The New York Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1867, Page 4

~ REAL ESTATE IN NEW YORK, Curlosities for a Sereantiec Museam—Nember of Lots in the City—State of the Harket-— March of the Dry Goods Trade Up Town—The Boulevard, the Park and Washington Heights— Something About Cor- poration Sales. The many curious events which have my:rked (he riso avory interesting mercantile museum. Aa, for instance, it is related that in that rocky and mountainous section of England where scarlet cloaks | from the fact that and bigh crowned, sugar loaf shaped beaver hats are tho fashionable attire of many of the gentler sex, cats were ‘once used as a circulating medium in place of specie or greenbacks, This, it is true, occurred many years be- Yore the first Prince of Wales was ushered into the world beneath the shade of Carnarvon’s gray stone walls, A sleek, well fed tabby, or a vicious, full grown tom cat, must have Seen mpokof New Wort, the cranes cwamder THE FASHIONS. dosert' 4a in Wr, ab Boa whieh T have eee! seasons estates are ® Valle ales ' Sp wah ably enhanced in value, and many of the eu ay “a skirt under golden gauze, looped wp with mee i ok being the concern et out | SPECIAL OMMESPONDEAGE OF THE EMMLA. Stitt ou tho, neat aad in te ert “Ss most rediped citizens the des 10, pensiae. eee Veous Paris to the Watering Places 74 Gam. | bas the samo bite silver gauze and white ire charmed circle is very great, and have been offered for lois which, considered really valueless, In th . lbs gales of single lots are made, and reo! chimed in tracts of balf anecre 804 “Goyards Klegant and costly residences are ' ep ‘and appliance of nature ang uisition te adorn these suburb No articlo om real ye ; of wade and commerce would, if earefully pr reference to the sales Bieciel, form g, ration. The brokers, say thas the prices those a i i numerously attended than any eneral thing purchasers fee! more ‘ttle to the han wilt one respect at the people honesty of the Corporation. The West Side Association and tho Te Law—Further Opposition. At a recemt meeting of the Executive Committeo of the West Side Association the following resolutions were i passed current in place of a fivo or ten dollar bill, adopted :-— swhile a litter of kittens answered the purpose of small ebange, just as nickel pennies do now. A bank with a Jargé capital of cats, if they had such an institution in Whose days, must have been & very extraordinary affair, he stockholders of which would pray with much de- woutness that the capita’ might be fruitfuland multi- ply in more ways thanone, That cats were really used ‘as a circulating mediua in Wales is well authenticated, and tho fact that it c@curred at a very remote period does not Jéeson its ipergst. Not a less cfrious pcident was the manner in which our Dutch ancestorsfirst acquired a legal right to certain portions of Manhatan Island, Diedrich Knickerbocker, that veracious and entertaining historian of the settlement of thy New Netherlands and the rise and progress of New Amsterdam, tells with much glee of the manner in which Ten Breeches used his multitudinous gaments to so much advantage, That, he says with gret solemnity, was the first operation in real estate on Janhattan Island. He was doubtless quite right in his asertion. From thatday to this the business of buying and welling real State has been one of the most profitable in the city, ‘he number of those engaged in it is always ‘on the incease, and hundreds have realized handsome fortunes fy it, while many more have retired in disgust, having “scovored that a want of business like abiljties and howesty are in the real estate, asin every oiler kind 4 business, sure to entail ruin. J NeW YORK REAL ESTATE. Os Manhattan Island there are between two and three busdred thousand lots. The price of the majority of them is still going up, and those most conversant with Ue fluctuations of the real estate market express their wmability to fx s maximum price for the lots in any given section of the city Time and the increase in the population wil! give a fixed value to city property. ‘What that value will be it is now, of course, impossible to tell, When the island is built over, which the wants of our rapidly increasing population will render an event of no very distant day, city property will acquire and maintain a fixed value. The rapidity with which oar population increases renders it certain that in but a very few years New York wi!l be the most densely popu- lated and thickly settled city in the world. Lots which are now grazing grounds for goats or receptacles for oyster shelis will then be occupied by lofty dwellings OF spacious stores, and the owners of real cstate wil! be able to tell the exact value of their property. At the Present timo this is said to be impossible, who have grown gray in the business of buying and selling lots are unable to say what will be the condition of the market a few yoars or even a lew months hence, All they can speak confidently about is the past and THE PRESENT STATE OF THR MARKET, All real estate is, as every one knows, now beld ata very high figure. lt is not a great many years since that lots were gold. on Union square for $1,000, and that | has taken place in prices which was thought too high a price. ‘Phe same lots are no’ sold for from $125,000 to $180,000. Union squ central location, and the above named prices m: taken asan instance of the immense increase in the value of real estate which bas taken place during the Brokers | market, refuse to part wi Resolved, That the law passed May 17, 1867, in rev lation to buildings in the city of Now York is very im- perfect, indefinite, loowely drawn ap, inadequate to the ublic wants and prejudicial to the growth aud wel. fare of the city. Resolved, That the requirements of the law in relation to tenement houses are euch as practically to prevent their erection, and thus Injuriously affect the class of people who ought to be most benciited by a building law, Resol 1 by this Jaw to the Superintendent of Buildings in this city virtually make him dictator in matters relating to the erection of houses and buildings, and are of a character that ought never to be exercised by any man in a free country. Resolved, That this association will co-operate with the public or with individuals for the repeal or amendment of this law. REAL ESTATE IN BROOKLYN. Comparison of Present Values with Those of Last Year—The Uncqual Rates of Appre- ciation—The Park and the East Liver Bridge. The difference between tho real estate markot in New York and Brooklyn is just the difforence between the two cities, Enterprise on a large scale and gonoral go- aheaditiveness characterize the former, while the latter savors strongly of conservatism and makes haste slowly. Theso characteristics, ag a matter of courso, affect the real estate market, and property, thoagh comparatively high in price, changes hands with much tess rapidity than it does in New York. Prices aro reported to rule somewhat higher than they did twelve months ago; some dealers say that tho difference ia as much as twen- ty-five per cont, This, however, is ouly true of certain localities; for as a genoral rule it may bo safely stated that the genoral average is much about the same, ‘The unusual sevority of the last winter had a dam- aging effect on the value of property in Brooklyn, and the extreme inconvenience guffered by thousands of business men in getting to and from their bomes caused many of them to leave Brooklyn on the Ist of last May and take up their residence in New York, where by pay- ing @ very mucti higher rent thoy secured much less Pleasant and commodious dwellings—an inconvenience they were willing to submit to in proference to being detained for several hoars at the ferry aimost every day during tho most inclement'season of the year. This was one of the causes which bas produced a certain amount of torpidity in the real estate market, and the goneral statemont is that sales are effected very slowly, especially of improved property on which the owners place a certain value and anticipatinga Mi my ven epward tendency inthe it except for the price named. Relatively the value of property in Now York and Brooklyn is as one hund: to sixty-five, and in some localities the difforence is much greater. In tho Eastern District the alterations and improve- ments which have been going on in Grand streot havo had a slight effect on the value of the property in the immediate vicinity, bat, with that exception, no change prevailed about twelve oo since, and sales are reported to be slowly effected. In some of the suburbs large numbers of unimproved lots have beon suid at auction during ¢he last six months, and, as a rule, the prices brought wore very good, That the powors gi last few years, and also of its prosent high price. Itis | much higher, in fact, than thero was reason to said that the gr: panic of 1857 gavo the first great expect or than the value of the property seemeit to war- impetus to the rea! estate market. Capitalists, who be- | rant, Atthe outbreak of the rebellion the samo lots fore that time had their money invested in stocks bonds, saw it melt away beneath the general alarm created by the failure of the Ohio” Life and Trust Cormpany. They de- termined that henceforth their surptus means should could not be sold for from $75 to $125, and now thoy have found purchasors at $400. Some of the purchasers had a very delightful experience, They bought the Jota, and then, furnished with a map, went off to tako a Jook at them, and on their arrival at the designated lo- be invested in something tanuible, and real estate com. | cality, after a diligent atady of the map and close ques- mouced to go up in price. It went up sorapidly and is mow 60 highthat only largo capitalista can invest in city | where a deep and large lots, Many men of abundant means nave bought up | to all the urchins arow large quantities of city real ostate, present high prices, refusing to sell at a lower figure, although purchasers could readily be found at more moderate prices, Among those who have thus invested ther are, itis said, large numbers of wealthy Hebrews. In other countries they would have invested in gold or diamonds, but here they nave departed from their usual custom for the purpose apparently of bulling the real astate market. Such being the present condition of tbe market—a large and increasing demand, with but @ limited supp'y—the dealers in real estate do not seem to anticipate any reduction im prices; and the fact that no very material change has taken place in the condition of the market during the last year would seem to indicate that the facts above stated are true; that the bulk of the city real estate is held by men of very large means, who can afford to wait until they re- ceive the price demanded for their property, or until sufficient reduction takes place in the price of labor and building materials to iosure them a snilicient per- tioning of any stray goatherd or cowboy. found that just oes ¢ Ricoubed stuns facilities there their lots were located, They gazed pensively into the depths of the staguant 4 ruminated on the adi of “water privi- jeges,”’ and went off, deciding not to build just yet. PROSPECT PARK AND THE BRIDGE. i: Prospect Pak isa Suis ces pare and its uge proportions are rapidly assuming that symmetry rs beauty which will make it @ worthy rival of our own Park. All property in the vicinity of tho park has ad- vanced very considerably in pric) and the demand tor fote is quite brisk. Not very long since $4,500 were gaia for lots whictr it was found impossible to soli for less than two years ago. This is said to be a vory fair average of the prices prevailing in tho most dosirablo locations around Prospect Park, aud will serve to give a idea of the benefit which the park bas conferred on ‘he Owners of property in its vicinity. {n the neighbor- hood of the there are many buildings going up, and everything bears a look of prosperity and “8 which speaks well for the enterprise of tho ly nites, Iu the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Twentieth wards teal centage by the erection of stores and dwelling houses, | estate interssts are progressing and a large amount of THK DRY GOODS TRavR, @ of real estate is immensely -increased the dry goods merchants congrecate, The dry rehapts, however, follow the lead of the hotel Gnd at present they are moving uptown ata ly rapid rate. Pearl aod Broad streets were, some years ago, the principal emporiums of the dry goods je, and property there commanded compa- ratively high prices. When the merchanis moved into the streeis between Trinity church and the Hospital and Broadway and Greenwich sireet, there were numerous outcries that property on Broad street. was hereafter to be comparatively value- less, and the stores wore principally ocou- pied by grocers, fhe highest rent obtamed at that time was $6,000; but time moved on and the rocers sought other quarters, and now the stores they formerly occupied are divided into offices and let to brokers, lawyers and othor professional men, and the whole rent of one building is not less than $25.009, an increase of over three hundred per cent in less than y years, ‘Tho dry goods men are again ov the od in a few years the streets between, bicocker id Union square, and Broadway and Sixth avenue, will be almost entirely monopolized by the dry goods trade, Already many inquiries are being made for lots witbin the limits specified, and the probabilities are that the stately residences alovg Fifth avenue, standing on lots 1 of which were sold about the year 1840 fora little over $1,000, will com- mand the enormous price of from $150,000 to $200,000, The improvements which bave been going on in Chureh street for the last twelve months cannot have escaped the notice of any New Yorker. It. is reported that enormous suma have been paid for the ground on which so many large dry goods stores have been erected; but a8 (he transactions have been conducted without the aid of a broker, no details can be givemof the prices paid. PROPERTY ADOvE PNION SQraRR. On the weat side of the city, above Union square, the improvement in the value of property has been very marked, Lots which seven years ago were sold for $6,000 to $7.000 are now A ee eet at the enor. mously advanced figure of $25, Tn this section of i bers of improved lots, iD building in. the neigh- bteenth street which was purchased two Tee for 000 and has lately been refased for Keeping pace with the advance in prices are the many improvements whieh are being mad the appearance of Vhat part of the city lying between the ark and Union square. Many very elegant vate residences are being erected by some of our leading citizens, who have bed to pay as high as $40,000 for lote which twenty years ago could bave rehased and were actually sold for $1,000, Lots which have poe eagerly 6 for at the rate of $1,000 per front feot were sold for about $550, toi io TUR PARK AND THE BOULEVARD. The Park, that magnificent garden of nearly eight Dundred acres, with ite flashing fountains, cool drives and sheltered walks, bas had the effet of increasing the value of 'y in its immediate vicinity from one buadred hundred per cent. Tho Kighth avenue sido of the Park seoms destined to become the West End hav commissions from wealthy Americans residing in dif. ferent 8 Of the world to purchase for them one or more lots facing the Park, No limit was assigned to price, the only urgent injunction being be sure and purchase. The demand for Park iow and the supply, of course, of but little surprise from $000 memory of nad Ne York: si thoutd ‘oung New Yorkers now sought for a the enormously imereased price th avenue, from Sixty-ninth ve aleo increased enormously is i 3: building 1s being carried on. A genuine Brooklynite, however, one ‘‘who lives and moves and has his being” in the City of Churches, which he never leaves except to hear = Ward Beecher speak ta the Cooper Inetitute, looks into the future and says he sees @ bridge spanning the East river over which a quarter of a inillion of people pass daily to and from New York without hindrance from the ica, which is blocking up the river below, or the fog which almost obscures the light from tho many gas jets which are burning on either To tho building of the East river bridge the property owners of Brook- lyn are looking asa measure which they say will revo- lutionize the real estate market on their aide of the water, and it is altogether probable that their anticipa- tions will be more than realized whenever the bridge shall be built; bution the meantime they must accopt the present situation and mako (he best of it, NEWS FROM ST. PIERRE, MIQUELON. The French Go Repairing Damages Caused by the Late Fire. {From the Evening Telegram of Yostorday.| Banoo, Me., Oct, 5, 1867. The Freach corvette Bouvet, Count Montpezet com- manding, arrived at Bangor, Me. on Thursday from St. Piérre, Miquelon, a French fishing and coaling sta- tion, with authority from the French government to purchase building matorial and charter ships to convey it to St. Pierre, This has been rendered necessary by the immense fire that occurred on that island on the 17th ult., by which three hundred persous were rendered houseless. The Governor of St Pierre immediately after the fire telegraphed to France and received au- thority to take this action. It is said that it will re- quire five vessels of two hundred tons to transport the material to St. Pierre. This will be done immediately, before the cold weather sets In. DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS YESTERDAY. The following European aad coastwise steamers left this port yesterday :— EUROPRAN. The St. Laurent, of the General Transatlantic Compa- y's line, left pier No, 50 North river for Havre, cailing at Brest, having on board Samuel B. Ruggles, delegae to Internal Monetary Conference, Paris; J. C. McRuen ‘and one hundred and twenty first cabin passengers. + The Britannia, of the Anchor line, left pier No. 20 East river for Liverpool, having on board twenty-cight first cabin passengers and eighty-seven in the steerage, She took out 00 specie. The Denmark, of the National line, left pier Ne. 47 North river for Liverpool, —. at The City of Antwerp, of the Inman line, loft pier No. 46 North river for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown, first cabin peett one ba the steerage, and $7,280 in specie, imburg Packet Company's line, left her dock at Hoboken for Hamburg, with ninety first class and fifty in the steerage, She had fall freight and specie. Her cargo consisted of rye, cofles Wi em ot the London and New York ie pike, left Pier No, 3-North river tor London, Coustwiss, The Geor; of the Mexican mali steamship line, i he aba cee oe, care 0 out ri The tegen tk the Benes North Americen hovel ‘Mail Stoam Packet Sart: left the dock at Jersey Ly vee paswongers and three in out no specie, of the Empire line, left pier No. 13 ‘for davaanah, having on board 63 first Passengers. The Champion, of the Now York and Charleston steamship line, left pier No. 3 North river for Charies- Mg § City, of the Express steamabip line, ‘oft No. 15 East river for Washington and George- D. G She took out only ten passengers anda fall cargo. Tablew—Tho Court and U, and Royal Styles from the Er mae “Butteriy” Game—Expectiag 4 Now and Dynastic Sen- sation—O: Door Sports—Popiins, silks, Satine—New Hate and Trim- Parw, Sept, 17, 1667. The decliniag rentes at the Bourse have revived, and Tam happy to say the shrewd old lady Fashion is re- Oruiting fresh strength during the absenco of ber noisiest children at Badea. They have exchanged consois for rouge et noir, under the encouraging smiles of Mustapha Pacha, wha gains and lores millions at the rouleite tablo with equal indifference, and they aro, also emulous outdo the Prince of Wales. Modoration in all gentle- manly pastimes ig 4 royal maxim, but it is as often en- forced by uecessity.: Now that your readers are duly informed that hard oo is roiling in ite useal etreams, Will foMow tho élite to its acoustomed resorts at this aca- son of the year. I Gna, or rather loft, Homburg composed of a little of everything, like a German ealad—princes, horse dealers, Great ladies and petites dames, atoms of dandies, mil- lionatres and eye-sunken bass, At Wiesbaden there is more refinement, more green and currant colored cos- tamee, @ hizher class of chignon and more expanded crinoliae, ‘Whilo aH this is going on beyond the boundaries of ourempire the imperial family are at Biarrits, whore they will remain until he dappled pack start up bares and pheasants over the hunt at Footamebieau, The Court of France arrived at Biarritz on tho 6th, and at about the same time the King of Portugal was boing almost strangled by a monkey, who gave bim an affec- tionate embrace as bis youthful Majesty was quiotly walking through his ‘‘gude town’? of Lisbom, The ten- derness of the qi mano is styled an assault, and tho loving caricaturé ef mankind was executed, ‘fhe Biarritz costumes are all Eastoro, Ladies wear veils which are put on witha high comb and hang in lovely folds of Algerian chaly all over their robes, and are as useful as shawis or draped mantles, A new game piayed in these high circles is the butter- fly game, which has a Japanese origi young lady— she must be protty, slender, and war we , short sleeves and some vaporous lissue—kneels in the contre of a room and holds in her left hand a bouquet, in her rightafan. A butterfly is suspended from some ipvis- ible wife an& kept hovering by the young lady’s fav, who must provont it from settling on the flowers, fan- ning it offin all the graceful attitudes of a Cascloating tease. This is far-fetched most cortainly; but a sood many other games to keep off ceriain buzzing insects aro not quite 80 harmless. As soon as the butterfly but touches the nosegay another lady takes the kneelor's place. ‘The only demolitions I have heard of at Com- piégno, notwithstanding such a billing pastime as tho above, is that of a iarge iron fence which formerly had been constructed and covered with creeping Pg a order to remind Marie Louise ot Schoenbrunn, The ee Eugénie bas ordered that it shall be pulled own. This rominds me that tho return of the ashes of the Duke de Reichstadt is settied. The Parisians have greeted this news with wonderful indiffereuce, but when the day arrives the bowrgeois will none the less woep and sob when the coffin, in silvor chariot, wader waving feathers and velvet, will thread its way through the dense crowds, In a little time Napoleon's gon will rest by bis father's gide ator long years of separation and exile, Will the {8te —for this ceremony will snd must be called a fto— bear the character of a fanoral or of a morry fair day in Paris? Banners must either flauat in gay colors or drums must be muffied down richly tit aisles. Meanwhile the fashions are gotting ready for every emergency. Hunters’ red coats are to flash like of fire over roiling grass lands. Unridably vicious horses are to clear ditch and stream, and young hunters are to sit calm im gray, blue and purple riding habits, while their horeds reek and steam, and their nostrils nobly expand. These are real pleasures; such sport is rational. How much more ble, any out door orercise to the terval hothouse atmo- sphere of ball rooms! May fowling, hunting, boat racing, skating aod archery find women foremost, I this could be future generations will not perale, and we shall hear lees of nervous debility, want of appe- tite and poetry than is now the fashion. The pootical measios which afflict young ladies ts the consequence of Q0 bodily exertion. A good sharp air seon puts an ond pas malady. oe — a chan >in ’ more useful than fastidious, is getting ready: for brier and brake, wooilen poplins worked with diminutive silk flow- but a substantial every day texture. The favorites nut browns, with blue, red and maize flowerots sprinkiod oe Many, too, are showered with gold and silver lust. oe are made Mey oe lace " vets are striped 20 as to imitate fur. Satin cloth, ag woollen aatinet ts also brocaded wittr garlands. ir winter mantles are to be mado with two pairs of sleeves, one close fitting, the other tong and Open and square, Gimp and jet, mixed, will reign with watered ribbons, on which gutta percha drops imitate cut jet balls, and are much lighter, quite-as brilliant besides. A good deal ro twisted fringe will be worn in preference to silk inge. There are three new bonnets—the Compidgne, the Im- Pératrice and the Istria, Tug former isa gray with the bead of ome woodland quadruped on one ina gallant cocade, The Impératrice is a black felt worked with Jet, and is ornamented with an aigrette or sheaf of ba eh gs aentatecet ruby velvet aap with a , Petticoats are trimmed with white bands of @erino worked with Breton embroidery in all colors, All our leaw monde will leave chateau and forest tor me arrival of the Emperor of Austria, who will be here, It is said, vith Vielor Emanuel and the Kine of allatd, and, a. though it can interest no one, we are that the of Russia is to fall in somewhore witb che Sbah of Persia, If they do aot fall out a0 one here ean care for this tem, Algerian Stripes and Calm Reflection—The Mi mouinit “Cul Bone” of the Exhil tlon—Hunting Costames and the Prev: Cotere—Fashion: Mistakes. of Fashion—Costumes for the Queen of Por. tugal and Russian Grand Duchesses—Matle noo Robes—Winter Hate-Lace Pattorus on Silke—Eugenie at the Sea Side. Panis, Sept. 20, 1567. A dead calm and pleaty of white Algerian stripes made of goat's hair and satic are the charactcrisiics of our present Parisian circles, The old anecdote of tho grocer and his head man is afaithful image of mothers and daughters at tbe close of this fated Exposition year ot 1867. “Come up to prayom’’ is tue title of my anec- dote, and it begins thus:—A grocer one carly morn called out to his confidontial assistant, “Sykes!” “Yes, sir.’ “Have you mixed water up with the tobacco?” “Yes, sir.’ “Dust with the pepper? “Yes, sir.” “Sand with tho brown sugar?” “Yes, sir.” “Water wine?” “Yes, str.” “Plaster with the ground “Yea, sir.’ “And chicory with caffeot” “Yes, sir.” “Very well; you may come up to prayers,”” Tho story does not say #0, but it is probable that the grocer and Sykes prayed with ail thoir hearts that “the ways of the wicked aad perverse should be confounded.”” ‘This is exactly what mothers aro tolling thoir daughters to do; they are preaching about economy, wise solitude, study aod (be beauties of their chateau in winter, after having spent thousands on bringing tnem out, for the special purpose of fascinating English lords, American merchants, or Russian boyards, it docs not much sig- nify which, provided they are of the right sort—the *‘pay-mo-down-in-cash”’ class of Wandering foreigners. Yos, ladies bavo beon diluting the morals of genuine young men, and are now told to collect their better faculties and look forward to a retired and pious life all through winter, The admonition to say one's prayors, after so much worldly dissipation, must fall unheeded ; but facos are very long indeed, mow that the time has come to cut the home butiget’ down to simple necessities, The Exposition has not prolific in husbands. They fave come, they have seen and not conquered. This matrimony ques- tion is truly perplexing. No question, in fact, can be more 60, whatever politicians may \bink. There was a great deal of ping off, by the way, last ‘wook at Count Aguado’s chateau de Bivry, where hunt- iug costumes were worn of the satte colors as those adopted for the livery of each particalar family, Thus biae and white flunkeys could admire thete shades on their masters’ mousquetaire cots, and thyir mistress’ riding suit which was tastefully braided and faced with white on bie velvet as cloth. blue was another of these mistocratic and alter their bair and eomple: ata loss who is who, even while looking very hard. A curious story, by tho hag been revived this week by the absence of mii f a iady’s maid. Those whe have read va amatgee a certain aya de 9 mont must remember what happened to him one day on calling on Mile, Le Duo, whom he married later. He lived ia puff and powder days when it was usual with noblemen to pay their Dy oy to ladies before they had left their rooms, presided over the with much vain glory at being thus favored. Itso happened that Mile. Le Dec had oversiept herself, and that her confidante rushed into her lady's room saying that the Comte was waiting to be admitted. ‘Quick, ina the fan ie flow by = exclaimed the q ied her /acd, neck, arms and - “Let bim in and open the window,’ said she, when her ablutions weve over, The maid obeyed, after having thrown a lovely Valencieane The soul bad made a mistake, Something of the same kind occurred with a dye to one of our actresses at the Variétés. She intended to by her hair Titiea hue, made « wr ge her | All tho Duchosse de Gerolstain’s admirers have enjoyed | the poor girl's desperr. Th » Paris circles are this week full of tha lovato rahe THE STAGE IN NEW YORK. By au Englioh Playgotr, L New Yours, August 10, 1667. It isa common rematk aimong tho Amorican actors who have visited London that the English public is for peat nk omy wholly ignorant of the standard by which ua antic fae 16 10 bo measured. ‘ re The Americane complain, and with j that the branch of ignorance to which I refer leads to a great dou of unfair estimation. Some few years ago London was @ much more common resort of the rank and file of transatlantic performers than it has beea within a more recent period. The American “stars who have lately shown in England have been the veritabio ‘stars’ of their own couatry, The triumphant career of Miss Kato Bateman at tho Adeiphi reflects a triu ab all tho loading theatres of tho United tates, Mr. Joferson, the excellence of whose acting in Mr, Bouciokult's Ri Yan Winkle, aleo at the Adeiphii, was admittod, is a great mao hero, though of tale his taleats have been ew- ployea more in Australia thaa in America; and his per- formance in Mr. Taylor's American Cousin, as the ori- ginal Asa Treochara, a character that io England seemed @ more foil to Lord Dundreary, 18 talked it in berms of the highest admiration, ‘Sr. Jou 8, Owens, who likowise appeared at the Adelpli not very long since, was unfortunate in the selection of his piece, for the old uncouth farmer of New Jersey, hia representation of whom te pronounced by competent judges to be abso- lately pesmeals was 6. type of charactor no En2lish public Could appreciate, The Londoners could seo that a capital portrait was executed, though they were ignorant of the inal; but thoir eympathies were slightly uohod, snontd informed { Mr. Jobo 3 wens is really one of magnates Of his Country. I have said alrcady, some years have elapsed sinco London was a common place of rosort tor American aciors of inferior aow, and tuecir successive failures contributed in uo slight dogree towards the formation of an unfavorable opinioa of his- trionic talons in tue Now World, * * * © Tho Lon- seythig teatealiy good could comm from the opper aoyt ly could come from the ite bide ‘of the “avian, with the exception of those purety tee ceeieaieten of character whica i given with such admirable spirit by Mre. Barney Wil- liams and ber sister, Mrs, Florence. Although much has been dore by the eminent Amo- rican artists who have recently visited London to re- move an old false impression, sufficient haze 1s left oa the subject of Wansatiantic theatricals to rawe a feeling of curiosity among those who reflect that in the present cosmopolitan days the amusements of one civelized nation are intimately counected with those of anotuer. ‘The link between the of London aud Paris is no- torious to every! le can be minutely observed vy aay one woo will the trouble of couning over some French theatrical and mow and thon step. every hoy Bape ben 3 pres) the strido in ¢ reip Seroor or aeaieions prejudices, Yond that of weichiag the ‘coudition, or under there circumstances be merely amile, and oven their smiles aro sparingly be- stowed, aa if they would not commit themscives lightly, That this stoical repression of hilarity indicaves supert- ority of judgment | am by no means prepared to assert. The right suite does aot alwaye come in the right place, and even when an exceptional roar is at last produced it would be basty to infer that the best joke is is cause. Although the demeanor of the Americans indi- cates rather & decorous esteem for dramatic amuse- ments than a hearty sense of enjoyment, statistical returns would, I believe, show that the theatre is much more steadily and widely patronized in New York than mm London. Though the weather is now Gegree which would make English ra there is not a theatre of importance whi filled every night. Of those ecasty gathere ings tbat are 1o be found im the London theatres at any period of the year I have not seen a sing specimen. “Still waters run deep," and the love of the Americans for theatrical amusoments, if not noisy, is certainly pro- found. It should be distinctly understeod that the theatrical season of New York is the “fall,” which docs not commence Uil next month, At present we are in what may be termed a recess, but (tis recess shows more activity than is (requently suown sa London at aay time not withia the Itmtts ¢ Christmas. ~ ins. Naw cone neree ee be geographi ispositivu of toe tonadle theatres oF New York measure tbe line from eouth (o nuth, the direction of the Broadway, and exciude Oxfordstreot and its vicinity, ww York is commensurate with the juently comprises ae as E ‘The city of of Man! and salt-water its not only what ve should regard suburbs, but « large tract of laad tnat is to all Sey te platles oe” of a very wild and pHuiiive aspect, theatrical ends, xtent the western directions. Indeed, it is mostly, mot unlversaily, the case in New York streets intersect the Broadway, without their essential name, are divided into east and west, be crossed in their turn by the “avenues,” which however, confined to the northern or upper of town. ‘Ata very short distance measured from Canal street te series of fashionable places of amusement begins, way, ate intervals on both sides of theatre, which once might be as theatre of the United States generally, wi man of mark would consent to make his aébut, stood considerably lower that the assumed lime of demarca- tion, taking ite name from the City Hall Park, to whicb it was adjacent, But inie has long cemsed to exiak Near the City Hall Pare stands what the writer coll “the palatial oflice of the New Yore Hanaip,” Wi may, therefore, now begin at Canal street, and pursu our dourney northwards, leaving out of coneideratic the houses which ited tn the other district of Uv town called Br which be com ents, * * * At the preg unquestionably the git interesting (rom a di at of view is the Bri way, which stands on ou a hand, and 6 heist playhouse on our road. This is under the eae our transpon moment the ef Mr. Barney Williams and Mr. thely respective Indies, the original “Yankee gals,” have mn bighiy London public. It is a email hot woe wee opened ® considerable time. nately the production of Caste at way bas given rise to litigation. (We omit this case, with which our readers are fami! considerations ceive @ more interesting represent (nate at the Broadway theatre. The dnisni which the piece has been executed wi ¥ Broad. orails of 0 con- that of ner in marie j [ obairs con refreshing sense of coolness, which Sew ork susmer ta bighiy agroabin oe ‘oe oe howe waar oa te Daag stan aga comedian and na an agresabie, member otal. the stage arrangements of ‘the Prince ot Wales’, that the | London yiaplo, Me vk mag depen tg performance at the Broadway is noither more nor leas | good f long before he crossed the Atlan than a photographic it that at Mario Wilton's. One { tic, and when he visited London a short time since he actor is often a good of another actor; but the pe 5 A pane OM a managorial skill which has enabled Mr, Florence to make | tiom of the comparatively small charactér, 0’ whole company exactly luce the manner and | Mr. Boucicauit’s Arran na Pogue, ve eo ‘much satis. even the appearance of a nu: ‘of performers whom | faction that there is even now a of bis returning te ihioay eneeeptanms mee caara‘aetie | Spectra she Seas etat a sat oe lees manner in which pleces are rehearsed. ot the Loa: their fall extent bisa don theatres balan mp Bera to this sort of Of heedtessness could not than the admirabie care with which Caste 1s played at the Broadway. The re- hoarsals must have been so many models of dis- | ries cipline, | The of the law court, nulli the | En, oo 8 pete Eegih Sage, mast be mortifying ee srhoae intoresis are identical with is own ; but if artistic. Sule, (arial ious, suo aa exhibition as the one referred to | tbat of might afford comfort evea,to Mr. Roberteon, a the father . At Niblo's Garden the visitor nosed not expect to find | !ngenious gardens more than Kt finds mineral which fpriage at sadlor's Welle Nii’ ao avoted to aay or carlo bin RC UE A onal collie 120 nen ts Yor the Opera; at the Atham! the three regular courses Chorezraphy are 66] wees from each other by hers d’au- Thero ts one fact with to wi the jist wres in the shape of athletic Performances, operatic se- | public ought to be thoroughly disabui ‘When a Lon- lections and comio songs; but at Niblo’s there is good, | 40n actor visits America, an a ra of two oF solid dancing, more by a numerous corps de ballet by principals, tor a whole evening, with no other inter- val save that which 6) the acts of the Black Crook. What 1s Blagk Crook? Nominuily it is a drama, but tt (8 60 eniirely devoid of plot or action thas the most daring adversary of the London Albambra would ecarcely -ventare to call it a “stage lay. The whoie dialogue, if spoken straight off .witnout tet or hindrance, would not occupy five minutes in the aggregate, and this conveys @ story which the most brazen imposter could not profess to understand. Some half dozen words are uttered before a picture placed in the feOul }Adoves, And When this ws crens Side, tho serious work of dancing begins, to be inlorrupled by similar infinitesimal gaps, All this the Néw rorkors cousider not only delightful but astounding, as, indeed, itis, They bave never seen a big balict before, and now thoy have begun looking atone they seem determined not to leave off. The most extensive memory declines to recail the date when Biack Crook first and the most far secing prophet ventures not to foretell when it will leave olf, @ great attraction of Black Crook, in addition to the dancing, is the sconery, consisting of a transformation tableau {10m one of the London theatres, and a picture, readored marvellous by a real cascade, purchased from the Alhambra. The editico 1n Leicester square, indeed, seems to be the reservoir whence all the theatres in the world derive their decorations. Niblo’a. tn New York and tho Porie >t. Marta at Paria are among ite leading customers. m1. Teo latest theatrical sensation in New York has been caumd by a very young lady, diminutive for her age, who under tho name of Lotta, without further stevens achie' thin the trons, aNd that uf — plaudits would ray more inspiriting. EDWIN BOOTH’S THEATRE. ern ee * Progress of This New Tembie of the Drama— An Unlooked for Cause of Delay—Deascrip- Gon of the Building as Le will bo When Com- pleted. Conspicuous among the clements that give evidence Of the rapid strides New York is taking to develop her inexbaustible resources is tbe constant erection of mag- nificent mansions, colossal storehouses, splendid churohes and elogant temples devoted to histrionic art, They point unerringly to the woalth and enterprise of its citi- zens, and in the case of the constraction of the latter te the liberal patronage of its dramatic and amusement . loving circles. This is vividly shown 1 the initial steps taken toward the orection of another theatre, whose Stage will undoubtedly be the scene of many (aithfal delineations of tho legitimate drama, Many months since, Mr. Edwin Booth, whose aame is abousehold word aud whose performaaces live with refreshiog brilliancy in the minds of the thousauds that have honored him with their presence in his shake- pearean renditions, conceived the idea of erecting another Palatial structure, vieing im arobitectural grandeur, beauty of internal embellishment and external ornamen- Foie ckiet Grate er in Califor: aud it last few weeks that she has made her début undorletshis promises to somo ouepceias genius anx- ious to undergo the cares and joys of mat i. fa terrogna O° this kind, like those in the or tions, are teidom Of great glony, but the tem. | ‘tion, and solidity, safety and convenience, with aay porary sway of Lotta has been lo the highest | tempie of Thespis in the city. The contemplation of = soe afin jroather 1s perpetually varying | wie project, in this instance, was almost én assurance of ~ a success, and Mr, Booth, with certain associates, entered ‘yet, after many vexatious delays, it was de cided that the southeast corner of Twenty-third stree¢ and Sixth avenue should be the location. ‘The demolition of tne old” buildings that stood upes pe Lage vonpcy iad was at once commenced, and upon the first of August last a gang of laborers «broke Peon ig lg that time the excavations for the indation went hurriedly torward. This initial ad so far successfully progressed that upon the September the corner-stone of the proposed stately ture was laid. Since that ume there bas been considerable delay in the anticipated progress of the work, o te the unexpected meeting of a substratum of rock comet primiuy plicit of aboy, mo, edi it ve simplicity at a provi omvent, where he is the petof all the young tittering penionnaires, is sont ona journey to a neigh- boring (own, where he makes the acquaintance of some loose mili officers, by whose example be is - jous profligate. Tho title # ie ae Production ot' the ‘atric ng | necessitates lasting, 8 labor which for some weeks (roa records ‘education and depravation of. this time w ill retard the faying of the foundation. ‘milar circumstances. In the play The building will be not only of grand dimensions bet of a style of architecture that will, because of its chate acter and ornamentation, command immediate attention. France remains the country The fagade on Twenty-third street will i ec, line front of one hundred and eighty-four four Supposed to occur, the adapter | white that oa Sixth avenue will be an unbroken took render the tone of Loh as nae eighty tect. The depth from the avenue will be (ally one hundred feet, and upon both sides an elevation of ninety feet will be observed. This extent will wage | embrace the theatre, but upon Sixth avenue thers be two stores, ef dimensions fully commensurate with the character and stately grandeur of the building The Principal entrance will be about midway on Twenty- third street, while still another will be constructed ners. uently, whem the boy Paul, uogt military tuition, wens so far as to exclaim “Dama it!” bis education was to be regarded as complete. The ‘vast’ parlance of Oid Engiand has now lost ancient vigor, and specious words ike “awful” *folly”’ are now substitued for the more emplatic io of our tathora it is questionable whot! above mentioned ejacula- tion, blurted out over and over in by af actress in male attire, would be regarded with much favor by @ London Pit in the present year of grave. But it is other- wise in York. that may congregate wi The stage will be situated at the e1 of the site on ‘Twenty-third street, and will be of a constraction com» bn rence in the successful and unsuccess. all the numerous es of oper a in the country. It will be tnyenine foes deep and Proportionate width. Ia the workings of the there have been provisions of an unusual nature, ag mechanism, unique and original in its desiga, each wil sink and be roliod of to its appropriate place—a side room near the stage—ailotted to their reception alone, The dressing rooms, the carpet reom, the paint room, the boiler room and the various additional rooms re- quired in @ building of its size will be constructed with the same artistic laptation to convenience 4s will be ob- Moot deep,” paved with jee Ps with thick stone, will also bea feature of notice, Tho wall teat, in, ‘Twenty-third street will be four feet seven inches cknoss, extencing twenty-six feet below the level of the ground, while that on Sixth avenue will be scarcely of less solidity, The frouts will be of granke pop; — ape pe character that will of ap exqul nish, and wi a beautifal yet subdued tint, BREE EE Fronting on Sixth avenue there will not only be two Stores, one either sido of the entrance, but apon the sec- ond floor there will be # large hall, designed by Mr. Booth to partake of the combined character of both « library ands studio, Stairs will connect with thie hall from the stores beside the entrance from the grand corridor that will extend along the Sixth avenue froat- yoo age it easy of access aod proportion- cism of thy most gentee! theatre on the Broadway, and drew fertt screams of delight, Any miserable subter- fuge like *Hang it,” eo] it,” or “Dash it,” would have been heard with frigid indifference; but the effect of the red, bold, unequivocal word was irresistible, and, whet the male portion of the audience retired be- twoon theplav and the farce to refresh themselves in the ealooy the highty spiced exprossion was whispered Pogo epoure to another with an unctuous approval donoed the dee; gratitude for an intense enjoy- mont. I regard this fact as valuable, inasmuch as it mill- tates stromgly against the prevailing impression that the puritanist of the pilgrim fathers of New England te still an cperative clement in the public of the conter- minal Stet, New Yi the of Lotta's début was the nen Family Jars To this girl with great applause she 1s chiefly due to an 800 on the banjo, and « comic song or two of ‘the kindcommonly asaociated with Ethiopian minstrels, These vhivtemonis do not exactly harmonize with a @elinesion of Milesian character, but it is evident that the appmrance of Lotta for a whole evening without a tet building. The whole supersiructure will bo banjo vould be deemed a theatrical solecim in New oniirely of granite York, ‘The programme at Wallack's has, siace besa root aguiast the ravages of aren tori, be thoroughly changed and the evening is now occupied by a version | PTeer.oe*r a theatre proper of Mr. Garies Dickens’ Old Curiosity ‘written by diameters, pertorated Mr. Jobi Brougham, in which Lotta plays two parts of LittleNell and the Marchioness. fous of tho Ameri- can crités commend Mr. Brougham for the acuracy with which by has reproduced the leading incidents of the | oan “at Taay®” moment’ Dare sotor, PUMPS tuere hovel, tat I question whethor ar. Dickens himself would | water over” both auditorium. and eq ttOwe? poem dhgae AR gn ori, | will instantly — q1 @ fire “es cr weber, indeed, in the sbeenee of ihe wamoe ved | cinforoseen casualty tay occur, In tho maetes vork In its altered form. To wait Lovia's tiation, he srohitecls cousider tbat tne plans devised March becom the xr} tohe bad, suddeniy Tigsoous vet jevert mngeance, Nt ‘Gs imposed upon him, Mr, Brot bieak ceiifolly enough. ie ‘imat importance to and jech adapt herself to her ctfaraeters as she finda char- Ms monified to fut her own peculiarities, I het versatility was rather apparent than ‘real, were | ALLEGED VOLATIONS OF THE TENEMENT HOUSE LAW. er the delicacy and care with which at a an’ ty TR 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. pL ae aT of her popular eccentricities, bulls New Yont, Oct. 4, 1867. > hehe oe less 1 ! I seo bythis torning’s Henan that you vay, “and Teadiness with whic! tine is much to her cred: w her American tour she will probably she will bave something to this yearnot a 1@ tenement house has been com- menced during the year in accordance with the official fegulaticns,"’ as contained in section 32 of the Building play on the are not among law, as amended last winter. If not, I would Uke fag ick aa javenn u — ‘ask the Stperintendent of Public Buildings, Vareaga tae ee ls gitar gaes on ok Hunaty, why builders are permitted in nearly every and tah Remarees map iaanring hi nen by | Portion df the city to run ap iargo ‘mantrape with scarce. a lantry | ly sufflcent wall to sustain th ty mat — A en And fivestorios, ag tenement Howse fa vias ba ot nat prise the members of a London free and nen cor at aan ae ey eh et i a a i” io three had the Old Curiosity at Wallack’s, but likewise David Copperfield imbey and Son at the | ewe ‘theatre situ. ated between and somewhat above Niblo’ ably below Wallack's, on the same side of Olympic, I should observe, is the house formerly called irse of construc. nth and Kighih reside, in clear viola loted in this morning's Mrnaro. ibiy be suMctently targe to con. Will you be kind enough to inf of Pablio Buildings of this fact? Ta, m: towa I have seen many other buildings: sirection Garieg the past fow months, but that the said Superintendent would find Bush violations of the jaw should he make an effort that ditection. OBSERVBR, Perintendent walks about i 5 5 3 ii ’