The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-19

we must return good for evil. Mr.. Wilson is a ma.
tive of this city, and early obtained consider able
emlnence IN his profession, as a tragedian. This
we say IN spite OF the libel suit. 1t is, we presume,
fresh IN the recollection of all the inhabitants of our
metropolis, that after the first confagration Of the
National Theatre, which put an end to the connec.
ton OF Nj. James Wallack with that house, MIR.
Wilson was the prime mover and protector of the
National Opera House, which rose, Phenix like,
(not Phenlx the Mayor out os the ashes Of
It's predecessor, only to share, after a brief ca
reer Of splendid popularity, the same untime-
ly late. No matter about the libel suit-we
must say SO out of Christian charity. 1t is not, how
ever, perhaps, so generally known, that MIR. Will
son embarked in the Opera House the whole of a
comfortable independence, which he had realized
by the laborious industry OF years and which was
utterly swept away by the melancholy catastrophe
that destroyed the bu~llding-the libel suit to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Mr.. Wilson's career as man
ager, was marked throughout by extreme liberality,
except in the libel suit the piece which Yves pre-
sented TO the public, n the opening of the theatre,
The Pilgrim OF Love-" by Mr.. Horn, was got up
with unusual s~plendor, and though not altogether
successful Tin lh< respect it resemb,ed the libel
suit against us)-was produced in a manner highly
credltable TO the parties. This opera was succeeded
by "Don Giovanni OF Mozart, that excel ent and
sterling opera, got up throughout and performed IN
a style entirely superior TO any thing Of the kind
which had appeared before in the United States,
with the exception of the Garcia CO pany. The
Gazza Lardrd," and other operas oil equal popularity
and merit, followed and SO much had already been
effected toward creating a general and correct taste
Tor operatic mu2lc, IN the community at large, that,
in spite of the libel suit, great results might have
been looked for with some confidence, had it not
been for the calamitous event which overthrow the
whole concern, and with 1t swept away the whole
of Mr.. Wilson's fortunes, and ruined his hopes even
in the prospective libel suit and all.
We rejoice, therefore, on the Christian principle of
returning good for evil, TO see the scheme Of this
benefit we deem it well deserved, and trust it will
be well and generously supported for the gentle
man in whose behalf it is proposed, unquestionably
possesses claims upon the favor, and we might say
the Justice of the community, TO whose amusement,
in the highest sense of the word, he so long and
faithfully administered. If the generous proceeds
do not enable Mr.. Wilson to continue his libel suit
against us, merely to please our Wall street friends,
it will furnish him with the means to get along,
and quietly, though a dirty and degenerate
WOItu, WuGIc d pOOI IIdu d iIuu ICW
a destitute ex-manager is laughed at by those who
formerly used him 10 crafty their own malevo-
Ience. We trust Mr.. w. will have a good benefit
in spite of the libel suit he instituted against us, and
thus we try to heap Goals of fire on his venerable
head, and TO put gold and silver into his empty
pocket.
PASSENGERS FOR FuRoPE.-That fine packet ship,
the Siddons, sails on the % h instant, with nearly
forty passengers We believe she has only two
berths unengased. This speaks well for that ship,
and indeed for her companion also. The recent
delays and accident TO the steamships have pro-
duced a bit of a revolution in the passenger business
10 Europe. The truth need not be any longer con
cealed and may be now told-Cunard's steamers
will have to come direct from Liverpool to New
York, or they will be run off the ocean by the New
York packet ships 10 less than two years. They
cannot get passengers at B~oston-people will not go
SO far out of their way.
FOURIER CELrnsArlox.-The believers of Fourier,
under the first Presidency Of Professor Brisbane,
celebrated his birth day, last evening, with great
social, literary, and physical eclat. They had
spe eches, wines, cakes, ducks, wit, toast, and cold
water. t
This sect of philosophical believers have some
capital notions. Their idea Of social reform, in
tends 10 introduce a new and improved system Of
civilization. To teach women to cook soup and sing
cavatinas--to wash a floor and dance the gallopade
equally well-to darn their husbands stockings and
play Thalberg's music on the grand piano-to raise
green peas and speak French-to cultivate young
cabbages and the Italian language at one and the
same ,ime-are the leading features of this system.
In fact, it proposes to SNAKE labor attractive or
in other words to unite dirt with divinity through all
the relations Of human life, and particularly in
agriculture.
Good luck to them. The only difficulty we anti.
cipate is, that in one Of those splendid Industrial
Palaces, with 600 acres of land, and of 300 men,
women and children as stockholders, they would
take too long a time to debate and take a vote on
tn. important question as TO "who should do the
cooking, washing, ironing, and securing 7" and
might, therefore, end pretty much in a row,
as Congress and the Park meetings sometimes
do. However, we are in favor Of this Fourier
system I'VE are in favor of every new system-in
fact, we are in favor of every thing under the sun,
or beyond il either. We are shockingly liberal.
AN OMEy-A FEARFUL FoREBoD ING .-Yes;eIday
as the ponderous City Hall clock tolled the hour Of
four; while the elements. were raging without and
UDlllOtduS idGib1 ViN.A' 80 aSfNh~V N0s0 'e.
had held the portrait of the venerable Jacob Hays,
High Constable of the city, aud Sergeant-at Arms Of
the board Of Alderme. suddenly became separated,
and down came portrait frame and all, with a crash,
| smash and dash, into a thousand pieces. The por
trait had long occupied a placer in the private room
| of The Board of Aldermen adjoining the Clerks
office, and was originally intended for a nicne in the
| cJurt room of the General Sessions as a terror to
the rogues, ~loungers and thieves, who ineest the
| gallery. This is certainly ominous Old Hays
q, he is commonly called, has been the proud
| representative OF Old Tammany, at the heat
of the police, for some twenty years, and this
small but singular circumstance must be a fsrebod
inr downfall to the Sa ms nd their Deepen.
d,nts. Is the power and sceptre about to depart,
Are the Tammany Simpsons to be shorn of the
ocks by the wing Delilahs1 Is the world coming
10 an end7 Where's Tom Lloydl The devil is 4