The New York Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1871, Page 10

WEST POINT. Preparing for the Glorious Home- ward Iiarch. BLUE AND THE THE GRAY. The Diplomas to be warded Next Thursday. THE GRAND IIOP. NOVEMENIS OF IHE PRESIDENT. West Point, June 10, 1871, THE END is drawing nigh, and in a few days the class of ‘71 will be numbered among the things that were, Al- ready the din of preparation which always precedes the annual homeward march resounds throughout the quarters where the meagre worldly goods of the happy fol one have been stowed away from year to year, Elegant gray coats that were up to yesterday the objects of the most scrupulous care are now flung about 98 though they had been made purposely to be Knocked around jor the sport of small boys on the lookout for cast-off clothing; bells that have for years been the source of many a parade profanity now serve to hghten trunks with untrustworthy hinges, and nell buttons, once the pride and admiration of many a Kimpering, milllary-struck damsel, are turned into pellets to frighten stray cats at nighitime into re- gions more congenial to catastrophic squalls than the barrack yard. To be sure the graduates are still in every sense cadets, amenable to all the rules and regulations which have been almost the death of them since they were first taken hold of by heartless “yearlings,” and made to do all sorts of things which no human being ouiside of “plebe- dom” could be compelled to Go; yet ‘he scrutiny of the Superintendent has not lost its terrors for them, nor have they, even though successful in escaping aefeat in the examination battle with the pro- Tessors, reached so near the “wearing of the blue” that they dare to forget that every epauletied strut. ter on the post is one of the BOSSES OF THE SHANTY, to whom must be paid all reverence and respect, However, the end is so very near, the certainty that within a few days cadets who now call them “Jim,” and ‘John,’ and “Joe, must bow low in passing them by, and make most humble salaams to boot, goes a great way toward making the present submission a thing that can be borne without loss of life in the waiting, even though ev once In awhile tne old Adam does get loose and discipline sud rosa 1s sent Vo the dogs. Its ali very Well for gray coais of an old stock and bell buttons that were never known to tarnish before yesterday to be made @ trip-up nuisance in’ and ont of the very corners where the still exacting inspecting of'cer never takes the trouble to stroll, and fur hats that were once regarded as Gear personal property, to be met with at every step one takes In the woods behind the barracks, yet the parades and drills rust continue to the bitter last and make at least one ouifit apiece a necessity, and this outfit alone for a@ Jew days to come will be carefully cared for and kept trim and nice for oficial eyes to see, White pants being an article of dress that often re- quires washing have not been given up to the com- petitive scrambling of village urchins as yet, bue even they, with the prectous uniforms yet remaining entire, Will have soon to gothe way that played out CADET DRY GOODS have often gone beiore, be the consequences what they may. It would, of course, be but the repett- on of the history of the last days of every graduat- ing class to tell how the forty-one are trying to kill time now; how, with ex- tended privileges to roam about in Mirta. tion, walk and other shaded groves, where vows have been plighted and trembling goodbyes spoken by amorous gray-backed swains year after year, they disappear from the view of the plains bright and early in the morning, and turn up as Jateas drum beat to quarters will allow; how tailors, with big profits dangling belore their eyes in the not too dim distance, are made half crazy With orders for oilicers’ outfits, with yellow stripes and gold ct and red stripes down the panta- Joon legs, and ullsorts of epaulets ou the blue coat shoulders; and how, finally, the BILLING AND COOING on the hotel stoops go bravely on, as though each ancient damsel who does the more manly part of it apprehensively feels that with every hour that silps by without result her chances tor wedded bliss in a mililary mansion are becoming beautifully less vy degrees. THE ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES. It has now been definitely asvertaiped that Sona- tor Carpenter, of Wisconsin, will deliver the address to the graduates, and that the ceremony of award- ing the diplomas will not take place until the loth mst. The address will be a short one, but fall of thorough carpenter work, Which the officers of the army will doubtless appreciate, the suavings of vii life, wisdom and all thrown in, Now that this has all Deen settled, THE GRAND ROP, which takes place at Cozzens' Hotel, the night of the day the class get their diplomas, is beginning to create some bother, Somebody who didn’t know what be was talking adout got up a cock and bull story in the corps to- aay that, as last bit of revenge for the pranks of the class last winter, the authorities had determined to deprive therm of the pleasure of going to the hop, d 1 say that the rnmor cre- ated an awful bree: that vigilance committees were talked of; lynch law made a subject of excited debate, and some awful resolves made as to what the world and the rest of West Point would come toif so terrible an outrage were attempted by ti odicers; that it Was denounced as a plot on the par of the shoulder-strappers, so that they comid have the ladies all to themselves—which they knew in thelr hearts they could not have if ‘they, the conceited gray scamps, were not on hand to cut them out. In fact, the most de- piorable results might have followed upon the heel of the rumor had not some churitable soul, by some unaccountable means, got hold of the pulse of the and found it beating healthily, m no disturber of 118 d 5 will take place, anc have pack up hop will not then, class of duds and go away from West Point without dane the 1871 to their ing their lady friends out of breath, as their prede- cessors have ‘always done before them. ‘The most extensive preparations are being made for the oc- casion, and, as there now remain but three ways for everything to be got into readiness, the darkies about the hotels will have their bands tujl of work from Monday next. The light fantastic part of the biowout will take place in the grand parlor of the , Which is to be decorated In mag- hifigent ‘ music is to be given by an oreh from New York city and the band of the military po: As for the company who d, of course the cadets will be the ion for the ladles, and the omcers, next in order, will do as wellas they cau to out- shine them. New York is to contribute also of beauty and fashion to grace the festivity. In fact, if all that is said avout the affair turns out to be true, the annual hops of previous years will ve thrown completely into the shade by the briliiancy of the oreto come, The President, I undersiand, has ex- viessed his Intention to be On hand jor a da even though he has to give up smoking for a week aferward. are to be on ha Principal attra THE PRESIDENT, ry of War, General Bel- ernor Kemble, went a a by Ut mpar w to inspect Harry K. statute of General Scutt, a which has already —ap- ALD. He by ay od himself “t with the work of the sculptor, and compliment ward partook the President t (him upon his success, anu after- acollation, In going Newburg +k Whe steamer Chauncey Vibbard, Which bappened to Lave on board at the ume a very large cargo of petsons destined for West Potat, A8 mM as they cai & glimpse of him on the rf they crowded shout him and endeavored to wake him go through a regular haking tor ture; but General Belknap succeeaed in making a y for kim to the gang « before he fad en completely captured, On the way up to ewburg of course he was the ‘onserved of ail observers, apd when the voat arrived al the landing quite a large number of persons were assembied near the hotel to see Linn pass by, it hav. Jug got out some way that he w boat. The General was dressed fn ult Of bla ad the rs who accom. panied bim were also in cavilian’s dress, Still, wherever he went he was surprised and heartiy (i. He returned eariy in the afternoon, after greet y vattaking of luncheon at a friend's house, and spent rin strojling about in the shady groves yithout being molested by even a Cus- SMALLPOX IN NEW RK Vhe people of Newark are still agitated over the demon smalipox, and justly, too, it ts reliably stated Mat hundreds of cases exist of which the boalth authorities are entirely ignorant. The action the Jatier is openly declared to be lax and reprehensible in (he extreme. Inconipetent ofiictais fre tuverated, and 013 a notorious Jack tat tie mau of in coarge of the p Hospital 18 @ negro, who is drunk two- f his ume. Convalescent patients are frecly aliowed to leave the piace, at a time, too, when they are most Hkely to transmit the disease lo olbers, Hail a dozen new cases were ried yesterday, More than double as wany more, Bowe ver, ave reported gouyaiescent | Ing to any for on time allowauce; ‘one prize, donated by the flax oil- id C for on time allow to be a for on tine YACHTING NOTES. Regattas, The Regatta Committee of the Brooklyn Yacht clad bas issued the following:— HR FOURTERNTH ANNUAL AND FOURTR UNION RE- GATT A OF THE BROOKLYN YACHT OLUB, TURSDAY, The Ciee 1e71. aa}, invites a free entry of all yachts belong- july organized yacht club in the United States, and to ull such yachts that may enter offers for competition the following prizes. — BOHOONT! First Clas-One prize, called the Union Prize, to be sailed ato the frat yacht home, without regard —One prize, called the Union Prize, to be sailed ‘ance ; one prize, donated by the flag ofticers, red to the iirst yacht home, without regard to time LOOPS. ‘ed the Unton Prize, to be eniled One prize, donated by the tiag oficers, to be awarded to the first yacut home, without Feyard 1 time allowance, Second O:1s-—~One prize, called the Union Prize, to be sailed for on time allowance ; one prize, donated by the fag ollicers, to be awarded to the first yacht Lome, without regard to tim jowance, Pirt e lowance : on OPEN BOATS. ‘One prize, called the Union prize, to be sailed for on time allowance; one prize, donated by the flag ollicera, to be awarded to the rst yacut bome, without regard to time allowance. ° In addition to the anove, the club offers for yachts en- rolied upon its books and carrying {ts own sigual, a series of prizes called clup prizes, to oe sated for on ums allow: ea to be offered for competition at ipakion, 1p all, uiteea pi is regatta. Come ‘be course for schooners and first class sloops to be the usual clad course, viz:—1o the Southwest Spit, passing it to the westward and southward, thence to the ilgitsnip to the northward and eastward and return over the same course, Second-class eloops and open boate to tha Southwest Spit, rounding the same to the southward and westward, and re- turn over the same course to the home stake boat, which will be in the nelghoorhood of Bay Ridge. ‘Ail yachis, Upon revurn, tO pass the stakeboat to the west ward, achta to pass to the eastward of West Bank buoys 9, 13, both going and returail Crier —AUl of the above clas fore and aft satis. ‘ur.—the allowance of time for schooners and sloops culated upon the basis agreed upon by the joint Committees of tue New York Yacht viub ani the Brooklya Yacht Club, aud may be consulted at the oflice of the meas- urer of the club, John M, Sawyer, lid Wall street, New York c of yachts can earry any will be call ity. ‘Kitowance of time for open yachts will be based upon ngth only. engi tuenubers of yacht clubs who desire to enter their yachts for this regatta are requested to send the naine of vexsél and the club to which the same may be attached to the secretary of the Brookiya Yacht Club at an early day as possible, | Di- rect to Williain 1. Lee, Secretary, box 4,922 New York Post fice. otSchooners to anchor abreast of ench other, 200 feet apart, off Owi's Head, New York Bay, to be in tine betore ten A. M! th orn ng of the race, ooo im 100 yards to the northward of schooners, in like or- a Sven boats 100 yards to the northward of sloops, G.b, HAIGHT, 1 \ Regatia Committee. ETER VOORMIS, | The Oceanic Yacht Club, of Jersey City, will have their first annual regatta on Monday, 26th instant, The boats of the fleet will be classiied as follows: First class, all boats twenty-six leet and over, Sec. ond class—all_ boats under twenty six feet, There Will be four prizes—two for each class—and the allowance of time allowed will be two minuies to the foot. The course will be, for first class boats, from a stakeloat of the Central Dock down through Bedtoe aud Gionet Istands, to and around buoy No. 9, thence home, keeping outside of the Jersey ats; two or more boats to make a race. For the second class, the same course, Lo and around @ stakeboat ou Bay Ridge, L. 1, and thence home, passing be- tween the islands above mentioned. This course to be sailed twice over, Tho boats to be in posiuon al twelve o'cloc) The Oceanic Club is three years old, has seventy-five members and is a promising aquatic organization. ‘ihe fleet comprises about Uni ty boats, from sixteen ieet to forty-one feet, Tne ciub house is at the foot of Vanvorst street, Jersey © . R SHINES, JOHN M WEEKS, ty. Toe Regatta Committee of the Atlantic Yacht Club are working like beavers to perfect the arrange- meuts for their forthcoming annual aquauc festival, Thursday, lov inst, It is tie intention of the com- itvee Ulat the starting of the yacpis shall be eected promptly atthe hour named, if wind and weather Will permit. The regatta promises to sur- pass in faterest auy hitherto held by tue club, as already mauy boats ave been entered in the sey- The feet of the club at this ume com- Mowing yachts:— y) ‘s—Juniata, owned by Thomas Manning and others, Boston; Bessie, J. B. Norris, New Bed- Agnes, Eaward Harvey, Brooklyn; Form, 3. . i. Homans, Jr; Lois, Rear Com@dore , Greenport, L. L; Mystic, Wiluam G,. Creamer, Brookiyn; Tidal Wave, William Voorhis, Nyack. Addie, owned by Wiillam H. Langley, jAnua, William A, Cumming, Stam- rless, Vice Comimodore Maxweil, a Holly, Robert Norton, Brooklyn: W. Johnson and William Krebs, New M. D., New York; Apollo (open), Dr. Thomas Fry, Brooklyn; Daphue, #. T. Woods, Brooklyu; Fiyaway (open), Vanburgi Livingston, New Brigaoton, S. West Wind and Niagara, J. W. Kiten, New York; Nimbus, Commo- dore Peet, Piermont, N. J.; Orion, George A. Tuajer, Brooklyn; Qui Vive, Thomas Clapham, Giencove, L. 1.3 Viking, L. E. Wetmore, Brooklyn; Dudt L. Gladwin, New York; Annie M., Rear Commodore | 1, Greenpoint, L, I.; Josephine, Sidney V. ell, Brooklyn; Edith, Edward Bartlett, Brook- lyn; Nancy, S. Ml. Simpson, New York: Vixen, Lud- low Livingston, Staten Island; Ida, W. EB. Greenleaf, Brooklyn. Beside the above there are building by members of the club one schooner and two sloop yachts. The rules and regulations under which the Adan- tic regatta will be salle] are a3 1ollows:— ‘The yachts of the fleet sailing in this regatta siiled a follows :—~ ae Gracie, York; Mariquita, L. D. Woodruff, loops—AUl over forty-eizht feet on water line. Second Class Sloopa—Alll of tuirty-eight feet and not o forty-eight fert on water Ine, Third Clase Sioops—AlL over thirty feet and under thisty- eigut fect Fourth Clase Sloopa—Open boats. ‘And shall sail sub ject to the regatta and sailing regulations of tue club and woder the system of allowance hereinafter hts will start from an anchor- ‘Anchored in their respective choouers in advance, sloops spark; 9 ¢ rear, to northward, in the tot order of clagsitication. All achts intending to sail {n thia regutta shall be at anchor in Tine-with Jibs dowa--promptiy at halt-past nine A-M. ‘The judges will'be at the anchorage at a quarter past nine A. M. to superintend the placing of the yachts, The choice of pos!- tion will be given to yachts in the order of their arrival, but all yachts Ad ei must be at Jeast 100 feet apart. —Ail yachts except open boats) shall weigh anchor ‘Nunher".—The numbers which will be assigned the differ- ent yachts wiil be found separated, Owners and captains Will ke notice of this aud see that they are place ciently far apart— pout nine inches—to make them d: able ata d nee. The number ts to be placed avout the mainsail, above the reef plots. g-—Yacits will’ fy the club tag xt the main peak er Juctge.—Messre. J.T. Sparkman, Thomas J, Northall and Henry L. Foote are hereby appotaied judges. stuf The signal for starting wil be given by the Regatta Committee on the guests’ steatner, the Magenta, and wil be as follows :-—At twenty minutes pust tea A. M, tiret whistle, preparation; five minutes thervatter second whistie, for schooners to start; after an interval of five mioutes, more or less (according to Weather aud wind), third whistle, tur all aloops to start. ‘Coirst,—Tbe course will be, for schooners and first class sloops, from the anchorage dowa turough the Narrows, to and around the siakeboat at Southwest Spit; thence to and around lightship, rounding the same from the southward; thence home, gong to southward and westward of beacon on Romer Suoal, For second and third class sloops.—The same course, to | and around stakeboat at Southwest Spit; thence to and around a tlakeboat near a buoy in Gedney Ohannel, round. jng the same from the southward; theuce home, passing to the westward of beacon on Romer Shoal. For fourth class sioops—Same course, to and around stakeboat at Southwest Spit; theace home. Retrictions.—All yachts to pass between Forts Lafayette and Richmond, to the eastward of buoys 11, 13 and 19, on West Bank, both going and recurning; around stakeboat ut Bouthwent Spit_by the westward and southward, and at home stake between the two stakeboats marking ‘the ‘The home tline wiil be taken aa the yachts cross the line be. twoen the two stakeboats. Ent ies must be in writing (or flied in the proper form, which will be furnished eack yacht), and must be filed with the chairman of the Regat?a Comunittee (in accordance with ruledI., "R. and S. Reguations"), H. H, Hoging, Post ollice box 1,116, or No. 62 William street,’ New York, before nine A, M. of June 13; they must contain actual measurements of the yacht over all, and on water Line, aod must be accom- panied with measurer’s certificate of the same, unless the Same shail be on tile with the proper ollicer of the elub or in possess: a Committes, ‘The measurer's ad- Gross is C, T, Lippitt, Brooklyn Institute, Washington atreet, Brooklyn, Yacht owners will notify bir without delay when and where their yachts may be measured, Yachts may be measured atl Tine of Rewce.If one yacht of the fleet shall sail the race 1n eight hours it will be considered « race for every class, 4 ovounce 1 Vaved upon length ouly—to be ascertained by adding actual length on water line to actual length over ail; dividing the total by two, the result to be the length uu Which allowance is to be calculated, Ditince a’ Course pou which the allowance will be cal- culated will be, for schooners ant first class sloops, forty mi cond and third class sloops, thirty-two miles; fourth clase sloops, twenty-four miles we XVI. of the “egatta and Salling Re; 0 far as It appiles to achooners and pended for this regatta, but it app ies nil ower classes of yachts. at startin) Club during thi ‘ay be considered suiicient cause regatta, m the judges to rule such yacht out of the regatta or as not entitled to any Claim as a competing yacht, H.W, HOGINS, Wa. 1 DOUGLAS, | EVWD. ARNOLD, '} Regatta Commit J.T. SPARKMAN, 5. L) MARCELLUS, } The annual union regatta of the Bayonne Yacht Club will take place on Monday, July 10, and, it hardly heed be added, will prove @ brilliant attain, it has been decided that there shall be three classes ALA, AS follow: iret, ail cabin yachts 30 uid over; Second, all open boats irom ; third, all open boats 25 feet and Will be given to each of the classes, consisting of unique gold medals, each valued at $100, The course has been agreed upon, and will be from @ stakeboat off McGielhan's dock, Pamrapo, J., to and around Fort Lafayette, and to be gone over twice. All yachts of any organized cluty are Invited to contest jor te prizes. There will be alowances of time, AN entries must be made to Mr. A. ©. Allaire, Secretary Bayonue Yacht Club, Pamrapo, N. ON THE WAYS. Mr. Behling'’s new sivop yacht Kaiser Wilhelm L, of onne Chib, will be taken on the hig 44 a! MeGiechan's, Pamrapo, Wemorrow. she will be repainted aud ittea with’ & new mast, forty-seven Jeet in Jengt, Mr. Joliu Taylor's floop yacht Plover 1s to follow eee the Kalser, and will be rigged anew. She is a pretty boat and sails fairly. The schooner yacht Agnes, Mr. Edward Harvey, will go on the ways at Red Mook, to-morrow, with like tutent, The slcop yacht Orton, Mr. George A. ‘Tharer, went on the ways at Port Richmond Friday last, to be cleaned and painted. She 1s still up, | +. Smet The sioop yacht Addie, Mr, William “ft. Langley, Will go on the Ways at Nyack to-morrow, in order to Prepare for the Atiantic Yacht Club rega’ The sloop yacht Peerless, Vice Commodore Max- Weil, Will be taken up to-morrow morning at Poit Richmond, S, 1., for the same purpose, TIME ALLOWANCES, The New York Yacht Ciao has decided up ona Tule of measurement for time allowances, the basis of which 1s the displacements of @ yacht, rather than the 6o-calicd ‘‘area,’’ as formerly adopted and ad- hered to. This is determined by the following method:— ‘The areas of three rections, from the water line to the in- tersection of outer planking with keel, in the case of each yacht, one taken amidships, another equi-distant therefrom to the stern, aha!l be measured and determined in square feet. The cubical contents of the immersion shall then becalculated by multiplying the sum of the areas of the three sections by one-fourth the length on water line in feet aud decimals, which shall, for the purposes of this measurement, lacement of the yacht. ‘The cube roots of ail be deemed ihe basis of the compara- tive allowances of time. In order to apply the bases of measurement, as abov the sliding scale of allowanc dated according to of making race, hitherto in use hy the Club (but Purpose), the cube roots of the displacements cases be inultiplied by 100, thus forming tables of ap ments given in fullin the Yacht Ciub books, MISCELLANEOUS. The schooner yacht Phantom was launched at Nyack Gand in the Week, her alterations and repairs being nearly completed.’ Her timate friends and owners will hardly recognize this elegant vessel When in trim, A few days more and she will be in readiness for the very earnest aquatic work of tie season. Mr. Rutherfurd Stuyvesant’s schooner yacht Palmer is in the water again, She will go on a trial trip soon. My, James H. Banker's new schooner yacht Rambler will soon go upon the screw dock to be painted, New masts are being prepared for her Which will be fitted so soon as practicable. ‘The schooner yacht Tidal Wave, Mr. William Voor hies, 18 developing considerable speed, It 1s attrth- | utable to the alterations in her ballast and the im- bedding of five tons of lead in her keel. ‘this work was done at Nyack, and the success achieved 1s a (pee) of much satisfaction to her owner and his friends, ‘The sioop yacht Qui Vive, Mr. Thomas Clapham, holding the champion pennant of the Atlautic Yacht Club, won last autumn, has been challenged by the sloop Vixen aad the race for this tropuy Wil take place same time as the regatta, AQUATIC, portion- New Four-Sared Boat for the Atalauta Boat Club—the Launching and Christening—An Evening Rowing Excursion. . The members of the Atalanta Boat Club had a very pleasant rennion last evening, just before sun- set, at their comfortable house, foot of Christopher street. This 1s not unusual with the “A. B. C.” blue jackets at the end of the week, as at such thes they man their barges and inaulge in puiling about the Hudson, short or long distances as circum: stances may dictate; and while this exercise keeps them in fine trim for an occasional tit with any similar boat crew, it binds them closer together in that bond of friendsiup so necessary to the success and permanence of such an organization. While thus they meet every Saturaay for work and the interchange of good fellowship the occasion last evening partook of all these characteristics combined, as their gathering together in such iarge numbers was caused primarily by the fact that a new four-oared boat, butit for me club by the well known amateur oarsman, Mr. George Roahr, had been brougat home, and they intended to launch and christen it. This was done in good style shorly after five o'clock, the cliristentng being performed in capital manner by a member, Mr. Cnas. Pever- elly, who broke the bottle as he named 1t Convivial. The boat 1s thirty-four teet in lengih and four feet | wide, and constructed of white cedar, with Spanish. cedar gunwale. ‘The inside finish ts very handsome, | being of solid mahogany; the rowiocks are silver plated, the stretchers of an improved character; in Tact, all the modern improvements are ovservable in its construction and finish, Immediately after these ceremonies were gone through with the boys manned the new boat and their eight-oared barge Atalanta, and indulged in a pull as far as Charlie Vollinan’s, Hoboken, where they landed and began ‘to take matters easy. All looked well in their club dress, and heartily enjoyed the visit, It was iate when they returned, but the occasion, although one of many of like nature, wiil not soon be forgutten by the Atalanta lads. The oilicers of this club are:— Presiden'—Ransom Parker, Ir. ident—Wiihain i. Webster, . Mal intand, shera, M.D. Captain—Russ Licwonant—La The Virst International Boat Race=The Whiteball Boys the Wiuners—An Latercst. ing Bit of New Yurk’s Early His ory. To THE Epitor OF THE HERALD:— Sir—As regattas and yachting have created con- siderable excitement fu the public miud for the last year or two, and as the subject seems to have died away and Is scarcely spokeu of at the present time, it mnay be Interesting 10 some of your readers to | hear a account of the frst international regatta that [remember to have taken place between this country and any other—between the captain of a British (rigate and the Whitehall boys, as they were then called. ‘The latter were @ kind of club or asso- cation for beating in the bay and harbor of the city of New York. Part of their calling was to board ships in the bay in all weather, and at times they ran great risk of losing thelr lives, They were @ hardy, active, fearless set of men, and were at that time considered superior boatmen, ‘They, of course, would not row one of tneir boats against the British captain, but ordered a boat vuilt expressly for the Occasion to suit their own judg- ment and taste, J will now give you a sketch of the regatta according to memory; but as I have no Micmoranda to remind me ol ‘the facts, I may make mistakes in some of the details, as ain over seventy-five years old, and this must have taken place about forty-five years ago, more or less ‘The leading facts, however, I remember perfectly well. A britusi frigate arrived in the bay of New York and came to anchor of the Batiery. Tue name of the frigate or the captain Ldo net remember; she Was from tie South American station, where sie had been some years. ‘he Captain, being in- terested iu boat racing, kad many trials while there, and had beaten ali that ite had contented with, iacluding Yankee whaie- boats, Cousequentiy, shorily after his arrival in New York, he cousidered there Would not be much risk in proposing arace with New York boatmen. He therefore gave a challenge ({ think tnrough the | press) lo row against any four-oared boat in the | clly of New York jor $0,000 a side, which Was uc- cepted a few days ater by the Whitehail boys, The English captain’s boat was a very superior one; she was very light, red, and was whut 8 called lap streaked or clinca built, usually calied clinker built. Her ribs were whalebone, forming the trame of the boat, and she held a remarkably weli-drilied crew that had practised togettier for mnany years, Which argued tn favor of their Winning the race, aud produced wuch dilerence of opinion as to tue result, Io the meantime the Whitenail boys had thew boat built, aud the day was fixed for the regatta. When the boat was finished a kind of council of war Was heid over her by the boatinen to decide Whether she was everyting they required to enter the race with. While examining her an old boatinan rewarked, “Boys, that boat won't do; she's en. urely too stil; se has too many ribs or timbers, and if you row her against that Britisher, you lose.’’ It was then remarked oy some of the Society, “What are we to do? there ts not time for another ‘boat to be puilt.’”’ The person who made the Orst objection replied that the only ch wnee for them was to knock out every other ribor timber. Thly was to make ber more limber to move on the water like a ri}jvon, that she might the more readily partially conform to the surface she Rida over, a8 all boatmen Whi perfectly tindefstahd. ‘The regatta took place and was very handsomely won by the Whitehall boys, An account of tt waa puoished in the New York payers of that day, and by examining the files may pe found. lean ouly remember four papers that were published at that tue in New York—the Been/ng Post., tie Daily or Commercial Advertiser, Noaw’s qerer and Weob's Vourle’, Of course there were other papers published in New York, but | don’t remember any of them; tic above mentioned were ihe most pro- Ininent. Tueve is @ retired gentleman living in Bristol, R. I., formerly of New Vork, who remembers the regatta a8 havin taken place, bul has littie or no recollection of the details. There are many particulars of this boat race and some aneciotes, Which might be loo lengthy to state here, 1 will simpiy meution two ihe winning | boat was hung up in the old Americau Museum in the Park for many years ou cxtibiuon, Thearda flying report at vile time (for the truth of which I not vouch) that tie eh Captain sald he lost the race Mm Consequence 0; the superts | ority in the model and construction of the American | boat. This reaching the ears of the Whitehail boys, they proposed lo cuange the doat aud bet another $6,000, Which tne captain decitned, Allowing the above statement, that we won the Hrst interbational regatta in New York, and lost tie second between the Oxford and Cambridge, and won the tuird at Cherbourg in a man of-war bout race with the French, it strikes me that in an inter- nadonal point of W We are the winuers, particue larly When We Consider that a race took place ver lately in @ French port between the bouts of a Brit. ish and an Almerican man-of-war and was won Ly we latter, the account of which has been recently published, Yours, respeetfuily, COSMOPOLITR, “ { true to disappear, | from “St. Peter” | cause the Diva Patti was present to sing It. race that the world ever witnessed, [tis supposed there will be two crews from England, at lease three trom the United States, one from Canada, two from New Brunswick, one from Newfoundland, and either three or four belonging to Nova Scotia—in all about a dozen boats—rowed by the picked crews of Europe and America. The race wili be worth seeing, and thousands of strangers will come here to witness it, ur Halifax crew 13 composed of powerlul and sKil- fui oarsmen, now in tratuing, and they already pull well together, We have seen them on the harbor several mes, and from their style of rowing and the apparent ease with which they do their work we judge they will be hard to beat. Their practice boat isa handsome gig, of handsome model, and, although pfty per cent heavier than the boat will be | 10 which they will contend for the prize, is very fast, and in rough weather would provably be the best boat for a race, MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Dr. Deems, in the name of a number of friends and admirers of Mr. Jerome Hdpkins, lately pre- sented that gentleman with a gold headed cane, slight tribute to the earnest and untiring labors of Mr. Hopkias tn behalf of the Orpheon schools, Provincial Obit-Chat. Little Nell opens at the Lyceum theatre, St. John, under Lanergan’s management, on July 31. Robert McWade plays a week’s engagement at the Lyceuia theatre, St. John, commencing July 24. The Little Neil dramatic company that was to have started on the oth inst, has gone ona balloon ex- cursion. Harry Clifford plays Kunckle Bone Johnny at the Globe theatre, Boston, in July, during O. D. Byron's engagement. Lilite Eldridge opens at the Lycenm theatre, St. Jonn, N. B., on the 26th inst,, in ber new and emo onal play of ‘Alma’? Sue Robison, of the California theatres, has been engaged ¥ MeVicker & Myers for Chicago lor next 30. rs, Sroneall, Mrs. Jamaison and Adele Palmer have also been secured for Lue same theatre, Strry Leaves from Other Lands. Petrella’s opera, “I Promessi Sposi,’’ is about to be sung at the Carcano, Milan, Mile. Elvira del Blanco, a pianist of renown in Florence, has arrived in London. M. and Mme. Viguier have had the honor of per- forming twice before royalty at Windsor, duets for viola and pianoforte. Anna Glenk, the successor of Fraulein Gossman and one of the brightest stars on the German stage, is coming to America in the fall. There have never been im London so many clever and accomplished lady pianists as at the present time—French, Germaa, Italian and Hungarian. The year 1749 brought us Goethe; 1756, Mozart; 1759, Schiller; 1770, Beethoven, Thus, within the short space of twenty-one years, four of the greatest poeuc geniuses were born. Leopold Auer, the Professor of the Violin at the | Conservatoire in St. Petersburg, is expected in Lonuon shortty to perform at tie Musical Union and the New Philharmonic Concerts, Jaell left London May 26 for Geneva, His plano- forte playing tis season has produced a great im- ression, Sluce the reuremeat of Rubiosteip, Jaeil '$ the most attractive pianist in Germany, Italy and Frauce, ‘There Is arumor fo the effect that German opera 4s likely to be again Imported into Engiand, vut this time with a view lo test tne quality o1 Her Wag- ner’s compositions executed ander tue composer's own direcuon, ‘the Lord Chamberlain, or hts deputy, the reader of plays, has, it 13 said, periorinanee of certain ia the repertory of the Comedie Franyais, London, aud, among others, of **Le Supp.ice d’une Femue,” “Paal Foresuer” aud “Julie”? Florence, the comedian, and Mr. and Mrs, Barney Wiliiaws, are having # delighiful time at the Lakes of Killarney. Wiilamses to proceed to the Convent on an ex- teuded tour and Florence to play an eugageaent ac | the 'heatre Royal, Manchester, Signor Bottesini left London on May 24 for Mairid, where be is engaged for two months, as conductor of the opera concerts, He aiterwards procee?s to Cairo to conduct the itatian Opera, Sig- nor de Giuso, the preseat conductor, returning to San Carlos to resume hits original post. ‘The London Sacred Harmonic Society performed Mendeissohn’s “dymn of Praise” and Rossiul’s “Stabat Mater,” atthe Royal Aibert Hall, on May 31, Sir Michael Costa conducted, and tue principal vocalists were Madame Sinivco, Madame ratey, Mr. Vernon Rigby and Signor Aguest. The Royal Alired theatre, London, is now Voted to music, Balfe, Offenbach and Gay are seve- rally represented by “The Bolemian Girl,” “The Grand Duchess,” “Barbe Bleu and “The Beggar's Opera,” Some of the members of the Gaiety theatre, inciuding Mr. Stoyie and Miss Matthews, are engaged to sustaia the principal characte ‘The Roman theatres commence at odd hours; the | curtain of the Apoilo rising ata quarter to nine and and the Poiiteana commenciug at tive—iv broad daylight, Offenbach ts to the fore at the small lyric houses and at this moment tne only tune heard on the promenade of the Corso 1s the finate to the “Isle of Tulipatan,’’ which everybody hums or whistles, Mr. Howard Paul, who 1s at present in Rome, thus writes:—There is a lively little theatre here in fuil swiug and doing @ thriving business, called the Teatro Capranica, with the best boude company 1 have seen out of Paris, Od«diy enough, the principal attrice cantante 18 & lady who re appaliingly English, of Signora Mary Brown, anda prime favorite she is with the audiences of Rome, The following works of Beethoven have been se- jected to be given at the Bonn festival in August next:—Mass in D; sympuony in CO minor; overture to “Leonora” (No. 8); aria trom ‘#idelio ;” symphony eroica; march and chorus from tne “Ruins of Athens’; violin concerto; pianoiorte and choral fantasia; overture to ‘:Coriolunus;’’ pianoforte con- certo In E fiat, “An, periidio )” overture to “kg- mont,’ and the choral symphony. At the Manchester Theatre Royal, on May 29, @ very comic incident occurred ducing tne per. | formance of the tial scene from “Pickwick.” Tue cuitain had been drawn up, and Mr. Toole was just about vo ad the jury, when an ominous creaking was heard, and the ‘box’? contaluing the jury ‘ell to the ground, causing all the good mena and ‘tho audience at first thought some serious accident had occurred, but when the Jury found their feet again, looking rather foolish and very much surprised, such a storm of Jaughter arose as very few theatres wituess, The curtain was lowered and the box repaired, and on being raised again Mr. Tooie, by a happy allusion to ‘hat worthy body of stead pletely “brought down the house.’? On May 22a state concert was given at Bucking. ham Palace, under the direction of Mr. W. G, Custis, The voc inded the stars of bota opera houses, Wit Madame Adeline Patth and Mlie. Viet jens at thelr head, and a choir selected {rom the opera chorus and tne Sacred Harmonic Society. The music, a3 Usual, Was Chiefy operatic, and the compo-ers represented were Becthoven, Mozart, | Mendelssohn, Schubert and Hiller; Donizetti, Ver and Rossint; Meyerbeer, Gounod and Alaty; 5 Henry Bishop and Sir Jules Benedict. The only Engish numbers in the programme were a cuorus anl “iHome, Sweet Home,’ the | well-known ballad being obviously latroduced be- Such is Elgnteen | @ state concert programme in England. pieces, and iwe only iu the mother tongue, | Mr. 4nd Mra, Howard Paul nave been well received at Rome. Mr, Buchanan Kead gave a grand musi- cal reception on the 1th ult, at the Palazzo Pat. | nial, at Which the above popular artisis assisted. | Prince Umberto and the Princess Margherita were | present the entire evening, and seemed greatly | strack With the range and quality of Mrs. Howard | Paul's contralto volce, and requested her to sing one | of slercadante’s most popular melodies, It happily | being in her repertoire, she at ouce consented, and | the Prince has direct Signor Filippo Magni, the conservator of the Borghese Gallery, to make a copy | of the Loves," a famous picture by Correggio, whieh | wiil be presented to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul. In @ conversation with the Prince after the soiree Mra, | Howard Paul cuanced to express much adiniratton of the Borghese Gailery, and lence the selection of | this particular work, one of the most famous of the | oabluet pictures of Rome, Mr. Pennington, who, we were informed some time ago, was to play the part of Hamiet agat st ail comers tor (he Sum of £1,000, 18 now announced | to appear at the Haymarket theatre, London, in his great charactor, under circumstances of the most | exciting Interest. {3 advertised to periorm it “in presence of W. E. Gladstone, Esq.) As the fact that Mr, Gladstone will be present at the perjorm- ance fs put forward as one of the special attractions we may assume that a conspicuous position will be assigned to him inthe boxes. Wt would be better | stil it he could be persuaded to appear on the stage or, if that be too much to expect, say In the orche: tra, on the chair wuich at operatic representatior Js oceuipted by the conduetor, It would, of course, | be a pleasure to hear the solioquies of Hamlet de- claimed by Mr. Pennington, aud to reflect, while lis- | tenting to them, that we were enjoying that pleasure in cominon with “W. E. Gladstone, Esq. But this | delight would, after all, be inild compared with that of seeing the Premier aud witnessing the effect pro- duced upon iim by Mr, Pennington's acting. | ‘The folowing 18 a chronological list of Auber'’s operauc Works:—1#19, “Le Testament,” “Les ihiets | ergerd Cnaielatne 7" yenadome en Kspagne, 5 Lo Leiscester, “La Neige;* iszd, “Le Ooncert a ia Cour," “h aie; 1825. "Le Mayon,” “Le Timlde,"” “Fiorelia;’ 1545, “Lia Muette de Portict; 1829, “La Flancée; | 1810, “Le Dieu et La Bayadere,’” “Fra Diayoio;” “Le Phultre, rqutse de Brinvilliers;? Le Sermen 37) 1804, Le- 1430, “Le ‘Chey 185," “Ac- “L) Ambassadrice 5"? Les Chaperons Blane ree; e Lac des fees,? “Le Domino Noir; se 1641, "Les Diamanta de 1837, 1840, “Zanetta;” ronne;” 1543, Le Di ‘La Sircney’ 1846, “La Bareat 1850, “L'Enlabt Prodigue,’? du Diable;” 1844, ” 1sa7, Haydee; The Grand Rowing Rewntia atk (rom the Halifax Recorder, June a} The great Worid’s race, to take place In our harbor Mis year, Wi} probably be the most exciting boat 1851, *Zerline;? 1863, “Marco Spada” 1895, “Jenuy Bellj’? 160, “Manon Lescaut; 101, ‘La Clreus slenne;’? 1864, “La Fiancce du Rol de Garve;’? 196%, “Le Vremier Jour de Bonheur’! la.d his Muverdict upon the | eces which were set down | Phey wil shortly part company, tie | de- | ejoices'in the name, | st, Immovable men,” com- | | and there never will be, | which she plays with much emotion. | Madcap age. | caricature pictures and ja Cou- | WOlonue;” 1843, *La Pars | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE Ul, 1871—QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE ENGLISH STAGE. Is it Lawful for an Audience to Hiss a Bad Play? THE ENGLISH THEATRES. Mr. fothern’s Reappearance on the Stage—‘‘The English Gentleman; or, The Squire's Last Shilling”—Reasons for the Present De- generacy of Dramatic Litera- ture—Successful Debut of a Sister of Miss Bateman in Edinburg. GOSSIP OF Lonpon, May 26, 1871. Acase of no small interest to the dramatic pro- fession and to the public will shortly come on for trial at Westminster Hall. Some weeks ago a cer- tain Mr. Leopold Lewis, a gentieman attorney, was present In the pit of the Queen’s thearre during the performauce of Mr. Tom Taylor's play called “Joan of Arc.” Finding that the actors, according to the usual practice of actors upon the London stage, uttered the text in an indistinct votce, and with little regard to the graces of elocution, Mr. Lewis ventured to exclaim, “Speak up! av exhortation Which he uttered in no arrogant tone, bnt rather in mild, persuasive accents. Thereupon certain of the audience shouted, “Tarn him out!’ and out cordingly he was turned, neck and crop, by & | «Bopby” more zealous than judicious, Mr. Lewis Was taken to the station house, and there given in charge by Mr. Clifton, the lessee of the Queen's, for disturofng the audience. Nothing was alleged Against him except that he had requested the actors to “speak up,” which, of course, they dldn’t, There Was no one to speak up for poor Mr, Lewis, whose crime was so heinous in the eyes of the inspector on duty that he cast him ito a ceil with the felous of the night, and kept him there some hours, until bail was procared. On the casa being brought before the magistrate next morning the worthy “Beak”? expressed strong indignation that a re. spectable man—or, indeed, any man, for the matter of that—should have been given into custody on such @ charge, una stronger still that he sheuld have been locked up in the black hole for no worse otfence than reauesting his fellow creatures to speak up. eit remembered that Mr. Lewis had paid his aforesaid fellow creatures speak up, and for asking | them imofensively to fulfll their portion of the con- | tract he 1s tgnominiously expelled. ‘Would heartof man eer think of it?) We live in strange times, and they seem to grow stranger day by day. Tu the days | of our aires ana grandsires if an actor spoke 1m too | low a voice, or otherwise fell short of ms duty, the | audience resented it, and the hissing that resounded ' through the house was a caution to snakes. In the time of the 0. P, rots the Court of Queen's Bench | decided that the right to hiss at a theatre, if he did | not like the performauces, was among the occult Tights of a true-born Briton. Now a wan dare not call upon an actor to speak up without running the Tisk of being forcibly ejected, and that, too, with the curdial concurrence of the audience. The com- ing trial wiil be watched with eager attention, Any how, it will teach managers to Keep their hands oif atiorneys, let them expel whouisoever else they may. But how to know the attorney ‘irom another | man,” a8 Ophelia says, that is the question, Sup- | Pose attorneys 40 to the play for the future with A, | L., forattorney at law, written on the huts, and with | the saw List under theirarms? Thisis a valuable | suggestion, and it is at the service of the profession | at the jow charge of six shillings aud eight pence, | SOMMBKN’S REALPEARANCE MAN ENGLISH GENTLE MAN.’ After along provincial tour, interrapted tn the | full tide of success at Biriaingnam by nis sudden and | Serlous ines: Mr. Sothern das at iast found his Way back to the Haymarket, where lie was received with tumultuous applause last Saiurday, lu a pew play by Mr. H. J. byron, entitled “An knglish Gen- Ueman, or the Squire’s Last Shilling.” Tuis comedy | oF “comedy-drama,” as it 18 nonsensically styied Mn | the bills, proiesses to iliustrate the character and career of a certain Charies Chuckies (what a naime!), | Who has no sooner attained possession of a fine | hereditary estaie than he 1s informed that he has no business there, a wil having come to light whereby the property in question was devised to his cousin, | & bad-learted Iellow named Roderick Arnot, | Without pausing to peruse this document the | Squire puts on his hat, and, handing over the ranily | mansion and all its belongings to is kinsman, | makes his way to London, where he ts reduced to | utter destitution, He does not iake to foresiry, nor to game preserving, nor to gardening, nor to teach- ing ridjug, nor to aby such resources as might be presumed to come handy to @ country gentieian in | the hour of adversity, but loafs avout the streets of London, picking up 4 living as best be may by open- ing cab doors, running 0: messages and doing jobs of porterage. The cream of the joke is that the poorer he gets the merrier he grows. He has to Slyted his clothes and often to go without food, but | his spirits rise with each successive calumity; wad | when his fortunes are at the lowest he finds himself | @ never-tailing theme for laughter. Nover was there @ man who more exactly yeri- fied the gsaymg of the Latin satirist:—“Vil habet in se durius infelle paupertas quam quod homines Jacit ridicwos,.”” In the result it turns out that the wil by which he had been dispuasessed wasa forged dvcument, fabricated by a dishonest stew- | ard, whose accomplices in the crime were an old miser and his ill-sated daughter. ‘The Squire goes | back to Ravenhill; now in his turn ejects the wicked cousin; regains possesston of the estates | and marries @ farmers daughter, who had veen | true to him in all his trials; and if’ they did not live happily I hope you aud | may, dear reader mine. Now | may be wrong—I dare say I am—but I hold ; None the less firmly to the opinion, that such # | character as Chuckby 1s simply tinpossibie. Fancy & man beng such a jackass as to turn out of posses. sion of a fine e-tate at a moment's notice because he 4s told Of an adverse Will, one line of which he does not trouble timseif to read. He hands the will, un- | read, to another man, and, outvoning his own (cout, out he goes to beggary. Would you or I do so, dear ier? Not a bit of it, I shouldn't mind walking seven miles barefooted on broken glass to see the man who | could be sich @ fool, It would take the concurrent | Jadgments of all the courts of jaw in England and four of the strongest policemen within tue four seas ot this island tu drive me out of such comfortable quarters, And then the notion that a young country gentleman, Instead of enlisting in the Guards or tuking lo some inanly pursu't, should skulk about like an Arab of the streets, duing all sorts of ignoble things! The idea is absurd, bul still more prepos- terous is the thought that he should pass through this furnace of afiiction and be as jolly as a sand. | boy—joking, Jesting and setting everybody in roars ‘There never was suci a man on ear, “Philosophy 18 a gout steed in the stall, but @ sad jade on tae roar,’’ says Oliver Goldsmith; aud philosophy could not carry a fellow through brakes and briats such as these and preserve him unscratched to the last. It 18 clean out of the question. Mr. Sothern playa of laughter, | magnificently, and keeps, the audience, as usual, at the “high top-galiauv” of fun and merriment. He acts admirably, and it ts no fault of his that the charac. ter he has to assnmo 18 unnatural. He does what he can to make it true to nature. Miss Panny Gwynne is the miser’s dauglter, a very tragic part, Mr. Chippen- daie is the miser, and Mrs. Chippendale makes a great hit in the character of an ilitterate parvenu’, partaking the quaiitics of Mrs, Hetielburg and Mra, Malaprop, Despite its absurdities (or perhaps be- opis of them) there ts probably money in this play, the managers say. THE DEGENERAOY OF DRAMATIC LITERATURR—WHY ¢ One of the many reasous for the degeneracy of dramatic literature in these mes Is that tt ig writ ven, or rather knocked Off in such mad haste. Formerly ® dramatist sat down deiberaiely to his work, laying out the plan of his story, complicaiing and evolving his incidents, coloring his dialogue and delineating his characters with the care and preciston of a man engaged in a work of importance, “Why do you take sach time in painiag? asked @ lady once of a famous artist. “Becuusy Lam paints Ing for poscerity,’’ was the reply. No such thought seems ever to occur to painter or playwright in this Atit they go like su many bulls at so many gates, and look at the result. A mase ofcrude, | lays, Which can live only to te has beom tie late be forgotten. ‘This wild, tlerce h: ruin of many a man of genius, ‘Th MR. ROBERTSON wasacase in point. Such few of his plays ashe look pains With have survived; but the other two- thirds of his whole works, thrown off 4c vapeur,” are already forgutien, Everything is now aone at high steam pressure, Our houses are brick and mortar bandboxes, which shake and quake when the cat sneezes, Our plays are tinsy tuings, bat | hall made up, sent into this breathing world before their time and passing out of it like shadows. Mit. Ile J. BYRON'S new play of “Daisy Farm,” now in course of repre+ seltaton at the Olympic, has inauy exce lent = =points, and would, douvi have been a very good play if he had taken tine | and toll “enough about it to make it so, But this he tas not done. fverything about It belokens the Hot speed ab which It has been writte He shold pear ia mind Dean Swiii's couplet: You write with ease to show your breeding, But easy writing is dd hard rewslog. But there 19 just now a ran upon Mr, Byron. The managers want bis plays ere the ink is well dry upon it and bave them they mu His latest novelty i# an extravaganza, called ‘he Orange | Tree and the Humbie Kee,” a briliant bit of tom, | fooiery, suggested by one of the Countess d’AvOis’ money—current coin of the realm—to hear those pretty fairy tales, which the playwright has of course Perverted. and is distorted remorselessly to sult the oc} cot Oe see. Itis o hy, trashy, “ 7" burlesque, redolent of folly and frivolity, and lavishly demonstrative of female symmetry. The dialogue raius puns and parodies; there are choice songs ana grotesque dances and “break downs,” and gorgeous dresses and effulgent decora- tions, and all the rest of it; but of true wit, genuine humor or poetic sentiment hardly a particie. ‘The author has not given himself time to do any- thing worthy of being remembered. And so it comes to pass that he 1s wriling on the water, WRITERS, PAST AND PRESENT. Compare such hasty pudding as that at the Vau- deville with the solid, substantial fare served up at the Friacess’, where they are playing Garrick and Coleman's splendid old comedy, ‘The Clandestine Marriage,’’ of course to empty benches. sydney Smith compiained that there was ‘no super-incum- bent Protestant pressure’ upon the comfortable cushions in the Protestant churches im Ireland; and sad indeed it is to see how destitute of super-incum- bent pressure, whether Protesiant or Catholic, are all the cushions in a London theatre when @ really ‘oo play 18 being performed, If the “Clandestine Marriage” had been so remodelled in its plot ax to allow of the introduction of a railway accident or the bursting of the bouer of a river steamer, or some other horriole calamity, enough to make your blood freeze and your hair stand on end, the house would be crammed from floor to roof-tree every night. Bat, imasmuch as the only attractions of the comedy are a splendid dialogue, flash- ing with wit and sentiment, — interesuing adventures quite witnin the range of possibility and characters drawn to the very iife, the play is acted before a house in which Zimmerman might have written another play upon solitude. Mr. Phelps plays adimiraply as Lord Ogtiby, a part ia which King and Garrick both excelled cons) ously, and i which of more modern com ns Farren acted with sapertor skill. There Is now no other Ogtiby than Phelps—an artist, who, by a way- ward fate, Nas speyt a long lite in chledy playing tragedy, for Which he has but second cate ablity, whereas his talents for comedy are of the very first order, ‘THR HOLBORN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. ‘fhe Holborn—an unlucky house—has opened un- der circumstances not more auspicious than usual, Mr. C. H. Ross, the new lessee, 18 a very clever 1el- | low, one of tie best of the comic jouroalists, as his | editing of Judy proves, and an exceedingly amuse ing novelist, a8 a score of books brim full of lun suidicienty attest. He is also an apt drat {, as Was shown by “Olass’” and one or two other pieces whic he brought out at the Surrey theatre, and Wwiich enjoyed great favor With ihe transpoutine public; but whether the sense of responsibility unnerved tua or the desire to do too Well uufitted him (o do well at all, or whatever | eise came over hita iKnow not, but tis drama called “sili "which was produced on the first night proved a Jiasco. it was the piece de résistance,’ and it eucounterc al of ibon the part of the audience, who shouted, howled, bellowed, and would nol have itatbany price. The landlord of the theatre attributes the failure to a cabal of rivters, and. oliers fity pounds rewind for the discovery of the ringleader; but it would be a Wiser course to bring out another of Mr. Ross’ plays. Many of them are very good, and as he comes ol an excellent stock, and i5 Alinseifa man of gente ability, tt is to be hoped that he will do something worthy of his name, MISS ISABEL BATEMAN has made a very successial débit in Edinburg as. Paucheue, in a drama which bas been expressly adapted lor irom Madame Pieider’s drama of ‘pie Grille’? An Edinburg journal says:—Miss Isabel Batenian’s career through Lhe plece Was brighter and. brig iter ¢ul it culminated at the close, She is very Young and exceedingly pretty, aud gave ample evi-+ ; den e of her iuneritiug in a large degree that power | of portrayimy intense passion which has become inseparable trom the name of her sister, as well ag of (hat ease and grace 1n the lighter and alrier parts ol comedy. she Was repeatedly called before the curtain, | i DRAMATIC ITEMS. Mr, Rowse has ude a great “ail? at Birmingham as Micawber, Another new theatre 18 talked of, Oxford street Js the spot selected, and a very good selection it is, seciug tat there are alreaty two theatres there neither of Which pays Wack more than the expenses of the gasilghe. Mr, Gilberts ‘‘Palace of Truth’ isin preparation with a view to its producuon in French at the Come. die Fraugatse, ‘Lae drama does not appcar to be very Nourishing atixeter, On Wednesday lust, at haltspast seven ofclock, When the periorimance should have com- | menced with the play of “Expiation,” there was not asoulin the house. “About ten minutes to eight o'clock one man paid for entrance,” and there being nN) oue else likely to ioilow Ms example the “au- dience” was “politely dismissed,” so we are as- sured by the Exeter newspaper. But what I want to Kuow Is, what right had the managers to dismiss the audience? How dured they turti that man out? Answer bie that. fie had come to see @ play adver- tized (o be performed. He did not sneak tn with an order; he paid his money Ukea wan, How dared they disimiss him? A lew years ago—thia is as ue as Gospel—a man (I Know hin well) went tno one Of the cily cuurches on a& Licak, windy evening in December. The northeast wind was blowing open Tazors, We snow Was fuillag last; 1 Was as cold as charity. With the exception of tals stranger, the parson and the clerk, Uere Was not a human being in the church, “Sir,”’ said the clergyman, “as you are tue only person present lo represent the congregation you wilt probably retire.” ‘pir’? replied the stranger, “ihe absence of other folks makes it all the more imperative that I, at least, should remain. | stand upon iny rights, aud ove inch 1 will not budge until the service 18 over, and not the service only, but the seraon uso.” ln vain did the parson expostalate; in vain did the clerk chime in, The stranger was inexorable, and the parson had no- thing for it but to give in. When service and ser- mon Were alike over, ine Wayfurer took up his hat, buttoned his coat and faced the snow storm with @ sunny conscience. Oli! that that man had been at the Exeter theatre last eventag, Depend upon 16 he'd have had “ixpiation” “in some sense or auother, or he'd have Known the reason Why. On the morning of Saturday next, the 27th inst., a theatrical novelty in the shape Of a new and original drama by Sir Charles L. Young, Bart., bearing the Unsubstantial utile of “Siadows,” will be produced, Arrangements have been made with Mrs, Herman Vezin, Mr, John Nelsou, Mr. Alfred Nelson and Mr. Aitred Coghian to sustata the principal characters, aud it is expected that altuuough only announced for one performance as much ateation will be pald to the mise en scén’ as If the plece were destined for alongrun. There is some!uing unique in this no- lion of bringing out a new play by way of experi- ment in a morning representation instead of forcing it, With all its impericctious on its head, upon the Judgment of the town in the ordinary course. The only danger incidental wo the new venture is that the regular playgoers will hardly be induced to visit atre so early in the day. ‘fhe consequence may be that the house will be Giled with the author’ Ineuds, whose favorapie verdict, should it be favore able, uy possibly Le regarded as a succes Westime, If [go to see “Shadows” [mean to quote to the tox keeper as [ pass in the words of Burke, “What sha+ dows we are, what shadows we pursue”? Mr, Sothern has made up Qis mud to revistt the United States, wiacre he may be sald to Mave Jaid the foundation of his professivaal reputation, His sec- retary, Mr. Sefton, will leave for New York in a day yo With @ View to arranging for Mr. Sothern’s nce there early u A wudeville Company, with Madame Pargueil at (heir head, have Leen doing capital business for some Weeks past al Ue Lyceum, Waere they will be succeeded on Monday pygut by M. Lesener and the actors of Une Théatre des Variétes. The company of tie Comédte Fran, alse at the new theatre in the Surand have commanded of date a latr share of pubiic patrobage, and tae French actors at Charing Cross have also been doing pretty well, so that our Gate friends have no caase to be dissausfed with r reception in England. Messrs, Washington Norton and Charles Steel, late proprietors of tie Opera Coimque, Strand, have satied for South Aimerica by the Koyal Mail steam- ship Oueida Miss Neilson is play Rosalind at overtiowing houses. Mr. J. L. Toole, who has been equally successful in the same city, returns to the Gatety next week. Mr, Jolin Royston, the comedun, waged by Mr. Baten for the Lyceum, ng alternately as Juliet and uicess’ theatre, Manchester, to A Child Stolen f tis Father iu Savannah and Brought to New York. On Saturday, May 27, whtle James Murphy, a little boy of five years, was playing in the streets of Savannah, near his father’s home, he was accosted by a woman, a former acquaimtance of the child's deceased mother, The woman took the child to a store and boaght him a new hat, jacket and some candy, enticing hun in this manner to accompany her on board the steamer Magnola, bound for New York. ‘Tie father of the ecutid (a longshoreman) on re- turving from his work, not fading his boy at his boarding place, and being unable to obtain any tidings concerning him since early In the day, went in search of him, fe searched all through the elty, including the police stations, without avail, Oa Sunday the search was reuewed, with the assistance of some friends, with more success, An old negro carman who knew the ciid said he carried the poy anda woman down tothe dock and saw them eu bark on board the Magnolia, for New York. The woman told the old darky that she was the only living friend the child had, that he father or mother and that she did not totend him in Savanah apy loug ‘The father, on learn ing that the child was on nis way to New York, im- mediately telegraphed nere to a friend (@ Mr, Downey), Who knew the boy, requesting him to be at the dock when the steamer attived and take the catld away from ihe woman, adding thar he would come on the next steamer himself and claim the child, Through some mistake Mr, Downey Latled to be present ab the landing of tie aesengers, hence the chiid sveater escaped. Mr. Murphy arrived in this cicy on Thursday only to lear that ve had lost all trace of ihe boy. The Christian name only of the kidnapper Is Known to the fatner of the child, aud he ts able to give but a very Ly, pod description of her, having seen her but two or three times, a8 far as he remembers, She is avout forty-five years of age, huir turning gray, low sted and thin, and of Irish nationality. ‘The boy is aged five years, large for his age, light batr, has sear on his forehead, shaped somewhat like a capital N. Superimtendent Keiso lias promised the poor man to do ali In his power to restore nim his lost boy, declaring that he will find him if he is anywhere Within the limita of the city or State,