American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-03

6F7-A CARD. MISS KIRBY, by the advice OF
her friends, requests permission to make public few
facts in 10 the incorrect and illibera statement
published by the Manager of the Holiday Street The
re- Miss K has, for the last eight months, been q
member of Mr.. BURToS's establishments and was ill.,
duced 10 leave her comfortable position in that gentle
mans Theatre by the seemingly liberal offers of Mr..
Rodney, alias Leander, TO perform AT the Holiday
Street Theatre. After various annoying postpone
ments, the season commenced with yet another name
at the head of the bills as Manager Miss KIRBY be-
lieves she eynced her desire 10 serve his interest and
prevent dis appointment 70 the public on the first night
when she consented to perform the two old women,
Dame Melnotte and Madam Deschappelles, in the
same piece, instead Of the part for which she
gagged, Pauline. She also undertook a new part in the
farce substituted for the piece announced in cb bills,
which the poOness OF the company did not allow the
Manager 10 play. She was told prepare herself in
Ophea, for TuCSday-and Miss X. begs leave to re-
mind the public that the Holiday Street bills for that
day announced Miss CLIFTON as the Queen of Den
mark and Miss KIRBY as Ophelia,-but an intimatiOn
was afterwards made To her that she must study the
part of the Queen as Miss CLIFTON would play no
other part than Ophelia Miss X. at declared the
i'm possibility of the task imposed upon her, not only
from the extreme length of the part and its difficulty
of language, which made its acquisition in short
time an mpracteahy, but the evident unfitness Of
her youth and appearance to sustain with any credit
to herself the resemblance of Elamets mother Find
inc her remoEstrances unreeaded, and every Obliaa-
ton on the part of the management will ully broken,
she announced publicly. her intention TO qsit the
Theatre rather than again be render ed professionally
ridiculous in the eyes of the public. Miss X. begs
most sincerely 10 assure the playgoers of Baltimore,
that in withdrawing from the Holiday Street Theatre.
she meant no disrespcct 10 them Chewing it to be
more cred table in her tn quit that establishment at
once than again insult them by assisting at another
performance. similar to the dsgraceful exhibition of
the preceding evening.
Ii is due TO Mr. BURTON, to state that she knew no.
thing of Mis- KIRBY's intentions until, some hours
afterwards, she friend to him negotiate her
return to his establishment. 1t
REMEMBRANCE FESTIVAL. A Temperance
Festival under the superintendence of the LADIES'
UNION TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, will be held at the Hall
of the Washington Temperance Society, corner of
Hanover and Camden streets, on the evenings of
"Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, of this week, com
mencing at past O'Clock; supper will be on the ia
BILE at O'Clock each evening of which the holder OF
ticket is privileged to partake and in which the ladies
will endeavor please the palate of the most astd
Gus. Addresses may be expected from eloquent
friends of the cause of Temperance each evening";
hut il is presumed that the strongest nducement from
the friends of Temperance will be the fact, that the
proceeds of the festival for the benefit of the WASH
lNGToN TEMPERANCE SoCIETY's SABBATH SCHOOL
an institution which has peculiar claims, not only
on every friend of Temperance, but also on every
Christian and philanhropist.
The ladies that their appeal will not be in vain,
but that they shall have the pleasure of waiting upon
hundreds of Indies and gentlemen with delicious cup
of tea or coffee, with every thing nice to suit and all
nj The ng cost of 81 cents and their
ofbaving contributed to good and glorious a cause.
To give an additional zest TO the entertainment of the
eyeingi ii is expected that the Rev. JAS. G. HAMMER
and A. M. CARTER, Esq. will deliver addresses on
the FIRST evening, By order, -