The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1853, Page 4

: : : RDO, ————oOOOOOOOOOOO AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Kxevara—Scantur Mas: BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Civiicarion— Poon Piicsppy. : SUBTO! ¥ Fau- 1 THEATRE, Chambers stroet—SeR10us an Toone ‘Aothess Ove THOUSAND MiLLINERS, WATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Uscum Toxte Gams and Evening. ~ Afternoon “WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broatway—Lovaiamp Moway —Busax doves AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afwrnoon and Sycning—OwoLe Bon o Camm. z, square—After- PIPE rea 0, ho. BOWERY AMPHITHEATRE, 37 Bowory—RqvusTaan Pearonmancxs. AMERICAN OPERA MOUSE, (71 Brosdway SAM RE IS on Ounisry'y MINSTRELS. CHRISTY’! Bruortas WOOD'S MINSTREL’S, Wood's Minstrel Hall, <44 Brood @ay—Ermorias ‘MineTaecsy. OPERA MOUSE, 659 Brosdway-Bvomiay's Seerian Orcas Taovrs. BANVARKD'S GHORAMA, 506 Brosdway—Px xonama oF wan. doy Lasn. HOPE CHAPEL, 718 Brosdway—FPRrankenenin’s Pano- @ams oF NiaGana. RHENISH GALLERY, 663 Brosdway—Des and Evening. @IGNOK BLITZ—8rvrvesant [neviT0 Te, 669 Broadway. Broadway—Peansu’s Girt Brui- me MinnoR. 1 AT NATIONAL PAINTING vor rus Bee Sikuw ores ar Tux NATIONEL ACADEMY OF Desiex, 68 Brondway. aCADEMY HALL, gamon ov Tux Sxvnt lew Yorm, Saturday, November 22, 1853. Mails for Europe. THE NEW YORK WSHKLY HERALD. ‘Tho United States mail steamship Arctic, Captaim Luce, ‘WMD leave this port at ncem this day, for Liverpool. Sabecriptions and advertisements for any edition of the Rew Your Henirp will bo received at the following places f= Europe — iavesrooi—Jokn Bunter, No. 2 Paradioe street. Lompox—Edwards, Sanford & Co., Cornhill. Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 6 Catherine stroet Pans—Livingston, Wells & Co., § Place de la Beurse. B. H. Revoil, No. 17 Rue de Ia Banque. The Haropean mails will clove at half-past tem e’elock this morning. The Warciy Aexirp will be published at halt-past nine @’siock this morning. Single copies, in wrappers, six- pence, The News. ‘The America, from Liverpool, arrived at Halifax yesterday. She brings three days later news from Europe. Our te'egragbic despatch is very contra- dictory. It states that there has been no change in the aspect of affuirs at the East, and immediately after announces a serions collision between the Ras- sians and Turk:, indicating that war actually exist ed. It may be that this collision is another version of the report brought by the Franklin, aud publi-hed yesterday, of the firing into a Russian engineer corps, at the mouth of the Danube, and the killiog of its mejor. It may be, however, an entirely differ. ect affair. But our despatch is unsatisfactory, end it is therefore almost useless to speculate. It is probable, however, that there bas been no change in the ques tion or in the position of the forces of either party. We must await the arrival of the next—and the wext steamer. Mr. Soulé had been received at the Court of Spain im his official capacity of United States Minister, hav: ing previously modified some passages in his address to the Queen, which were considered objectionable. A Spanish fiect of one hundred and four guns was about to sail, it was su posed, for the Mediterranean. A British testimonial is about to be presented to Captain Ingraham bythe people. The steamer Argo had arrived ‘here with later dates from Port Philip and half a million pounds sterling in gold. Now diggings had been discovered, but tbe markets were rather dull. ‘The markets for breadstuffs continued very active, and prices were gr:dually advancing—thereby caus. ing wat ex: tementin various parts of the continent of Europe. In France serious distaroances had oc- carred at some of the proviacial corn sales, and in Austria prices has become so high that the govern- ment, being apprehensive of trouble, had taken mea- sures to alleviate as far as possible the elects of the threatened famine. The Pope of Rome, we perceive, has established two large houses for the purpose of supplying food to the poor at moderate rates. As yet full retarns of the election which took place in this State last Tuesday have not been received. However. sufficient is known to show that, although the whigs have secured nearly every State aud local Office of importance, the notional democrats have achieved a decided triumph over the Van Burenites, having gained large majoritics over the latter, iu localities where the free svilersa few years azo swept everything before them. What is not a litle strange, Mr. Marcy's organ at Washington, like Jobn Van Buren with regard to the platform of the free soil convertion, has not yet had time to inquire into the merits of the case. By the wuy, Collector Redfield, accompanied by Prince Jobo and Mr Brodhead, arrived in Washington last evening, with the inter tion, as is supposed, of expluining the cause of the signal defeat of their party. It is also ramor- ed that every whig will be notified to vacate his desk in our custom honse next week; but not a word is mow said concerning any of the national de:nocratic incumbents. The despatch from our special Washington corres- pondent this morning contains a variety of informa tion of great interest, not only to the politician, but to the public at large. The President’s message will, as usual of late years, be forwarded to the Post- masters of the different large cities for delivery to the newspaper press the moment the reading of the document has been commenced in Congress. It i under-tood that Gen. Pierce, as well as most of the heads of departments, intend to confine their com- munications to plain facts, without resorting to the ustomary verbosity, thus saving readers the trouble ‘of separating the chaff from the grain. Postmaster General Campbell appears to be somewhat embar assed with regard to the transportation of the Culi- fornia mai!s. It appears that he cannot get rid of the Law and Aspinwall contracts without having the steamers belonging to those lines thrown npon the hands of the government. He will, however, it is said, recommend the transfer of the mails by the . Nicaragua and the Ramsey (Mexican) rontes, Find- ing that the postal arrangements between this country acd Bremen work well, Mr. C. will recom- ‘Teud a general adoption of the cheap ocean postage Much anxiety exists among the politicians at Washington and elsewhere with regard to the Speak- ership and Clerk-hip of the next House of Re .resen- tatives. Our special correspondent mentions the names of several aspirants to the former post who are already canvassing ths field. From Philadelphia we learn that a meeting of Congressmen elect has been hold in that city, at which it was unanimonsly resolved to support Mr. Distey, of Ohio. As to the Olerkship, there are probably more candidates for that office than was ever before known—every third ex-member of Congresa who failed to be re elected fas well as almost every other disappointed office @eeker, being desirous of obtaining the p vsition. Qrite & srt o contest is going on ia the Vermont Legis'w'ure for a United States Senator ia place o Mr. Upham. The whig candidate is Jadge Vollw mer, Postmaster General under President Taylor. ‘The democrstic nominee is Hon. Lawrence Brainard Owing to a eplit among the free soilers, that section Lea two candidates, and hence the ditlic ilty of ebccting s choice, This party holds tue v | nelves. BEYNBr?, | powrr, accomplish «nything or want of unity among them- It is re orte? tr at the United “tats sloop Cyane | will shor 'y pro ced athe : stance o the adminis. | tration, with « pirty woicr comrasnd of Lieut. Strain, whese chject ws'l be to mace a thorough survey of the popes?’ rout» for a ship canal be- i tweeo the Atlantic ama the Pacific. Rev. Mr. Ritteulvo se sa eenly fell dead while | officiating at the ceysecrition of a charch at Wash- | ingto: ville, Penn., yes'erdey morning. “ A desp te) fom \ ilkesbarre, Pean., states that the Grund Jury have found a trae bill against{United | States Marshals \ y esp end Croseman, for at- tempting the arrest of the fuitive slave Bill some time since. ‘The lov-re 0” fine horse: wl vo dent be highly edified with the very full rport we els woere give of the ter mile contest which took place yesterday for six thou-ard do lars, b» ween th» trottins Priace and the pacing Hero. (his is the second mate of the kird that hae lately come off between these horses, both being won by Prince. Dr. Olver Wendall Holmes delivered the third of | bis course o! Leztures upon the Poets of the Nine- teenth Century, last ev-ning, at Hope Chapel, toa | very large audience. His subject was Byroa aad | Moore. To day's ingide pages are diversified w'th articles relating to matters of almost every description aad | from nearly all quarters of the globe, as will be seen by the following outline of a portion of the conteats:— Late and imveresting news from Honduras, Jamaica, Washington Territory, Salt Lake and Texas; Letter + from Missouri relative to Affairs in New Mexico; Lengthy Review of Massachusetts Politics; Singular Marder Trial iz Charleston; Shocking Scene at aa Execution; Reports of Important Court Proceedings pb this eity, including the exaivation of Thos. Kine for the murder of his wife ; the extraordiaary False Pretence Case in Philadelphia; Commercial, Theatrical and Miscellaneous News, &o. The Japanese Expedition and British Diplo- macy:-Dr. Bowring and Caleb Cushing. Sinee the news reached this country of the sate arrival of Commodore Perry’s squadron at the cupital of Japan, or rather in the bay at a arespectful distance from Jeddo—of the deli- very to the proper officer of the letter of Presi. dent Fillmore to the Emperor. asking him to open his ports to our shipping—of the explora- tion of the bay beyond the forbidden point twenty miles further than any foreign ship had eyer been permitted to penetrate—and of the Commodore’s unmolested departure for China, with a notification that he would return next spring for an answer, the interval being allowed for the deliberation of the Japanese govern- ment—since the late arrival of this highly ex- citing intelligence, the interest in the expedi. tion is greatly enhanced, and the anxiety about the final result is increased all over the country. This branch of our foreign policy has fur- nished a theme for the discussion of the British press in China, in India, and at home ; and it is evident that it is regarded by British states- men and the British people with deep attention and with the most earnest solicitude.. In trath, the problem which remains to be solved— whether the Emperor of Japan will graut or re- fuse the boon sought from him by the American government, together with the important and momentous results involved in his answer, (whether it be negative or aflirmative,)—cannot be regarded with indiffereace by any por- tion of the civilized world. The eyes of all vations are fixed upon Jeddo, watch- ing for the moment when Perry’s squad- ron sball next anpear in its waters. The correspondent of the London Zimes surmises that when this event takes place the Commo- dore will find forts erected and manned to give him a warm reception. If they be only like the + batteries in petticoats” that formerly menaced and put to flight a British frigate, there need not be much alarm for the safety of the expedi- tion ; but success in the object of its mission is a different question, and one far more difficult of solution. By a recent private despatch from England, we learn that before the American expedition set sail the British government sent instruc- tions to Dr. Bowring, their consul at Canton, to communicate with the Emperor of Japan. ap- prising him of the designs of the United States, and tbat Dr. Bowring in cousequence sent pri- vately a messenger to Jeddo to notify the Japanese government of the coming squadron, and to put in a good word fur the Americans— all of course out of pure and disinterested affec- | tion for the United States, and not from any selfish considerations, or any sordid desire to reap the fruits of American enterprise in this new Ophir, whose virgin wealth has excited the enpidity of all the maritime nations of the world. and kept at work the diplomacy of their governments for centuries, witheut the slight- est prospect of success up to the present hour- It will, therefore, be a proud feather in the cap of the American republic if its agents, partly hy “soft sawder,” and partly by the harder and weightier “arguments used by kings,” should succeed in what has hitberto baffled the skill and ingenuity of European diplomats—the opening of the commerce of the Jupanese em- pire. hermetically sealed to all the world, except the Dutch and the Chinese, and to them only partially open at a single point, and with the most hampering restrictions, No doubt the English would have long since served them as they did the peop!e of India, and more recently the Chinese, but that they found they would bave to deal with a very different race of men, and the failure to coerce them would have been greatly worse than never to mike the attempt. That the British government, who always keep a sharp look out for the lion’s share of the spoils of nations, did send to Dr. Bowring the meseage just referred to, and that he transmitted it from Cnina to Japan, there is no reason whatever to doubt. The English have thus aimed at securing two objects at one blow—first. to ingratiate them- selves with the Japanese court, by giving them early intelligence of an event affecting the in- terests of the empire; and, secondly, to get favor with the United Siates government, and pave the way for playing the same game that the Americans played them in obtaining by secret diplomacy equal privileges with the British in trading at the five Chinese ports opened by the result of the opium war. The Chinese govern- ment haying promised, on the representation of Commodore Kearney, previous to the treaty of Nankin, that whatever concessions were made to the English should also be granted to the United States, our government, in the year 1844, sent an embassy to China, under the direc- tion of Caleb Cushing as plenipote for the negotiation of a treaty between the govern- ments et Washington and Pekin similar to the English treaty. The throwing open. therefore of the ports of China to the United States was not the reeult of British policy, but had its origin in the anxious forethought of Amer lest the . British might stipulate for ca bu’ up t the te th ballot ua been un n'e to | British treaty made no provision for opening the Chineve ports to other nations; but as, on the otter hand, it contained no clause to exclude them, the Chinose Emperor yielded to American diplomacy what has been erroneously attributed to British benevolence. And now British diplomacy takes time by the forclock, and sets Dr. Bowring to work in order that the Americans may not stipulate with the Emperor of Japan for an exclusive trade, but that John Bull may participste in the boon. Notwithstanding the doubt expreseed that this delicate mission has been entruste’ to Dr. Bowring, on the ground that be is only a consul and not an envoy or plenipotentiary, there is every reason to believe that the distinguished Oriental scholar, wko is so well acquainted with the languages and manners of Eastern nations, is the very man selected for the business. The Eng- lich government have no ambassador or accepted envoy in China. Instead of this official there is a sort of consular overseer, Mr. Bonham. The want of a regular political agent is supplied by the selection of such consuls as Bowring at Canton and Rutherford at Shanghae. It was Bowring’s first despatches to the Foreign Office that predicted the American attempt on Japan and put the English government on the alert. | The policy introduced by Palmerston into Bri- tish foreign diplomacy consisted in establishing a system of espionage among the attachés and employes of an embassy, who, being in secret corresponde:.ce with the foreign secretary at home, not only acted as spies on the ambassador himself but communicated information which the ambassador might feel disposed to suppress. Thus cach British consul\abroad feels really independent of his official superior, be he am- bassador er envoy. It was to Dr, Bowring, therefore, that the real instructions were is- sued by the British government, while to Bon- ham were only given general directions to re- connoitre the American progress in Japan. Should matters become warmer, an English po- litical agent of the Pottinger school will proba- bly be despatched to negotiate with the new Chinese dynasty; but his real mission will be to watch the United States movements at Jeddo. Holland will be a stalking horse, and Russia a bugbear to induce British intervention,and Eng- Jand will be strictly neutral when she volun- teers her kind offices as a mediator. In order to cope with the well known diplo- macy of English statesmen it will be necessary on our part to send out some agent of consum- mate skill and possessing a knowledge of Chi- naand the East. We know of no man so fit for this post as Caleb Cushing, who was so success- ful in the case of the Chinese treaty, and who is so well versed in Oriental languages. While Perry can do the fighting, Caleb can manage the negotiation, and between them the matter might possibly be brought toa successful is- sue. How much more dignified this high mis- sion, and how much more at home would the Attorney-General feel, than in his present of- fice, bringing down his splendid abilities to the level of the special pleading of a pettifogging fifth rate lawyer, in concocting silly epistles to help the spoils Cabinet out of their melancholy position, We hope the President will relieve him from this dirty work, and send him to a sphere more congenial to his tastes, talents, and previous history. Here is a noble field for his ambition, or for the ambition of any man in the United States. To succeed in the enterprise would be the sure road tothe Presidency of this republic in the campaign of 1856, for it would be as goodaclaim as that of General Taylor. who headed the troops that won California and numbered it with the stars of the United States, Let General Cushing bead an embassy to Japan, and open its treasures to our clipper ships and steamers in the waters of the Pacific thus annexing to California another land of gold, and, instead of studying legal prece- dents on international law, writing editorials for the Washington Union and the Boston Post, and writing sham letters against the free soilers of Massachusetts by way of atone- ment for the patronage bestowed on the free soilers of New York, he will occupy the Presi- dential chair, and perhaps give General Pierce the same seat in the Cabinet which he now fills himself. Some British statesman once said that three millions of pounds would be well- expended in making a diplomat for China. The Presidency of the United States, with its $25,000 a year for four years certain, and the prospect of another term, together with the distribution of patronage amounting to fifty millions per annum, would not be an excessive reward for the American diplomat ready-made who shall be suecessful in opening the empire of Japan. Exrectrp Rerorm my ovr Crry Govern- MENT— WILL 17 bE Verirtep ?—The results of the recent election in this city seem to have given rise to a very general belief that New York is about at last to enter ona newera of good municipal government—that the aldermen and councilmen elected under the new charter will piously keep their hands from picking and stealing--that they will not any more sudden- ly and unaccountably grow rich on the public spoils—and that there will be a consequent diminution in our taxes. Perhaps the returns from the polls may in some measure palliate or excuse euch @ foolish and very ridiculous belief. Of the twenty-two aldermen one half have got into office on the reform ticket, while the other half are apportioned among the politi- cal parties thus :-—National democrats, four ; free soil democrats, three ; and whigs, four. Of the sixty councilmen elected, twenty-four are ranged under the banner of reform, fifteen be- long to the national democratic faction, eight to the free soil faction, and thirteen to the whigs. We republish in another portion of our columns to-day a revised and corrected list ot the names of the persons so elected to govern the city of New York. Now, if the title of reformer, under which the eleven aldermen and twenty-four council- men obtained their nomination and election, did in a politieal sense signify what it means in a philosophical sense, there might be some rea- son for congratulating ourselves on the result of the election. But it don’t. It is merely a term used in this particular case to designate men who, having tried and failed to attain the objects of their ambition as members of one or other of the various political sects, have now ranged themselves under a new classification. That is all. The reformers have all their po- litical antecedents, and admit of subd on into their original elements of whig, national democrat, or free soile Tt is absurd and pre- posterous, then, to imagine that because ao many of these reformers have got into the Com- mon Council we are going to have a superla- tively excellent municipal government. We have been too often deceived before by the When the Native American reform party got into power here some years ago, by the same sort of ultra-vi ¢tnous cant, the greatest expec- tations were entertained by the citizens that New York was then to become the envy of all other cities in the world for its good goverr.ment ; but the reformers proved them- selves to be a pack of the greatest ras- | cals that ever this city was cursed with. | That and various other experiences of the same kind make us very sceptical as to the extra- ordinary virtues possessed and to be displayed by the new representatives of reform. Many of them are. very likely, men of good standing among their neighbors—honest and upright in their personal dealings; but then it is often the case that such persons do not take any very remarkable interest in public affairs. Others are, however, as we have said, disappointed disciples of one or other of the political parties, and have imbibed their notions of public mo- rality from these seminaries. All are more or less open to the same sort of temptation which played such terrible work with the morals and reputation of the last Common Couneil, and we do not expect that they will show any greater firmness in resisting it. While, however, we are not among the believers in the superior sanctity of the new municipal boards, and do not expect to see them a jot or tittle better than their predecessors, we are determined to give them every fair play, scrutinize and dis- cuss their doings, and praise their honesty or expose their roguery, just as their conduct may warrant us in doing. They have a very wide margin and fair field fo prove themselves better administrators of the city government than those we have been recently blessed with, and we should be very much pleased if they do so. Tuv Crerksuir or THE House or RuPRESEN- tatives—Cor. For! in THE Fietp.—The Washington letter writers have been recently naming various candidates for the clerkship of the House of Representatives; but none is mentioned so frequently in their communica- tions as Col. Forney, who filled the post during tue last Congress. It is well known that after he was appointed, in December, 1851, deve- lopements transpired, which, if they had been brought out a little sooner, would have pre- vented him from obtaining the office, or any other place of trust or honor in the power of the House to bestow. We allude to his letter to his friend George Roberts, editor of a Bos- ton paper, which was given in evidence in the Forrest case. on the 10th of January, 1852, and published next day in the Huratp, in the re- port of the proceedings. The proposition made to Mr. Roberts in that letter, was of such a nature as to preclude the possibility of his election. It was nothing less than plan for getting up what is well known in this commu- nity as “sfool pigeon evidence,” in order to carry a doubtful point before a respectable jury. Here is an extract from the letter :-- On this evidence, with the other confirmatory proofs, he (Forrest) intends applying to our Legislature for a divorce; but you are now in @ position to serve hia in a manner he never will forget. The person who wrote to Mrs. F., ond ia whvse company she was de- tected, is George Jamieson, now playing at New Or- leans. If you don’t know him, you can, as the editor ofa leading daily peper, soon make his acquain- tance What Forrest now desires, to clinch the nail to obtain in sme way an admission from Jamieson I named yon to him as a kale, Steady, and in- telligent friend, and he will never forget whatever you may do for him, im this, to lum, most vital matter. He suygests that you might wstrute inti maie relations with him, and then induce him, either in your presence or in company, to admit, as a thang to be proud of hix connection with Mrs, F. Ie ts fond of a glass, and possibly in a convi mood might become communicat ve. No harm wiil come- to him; he is game too rinall for Forrest, and any ad- mission he may make may be important only as aiding an injnred man in getting relieved from a hateful bord. Can you manage this thing, my friend? It will reqnire skill and caution, and if suc- cessful will warmly endear you to Forrest. He is nearly crazy at the idea of being placed in his pre- sent position ; buthe will spend halfhe is worth to be reuved from it. Tnis matter must be kept se- cret. Above all, do not name me in connection with it. Excuse me for troubling you ia regard to it. My ardent attachment to glorious Forrest must be my excuse. Now, wou't you help to relieve him? It would ea inthe matter, probably, to know that John Green, the actor, now in New Orleans, is the warm friend of Forrest, and may know Jamieson well. You can use your own discretion in 1etting him know the facts, and iavoke his aid. No matter what may have been the character of Mrs. Forrest—no matter whether all that was alleged against her by her husband was true—the proposition here made to overthrow her, by such means wes of go base a character that a man whose morality could sink so low as to be guilty of it, is utterly incapacitate for any honorable office under our government. Colonel Forney is represented to be an ami- able man, and it is said he has madea great many friends. He has been a politician, too, in Pennsylvania, for a long time, and has geined some character for tact and skill among the de- mocracy. He is also said to be a member of the kitchen cabinet, of which Caleb Cushing is the chiet cook ; and has been employed all sum- mer in writing articles in defence of the admin- istration for come of the commonplace journals of the large cities. All these things may work somewhat in his favor among the mere partisans of the Cabinet ; but any public man aspiring to a place re- quiring so much integrity and honor, and who has been shown ina court of justice to have made such a proposition as Forney has made, is wholly unworthy of any office of trust, honor, or emolument at the disposal of any branch of the government. We have no personal objec- tion to Mr. Forney, for we have very little knowledge of him. He may be estimable in private life. and in other respects he may be avery worthy man. But the developemnt in the Forrest case is of a charaeter sufficient to stamp him as unfit to receive the vote of any honorable member of Congress. m as the Duke Broudwey Theatre— Ande of Gloste For the second time during his present engagement at the Broadway theatre Mr. Anderson appeared last night in the character of Richard the Third. His ‘conception and execution of this rile was so extremely felicitous as to leave little room indeed for criticism. If we might ven- ture to find foult at ail with his impersonation of the crook-backed duke, it would be that in the first twoacts, ere Richard has yet #ttained the prize of hie guilty ambi- tion, Mr. Anderson makes him more of a resolute, aspic- ing gallant, and emooth-spoken cavalier, than of a crafty, subtle, and sanguinary wretch, “without remorse or drend.”” Soin the dlalogue in the first scene of the second act, where he woos and wins Lady Anne, the widow of the murdered Prince of Wales, he does so in a manner rather calculated to win admiration for his presumption than to arouse detestation for bis diabolical villainy. To our fancy, too, he made vi much of the points in this dialog ue, and made the audience laugh where Shakspeare hardly intended to produce such an effect. After he has attained tho aceptre, however, this fault—~if, indeod, we can apply the term—is no longer perceptible. Then he seems to have perfectly realized the char which Shakepeare drew, and henceforth his acting is vigorous and truthful. We have rarely seen ons of the author's great conceptions #0 admirably represented as was that of the Duke of Glorter Inst night by Anderson, His reading was faultless, and his action and mannor highly energetic. Throughout the whole piecomwith the single exception we have noted, and that in the be- ginning he mouthed his words overmuch—there was not one falee expression in word or gesture to be detected in his acting. In the tent seene, and in the final one of uoeo I x¢luslve privileges for thomselyes Th | game sort of jegerdemain in our city politice. | the battle, Mr, Anderson's porformance was particularly whole, we thigh it has rarely been eclipsed in waodern times. We cannot say mvoh in favor of the auxiliary charac- ters, except, indeed, Yhat of Richmond, which was well piayed by Conway, and of Uenry IV., by Barry. The “pride, pomp ami cireumstance of glorious war,” was rather ludicrously carieatured by the half-dozen standard | bearers, battle axe wep, and attendants allowed to each of the kingly combatants, ‘the accessories of the piece should have been’ in this and other respects better at- tended to. The attendance was large and fashionable. After the curtain fell the audience called out Anderton and Conway. The Opera. The “Puritani” of Bellini was done by Maretsek’s com. pany, at Niblo’s, Inst evening. The parquette and first tier were nearly fille’, and in the second tier but few seats were occupied, The “Paritani” is heavy, and though it is, musically considered, elaborately con- structed, it is not popular. The delicious sweetness which makes the “Norma” aud the “Sonnambula’” so much ad- mired, is the exception in the musie of the “Puritani”’— not the rule. There is, however, more character to the pertons who figure in the ‘‘Puritani” than in either of the more popular operas by the same com- poser, The argument of “Puritani’? is interesting. The scene is laid in England, during the civil war between the Puritans under Cromwell and the Cavaliers of the ‘man Charles Stuart.” The barytone, Ricardo (Beneventano) is in love with Elvira, (Ste‘anone) who has # benevolent old uncle, Sir Georgio (Marini.) She is iu love with ard ketrothel to the tenor, Arturo, (Salvi) who {i atiached to the monarchica) cause. He saves the Cures of Fogland, (Henrietta Maria) and is teken privorer, very much to the annoyance of Elvira, who goes mad. tir Georgio now is obliged to ‘ask the life of the “gentleman” from the gruff barytone, who welts in'o consen', and afiera series of uncomfort: able ixcidents, Arturo is ;ardoned, Elvira recovers from her fit of ioravity, and virtue is rewarded, as it always ought tobe. History ard probability are both violate’ in severe] instarces, and the total neglect of the ‘pro prieties,” which so distiagui+hes the stage managers of the lyric deama, and the artists engagad in its ropresea Ation, tends to aggravate these faults, when, with a little rkill, they might,be swoothed over. In the representa tion of the Puritan, last night, we find much to com mend. Siguora Steflanone sang the music of Elvira with tasteand feeling. She was in fine voice. Her acting at times rose above mediocrity, though she missed points which might have been made very effective. She never for- got that che was an actress, and that a thousand people or 0 were loking at and listening to her. Inher scene with her uacle, (act first,) where she learns that she is realy to be married to the man of her choice, the transition from fear to the fullve's of joy,was not strongly marked; and in the brilliant and Joyous polacea, “son virgin vezzosa,” though her exe- cution was very fine, yet she Jacked expression, It was alleffect, and norovl. In this exquisite morceau she re- ceived chowers of applause and an encore. In the finale of this act, when rhe has gone mad from the loss of her lover, she acted with more sprit, bat far below her own powers, as we telieve. Ske preserved a degree of method in her madness, and instead of tearing off her bridal wreath, (as she would bo likely to do when suffering from jealousy, grief, rage, and disappointment,) she removed it carefnlly, in order that her hair might not be discomposed, Bad it not been for the touchingly plaintive character of her music, one might easily have imagined thst she had lost a pet poodle, instead of a husband, This score is all for Flvira, and, in the hands of a good lyric actress, is seconé to none that we remember in point of effect. In the second act her madness has beceme a settled grief, and here Steffanone was better, and the whole of her musis was pathetically and beautifally rendered. Tho style in which she gave a-bit, closing with ‘“O lasciatemi morio,”” was natural, and she carriel the honse away with her in the ‘Vien, diletto.”” She mingled a great deal of touching sentiment with her brilliant execution. The last act is all for her and her lover. Fere, where she should have been most excellent, aa every situation favors her, she failed. She meets her lover—she learns that he is stili constant—her joy is eud- denly turned to alarm, by the dangsroue position in which he is placed—the agony of suspense is relieved by the an- councement of@ gencral amnesty, and the lady, who has gone through @ sufficient amount of trouble to satisfy any reasonable audience, is safe in the arms of her bo- loved. The dramatic effect isso strongly worked up that the actress could searcely overdo it. But Ste(fanone, though robed in white, (why do sentimental young ladies al ways go mad in white?) was still Steffanone, and not se much like Elvira av sbe had been in the first act; and then the resemblance was not striking, There was no per- ceptible change when she fs sapposca to have recovered her renses. She never seemed to be anything else than sensible, The discovery that her lover was actuated by Joyaliy, not love, in tearing himself from her, did not ap pear to give her a groat amount of pleasure; and though she did seem annoyed when the Pari tan chorus evinced a sanguinary desire for Arthur's head, yet her acting fell far short of the composer's idea. As we have said before, she executed the music finely, ‘but she should throw more of intensity into her acting. Signor Salvi’s Arturo was highly creditable, and his delicately sweet voice sesemed in finer tone than it has been of late. His rendering of the romanza “A una fonte,” inthe third act, was really ebarming, while his acting was respectable. Occasionally it seemed to have some heart in it, Beneventaro misconceived the charac- ter of Ricardo, which is a very fine one, He should have given it more ef dignity and less of egotistic atrat; and it was sometimes painfal to hear his shouting and staining. His great wealth of voice, (andit is glorious when he is natural,) is almost thrown away by his man ner of usingit. The dress he wore was decidedly out of character. His costume was a la Charles IL, aud he should remember that the Roundheads left feathers, lace, velvet and such vanities, to the men of Belial. Marini saxg the music of Georgio in great style, of course, and his ren dering of the famous “Liberty Song,” (Suoni la tromta,) with Beneventano was highly effec tive, and was encored, They gave the ‘Liberty shout” with a most refreshing and resonant accent, In the acting of the other scenes Marini seemod careless and indifferent, though he has some fine situations, The choruses were well done, and the instrumentation, which is glorious, had full justice done to it. With all its beauties, the opera went off heavily, and the only enthusiasm excited was by Steffanone’s “Son virgin” (for its brilliant execution,) and “Suoni Ja tromba,” (for its sentiment.) If the artists had received more encouragement, we think they would have acted with more epirit; and it ia doubiless the fact that the cold thin, apparently uninterested sudience caused in some degree the listlessness of the singers. Coroners’ THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN BURLING SLIP—CONCLU- SION OF THE INQUEST. Coroner Gamble continued, yesterday, the investigation, at the New York Hospital, respecting the murder of N. W. Bradbury, who was found insensible from violeuce in- flicted on his head by some person er persons as yet ua known to the public authorities. Additional evidence was taken yesterday, but no further facts were elicited going to show who were the guilty parties. = J. F. Carlton, sworn, said:—I am one of the proprietors of the United States Hotel; the deceased came to our ho tel about six weeks ago, and stopped two weeks; he then left and did not return till the 15h of October; he hada runk and a valise; while at our house he took his meale regularly, and stopped about twelve days, and left, tabing the bey of the room with him: I have not seen him sine ; his trunk remains at my hotel; it contains clovhing; on looking into his trunk n0 money was found; on his last visit he borrowed from our house $15; previous to that he paid his bills regularly; since the 16th Ostoter he hag not paid anything; I did not see him drink liquor while he was at my houre. Dr. H. 8 Swift, sworn, ‘I am house surgeon at the New York Hospital; I’ made « post mortem examination of the body of deceased, and found the skull fractured in auch a manner that, im my opinion, it was the result of violence at the hands af some person or persons—it could not have been deme by a full—and that the injury was the cause of death. ‘The jury rendered the following verdict:— That decens- ed came to his death from violence, at the bands of some person or persons to the jury unknown, on the night of the 6th inst., in Burling slip. The jaty recommend the authorities to citer a suitable reware for the apprehen sion of the parties who committed the deed.”” The deceased was a native of Maine, aad 40 years old. Be leaves a w.fe and ehildret Acopestat. Drath —Coroner Hilton yesterday held an inquest at the Bellevue Hospital, on the body of James Connor, & laborer, who with three others was riding ia « dirt carton Fourth avenue, on Tuesday evening; avd as the driver was runmng bit hor-e up the aveuue, aud turning suddenly round the corner of Twanty second street, they were all thrown out on the pevemunt sud more or leat injured, Concor was tinable to walt how and was conveyed to the hoxpital, where he died from eflects of the injuries received. Ine deceased was 20 yearé of age, and a native o: Trelat The jury readered fall, oroner wan yester a verdist of death from the efi: Avornen Dram rrost 4 F. day afternoon notitied to hold a ton the boty of a laboring w who accidentally e to hia death by ing into vid of # lignter lying at the foot of J fexson street, Au inqnest will be held this mopning, A body of Ire from Canada Fast, have appeared be Legislature of Vermont to orosecute & claim te erritory of that State north of Olter reek, Sod to obtain am indemnity {or the same, ee Marine Affairs. F Morraury ar 8ka--The ship Constitution, which ars, rived from Bavre yesterday, reports that forty-one) deaths occurred on board during the pasaage. i Crust oF 4 Borris —A bottle was thrown overboard: from steamer roadelpitie on the Gia of May, 1863, lati. tude 21 deg. 30 mia Norsh. longitude 85 West, was fount a! Pas: Cavallo, Mategorda Bay, Taxas, Octobe: 1, 1853, lutitude 28 deg. 40 min North, longitude 97 West. Drift northwest by west, 740 Gxo, Caxisry & Woon’s Minera, HALL, 444 Broadway, Nov. 11, 1853, } Jasms Gorpox Buswurt, Esq. Dear Sm—In hie communication to your paper of th: 10th instant, Mr. Edwin P. Christy has thought it visable to inform the public that he has paid me, durin’ the last year or two, a very large sum of money as member of bis company of minstrels. As to the correc’! ness of thie statement, it is wholly unimportaat ao fare) the public is concerned; but it is quite flattering to professional reputation to be regarded as having been + Well paid for my poor services; and in my present eo: xection with ir, Wood I do not hesitate to say that or Present success gives promivo of largely greater Pp Biary and personal advancement. So far as private character is brought in question | the note of Mr. C., it may be considered singular that should have retained in his company one who has had little to commend him to the good opision of the pub! Ishall not, in justice to my«lf, and not less in kinda to him, examine the private character of either. If I have received more than I was worth he sho have known it; if I have received less, the principle t he speaks of, that “r ght wrongs no man,’? should ind} him to make restitu Should Mr. Christy think it for his interest to reso: extreme measure, We can only say— “Lay on Macituif, ard damned be he Who first eries hold—enongh |? In regard to many other things mentioned in his n I mighi make reply: & decent respect for tue hy forbearance and favor hh you have aleeady exter me will prevent my exteuding this letter to gre: length. ferent services are really worth the / rity claims to have paid, I trast the pu will regard me in the light of a “quod cards” and a lay ble curiosity to judge for themselves can readily be gi) fed every evening at 444 Broadway—tickets 25 2] children haif price. } Vive la Christ, Vive la Harringtor! Tam, with high regard, bedient servant, GEORGE N, HARRINGTO. Court Calentar- Cnep Srates Drerkicr Corer. Scrreme Ooort—Ciroult —Adj urned to Monday. | The other Courts—motions | Cover oF OYE AND TekMINEK.—-Adjourned to Mov when the case of De Corn, for tho murder of Mel! will be taken up | War! War!-TheFiame 1s Kindled fn | rope; the time jor the st rme—the strags Fight against mixhts volunteer, xo to ic] 43 Broadway, and get your pivtare for your frien when you returs with victory, flowing beard, turban, Turkish trowsers, yoUR own moth r won't kuow you. pictures, however, are perfect and unckangablo, The Chenpest Daguerreotypes, which taken ip a muperior manyer, nre those by KEES & CO. turn out daily 40) elegant portraits at their extensive + list ment,259 Broadway. The Gold Medal for the Best Daguer types ever exhibited awarced to MEADE BROTHER Broadway, and Wil iamsbarg, L ‘Tuis is the sixth awarded them. Pictures taken datiy in every variety. 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