Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-09-28

Power closed Friday, and the following night
the Park presented miserable display Of empty
benches, as is customary when the stock company
enact seine sf their old parts, with old worn out
scenery and seedy dresses. Tonight, Mrs, Wood
makes her debut bat not her husband, Who 10 to be
shelved unless the audience pluck up bit Of spirit
and set the Courier and the clique Of distatorisl lii
rary loafers at defiance. Whether a row will form
part of the evenings entertainment remains TO be
On Wednesday, Hackett is 10 commence engage
ment, and to play King Lear, but how the other
parts of that noble play TO be filled Is mystery
Cordelia requires lady Of considerable talent as
tragic actress. and such aris, with the
pretensions TO that plishmsn nj, do know OF
in the city, much less az the Park Even the secon
dairy parts of Goner and Rcgan require some ability,
and ought not to be thrust upon what are technically
termed "walking ladies'" As for such tragsdians
Andrews, Cans, and Held, the least that is said Of
their capabilities to murder shak speare the better
Whilst, however, the public will 90 to one man.
instead of enjoying the play throughout, we must
expect "the feature" of the night TO demand extra
VACANT for his share Of the spos and the stock
company to be bad the absence Of pay criticism,
nd ouragemeat possibly call into existence.
The fault Of this deseneracy does not lie at the ma
nager's door.
OF the minors, the Chatham is doing the be st pusi-
ness, and the Bowery the worst. Yankee Hill has
taken the Franklin He intends to rcfurnish the in.
terror, and to throw the pit into parqustte. We
doubt if it will answer The proximity of that and
its rival is too close, whilst from the locality great
dependence must always be placed on drawing pit
audience, and the admirers Of what is called the
blood and murder" school will pay three shil.
lipgs, though tho pit is called by the ars-
tocratic name Of parquefte. We should think that
Of Hils sterling talent could do better by acting
at a large house than by managing small one. Nib
los has hourshed since Monday last when the cold
snap which set in that day, prevented fair and
funny fa,orite, Miss Melton, from hsvinga bumper.
Ri ~ Williams had good house, and night doubt
less such popular and useful member Of the Ravel
family as Jerome, will be greeted with overflow.
The Olympic goes on repr oduciss the novelties Of
last season, with occasional Te-hash from some
English farce other. Cheap and nasty is the order
of the night Verify, the drama has fallen on evil
days, and its professors are like a ships crew on
lee shsre, ready to break into the spirit ROOM in.
stead Of exerting themselves to clubhaur the dis
mantled wreck. After all, it useless moraliziny,
for those who live to please must please TO live
The National is progressing with the decorations and
the opening is fixed for the 18th Of October, but we
should opine that it will be a fortnight later, from
present appearances. A new opera by Horn(D is to
be the novely-rather bold step the part Of the
management, when j, is notorious that not one COM
poser in ten thonssrd succeeds in such ex peri
ment. Sgnor Garcia tried here and failed and he
was considered some one among the maestrOs, bat
eerrtns. The story which this novelty is
founded is from Washington Irving, and the ibretto
by poer Finn; perhaps the parts and incidents
are fed IN Ike III fO he mn
lowing artists are saidto be engaged We will give
the ladies precedence. Mrs. Seguin, Madame
Proehe, Guibile, Miss Poole, Miss Julia w alleck,
Mis- Russell, Mrs. HardwicS, Miss Wells, Messrs.
Segun, Gaibilei, Latham, Horncas,le, Brown, Billy
Williams, Tom Blskely, Gabriel Ravel, and Master
Wells. Penson is to lead the orchestra, and if so,
the Instrumentation will be attended to
Fanny Elsslcr took benefit at the fremont on
Friday. The house was crowded with the beau
monde Of the literary emporium, and Ia belle Fanny
was called cut snd made one OF her maize and point
ed speeches. The announcement OF her re-sngage-
ment for three nights more electrified the audience
BY the end of the week la belle Fanny will be here
again, and probably dance at the Park on Monday
next.
Booth is playing at Baltimore. Blackstone is at
Philadelphia, to succeed Forrest.
The Queens Theatre, London, has again changed
hands. Lord Low,hsr is the fortunate Cd lessee,
and he intends to alter the system which La Porte
has conducted il, or the subscribers say, mseon-
Quoted il. His lordship has engaged Signor De
Begns in this city, stage manager and direc-
tor behind the curtain. We regard this one proof
Of his lordships discrimination, and if he does but
put able before the curtain, he will not have
to follow in the footsteps Of his liusrious predeces
sors, who have all found themselves in the Court of
Bankruptcy. DE Begins Isl man Of high talent, and
his temperance will be hailed with some eclat in
the British Metropolis. Madame Taglioni is not
ming TO the United States. She has made money
eneagh.