The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

NEW YORE DRAMATIC CRITICS.

The foilowiog squib is from the New York Fierlysese;
We understand that the dramatic critics of this city held
a meeting at the Astor House on last Saturday, for the per
pose of co whet mine was to be panned with
regard to the d arrival of Millis. Racial Fells,
the French . Oa a motion made by Mae
Blether of the , the critic of the Deify Tina took
the chair. The Chairman opened preetedings by observing
" &aglow, annsong no porter voo. Com see coin la.
Ay Diana. 0 &noir."
This epaulet address was received with marked disappro-
bation, and min ad "No lingo Plain Hagfish! Down
with the parley Tee f "
The Chairmen' emplaned. He was so accustomed to
wile Dna* In the paper to whisk he had the honour to
being, that am the present occasion the obnoxious phrases
slipped out shoat undesignedly. He begged to apologise
if he had wounded the kitbags of the assembly. They all
knew the object of the present meeting. It was to consider
what °purse showld be adopted with regard to the per-
formance of Mdlle. Rachel Fella. Having stated the ob-
ject of the meeting, he dsisned to other and better I
weaken.
O'Roolaban, of the Herold, nee. What did we want, 1
he'd like to know, of dinky fanners over lore phyla thre,
Indy ? Thragedy, indeed! 'Twould he better for 'ins to
stay at home is their own eosufthry, and they as they
'molds% wallop the base, bloody, and brutal Saxon, than to
coma oat here playing thiragedy. Av they'd play in a
ducat tongue that • Christian could ondentand, why
%wouldn't be es bad entirely, bet how the devil was a man
to know Fritsch *Mesa he was a Friedman ? (Hear, hear,)
For his part he didn't know Primal, an' he didn't want to
know Frinch, bad luck to it ! He wane% bought • Punch
pair on boots, sad they didn't fit him at all at all, so he'd Liao
to know what Friaah was good for ? (Criss of " That's the
ticket V')
Mae Slasher, of the Trance, said, he thought for his part
that some decisive measures ought to be adopted. Beery one
kaew that the majority of the dramatic critics of New 'York
were entirely uneducated. (Hear, hear.) They gloried in
that ignorance! Education trammels the mind, and stains
the purity of the judgment ! (Loud applause.) They were
cot therefore scholars, and they were proud of it. He defied
any one to point to the dramatic aide of a New York daily
paper, and say that man knows Latin. (Inman cheering.)
As to French, he'd leave that effeminacy to the editors of
Wall-street newspapers. (Here Mae Stutter pointed at
Genre, of the Courier mad Borsitor.) Now Miss Rachel
Fein was no doubt a great actress, but Rohe didn't under-
stand their langusge, how could they criticise her ! (Ap-
plause.) The public would expect criticisms. This was the
diMoulty. Well, there was only no way to solve this diffi-
culty, and that was to insist that Miss Rachel should play in
English. That was his opinion, and he gave it for what it
was worth. Mr. Mao Slasher resumed his seat amid loud
applause.
Mr. Cicerone, of the Courier and Enquirer, begged to
offer a few remarks. (His..., and nits of no, no.) Sines
the time of Shakespeare (gnat confusion) Rgl:4110,0 •
moo: moutons—(Cris of Put him out; no lingo !) As Dante
says ia his Inferno, " Lucian' '—(lmmense tumult; shoots
of Pedant He's talking Greek—none of yer blarney! no
Ingo! Talk plain.) In the midst of this confusion, Mr.
Cicerone was forced to resume his seat. _ _

Mr. Puller Hopkins here stated to the chair that although
not a dramatic critic, still from having been the author of
f. Witchcraft, a Tragedy," he felt himself entitled to nuke a
few remarks. Permission being granted, he continued—He
was as American author. He might indeed say that he
was Ms American author. No one else had written anything
worth reading. " Witchcraft" was the greatest modern
tragedy—" Moneypenny " was the greatest modern novel.
He wu a native American author. He went in ter native

Americanism. His idea, therefore, was that Rachel should
be forted to speak American. (Cheers sad some hisses.)
After this, the meeting deg tad into a tumultuous
amemblage, and our reporter left in the midst of the eseite-
mint. It is understood, however, that an agreement has
been entered into amongst the representative* of the press
not to nails Mademoiselle Rachel unless she consents to
• in English.