The New York Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1849, Page 1

— ta OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE Late Occurrences in Astor Place. Statement of Mr. Macready. Mr. Macready to the Pablic. It is due fo the feelings of Mr. Macready, who can- ot in his own person address the public, after the journful occurrences at New York, that ag authentic tement should be made, from which e right- be able to judge hom far: he is respon- ble for what has been done. It. would have been pretera- that such a statement should emana fe from persons p New York,well acquainted with mos of the facts, and ho, we doubt not, at the proper time, would haye been dy to make a jast representatian ef them to the ubiie: but Mr. Macready has been ‘compelled to leave Mat city, and as he is necessarily ‘acre for a short time, fore leaving the country, te undersigned have Ihought that justice to him, as ‘¢ell as the duty of hos- tality, and a due regard to public opinion. require hat some citizens of Boston should obtain from Mr, Macready some particulars, véith a view to their publi- ation, The undersigned Yaave accordingly done so, Ind submit the following statement of what they be- eve to be the facts: — Mr. Macready arrived at New York on Friday, the th of April, with a view of taking there his farewell the American stnge. Om the evening of the same y, he conéluded an engagement with Messrs. Hackett nd Nitto, 'to act at the Astor Place Opera House for four weeks. cemmencing on Monday evening, the 7th bf May; ‘and the fact of his having made this engage- nt wus ‘igimediately announced in the newspaper: d afterwe.rds placurded through the city, The space f ten days, therefore, intervened between the public nouncement of his proposed appearance and the veninpg-of his first performance. In this interval, from po quarter whatever, and by no channel. pab! rv pri- ate. id Mr. Macready, living at one of the most public otels in the city of New York, receive any intimation hat‘his reception was likely to be unfriendly, or that wy disturbance would be created at the theatre, until he went upon the tage in the character of Macbeth, on jonday evening, the 7th of May. Mr. George T. Curtis, of this city, a friend of Mr, facready, was at New York from the morning of Thurs- y, the third of May, until the afternoon of Saturday, he fifth, and states to us that he neither heard from ir, Macready, with whom he had much conversation specting his professional reception in the couatry, or from any other person, the slightest intimation hat any disturbance was apprehended. As the ap- use, however, which greeted Mr. Macready’s first ppearance on that occasion subsided. his ear was struck by sounds of another character. which gave him the Hirst warning he had received that his reception was ikely to be in any respect diferent from what it had been at New Orleans, or Richmond, or Baltimore. or at INew York in the month of October last. What followed hs well known, and requires no repetition. On the morning of Tuesday, Mr. Macready informed ir, Hackett that he considered himself absolved from ny engagement, and should not appear again at the jouse, end immediately sent to the steamship @ passage taken for England; but he so took immedfate measures to print the documents hich he has since published, in hope that all excite- ent in the city might be allayed. On the evening of Tuesday, the Sth, the letter of Mr, Washington fering and others, most respectable persons, as deeply interested in preserving the peace of ithe city ae any persons can be, was presented to Mr. iMacread: preapesting him to go on with his engage- iment. He found on Wednesday morning the state of public opinton to be entirely on the side of order, and trong. in every form of expression, in its condemna- jon of his assailants; he was told by persons of the highest respectability, in and out of official station, hat there would be no disturbance. on a second ap- pearance, which he ought to regard, or which could Inot be checked by the pelice in its ordinary action ; land the press of the city, almost without excepti spoke so severcly of the conduct of his assailants, tt Ihe, reasoning from his own experience of the mani! tation and power of public opinion in similar case felt at last convinced that he ought to consent to re- lappear. It was his own opinion, however, that the lsccond performance ought to be postponed to Friday levening, to give time for all excitement to subside, and ito allow the circulation of documents, which the press, with great unanimity, has declared disproved every charge that bas been brought aguinst him. In this he was overruled 4 the judgment of thoso ‘who represented to him, that the state of public opinion was so entirely on the side of order, that a delay so long as Friday might cause a relaxation, and give op- portunity to turbulent spirits again to attempt breaches of the peace. Under these views Mr. Macready prepar- ed his answer to Mr. Irving and his associates. ‘At the rebcarsal,on Thursday morning, no appre- ‘hension was expressed by any one as to the success of the night's performance, and Mr. Macrendy went to the theatre at twenty minutes before six o'clock in the evening, believing that # repetition of the scenes of Monday night was impossible. He had previously re ceived offers from this city of engagements here, of which he could have immediately availed himself, had ‘he not, under the representations made to him, felt it ‘to be an indispensuble duty to the citizens of New York to remain. Mir. Macready did not, either directly or, indirectly, take any steps whatever to cause his friends to be pre- sevt at the theatre. or to encounter in any way the op- ition of those hostile to him, exeept by causing the jocuments already referred to to be published. He smply submitted himself to the wishes of his friends, as expressed in their letter, and to his own sense of the duty he owed to the citizons of New York; and in doing se, the ey will judge whether he ought to carry away with him from this country any other feel- ing than that which every humane man must have, when he finds his name in any way connected with so dreadful an occurrence, however innocent he may have been, THOS. G. CARY, CHARLES P, CURTIS, CHARLES H. WARREN, ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr. WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT, GEORGE 8 HIDLIARD. Bostox, Moy 14,1849, of the Press. Boston Atlas.) The class known as the Bowery boys, although not without their good traits of character, are nutu- rally the opponents of the higher. or more wealthy lasses, who reside in the vieinity of Waverly place, and who pay high prices for pews in fushiounble ehurches, and sustain with their presence the Italian opera. The Bowery boys havea natural dislike and enmity tothe frequenters of the opera house, The very fact that no person was admitted within it, unless in full dress, and with white kids, was enough to arouse the passions ot those men who nightly fill the pits of wery and the Chatham, to witness the perform- ance of Bighly wrought melo-dramas, in their red shirts, and with their pockets filled with pea-nuts and -tail. Me tthough the direct cause of the late riot grew out ofthe quarrel between Mr. Macready and Mr. Forrest, yet we have no doubt that the fact that Mr. Macready was to play at the opera house was an addi- tional faggot tothe fame of revolt, Forrest had long Deen the pet of the Bowery boys. His prize plays are suited to their tastes; and characters of C d Metamora, are, to their minds, the bea a stage hero should be. In each of these the champion of the ‘mas ed and ground down by the iron heel of tyranny and despotism. These are thades of character which have ever found representa- tives upon the stage, and have ever enlisted the senti- ments—and justly, too—of the people in their favor. But Mr, Forrest’s prize characters are tinged with an rarian spérit, in addition to this, the legitimate effect OF which is to engender a hatred against the wealthy, in- stead of arousing generous otions, and nn elevation of mind, His Shaksperian characters, however respecta- Die, are not those with which he is identified in the ublic mind. We have seen him play Macbeth and wear to half-filled benehes; while he never plays Meta- mora or Spartacus but to overttowing houses. Mr. Macready, on the other hand, is identified in the public mind as One who has little sympathy with the masses, He is an intellectual actor, a gentleman of most fastidious§ taste, who never plays to win the ause of the unthinking. There is a frigidity and ess about his manner, which rather repels than . cou! mpathy. Without foliowing this matter fur- ther, we have ouly to say, that in order to eome to a phil hical estimate of the cause of the late riot, these things ought to be kept in vi * Ap regards the city authorities of New York, we think they are worthy of the highest praise for their determined stand in quelling the riot. We know that there are who will blame them, and who think that there was no necessity for the effusion of blood. ‘We do not belicve, however, that the military were ordered to fire until the turning point was reached, whether the mob or the law were ts rule. When that int is reached, there should be no hesitation or olding back, A show of fear, or want of decision, at euch a time, is ‘and had either been exhibited on the part of the authorities, who can tell what the re- sult would have been? If the mob had gained the ascendancy, in their moments of triumph, excited by phrenzy and passion, many more lives would, in ail Probability, have’ been sacrifleed, and much property destroyed, The arm of the law would have been pal- ried, and the whole city might have fallen into the hands of lawless vagabonds, headed by such fellows as ‘Waleh and Rynders, The authorities had a fearful responsibility resting upon them, and for one, we re- joice that they met it like men, and did their duty ike men; and it behoves the citizens of New York to pastain them, as we have no doubt they will be #us- tained by the people of the whole country, [From the Boston Journal.) MOBS. No person ean read the accounts of the dis- graceful and violent proceedings of the mob in the city of New York, without entertaining strong feelings of eumiliation and sorrow. When a trenzied mob, coa- sisting of several thousand persons, can be eolected together in a few hours, by appeals of unprineipied men to the prejudices and passions of the masses, and, Bidding defiance to the civil authoritios clothed with the panoply of law, proceed to the commission of out- rages ngainst the persons and property of individaals THE NEW YORK HERALD. MORNING EDITION----WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1849, we may well trembie for the perpetuity of our institu- tions, Mobs and riots to put down doctrines by brute force, or punish individuals for their conduct or opt- nions, even admitting them to be highly objectionable, is anti-republican in every sense of the word—it is ty- ranny of the most dungerous kind—and such a course, or apy movement which may lead to such a cour-e, should be promptly condemned by every person who has any elaim to intelligence or virtue. If mobs are allowed with impunity to commit their infamous out rages, no person advocating the opinions of any sect or paty can be safe. It will not be sufficient that he eeps within the pale of the law, or even, as in the case of Macready, that he has given no just cause of of- fence. but he must stand in awe of that hydra-headed monster, the mob, and act according to its dictation, under penalty of destruction to his property or his life. Where mob law prevails, there is little oecasion for any other kindof law. * id * * Amilitary despotism would be better than such a republican gu- vernment! Whenever symptoms of a mob and a riot appear, the most prompt’ aud active measures should be adopted on the part of the magistracy to quell it be- fore it has strength and power to perpetrate lawless and mischievous acts. It should be crushe din the bud, at all hazards, and at every cost. Delay and remon- strances, supplications and appeals to reason, only serve to fortify the assemblage in their determination to commit outrages, and to give them confidence in their strength. The military should be called out at onee to assist the police, and’ every man who has a due regard for law and order, who is an enemy to anarehy, should rally around the constituted authorities, ready and eager to aid in breaking up and dispersing the mob, and thus show his respect for the people—his re- gard for the public good, [From t mE Weim CAR Boston Times,] 'W YORK RIOTS. ough we were somewhat pre- pared for an outbreak. we could not but be shocked when the account reached us, 90 awful has been the racrifice ef life in an affair that should not have been sufficient to excite the least ill-fecling ont of the imm diate circle of the friends of the two actors. Much « we regret that there should have existed any n for the application of extreme measures on t the New York authorities, too much pri bestowed upon them for their firmness and energy, un- der circumstances #0 trying. The only error that we can discover in their mode of action, was in the use of blank cartridges at the first firing, or rather, firing over the heads ofthe mob, Napoleon's rule is the right one in such cases: tire with ball first and then use only powder. [From the Boston Traveller.) ‘Thus, we hope, ends this sad tragedy, in which the peace of a city has been disturbed for suc- cessive days and nights, and the lives of eighteen or twenty persons have been sacrificed, and a still larger number of individnals wounded. And ail for what! Because respectable men newspaper editors have seen fit to dignify the paltry quarrel of two actors, jealous ot each other's reputation, with their notice ‘and partisanship. If these respectable gentlemen suffered Macready and Forrest to do their own quarrel- ing, it would have been confined to its proper peecincts —the green.room and the play-house. The results of this mob are not, however, without their uses. They must convince every one that there is power and efficiency in our laws to suppress even the most violent riots, They should teach men, too, tho folly and danger of gathering around riotous assem- binges. Had there been none around the Astor Opera House but the evil-disposed and riotous, the strength of the rioters would have been materially weakened. and the lives of several innocent persons would haye been saved, (From the Boston Journal.) We perceive that some few of our exehange papers, while they condemn the proceedings of the mob in New York, are inclined to censure the course pursued by Mr. Macready in undertaking to perform at the Astor Place Opera House, after indications were given that such a proceeding on his part would give offence to the friends of Mr. Forrest! Mr. Macready could not, of course, foresee that such a determined and fiendish spirit would be aroused to oppose him. and that a fearful tragedy would result from the fulfillment of his engagement, in compliance With the urgent wishes and representations of many of the most reapectable resi- dents of that city. Indeed, we have no evidence that Mr. Macready, in his conduct.to Mr. Forrest while in England. or as an actor or an individual since his arri- val iu this country, has done ought to blemish his character as a gentleman—and the hostility manifested towards him by the rabble in New York, was as un- generous and unprovoked, as it was fierce and ungovern- able. (From the Newburyport Herald.) ‘There may perhaps have been indiscretion, haste, or bad judgment, in announcing and proceeding with this performance in the face of the threats of the mob; and more of this afterwards in the conduct of the po- lice and of the military authorities; but a righteous judgment will go behind all these. It is the man who by his ungentlemanly conduct, and {ll temper, prepared the way for these outrages, who is most deeply culpable. Against Forrest, himself, does this bloody scene cry most loudly. firrom the Albany Atlas.] THE OPERA HOUSE MASSACRE. The massacre on Thursday night, in front of the Opera House, was, in the number and character of its victims, the most sanguinary and cruel that hay ever occurred in this country, or, we believe, inmany years, in any other country culling itselfcivilired, in a strug- gle not of @ revolutionary character. Indeed, in our days, governments have been overturned, and_rebel- lions crushed ut less expense of blood. ‘The Boston massacre, which opened the story of our revolution, numbered only one-fifth as many victims. The victory of New Orleans cost the American people less than half this sacrifice of life; and we look in vain in the records of modern days tor the parallel of this scene, till we turn to its bioody rehereal in the streets of Vienna, under the monster Windisehgratz. ‘We have already recorded our opinion of the wan- tonnes and wickedness of the wholesale slaughter. Every detail confirms the conclusion that cowardly brutality inspired, and infatuated folly presided over this carnival of blood. There was, confessedly, no mob inside of the theatre, that was not entirely and easily within the control of the friends of order. The two thousand policemen of the city could easily have mas tered any assemblage thet could have gathered in the strects in front of the Opera House. That assemblage was composed. we are confident, of a large majority of the friends of order, The police of the eity were strong enough to have gone in and picked out, and carried off, the active disturbers. did arrest over one hun- dred, before the unfortunate interference of the mili- ta ry. We would not extenuate, for a moment, the conduct of the mob, or palliate the enormity of its offences. It was the duty of the magistracy to suppress it, but it was its duty to act with intelligence, with humanity, with mercy even. The punishment of the hundred men arrested wOuld have satisfied justice. and a fatal collision with the crowd might have been evaded. But there was everything in the ostentatious preparations of the magistraey, and in the paraphernalia of cannon, grape-shot and musketry, which looked like a challenge to combat, anda predetermined purpose to reach the extremity of force, That purpose was fulfilled. Thirty dead bodles remain as monuments of the “ vigor and efficiency” of the magistrates of New York; and“ two- thirds of the windows of the Opera House broken,” are the evidences of the violence of the mob. Is there not an infinite disproportion between the retaliation and the provocation, even if all who were offered up to pub- lic vengeance were guilty? * . . rear Nor are the military companies warranted, as such, to take the part of executioners, which they sometimes volunteer to aseume, The captain and the private, as well as other citizens, may be assistant constables, but, one has no authority over the other, aud none are above or better, or subject to other laws, or entitled to other justifeation for violence, than the commonest policeman, The civil police are sometimes compelled to take life, but are only justified when it is in defence of life, Their military aids eannot resent aa insult or a blow by a murderous shot,any more than a constable. Tho Erening Journal of last night stated the rule correctly— it is only when it is evident that the use ot firearms will abridge the sacrifice of life, that it is justitiable.’ That paper admits that no such justification appears in the accounts of last night. The Tribune also says, it “cannot help thinking the intervention of the military, with ball cartridges, un- called for, though it is not able to judge clearly of the matter.” Others of the New York press justify, and some even exult over, the wholesale homicide; but even these, we think, (cepecially if the friends of the deceas- ed maintain order and stifle their resentments.) will | { foon reverse their opinions. We hope that the peace will be maintained; and we trust that the parties to | whose precipitancy the guilt of blood needlessly shed is laid, will surrender themselves to justice. They have assumed to act in the name of the law—let the law pass upon their acts. (From the Albany Knickerbocker.) THE MACREADY RIOT. Having seen the end of this dreadful outbreak, the mind naturally enquires who is to be considered respon- sible for the Lerribie consequences that attended it! In other words, who set the ballin motion? In our opinion, that individual is Edwin Forrest. It was his silly let- ters that kindled a flame which nothing but the blood of his tellow-citizens could extinguish. He knew the power that he possessed over the worst portion of New York, and that all that was necessary to get up a sack ing, was to make that portion believe he was an injured man, In the whole country there is not a single indi- vidual who stands higher with the mob than the gentle- man who called a man old enough to be his father * a liar.” To revenge even ® fancied wrong against their od, they would stop at nothing —not even the gallows, ith such an influence over the minds of such men, how wicked is he who undertakes to excite them by ‘even indirect appeals to the woret passions of their na- ture, That Mr. Forrest contributed directly to the late bloody scenes, we do not credit for a moment, But does that lessen the awful responsibility resting upon him ? Notat all. He that worries a dog till he bites, is as much guilty as if he had set the on, He did not tell his infatuated followers to lay waste and destroy; he merely got them ripe for it. For the months his conduct has been of the most objec- letters, published in Philadelphia, came nenr acting as a firebrand in that city; siace which time he has continued to follow up his episto- lary warfare till, at last, an explosion has taken place whieh, for tragical results, has no parallel in the history of the bad men of this country. To revenge the boyish churlixhness of # single member of society, the country has sustained a Ler loss of lives tham was entailed upon it by the battle of New Orleans, Mp. Forrest, we bope, will now rest from his leburs, and allow the maniacs who worship at his shrine to regain their reason and get ready for State Prison. (¥rom the Rochester American.) ‘THE NEW YORK RIOTS. It is seldom indeed that the military are required in this country to sustain the civil authorities.— But experience shows that even here lawless vio~ lence will sometimes submit to nothing but force.— ‘The laws must be maintained at all hazards and at whatever cost. To fire upon a mob is a harah proceed- ing, but sometimes a necessary one, That it was ne- cessary in the case referred to, we have seen no reason to doubt. One of the melancholy results of military action is the dreadful fact that innocent lives are lost. Such reems to have been the case in New York. We hope the reports have been exaggerated; but there is no room for doubt that some have been killed and others maim. ed, who had no participation in the riot. This, how- ever, seems to have been in a great measure unavoida- ble. In the rush and bustle of the attack, when the sol- diery were struck down, and the building was fierce assailed by the infuriated crowd, the instinct of pelt. defence, to say nothing of the duty of restoring order, could not be disobeyed. Blood was shed, and we doubt not that by prompt recourse to this extreme act, much violence was p' nted. and wide-spread mischief repressed, We ardently hope that the disturbances which have led to results so disastrous and fatal arc at ane! nd. {From the Philadelphia North Ameriean.) THE NEW YORK RIOT, The most painful excitement was caused in Philadel- phia yesterday by the accounts received in the morn- ing. first by telegraphic despatch, and then by the New York morning papers. of the fearful occurrence which has filled the streets of that city with blood. We give pince on the outside to a full narrative of. the proce Ings of Thursday night; and in. the inside we present all the additional information received by telegraph up to the hour of going to press. This is truly a terrible, a mournful affair, If we consider ite trifling origin— springing from a mere personal difficulty between two Ihdividuals, with whose private relations the public had so little to do—and read the whole story of its bloody results, we are equally astonished and shocked that it should ever have been allowed to take place in any‘civilized community. ‘Lhe resort to extrem easures for suppressing the riot is a subject upon which there will naturally be, as there now is, much diversity of opinion; but at this distance from the scene of the tragedy —rather confused and appalled than instructed by the accounts that nd net certain how far we hear the truth, nd nothing but the truth—we, in t to pause & moment before forming a positive judgmont. Whether the military was called out too early or not, whether the resort to the deadly volley was or was not premature, we cannot yet suy that we know. We know that humen life is pri we know that the blood which is shed can n recalled; we know that we must lament a deplorable calamity. But, on the other hand, we also know that, in every civilized community, the laws must be enforced and order maintained, and that mobs must be prevented. and riots suppressed, by whatever means are actually necessary to the end. Peace, the public security. the protection of life and property. are the aims of all ra. tional men and the law; and while rational men re- main, the law should never be suffered to be dethroned by irrational men, revolutionizing society from its foun- dations, for one single moment. {From the Pennsylvanian.] THE NEW YORK OUTRAGE I boldly allege that there was no provocation calling for such a fatal interposition. For the most part, the crowd was orderly and good humored, and the voileys of musketry were fired before two hundred of the ten thousand present could hear that they were threat- ened, or could get away from the firing. when they saw it resolved upon, I allege farther, that tho whole affair might have been prevented. Even in Philadelphia. which has been remarkable for riots, when public places have been threatened by an excited populace, order was given to closo them, as in the case of Kean, and in the case of th ynnsylvania Hall, We all re- colleet how the Mayor of Philadelphia closed the Chesnut strea@t Theatre, a few years ago, when a riot was threatened, in consequence of an attempt to play a drama founded on the Mercer tragedy. The authori- ties may thus sometiines have fuiled to save the pro- erty, but they always avoided exciting the people. Fiera frenzied. public fecling against Mr Macready was laughed at and excited by the authorities ; and fifteen of the “upper crust’? aristocracy, offensively yaunting their adherence to law and to order, called upon him to play in deflance of this feeling, in order to sustain the national character! When the Mayor wag called upon to close the theatre, and admo- nished that bloodshed would follow unless he did what was obviously his duty, he refused perempto- rily! No public notice was given that the troops bad been ordered, out; to many the first notice of their presence was the fatal firing upon the crowd, and to others, the sign of an armed force being on the, ground was the bullet that hurried them into eternity. Was there ever such indiscretion as this? Was there ever such madn In England, the military are always called out as last resort; in the late Chartist dis- turbance there, the government was careful to make the civil power prominent, and to withhold “ buckshot and ball’? until all other means wore resorted to ; but in order to gratify the offended pride of a Briti and to appease the ruftied temper of some of t lain or better classes, the people were taunted, ridiculed, villified, and abused; and the result bas been, that to ratify this feeling, the hearthstones of many families fave been made desolate, and the prop of many a houso- hold torn away. Old and young—the Irishman and the American—the woman and the child, have alike fallen victims to this shecking infatuation, Last eve- ning, at the Aster House, a young man, while con- versing with his companions, was suddenly informed that his innocent young brother, attracted by the com- mon curiosity to the Astor Place excitement, had been shot dead, I never saw such a picture of human agony in my life. It is difficult to predict the consequences of this awful affair, I shudder as much to think upon what they may be, as | do when | reflect upon this cruel and in- human waste of human life in the free city of free country. A fearful responsibility rests homens {From the Philadelphia Times and Keystone.) * * * * : * * the whe Philadel Amob may be right in its intention, or it may be wrong. But, wrong or right, its action ia illegitimate, and its very existence perilous to social order. To-day it may design to give a place of amusement to the flames, To-morrow its energies may be directed against the house of God. The next day the government it- self may become a prey to its blind and headlong im. pulses, Its leaders of one hour may be its victims of the next, for the very idols it sets up for worship are usually made its foot-stones, subsequently, to reach some new object of immediate devotion. And thus it will be in New York, if the authorities there do not exhibit more promptness, firmness, and decision. As there is but one remedy tor some dis- eases, viz ; mercury; s0 is there but one medicine for a mob, viz : lead. It ia the only thing that eaa be reiied upon when men, forgetting their solemn obligation ax members of the body politic, close their eyes to the con- sequences, and resort to brute force, in order to violate the very laws they are under the most sacred obligu- tions to respect and uphold. [From the Philadelphia Sun. THE NEW YORK THEATRICAL RIOT. Blood has again been shed, in a sister city, to enforce the supremacy of the law; and citizen soldiers, conservators of the public order, have fired voll musketry upon their fellow citizens, killts ing the innocent as well as the guilty. We are among those who despise Mr. Macready, with an earnestness of contempt which language cannot express; we believe him to be craven-hearted, egotistical, cold. selfish, and inflated—a more machine as an actor, and no more en- titled to be called a genius than the organ pipes which thunder out the dinpaton, We should have felt. proud of our country had he performed to empty boxes, and reverence that high-toned nationality of feeling which led tohis being hissed from the stage, while we depre- cate all the accessary violence which turned an act of justice into an unpardonable breach of law. The op- nents of Macready should either have stayed away from the theatre, or satisfied themselves with the usual marks of disapproval which custom has recognized as the right of every auditor at a public exhibition. Where, then, rests the blame of Thursday nigh bloodshed? Who {neited the riot? To our mi most conclusively, those who addressed a card to M Macready, asking him to appear again, What is the use of a police if it is not preventive? In our city, when theatrical riots have been anticipated, Mayor Swift prevented them by removing the cause of provo- cation, and forbidding exhibitions which were calcula- ted to Inflame the public mind. How was the case in New York? ‘The arist+cratic opera house was turned into s barrack and station house; the police were in- terspersed among the audience toarrest every one who manifested disapprobation; the friends of Macready could applaud hit till they were hoarse, but ho who attompted to hiss, was arrested. and somo put in irons! Is it wonderful, then, that{a riot ensued? Not at all; and every man who invited @ repetition of Macready's appearance, from Washington Irving down to the meanest scrub of the signers, should be indicted tor incitingtoriot! * * * * # {From the Philadelphia Bulletin.) CAUSE OF THE RIOTS, While we condemn the conduct of the New York mob, and sustain the authorities in upholdin the law's supremacy, we cannot but vier wit regret the causes which led to the outbreak,— ‘rhough in them we can see no ground for exculpation, they nevertheless afford food for melancholy reflection, It is evident that national prejudices have been the principal cause of this disaster On Mr. Forrest's first visit to England he was favorably received, but, on re- cating his trip, he was virtually driven from the stage, This indignity, on becoming known, naturally created a wish for revenge on the part of the more uneducated. prejudiced and narrow-minded of the frequenters of the American theatre ; and the appsarance of Mr. Macready in the United States was considered @ favorable oppor- tunity for retaliation, especially as he was eharged with having caused the insult put on Mr. Forrest. Oftourse the more intelligent classes did not participate in this feeling. They looked upon Mr. Macready merely as a player, and cared not to interfere in any squabble be- tween him and Forrest : besides, most of them believed macros, innocent. But not so the mob. They re- garded Macready as an Englishman, if not as the in- sulter of Forrest; and hence determined he should piate thy sin of his country, If not of himself, feeling however, might have died out in empty ene or a tew occasional hisses, if it bad not bern infla ‘ by 9 public controversy. carried on principally by Mr. Forrest in relation to t] xpulaion of the latter from the English stage The exasperation of the mob was raised to its highest pitch. early this week, by # publi- cation of Macready’s, in which, though he exculpated himeelf, he admitted that Forrest was hissed in E.ng- land, because the * American Notes” of Dickens had been quizzed in the United States, The logic of the mob was, if Englishmen insult an American for what his countrymen do, we will retaliate by driving Ma- cready in turn from the stage, for what his countrymen did. Finally. placards, pasted on the walls, calling on A s to put down the “ British Opera House,” gave the last impetus to the rioters, i . We blame both aides in this matter. Woe censure those who insisted that Macready should play, though less than thore who declared he should not, The for- mer had the legal right on their side; but, if they had been wise, would have waived it. Every observer, who knew how easily national prejudices are aroused, fore- raw that this squabble between the two players and their partisans. if pashed to extremities, would lead to arson, if no’ bloodshed. It exasperates us to think that two strolling actors—talented indeed, but still only strolling actors—should have the power, the one by playing on national prejudices, the other by in- voking the national honor, to plunge a great city into riot and blood. After the tisans of Macready, however, insisting on their legal rights, had resolved on having him play, the partizaus of Forrest, or of America—we care not which—had no business at the Opera /louse. either in- ride or out, If the * upper ten’ of New York chose to ret up an idol, and worship it, eves though its feet were of clay, the rest of the community had nothing to do but to leave them alone to enjoy themselves in their own fashion, Macread If Union Square choose t ory Up , it was no reason why the Bowery should down, ‘Ihe men who determined to have play were imprudent, foolish, wanting in for- but they had the law on their mde; and from the moment they annor od their determination to insist on their righta, the other party ought to have (uietly and orderly withdrawn, By persisting, how- cver, in their prejudices, they lose Our sympathies as well as our good opinion. {From the Baltimore Sun, May 12.) TRE KIOT IN NEW YORK. Our columns this morning contain a relation of a most disastrous riot in New York, which seems to have originated in the personalities of Messrs. Forrest and dy, two well known actors, * * * * al actors are announced to appear at different theatres ; it is notorious that there is a personal ani- mosity existing between them. anda party of the rude of them undertake to assume the com- mon despotis to determine that the other shall not appear to perform the part for which he announeed. A violent demonstration 1s er the grossest treatment, the actor is compelled to abandon the stage, Upon the following morning, an unqualified declara- tion is ventured by au influential pross that Mr For- rest instigated the rioters, aud provided them with the means for carrying out the purpose ; and a sort of card of rympathy is got up on the other side to reassure Mr. Macready, and to ¢ rage him to proceed with his engagement. The assertion with regard to Mr. Forrest is withdrawn as totally anfonnded, under legal intima- tion, and the aspersion entirely removed; but it has introduced a new clement against the rioters. developed on the part of the friendsof Mr. Macready, and the mob, ever ready for a display of their brute emotions, recog. nise the curd aa achalienge for a trial of strength, Ac- cordingly, on Thursday night, this impolitic move- ment aesumes the character ot a regular preparation for an émeute; on one side the police are congregated in great force, aud the military no doubt in readiness, tacts all sufficiently public and exciting ; and on the other there is a grand assembinge of the mob. A col- lision ensues, general riot reigns for a season, fire arms are used, and wounds and death finish the scene. It 13 amelancholy exhibition of popular frailty, and a sure indication that there are principles yet to be taught and practices yet to be learned. {From the Philadelphia News } THR NEW YORK RIOTS. The recent atrocities in New York cannot fail to elicit from every friend of law and order throughout the country, the strongest and most unequivocal con- demnation, Originating in personal dislike to Mr. Ma- cready, and in an attempt to drive him from the stage for causes wholly insigniticant. aud with which the public had nothing to do, the outrage can find no shadow, even, of puilliation. Mr. Macready came among us, an actor of Tigh reputation. in the pursuit of his profes- sion, as our actors are daily pursuing theira in England. He was an Englishman, but not the less aman. What mattered it to the great body of the American people, ifn dislike existed between himeelf and an equally emi- nent actor of our own land’? There was noreason why such dislike should embroil the whole community, and be made the cause of outrage and violence. Mr. Ma- y—for the light of genius and talent is confined to no one country+had proved himself eminently de- ferving our kindness and courtesy, and tor the most part, he has received it. If he had done Mr. Forrest a wrong—and we will not say that he had not—it was a ‘or Mr. Forrest to settlo—a matter, indeed, he id chosen his own ; air have every where been received with the consideration due to his emi- nent talents and undoubted worth There was, then, no cause for the interference of those who may profess to be his friends ; and, view the matter as we may, we cannot but regard the conduct of these rioters as a mott wanton, unprovoked, and infamous outrage, not only upon Mr. Macready, but upon the whole Ameri- can community. and our national character, ‘The loss of life by this unfortunate occurrence is greatly to be deplored. Nineteen lives, aceording to our latest accounts, have been sacrificed, and the blood of innocent men and women has crimsoned the streets of an otherwise peaceful city, for a cause that must ex- cite universal derision and contempt Mr. Forrest, we are glad to learn, has been A etn eco pf on with these outrages; but we cannot, as his friends, but ex- prees regret that his voice and influence were not thrown against the current of these outrages ere the stream had become swollen, Tur Late Frost ann rts Errecrs.—We have taken some pains to collect the several items of in- telligence contained inthe country papers relating to the extent and degree of the late Very severe weather, its effects upon the growing cro] ‘The papers of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. and Louisiana, represent the frost to have been very severe, and to have done great injury vegetation generally. In South Carolina and Geo the early wheat is totally destroyed. In the Cherokee country of Georgia, where the'wheat crop isa source of great profit, the wheat generally had turned black, the effect of frost; and while it was admitted that the early wheat waa entirely ruined. it was as generally be- Heved, that the late wheat would make little more than Southern States the corn crops have ly. but the injury to this rope is not for it may he replanted, and there is full time for it to mature. ield an abundant harvest, In the upland cotton region of South Carolina, the cotton wax generally up. and it ix represented to have been completely killed, with seareity of seed to replant. From Georgia we have similar accounts, From the central part of that State, these accounts are very gloomy. Some of the papers state, that the crops in the larger portion of the State are thought to be ruin wulify the extent of the destruction Hating that ihe crops are very materially injure while others are still more specitic. and desi hief. In Southwestern ntry as there is in. the ‘ction of the State half as the quantum of mi Georgia, as fine a cotton ¢ the paper publishe represents the eotton on many of t 4o greatly damaged. that the own fields ploughed up for replanting. wh' denied that forlorn hope of a crop by the want of seed, Inthe lower partof the State, the cotton which was up was universally killed, In Alabama, at one extreme of the State. it was esti- mated that three-fourths of the cotton will have tobe lanted over, while the other fourth was hardly reliable fn South Albama the planters for the most part were plowing up their fields for the purpose of replanting. ‘A severe drought of some weeks duration was also operating very seriously to the injury of agriculture encrally, : Miselscippl has also suffered extensively; severe storms of sleet and rain, with three or four successiv: nights of hard frost, destroying in some placcs all, an in others, nearly all of the cottoa above ground—th average estimate of what is to be replanted is from half to three-fourths. There also we notice a scarcity of seed, which is worth one dollar per bushel, with a prospect of going up to five dollara. In Louisiana, the destruction, although very consi- derable, is not so great, as we infer from the various no- tices of the interior press, as in the States farther North, The terms used in describing the ravages of the frost are more moderate and qualilied. The tajury is represented to be considerable, and we are told that in some instances whole fields have been nearly de- stroyed, while another paper tells us that the frost was supposed at first to have killed the entire cotton crop, but upon inspection it was found that there had not been as much damage done as waa apprehended. But very little cotton en the front and high lands was in- jured, while all on the low and wet lunds was killed. ‘this can be planted over by all who have seed, which appears to be a very scarce article. ‘These accounts are bad enough. yet they must be ta- ken with a grain of allowance. That the frost has been very destruetive, and that the greater portion of the cotton that was up bas been destroyed, there can be no doubt, But planters are remarkably dixposed to anti- cipate short crops; and their feats and solicitude are very apt tohave the effect of making things a little worse than they generally turn out to be, Under no circumstances can we calculate upon a fall crop in the Atlantic cotton States, In most, if not all of the fields, there must be a replanting, and, with the usual impro- videnee of planters, they are mostly destitute of seed. But there murt b» very many who have an ond gh on hand, enough for themselves and neighbors; and if the drought, which bas generally prevailed in Geot and Alabama, be not too continuous, and they be vored with ti mely and moderate rains, two-thirds of a crop may be anticipated. The season will be put back from four to six weeks, and an carly frost in the fall wor be seriously prejudicial ; so that after all, there are xo many contingencies to be encountered, no safe caleulation can be mint N Com. Bulletin, New Publication. Anew and beautifully printed book, called “ The American Angler's Guide,’ handsomely illustrated with engravings. is published by Long & Brother, Ann street. Every angler should have a copy. in Sporting Intelligence. Usiow Counse Taetrina Matcnss,—Yesterday after- noon, two trotting matches came off at the Union Race | Course, Long Island, Trotting matches are almost pe | euliar to this country. In Europe, you will occasion- | ally hear of a private match, after it is over ; never on @ race-course—seldom in harness; while, on the other hand. racing bas long since attained a degree of per- | fection and refinement in “ the old country,” especially | in England. which it has not yet reached on this eonti- | nent, or Is likely to do for many years to come, ‘Trotting may not be attended with all the high zest and excite- ment of the raee, but it isa more useful sport, as the qualities in the horse which it is calculated to develope, are more valuable an more intimately connected with the daily business of life. Of these sports in general, we may observe that they are not without their usc, a3 they not only tend to improve the breed of horses, but give a healthful relaxation to body and mind, and “drive dull care away.”” The day was exceedingly fine. It was one of those days peculiar to charming May, soft as a mother’s love, ‘There was not the fierce glare of summer, nor the sul- try heat of autumn, but a mild warmth, accompanied with a delightful breeze, bracing to the nerves, and ex- hilarating to the spiri The direct rays of the sun were veiled and tempered by the large fleeey clouds that floated in the atmosphere, The scene, as viewed from the “ stand,”’ was one of exquisite beauty. The ploughed lands, the rich verdure of the meads in which the browsing herds of cattle were revelling, the neat eopses marking the progress of high cultivation and taste, the trees and shrubs ef every shade of green, ean of them olotised With gorgsoum. blossoms, aint the white houses that here and there dotted the plain, stood conspicuous on a rising ground. or glinted through rome vista in the deep luxuriant foliage, combined to form a landscape for the pencil of the artist, or the pen ef the poet, but to which we feel unable to do justice. ‘The numbers present were large, considering it was not one of the regular racing days of the season. Be- sides the passengers in a very long train (a special one, of railway cars, well filled, (there were those who came to the ground in as many vehicles as made a complete row, placed close together round the spacious yard; at the entrance to the course. Roulette, and other gam- bing. prevailed before the matches, and during the in- tervals of the heats, ome diversity was added to the sports of the day by a “milling” merah, in which one of the combatants bit a large piece out of the lip of the other, and spat it on the gr when it was pick- ed up by a jockey, who wrapped it In paper, and put itin his pocket. vinst MATCH, ‘The first mateh was for $1,000, between Mr. Story’s b. g. Tom Hyer, driven by Mr, Wi and Mr, Somerindyke’s g. m. Lady Emina, dri Colonel Bertine, ‘Two miles and a repeat in har ‘The betting went on briskly, the mare being the favorite. 5 to4and 5 to 3were given. Mr. Thomas Hyer, the pugilist, bet largely on his namesake. The horee bad not been tried before, but the mare had won some laurels, if not dollars, by former achievements. ‘The horse, which is rising eight years, is rather a heavy brute, with large legs (the hind oncs badly marked with white) and heavy shoulders—in fact he has more the appearance of a carriage horse than of the speed of a fast trotter; still, however, he stepped well when not at high speed. The mare, milk white, is ‘a beautiful creature, and has the poiats of speed and good breeding; and she had the reputation of “a good n by Fun to go.” Both were harnessed to very light sulkios, ‘After @ few preliminary drives to warm the aniunals and raise their spirits. they were called to tho stand by the judges, to hear the conditions of the match, and ordered to come to the start. ‘Tho first trial was “no o”—-the second time they went off nearly together, the forse, Which won the inside ofthe course, leading by a couple of lengths, but having broken, the mare gained ground upon him, and pressed him hard to the ha round, when five to one was offered against Tom Hyer. She then kept neck and neck with him to the tura “co: ing home,” passed him at the stand. aud kept her po tion the entire way the second round, and not only win- ning the heat easily, but the race, for she distanced her competitor. ‘The victor was greeted with loud cheors, while nothing but jeers awaited the vanquishe Time,4m. 494. This was but a poor affair, SECOND MaTC This was a skeleton wagon race, between Mr. Alex- ander Dearburn’s (the sarsararilla manufacturer) 8, m. Belle, formerly Linda, and Mr. Weeks’s b. g. Manhat- tan, for $500. Driven by owners, ‘The mare was again the favorite before starting; and considerable sums were bet upon the event. She is a very pretty animal, and of high mettle: she cust, we understand, $750. The horse also stood high in the estimation of the sporting circle. and, when harnessed to the four-wheeled wagon (which weighed 250 Ibs.), looked exceedingly well They came to the post at the call of the judges, Mr. Weeks driving without a whip—an error by which he probably lost the first heat, The odds were 5 to 4 on starting, in favor of Helle, The horse got the lend, and kept it till the half round, when the mars collared him, and both kopt neck and neck till the distance, when Belle passed him, and kept her ground till after passing the stand, when she broke, and ran a little wild, when the horse, which was more steady and bet- ter jockeyed, took her place, and Lp it in spite of her tilhe won the heat, by two lengths, though pressed very hard coming home, This was a beautiful heut,— ‘Time, 6:46. In the eecond start the mare led, but the horse was kept well inside. and thus gaining space, soon gol ahead, but breaking at the half-way round, che mare and # hard struggle for the first place ensued y reached the turn coming home, when the broke.” and the mare pasting him, bravely ned her position to the end of the second round. Manhattan gained a little upon her towards the close of the heat; but it was evident Belle was held in to avoid the danger of breaking into @ gallop so near the goal. ‘The heat was won by a few yards. Mr. Dearburn, who never drove race before, and lost the first heat by inexperience, drove much better this time. The distance was performed in 5m, 46s. At starting for the third heat, the mare was the fa- vorite by long odds. She took the lead and nobly kept it the whole way, thongh closely pressed noar the end of the first round She won with ease. This heat was performed in 5m. 45s. On coming up to the post, Mr. Weeks said he was fairly beaten, but complained of having to carry 10 Ibs. weight, ‘the mare was declared the winner; and this inter- esting race concluded the sport of the day, at about | half pust 6 o'elock. Tnorrina at Aimaxy, Monpay, May 14.—Puree $200, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. The follow- ing is the summar; Lady Moscow, (t nee: +e 44111! Jack Rossiter, (Dimmick). 81222) Moscow, (Tallman). . ” 224 dis, | . +13 3 dis. | Brookiyn City News. Count or Avrraus—Tuesduy, May 15.—4mos B. Stellenworth, respondent, vs. John B. Boost, appellant.— ‘This case was not on the calendar. A motion having been made in this cause to dismiss the appeal therein, and without hearing Mr. I. K. Kimball, counsel for ap- it was ordered that said motion be denied, t costs. No. 9.—Jacob Sisson, appellant, vs. Caleh D. Barrett, impleaded with others, respondent.—This case was argued yesterday. John Thompson, counsel for appel- ‘Wm. Eno. F nt aving been culled, aa of the defendants in or- ror, Mr. W. H. Thorn, counsel for plaintiff in error, | finished the case, and argued the cause ex parte. It was thereupon ordered and adjudged that the judg. | ment of the Supreme Court in this cause be reversed, and that the plaintiff in error be restored to all things | which he has lost by reason of said judgment. It was further ordered and adjudged that a venire de novo issue | in said cause, the costs to abide the event of the suit, | (The suit, we believe, was for the recovery of certain hospital moneys claimed to_be due the State by ths complainant.) It was also ordered that the record and proceedings in said cause be remitted to the Suprem> Court, there to be proceeded upon according to law. Messrs Tucker & Crapo were counsel for the defen- dants in this cause. No. 20.—George D. Post. plaintiff in error, vs. Philip Kearney, Jr., defendant in error.— ‘This was anargumen: in relation to certain assessments between the parties | J. Prescott Hall for plaintiffs; Jonathan Miller, Esq for defendants. No, 21,—Edward S. Innes, plaintiff in error, vs. David Reeves et al.,\defendants in evror.—Argued by Mr. N, Hill for plaintifl, and kdw. Sandford for defendants, — | James E.. Southworth and others, impleaded with Harvey le and others, appellants, vs. Charles H, Doo- little, respondent —This cause was commenced by the appellant's counsel, but was not coucluded when the court adjourned. Pouce Covnt—Before Judge Smith.—A woman named Ann Beard, who had wandered from New York while in a state of intoxication, was picked up by am officer, and brought before this magistrate on a charge of groes jatoxieation and indecent exposure of her per- som, Committed to answer, Rape.—-Officer Call yesterday arrested a may William Garmey, on @ charge preferred by a youn; girl named Mary ( of having. on the 8th of Api last, violently, and against her wall, He — Leerg and immediately after the uccom- shment of his purpose, promising to mat The defendant is re revented . ry, OS the father of sever acaused to answer the charge. City Count—Before Judge Greenwood.—John O'Ha- fa", committed to prison by Justice Everett, of Wil- jamsburgh, on a charge of stabbing » man named Michael Shilds, was admitted to bail in the sum of | $1,500, to answer at the next Court of Oyer and Ter- | miner. defendants no one appe amed, Court of Oyer and Terminer, Before Justice Hulburt, and Aldermen Mullins and | May 15,—sfrraigned.—William Thompson, indieted { for the murder of Jeunes lias Bernard Monaghan, in | April last, on the Five Points, by stabbing hin with a Knife, was arrsigned, and paded not guilty. His trial je set down for Monday next, The court then ad- journe Supreme Court—General Term. Present, Justiees Jones, Edmonds, and Edwards, — | May 16.—The eourt met at the usual hour, and took | wp cause No. 14-Henry Sherman and wife vs. Michuel | Burnham, ct al—which is now being argued. | to bring in error, ve. the People, | ; committed a rape | to be a married man, and | children. Justice King held tho | | also reasonable, and which is less than Jd. TWO CENTS. Theatrical and ‘usteal, Bowery Tuxarae.—Admirably as tho tragedy of “King John’? passed off on Monday, it was still better played last night. In such a piece, combining, as it does, the most splendid language which the glorious Shakespeare ever wrote, and} much stage effect and scenic pageantry. it requires onv night's performance all things into smooth working order; but, take it all in all, last night's representation at the Bowery was the most perfectly played tragedy we have er seen got upin New York. sir. Hamblin. as King | Tobe, pleased us more than in any other character we ave r seen him in, He plays with all the dignity | becon monarch, and he delivered Shukspeare’s langua; he most tasteful manner. Mr. Hamblin | has net appeared often enough before tl | late. His last engagement (in December las was & most successful one; but this time hi better than ever, We trust he will hereafter apy more frequently on his own stage, Mrs. Shaw, aa Cone stance, we have spoken of in previous notices. We ean only say that her performance of the part is most beautiful. Ryder, Gilbert, Basa, Stevens, Duff, and the ethers, all play excellently Young Mas. ter Hamblin, with his beantiful littly face and. figure, and his youthful voice, ax the young Prince Arthur, | attracts much attention, and receives great applause, | His parents have reason to be proud of such a hand- some child, and ax a young actor he does admirably. word now for the scenery. drossos. &c., in this piece. ‘The dresses. armor, properties, &e., aro most splendid; | they are all historically correct. and the mailed ware | riors of the French nglish arm'vs make a moss gallant appearance. rties of this pice e085 | Charles Kean more than $5 000, and Mr, Hamblin pur | chased them from him at their original price; thus th | public can ave it ix no trifling thing to yet up a Ta this styly now-a-days. We are glad. however, to ob serve the house so well filled every night. as Mr. Ham Dlin certainly deserves every encouragement, for his praineworthy efforts to restore the lugitimate drama, Yo-night “King John” will be pertormed. a8 also the farce of “Your Life’s in Dauger.”” Parties visiting the theatre will do well to secure seats during the day time, as the house ix 80 crowded every evening, Bnoapway ‘Tuearre.—Another crowded and fashion-. able house was attracted to this elegant and popular establishment last evening. The splendid melo-dra- ma, “ Monte-Cristo,” continues to draw crowded as- semblages. We have so often been callod upon to com. mend this produetion to the public approbation, or ra. ther to give expression to the enthusiastic with which it bas been greeted, that it does eee something like supererogation to say one word in praise of the manner in which this superb mel)-drama hag been produced, or the excellence of tho representation of the various characters by the talented ladies and gentlemen engaged in the cast of the pices ter. as the principal pe; in tho drama, has been with usa frequent subject of commendation, and al- though we do not altogether agree with him in his conception of the eharacter, ¥ great. credit for the evident p. has devoted to this jimper Of the Abbe Furia, of Mr. Dyott, we cannot speak in too culogistic terms. It is one of the most intelligent, well conoviv- ed, and effective pieces of acting which has for a long period graced the American stage. Mra. Abbott, who will always look young, a5 Mereodes, was more. irresistible than ever. The ballet is highly attractive, Mise Celeste very pretty and clogant danseuse, is nightly gaining upon the esteem of the howe. and de. | serves great credit for the manner in which ber part of the entertainment is managed. Natioxal Tueatee.—The new farce of “ His first Peceadillo,” was played last evening with much suc- cess at this house. W. B. Chapman, (than whom there are few, if any, better comic actors,) as Mr. Jonathan Jinkin, kept the audience in a most merry mood during the whole of the pieee, and Mr. Pardey, Herbert, Tilton, Mrs. Isherwood, and Mrs. Chapman, who sustained the other characters in this lively piece, all did finely, We have often said that they Kuew wel! at the National how to get these farces up, and wo repoat it now, ag they certainly do them in the very bust manner. The grand“ Enchanter,” with all its splendid scenery, ro- mantic incidents, grand processions. beautiful dances, chorusses, &« next played. and it seems nightly to grow in favor with the public, as the house is filed to overflowing every evening. Jt must be one of thu most ex- pensive pieces ever produced at the National, and we are glad to sec the house so well attended. as Chanfrau de- serves every encouragement from his patrons. The tame bill will be repeated this evening. We notice several new pieces underlined as in active preparation. Burton's Tuvatne.—This houso was crowded last night, and we may say that we have rarely seen an audience more satisfied, or one more liberal in the ex pression of its approbation. The entertainment began with the celebrated comedy of Buckstone, “The Breach of Promise, or Second Thoughts,” in which Mr. Burton in his part of Ebenezer Sudden, was fanny, comical und farcical, to the utmost point. But the most lively performance of the evening was the burletta extracted trom the novel of Charles O'Malley, called Phe Wager.”? , who played the role of Krank Webber “the wag.” and also that of Miss Judy Macan, drew forth bursts of laughter, and wo have rarely seen @ more astonishing character in the shape of a female. Mesers. Hamilton. Jordan, Raymond, Rea, and the Misses Hill, Cooke, und Hiffert, sustained very well their dif- ferent parts. ‘The whole concluded with the new faree of © His First Peecadille,” which gives Mr, Johaston an excellent occasion of dinpiaying hie histrionic talents, To-night the performances consist of “The Tordies,?? “The Wager,” and the new burlesque opera of“ Herr Nanny” Mn, Fiesta, the young actor, who {s so favoral known to the public as oue of the best doautionene public of think,) Mr. Les- the day, purposes giving a series of Shak«pearian read- ings ,in' this city, commencing on Monday event next, at the Stuyvesant Institute. We ar ire that it will be very gratifying to all who are admirers of Shak- | peare’s writings, to hear them ao admirably readas Mr. Fleming is capable of doing, and we anticipate for him @ most succes+ful series Cunisty’s Mixstrris are ever ready in the field, and what is more, the people are ever ready to hear them. They are no favorites of an hour, but well tried vete- rans in the field of sera minstrelay, at which they are perfect adepts, their singing. playing, daneing, joking, fun, frolic, burlesque, and all the addunda of an Ethiopian concert, are universally admired: To-night oy. give a first rate programme. |ApaM Anna Bisnor.—This distinguished vocalist, and great favorite has been giving dramatic coneerts in costume, at the Tacon Theatre, Havana. She every night called before the curtain, amidst the cheers of delighted audiences. Mr. Denrsten'’s Concent.—On Thursday event next, this plaintive ballad singer will give another his amusing entertainments at the Tabernacle, when = | he will introduce several uew compositions, and a se- lection of the choicest Scottish songs. Camreutt’s Minstnecs, with their new programmes, causing quite an excitement among their patrons, | “whose name is legion.’’ They introduce a new comic ' a de deux in the course of their entertainment, whieh | is much admired; and they also give a variety of beau- tiful new songs. | Siamese: Twivs.—Chang-Eng and their children are | being exhibited at the Apollo Rooms, in the morning, | afternoon, and at night. They will romain here but | for a short time, and should be seen by our citizens. New Ortrans Sxxenapers.—This famous band still i wa at Mont Hall, at this, as the eom- pany comprives some of the sweetest vocalists and ex- cellent musicians. The Fakir of Ava will perform on Fri evening next at New Haven, He performed at loose Hall, in this city, during the last week, with great success, Collins, the favorite Irish comedian and exeellent vecalist, has been firing his entertainments at New Haven and Hartford, with great success Americas Dramatic Fuxp Assoctation.—There wa: a {ull meeting of the members of this meritorious asso- ciation on Monday, at the Astor House, for the . pose of electing officers for the ensuing year ; 2 the representatives of the profession present, testitie | their sense of obligation to the unremitting industry tulent and availability, of the President, Trustee ‘Treasw: and Secretary, by unanimously re-eleetin ; them. The directors have had added to their list th» names of Mr. W. H. Chippendale. Mr. Geo. H. Andrews, and Mr. Jobn G, Gilbert, all influential persons, and likely to give renewed stability to the institution. The Treasurer and Secretary's accounts, as audited by acompetent committee, were approved; and the gene- ral impression was, that up to tbe Present time a vast deal hus been done, and with the most rigid regard to economy. The Treasurer, Mr. Povey, again offered | his services gratuitously, as did also Mr. Brougham, the Seeretary. The latter gentleman liberaily pre- eented the ure of an apartment at bis own resideuce, as an office for the association. Altogether, the ut- es saveeaiease an ooaaimliy Hf secant ee oe aud the members of the profession genera: 4 | ratulate theinselves, that this nobly and praiseworthy metit ution bas commenced under euch fluttering aus- ices. Lpon reference to the repeat, we tind that the bree ‘cum of over three thousand five hundred dollars has been already collected, Telegraphs in England and America, ron or THe Henap:— cading the article in your paper of to-day, headed “Electric Telegraph in England,” I was reminded of the great contrast in the prices of telographing in Eng- land and in the United States. The writer, who fs chairman of the Engl Telegraph Co, labors to sa- tisfy their patrons that Id. per mile is a moderate ¢! fora moesaye, or that 14s. from London to Glasgow 1s and should give entire satisfaction, Now, sir, com; these charges with one of our American lines—say the N. ¥. & Erie Telegraph Co. (a new line), whose charges are 60 cents for a m from New York to Cleveland, @ distance of 600 miles; or $1 from New York to Chica; distance of 1.100 miles. In E: land, a meseage is sent 620 miles for 1ds., equal In the United States, a mesrage is sent 600 iniles for 60 cents ; Sak cue-Ameneen eats “ace entertain the same opinions that their E) Wun do—that is, that the dh aro too high. But take the ld. en phe wt they announce to be their ta- riff, and it would make the charge on & m New York to Chicago, 1,100 miles, amount to Sola’: | steadot $1, as charged in,