing and oarefbl atudy. It is indeed rare to see in one so young the indications of such high onlUire and aevere art Ur. Booth'a usual performance indloatea a quick perception and nice appra- elation of the idea of the author. He cotobea readily his real meaning, bis subtle thonght—the delloate abade of hie character. Hence ma delineation la. If we may so aay. In good keeping. Heretofore there has been much reason to doubt his possession of Ihe great hiatrlonlo powera bla frlenda claimed for him; bnt the moat akeptloal. we think, are now fully satiafled that he really posaeases great gsnius. In person Ur.'Booth is the Ixou Heal of the melancholy Prince of Denmark, and pUya the character to the life; on the evening alluded to, ho rendered the part to the satlatactlou of all present What moro can we eay? The Laertes of Ur. Davenport was a very creditable performance Indeed, and taking Into con- elderatloD the tkot that he enacted the part at a few hours notice, and that It waa the first time he had attempted ths character for many years, we thhih be la deaervlng of much praise for his general porfcotness in the role. Ulss Ada CUftca, quite a fkvor- lie with the trcquentora of this establlehment, was warmly wel corned back to her old quarters, snd gave the difflontt part of Ophelia with much feeling, and was very good in several scenes. The Ohost of Ur. L. P. Barrett waa excellent In faot everything this gentlsman attempts receives full Justice at his hands. He Is a very careful, pains-laUng artlat Tne Lord Chamberlain of Ur. T. Uorrls, and "The First Actor" of Ur. Bind were very good. Ur. Vlnlng Dowers, brother-in-law to Urs. D. P. Bowers, and a very clever low comedian, mode bla first appearance on this occulon aa a regular member of a Broadway theatre compa- ny, and In the obaraoter of the Orave-dlgger, made a vory favor- able impression, and promlsss to become a general fkvorlte with the pnblio. The rest of the characters need no mentioning, from the foot that they did not soar above mediocrity. The noiues have bet-n very large all the week, and Ur. Booth haa been very ancceaslbl. Uons, E. Fenelon. well known In the profession as a flrat-dass musical director, died In thia dty on wcdneaday forenooa the 23(1 Inst, very suddsnly, being seized whllo engssed In rehears- ing an overture he was conducting at the New Tork Theatre (old Woilaek's), where the Hsrtinetti troupe are now performing. He burst a blood vessel. Uons. Fenelon oame to this country wllb the Raveb, and for several seasons travdsd all on r this country, conducting the musical department of thdr eoterUlnments. Ue flnally engaged with John r. Ford, and was leader of the orches- tra of Ford's Washington Theatre at tho time of lis destmoUon by fire, and was a loser to a cunalderable extent In consequence of his death the New York Theatre was closed on the evening of the 331. His fonerd took place on the 2Stb, iTom the Hotel d'Enrope. Measis. W. Nichols, Fred Beotz, and Tom Lenton, well known as cenerd perrormers In the drcua business, and who have been lu iiouth A merlca performing for some thne. relumed to this olty on the Slith of Sopt after a passage of twenty-fivo days. They returned on account of ill hedlh, but did not forget to bring along with them a largo pile of the ueedfuL At Nixon's three-horse Show on Fourteenth street business on one or two cccodoiis has been very good; but Hie remaining nights were very iioorly attended, owing in a email measure to the quite cool weather, which makes it doubly so under canvass, nod to the very inferior pertormanoea given. A young lady heralded In the bills and papers as Sophie Bagrloe. a "wouderfal equestrienne," made her dAut, and was a dead fdlnre. It reamed Juntas dlfilcnltfor her to keep her balance and stsiy on the pad of the horse, aa it Is' for a good rider to fdl olL Her ddms as a flrst-claas artist were so few that she was wisely kept offandonatlntervds through the week. Tet every time shs appeared did ahe moke a stUl worse mess of it Her attempt at riding waa the worst we ever saw. In the peraon of Ulss Oar- roll. Ur. Nixon poasessed one of the moat grscefnl and best bd< anced equestriennes In tho bnslnees, but she was withdrawn to give place to Sagrlno. Thia is dways the style of Nixon's man- agement; he opens with a great flourish of trumpets, engages a good company, promises' mnoh, (perlorms very little of It, how- ever), and in a week or ao discharges all his best peopls and fills their places with inferior artists.' The Bcdcum Arabs, albu Hash Katers, have bad their laurels clipped In newspaper gau- ging, by tho introduction of Young Nlcolo. who made his ap- peaianco on the 23dinstintheZamplUaeroBtatlon Act Hole quite a youth, but In this act excela every artist that baa ever yet attempted it in this country. Ha is, without doubt, tho most regularly and beautllUUy formed as well as fully devdopcd young gymnast we ever saw stripped. Ue performs his act with the oreatest preddon and coolness, and in this act takea the rank of first and foremost In fact, he hi at present about the only real aitlst that Nixon offers to bla patrons. Speaking of our minstrel friends, we must not forget to men- tion the rafile which took place last week at Bam Fdler'e, in whloh oue of the burnt cork professionals proved lucky enough to gain tbs prize. The beautiful sorrd horse Congress, formerly owned by O. T. Ndson. waa rafflsd for at $18 a otianoe, 100 chances. Ur. Eph Bom was the winner, and we are sue every one waa pleased at hiasucoees. At Ihe conclusion of the raffle, Eph in his usud happy mannarmadetbecorksfly from ths best brands to be found in the olty. SInoe then. Eph has appeared on the road with his team, looking ss fresh as a oolt Miss Laura Eeene began a short ssason at the Urooklyn Acad- emy of Undo on Monday, Sept 91at, playing "Uasks and Faces,'' to one of tho most brilliant and crowded audiences seen in the Academy for some time. Slater Laura had with her what we may call a fair company of artlsta, who very ably supported her ou the night in qoeation, Sloddsrt eapeclslly dlBtlngulshlng him- self by his ospitd rendition of the obaraoter of Triplet Ulas Eeene's Pig Wofllnglbu vras a drnDatlo treat to ail present, though she railed to do Justice to heraelf. owing lo indlapoaltlon, a ssvere cold troubling her oondderably. In ths first act her performance was charming, but in the dosing scenes she feU off somewhat Levlok creditably aotw) the part of Ernest 'Vdn, but wo cannot say that we admired Walcot'a SUr Charles Pomander. Fhlllipe' Oolley OlbbS'r was admirably given, and the other cha^ sclera were creditably sustained. On Wsdnesdey. Sept 28d,- Frank Wood'a new speotioular burletta of the "Uarbis Udden" was produced for the first time, Laura Xesne's comedv oompsnf being the artists selected to bring it prominently before the Brooklyn pnbllo: Frank, knowing the oritlcal audiences Brook- lyn can preaent on an oooaalon of this Uud, preferring to give them the first view of it, being fUlly aware of the fact that if it passed through their hands unscathed, it was sure of • signd success St the handaof the more llberd New Yorkers. Frank Wood, bo It understood, wsa one of ths pim-gent contribntoia to Vanity F\iir, being a graduate of the i'unch school of writers, and one that doea bla alma nufar no discredit Bis deserved success In his first production of "Leah the Forsook" has no doubt indnoed him to try his hand again in burlesque mltlng, and we have to say. that in bla now pieoe'bo (uUy proves bu oapadty to excd in thia peculiar line of dramatic composition. On this ocoaiion Frank labored under great dissdvantoges. In the first place, the pleoo evidently has not been done Justice to in presenting it on the stage, and the artlsta in question, on the first night, fklled missrably in giving it a due and fair interprato- tlon; in fkot, thejr could not wdl have done worse, had they do-' signed to have it damned. It is unquestionably well written. Is fuU of excellent puna and telling nits, and the language la ai smooth and rythmical as that of any burlesque that has been presefated on the metropolitan sta; 0 for some years past. Badly aa it was acted, it of course fell npon the cold and orifoilau- dlenoo present aa any orlgind American production would hsve done. Had it oomc before them stamped with Ibe mark of an engllih origin, a different result would have fdlowed. A prdae? worthy feature of U • "Marble Udden" ia the oapllal muslo ooni- possd for it by that tdented muslolan. Oooke. Though the alii are auch as .to attract tho popuUr ear by their famlllariiy, at Ihe same tioie there la nianlfaat orlAlnallly throughout the whole pieoe. Take it altogether, we think the "Uarble Uatden" ta a very oredltablo produottbn, and properly performed and well In- lorpretsd, would achieve the success It deserves. As It Is intended as a burlesque on the drama of the "Uarble Heart," we deem it onnecssssry to give the detalla of the plot &0. The following is a complete Uat of the Qerman Opera Company formed hy Ur. Aneohuls for the coming soaaon at the Academy of Uaiio. The artlats engaged abroad are expectod to arrive by the stesmer Bavaria this wssk:—tcncr robusto, Ur. Hlmmsr, from Berlin! prima donoa, Uad, Himmer Fredericl, from Berlin; ftrima donna, Uad. Johannsen, from h^; lyric tenor, Ur. Hd- •r, from Brunawlok; sonbfetie, UOs. Paulina Oarrlasa, from 'Vitnnai.aoabrette. Ulla. Clara>I«Dg,'tram: Feath; ooloratur, Une. PaollDS Praciner, ircBi Vleiuui basao, Ur. Loreni Bamy, from'Vliinna; basso, Ur. J. Wulullcb, flrt>mibcri): basao butTo, Ur. Halmer, from 'VlSDrai ba« • buffo,' Ur, QikTa Eronreldt, from here; acoooda. donna, Uad. J3emard, frotm here; seconds, donna, Ullo, Julia Drome, from hero; coreplllor.' Ifr. 0. Kara- fen; ballet master, Kr, Dennstacdt; soonlo pulnler, Ur. NIoholu Uelstsr. from Oologas. Ths chorua will consist of thirty mem- bers, also a full baUct Entlrdy new wardrobe, by 3. Stollwerk. Ur. D'AUe Aslo, bosao; Ur. Xlohalsohcok, teuor; Uad. Uurde- Nay, aoprano, will''appear during the season, which will com- mence hero ou the let of Dooembor; on the 1st of October com< menolng in DaltUnors and Washington, and oii ^ho. 1st of TSov, in Fhiladdphia, Ths follcwiog new operas will be given:— "Jsb. sonde," by Spobr; "Euryanlhe," by Weber; "Fouat" by Ouuod; "Templer and Jewess." Hans HoUbig.by Usrschner; Adiers BorshMbv Olaser; "La Dame Blanche." by Dolaldleu; "17airen- schmldt," by Lorlslng; "Wassertraeger,'' by Ohernblnl, and others. Ur. Ohas. T. Pardoe, the well known dramaUo agent, has re- moved bis office to 800 Broadway, oorner of Prince, where mana- ger* and atars requiring bla lervloes can find him at all times, Edwiu Forrest contlcDCS Us extraordinary snccoss, crowding 'Nlblo's every night that he performs. Uo ta Increasing in tnot, It such a thing is possible. He opens the current weoklnhls great personation of King Lear Uad. Vestvall follows B-inl- manhon theoffnlghtsol Ur.Forrest,and mokes herdeiiUin English drama at thts bouse on tho 99th, In the drama of "Oamea, or the Jewish Uother." SomelMdy has been getting the London folks on a string, In the New York correapondence of the London SUmlard, of a reoant date, appeared the following far-fetched annonncament^- "W. B. Astor, Oeorge Law, and the eetate of the late Henry Parish have subscribed th^sum of throe hundred thousand dollars to build anew theatre for Wm. Florence, the oclor of Irish characters. It lato be bullion the north dde of Union Fork, and upon the property on the northwest comer of Seventeenth street and Broadway, extondlng l>aok to Eighteenth atreet ou the aame block as the Everett House. It will be two hundred and fifty fbet front and two hundred deep. It Is the old Pariah property, Ur. Florence la sdd to be one of the best bualnoss men in the United States—a anaUfioatlou esstnttd for the manager of a theatre. It Is oalled the 'ITolon Theatre,' and Prealdlbt LInooln and his Cabinet have accepted an invltaUon to be present at Iti opening on the M of April next." As the 1st of April is All Fools Day, the New York Joker has bsen com' lug the' "Arrowsmlth" game Over the Londoners. Bow are yon, Staniarif The ladles and gentlemen engaged for Urs. Wood's Olympic Theatre are called together for the 23th, whloh goea for to show an early opening of that establishment. "In consequence of severe siokoesa in Ur. Qottschalk's fSmlly," Ur. Strakosob announces a poatponement of the Ootts- obalk conesrts at Irving Hall. Wonder if anybody <i sick. Nothing fresh at Bamnm's. Day business good, bnt night trsde not very encouraging. The plaoa ia rather too for down town to do much after dark. Baranm might make a pile by carting bis things np towards Union Square, and we think he will be oompellad to do It some day. A good low comedian ia wanted to play in the farces at 441 Broadway. A reliable and competent, artist will have a good "sit" by applying Immediately. The Academy of Uusic opens its' operatic seaaon on Uonday, Ootolwr 8tti, irith DoBlzettl'B Open of "Roberto Davereux." Josefine Uedori (the latest arrival) aa Queob EUzabelh, Ulle. Henrietta Snlzer aa Lady Nottingham, Signer Francisco Uazzo- isni as Bobcrto, and Big. Ferdlnando Bellini as the Dake, as- sisted by a numerous orchestra aud largdy augmented ohoms. At the Now York Theatro the UarHuetll and Uarzettl troupe commence the fourth week of their engagement tbla week. So Car they have been very successful in produohig those panto- mimes and ballets Just suited to the tastes of the pubUc "The Qrcen Monster and White Enlgkl" haa ntade quite a hit and Is nightly received with loud applause and a good attendanoe. It is announced to be contlnuod for a few nights longnr. In addition to this, and to sdd fnrtherto the attraotlon. Master Paul UarUnettl appears nlahtlyln a very clover performance npon the Bingle trapeze. Uarietta Zanfretta, the Queen of the rope, app>ars nightly upoh the tight rope to the Indnlle delight of all lovers of daring aud eidtlng performancea. To see the "ahost" Is one of the pendtles—can we say one of the privileges ?—of living at this partlonlar epoch. Just Imagine the lUUui of the. indivldod in 1860 who had not heard of the Atlantic Cable fdlnre; and him who, A. D. 1860, hadn't heard Jenny Llndbr ahaken hands with Tom Thumb. Ant} so It Is with the Ohost drama at the old Bowery Theatre. If you do not witness one of these dramas as produced hy Uonager Fox you will regret it, for everything is done in good style. In addition to his ghostly spectres Ur. Fox appeara osoh evednglna favorite comic pantomime much to the ddlght of all frequenters of that popular theatre. This week a double attraotlon is offered, another now drama entitled "Uldolght; or. tbe Qhoat of the Ferry." wOl be produced, aino the pantomimeof "Jack the Besn Stalk" Jackson Haloes, the Champion Bkator, haa been en- gaged and will appear in a skating act during the pantomime perfonnance. Hr. Daniel E. Bandmann, the Qerman tragedian, took a fare- well benefit and made lAs luat appearance In this city for tbe prteent at Nlblo's, on tbw 27th, playing, or at least attempting the very difficult rUc of Hamlet, and a moro lamentable fallurei we have never wttnefsed on the American stage. No American born actor would hav« been pbrmltted to repeat auoh a rendition of the character a second time, but he would have boon hiesed from the stage It was a complete failure on the part of Ur. Bandmann. Aotors should bo tbe clear expoiLtoTS of authors— Intelligent sxpoaltors; if thoy be not ao, they mislead many by their Ignorance and perversion. They should avoid attempttog to personate parts to irhlah they are not perfectly equal Fre- BumpUon and vanity have ruined many promising aotors; lend- ing too crednlons an oar to ths voice of flattery, they have lieen lea into a mlaconcepUon of their powers. Study and attention can only direot the way to the pinnaolo of one's ambition; they will beget a ccnsdoDsness of ngbt that will rise euporlor lo all opposition; confidence is the conooqltant of tme geniae. Ur. Bsndmonn Is lesplog too fast—he attempts too mudi. Tbs hia- trlonlo ladder la not to be mcooted qnlte so quickly, nor ths top round gained in a day. The greatest aotors of the age have had to mount it slowly, and In dohig so have mads It snrdy. And can Ur. Bandmann expect to gdn in a day what artists of the rarest tdents have taken years to overcome? In undertaklna a criticism on the performances of on actor, the eye of tbe orltlo must be Bcrapulonnly directed to one point; the genuino and In- herent, not tbe lotrlnRlc qudlficatlon of bla eubject. Ur. Band- mann has the faulfof ranting tea fearful extent, and like many others who study to discover a few polnis, on whloh, after pro- ceeding for some time in tedious monotony, they expend a burst of artlfldd energy. The audience having had theb artl- Odd acumen engaged In endeavoring to discover the niceties of their readings, are suddenly awakened from their state of qui csoenoe by loud dadsaatlon. The contrast producing a purely physlod influence that expends Iteelf Intheolappliigof handa and stamping effect, leavea their sympatblea unexclted. Thia etate of bodily fermentations is diowed to subdde, only to give place to its repetition, and the auditor departs, wondering vrhy le had ao heartily applauded that which made no impreaalon on his mind. This style of acting may be oompsred to a new and thinly aetUed country, pressnting to the observer a wild and dreary waste, with here and there amaU apots of imperfect cnlti- vatloiL Tobe properly understood, the Obaraoter of Hamletmust t>e oarelnlly, oritloally pernaed, evei7 speech must be weU pon- dered, for there Is thought and feeling in each sentence that comes from Hamlet'e lips.. Possessing charms the moetgrand, this tragedy deserves to be ranked among the most perfect works of Shakespeare's genius, as It Is ono of the noblest crea- tions of huma'n mteUect The generdlty of spectators in a the- atre Judge of an actor hy oompariaon; if there is any difference in his illustration of o^rtdn hackneyed passages, from wblch they have been aocuetomed to hear, the difference la extolled as new, and astonlablng.' before thoy inquire into' its propriety. Where we sought fOr the medltatatlve Hamlet in Ur. B., ws saw an inconsistent llohtnees of behavior, that did not correspond with our idea. At times, too. he gave way to a vehemence of ex- prosslon. by no means commensurate with his situation. In ad- dressing the shade of bla f<ithor, hi read ss Ur. Uacready:— <«'ll call ths ^mlet, EIng, fatherl—Boyd Dane O answer me I" This we olOect lo, and a diligent search into an old edition of Shakespeare, oonvlnoes us that It ia ^rong. Tho well known ad- drsaa to. the playera wanted the colloqnid ease and freedom of a domeallo dlaloguo, in which it ahoulo be ddlvered. . In the play scene ha was very tamo Indet d, and acted it as if be had no Idea of the aeeno at aU. The doaat scene.wlth hIa mother, one of Ihe moat difficult parts of the tragedy, was correct, and weU and im- pressively given. Ur. UcOnllough ii, without doubt the best "Hamlet Gnost". on Ihe American stage; Me voice Is Just suited to the part Ur. Shewdl's Laertes. Uad. Ponlal's Qusen, end the beautlinl BIrs. AUcn's Ophslls were exceedingly well done. The Bryant Bros, conanue to sltract the biggest kind of houses at their biJou of* mln'atrd hdL It matters not what oonstltates tho attraotlon offered, there are a certain portion of the oommu- nlty as well aa a large number of the traveling publlo who set apart a osriain night In the week to go to "Bryants." and It mat- ters not to them what -they hear or see as long aa it <i Bryants'. Their repalotion la world-wlda, and tlisy are deserving of It, for they strive hard to gain the oonfidenoe of Ihe amusement pnbllo, aud having gained it, atiUatudy to pleaae. A alight change la made in tho btU this week, and another enooeaslou of orowded hons^. will close tbe week's bnslneaa for thorn. At Wood's popular Uinstrd Hall the attondancs has been very largo indrel all the poatweak. The ddea have not only been filled with oamp stools and their oocnpants,' bnt Uanoger Wood haa found it necesisry to have a large platform bnllt, whloh Is placed (after the other portion of the house Is full) at the ex- treme end of the hall and dp against the door. Ohdrs are placed upon this, thus affbrdlng good sltUog room for a Urge number. Yet this has been found not snfflolant to sccommodsts the over. flow» aad orowds wars tuned away every sight laat week who ooold not obtdn even standing room. The Matinees every Satur- day have become vory popular, and arc largely attended by ladles and children. Tho Ghost stUl costtnues on tho bllla. dso many of tbe old standard and dwsya popular acts of Frank Brower and mi TT , DRAMATIC. n 5 TUo Holman tronpo opened the fdl cainpdgn at tiidbtr^ POlltanTheatre. .lnai.aiilipulls,.oniJie.uS!uK. to a MrtSnST hit; their business haa eonttiraettSasI and made a most decldei Eph Ho>a , . MR H. Peron ningston, the well known advertising a8« t, leavea this olty on Ihe stosmar of October 8d. for San mnclsoo to pave the way for Artemus Ward. Arty haa aeoored a sure thIngofitbysBOurlngUr.'Eingston. ^ • ' . »v Uansgar. Qooloy of.adnatrd lenown and proprietor of the Uinstrd 0MIS House. Brooklyn, has leased Un. BobeiUon'a Broia*^ Aektn,'*nd wOI opsnlt on Uonday eytning, fkMbw. tib, wllb • Artt cUs nlnatrd banl S*"'l*1in."'I?''.?''i'*" '^boy wersire-engaRed, and pro. doced 'TCheDchemian Glrr ontho'aistnltT^tnUsisSiiSi ArUne. in whloh she sings Louisa Pyne's. Vlil HfwThe gmiS At Pike's Opera House, OInolnnaU, BUss Oharlolte ThomiM dosed a very sncoaasful engagement on tho JOtb nit uS Thompson was announced to be followed hyLsura Eeene imS her combination company. «»o<,uo«in» At the Deflauce Tbeatre/ Odro, in., Ur. ShaVps waa tbs m. olplont of a benefit 00 tho 10th ult •'The Sarleua FamUv^ the "Spectre Bridegroom." and the burlesque oC the "Inuinr Tee Thieves," oomprissd tho bllL Eveiythiog went 'off veiw well except .tbe' burlesque,'which is soverdy condeihued hi tbs press of that olty, aud waa recdved by the audience with hisses. At Wood's Theatre. Olnclnnall, Urs. Wdlcr, the tragb actress, was very sucoesaful last weak. Bho dosed a very luoratlve en- gagoment on the 30tb. and went to LonlsviUs, where she .wis to open ou the 2gtb, thenoe to NaahvlUe, prodaoliig at each plso* her ghostly drama of "Wake not the Dead." i ' A dramatlo dbmpany under the management of N, 0. Fornst. er It Co., is at preaemt performing at Worcester, Uaos. Thscoot. pony embracea the following names:—Hesdames Le Bran, Doiw nelly. BIdwdl; Ulases Sddee Cols, Haitle Bvana; Uessrs. Foii. roster. W. E. Smith, Erenger, Girdiner, BIdwdl, T. Donnelly, aaA F. A. Gossln. Kate Denln commsnoed an engagement at Wood's Theitosh Cincinnati, on tho 28th Sept nann'a dramatlo company is at present playing at the Corinth (Ulas.) Theatre. The company oonslltsof the following per. sons: -Uessrs. T. B. Hann. Nat Lander,W. Uarble, J, Uatttiews{ Ulss Nellie Lewis, UlUe Fanny; and Urs. BjL- Llbbr. >' F. B. Conway having closed his engagement with -Nswoomb at Cincinnati, opened with hla wife at {'tier's Loolsvilla Ihestoa ou the 3Ut Sept >- 1.' Bncklaud's dramatlo company firom Uontreal, opeflad tv tka 2Id ult at the Unslc Udl, Quebeo. "The Daughter of the Bsgt. 5f"=*?,* ^ "^"'4«rtng Uinstrd" were tho bpanilig pisdssk Ulss Emily Thome appeared as the Daughter, and Wnk DMdg* asJsmBaggs, i-.i.: Harry Llndsn and wife are at present in Detroit, Uloh,, 1 they have been issldhig for several weeks. ■■■ ''*,!^l8e took a benefit at the Theatre Boyal, Uontreal^ on lUe 19th ult, and was the redplentof a crowded hous& "Hlmpaon t Co.," "Hough Dlamond,''^and the "WanderinJ'lHB. Bird" were the pieces performed. 'i' Agnes Bcbertsun is announced to leave England on the stssm. er of the Uth Inat. and will make her appearance at the Beaton Theatre on the 28th of Dec. playing there f sur weeke. Sh^will then go to Ptilladelphia for two weeks, commencing on ths ZMh ot Jan., and at Bdtlmore Feb. eth. for two weeks, thenlKta Wsshlnglou for two weeks. It possible, this artist wlU apnW in Now York before commencing in Beaton. '' Ulss Emms Belgnolds, sister to Eate Bdgnolds, la laidllU lady at tbe Uemphla Theatre. ItlanotpoBlUve, after all. that Whealley gives up ths Ohesb nut-Btreet Theatre, Phlladdphia, at the chjse of the •■Duhe't Uotto." Snob waa the arrangement however; but Ur. Otovst, who waa named aaWheatley's successor, dou't know whethei to eland up to the scratch, or fly the course, dtogether. Iha arrangement Is in a elate of ttaUi quo, Tbe "Duke's Holto" i« still running at the New Ohsatnut, 'but it Is beginning to show dgns of premature old age—nothing like tho furcre attending its production here as that wltnessod in New York. It la dodUtoI if it WlU be able to run its dlotted Ume, which,, we believe,'is eight weeks, thrsoof which expired on the 90th of Sept V*. OoUlns' songs, "mne. bright Wine," and "While there's Idls there's Hope." are not of that kind cdonlated to please a PhOa. ddphla audience, and we should advise him to substitute sobm of his other eongs occasionally; he haa plenty that vrould plhass mnoh better thui those we have named. There should be a Bt. ' tie more life In his songs, if Ur. Collins hopos to carry through the part ofCarridcfergus successfully everywhere. InibemsSD* Umcwhat Is the matter with Ur. Grovcr, and why does hs stand door? It he wishes to get a foothold lo the Quaker Olty. be hia Ihe chance. The "Ohost" contrivance, which Is cldmad by VtoL Popper a "new hiventlon," and as snob patented by him, tnrna out to b* dmoat "as ohl as the hilla." In 16SS, John UaptlaU da PorU wrote a hook upon "Natnral Usglck." It was tranalated « Ttif English In 1058, moro than two hundred years ago. The follow, log pasaage, in the seventeenth book, wUl show that Prof^ Pep. pars ghost is not new:— "B»v we may ace in a chamber things that are not—I thought thia an artifice not to be deaplsed; for w* may in sny ohambor. if a man look in, see thoao thinga whloh were never there; and there is no man ao willy that will think ha Ismletiken. Wherefore to describe tbe nialter^Let there be • ohombcr wherelnto no light cometh unless by the door or win- dow where the spectator looks in; let the whole window or part of it be of gloss, as we used so to do to keep out the cold; bnt let one pert bu pollahed, that there may be a looking-glass on boUi sides,whence ths spectator must look in; for the rest do nothing, Lf't pictures ho set over asalnst thia window, maible slatuea and snob like; (or what is without will seem'Within, snd what labs, hind the apeotator'a back he 'wUl think to be In ths middle of th* house, aa t»r from the glaaa Inward as they aland from It out- wardly, and so dearly and certainly that he would think he sees nothing but trath. Unt lest ths skill should be known, let tha pan be made so where Ihe ornament is that the spectator may not sea it, as above bis head, that a pavement may not eans-W- tween above his head; and. if on ingenious man do this. It la possible that he should suppose that he Is decdvod." Ur. Black, of Boston, has Just completed a large picture ot Miss Kate Belgnolda in her famoua character of Onpld, iatha "Angdof Uldnlgbt"—not for exhibition, but for a private sd>- mirer who has been permitted to perpetuate hla recoUsoUon of that lovely creation. A chanco view of the pointing baa given the vrrtter an opportunity of Judging of the loss experienced by the pnbllo In the destruction ot the negative , from which it maoe. Distinguished beauties have dwvs been, qr beanniac to a certain dvgree, the public's property, iond aa with Hortsnaa and Urs, Darner, rare lovallnoss has heon dsnlsd the usnal priv. Uegesof prlvsey, and thoso famous women have boon moa^llad and drawn In Graces and Nynlpho for the general' admlratua and oultnre. lu this plolurs refermd to—which might bea'stody to an artist—there has been given a red sacrifice to' art ot lUa kind. The figure, dotlwd in a slight, rosy, slUon tiiiilo, reollnea lightly upon a bonk, the hsad resting on a little allver iKnr. Golden curls fdl on the fair nock; the blue eyesarehalf lowered, sod the lips parted aa with a quicker breathing from soma such fdry Journey as Arid's; whloh seems slso to heave, ao perfect Is the painter's art, the haU seen "white wonder" ot the boeoml maidenly contour. It Is Ihe Ided deUcscy which Is tbe chann of fola plotuie—there ia nothing wblch breattaea bnt ot tihoonssioaa obarms, even in the onsnrpassed lines which the dinging, dra. pery describes downward from tbe little wdst, indicating, not dlagulsUig with its goaaamsr texlnxe the fnlness ot womanly beauty. Gathered dose to the Umbe in folds by tbe skill ot Iha artist—as by ohance In falling into the attitude—the short tnnla la also caught far above the knee,'and ahows the gracefal leg ia aU its .wonderful curves with little feet oroised, reoumbent, to Iha admiring eye. There is not a barah line In the whole plotnret none bnt tho most rounded, graceful Ihies, and the whda bresrthee a aplrit of maiden, tmconselona lovallness.' At the Norfolk Opera Houa^ Ur. Noafis, now In ths seoond- andlaatwsekof hi* engsgement. on his benefit ulght, Frid^> leth olt, presented "Don Oesar do Basan," and on the 20lh'aib • UaclMtb," wllb Neafls as the Thane, Uouln as Uaodnff. -aBd Ulss Uary ■. HlU as Lady 'Uoobetb; tbe phenonisnon 6f>'fb« "Ghost" made ita (tehif in the south, and by its auecess lUiterW ally assisted in making Ur. Neale'e Uacbelh moot snecesUkd. Ur. Neafle's engagementconoluded on the lOtb. Urs. GIsdktstia commenced an engsgement on tho 98th ult. so we on informed by onr correspondent "Thespian." He also says—"The Engltth combination contlnne thdr repreeenlaUona at Oxford HaU* Portamouth; the management la In Ihe handaof W.-KKlngl Ur. E. W. GomeraaU offldatlnfi oa stage manager. By pteseafei iDg light pieces, snoh aa "The Udd of Orousy,'" Coleman'* ■Iron Cheat' out Into two acts; Ths SeUsata Ground,''•Ta Oblige Bsnson,' •PeifscUon.' and others, they attract good aodlencea. Although laboring under the great dlaadvantageot no onange of scenery, thdr performances Indicate dedded tsMBt in the company." ' ' FcUx A. Vincent and Uarlon Uaeartby were very sOccessfbls* Wood's Theatre, OlnoUmatl, last wsek, in ths drama of "Iha Organ Grinder." Eltty Blanohard continues to be one of tha attncttona there. ... Laura EeonS and her combination company gave two psrfona. aeoes at Twaddle Hall, Albany, on the 2Slh and aoih of Sept, ••Uiaks and Eacea" was the opening performance, with g.,Wal. oot, Jr„ Ur. Levlok, H. B. PhlIllp^ J. H. Stoddart,,<}has.Pjitai% and Lsura Keene are in Ihe cast Jane English's Troupe Bt Denis is adverUso^ to open at Jsmea' HdL Biiffdo, on the 28th of Sept, and rwham "dl th* week. Uarietta Bavel Is now with thia company. The Ind lanapolle Theatre announced the opening of the sefaoa on the 38th of Sept, with the following cbpipany:—Ussdansa U. A. Pennoyer, D. HanoheU, J. A< Hodeea, -W. B. BUay, V. Eight, Ulases LIda Noyes'.' Uelvtnla Kate Fletcher, LlzzlaBa' nsrd, and Sallle Ilonard. Messrs. A. Bankln. J. F. Noyes/O-.B. WUaon, F. G. Ohnrohlll, J. A. Bodges. Ed. Usrhle, Thos..Bor*^ F, Bight J. W. Bill. F. G. WhlU, and L. L. Sharp* Ur^.W. B. Blley, WlU act as manager of general affahra. . i ,,,' 'j-'i^ Tho producUon of Flanohe's "Biautyand the-Bsaat" at Park Theatre, Brooklyn, filled that altrocUve lltUe .tea|pl«. o( Thespls during tho past week. Tho performanoe-waa orodltaMa to the company of tdented arUsts engaged at Ibta eaUbUahnant. Ulss Rhawhaa dready become very pcpnlar wlth.the.yoBiig' Brooklynitea. aud her vocalization and beauty proves.. to,.bo a very attractive card for Uanager Harrison. The laller seams to go on "In the evoa tenor of his way" entirely undiahubed by thpoppoBltlon he moetswlth in oerldnquarters..:InfacLwa havk no doubt Uio oonsares of tho psrUes in qnesUon }»dp, hia mora than their commondatlon would benefit, for people Ilkrle Judge of theae things themaslvcs, and whan tjny vidt a. OnHb* where they arc led to onUdpale mediocrity, Ihey Wo tmt srt;to praise that thoy would otherwise oeaMM, snd we think it b ae- in this case, ftr thosawho go lo are Ihe "Indifferent acting oflha jihsdtoihii,tt-—" tied and agreeably dla»ppolntod._ W. J.Floi rijjtwo pferinianoea ttiereTir ~T -T: ~ '■. ■'< ;:fJi ' forwattnntBwi ot-Xhsatdesl Bsocrt, ssapag* M'',^ 1 . ri • ;l' / ■ , 1 • .- .-.' :'-.;-' ' J1'>'T-^1 poorooDpanyAitMiUnKO'tbit.thaataa'.'.oaaa away highly grhtl' Ml and aoreeaMy diasppolnted. , W. J. Floranca and wife bare taken tha Orooklyn Aasdsmr for edneaday and Friday evanlogs. 8«pt aoth and Oct «> aof «1K