The New York herald., 1845-10-21


The English provincial public not accustomed to
exercise any independent judgment in theatrical
matters, and follow implicitly the fiat Of the London
AUDIENCE Miss Cushman, before venturing on
starring tour, should have waited until she had more
firmly established her reputation In the capital Il is
true that her success was decided and the decision
OF her audience unanimous. But the favorable ukase
issued from house not familiar 10 the ears of pro-
vincias. All great artists have hitherto been crown
ed in those great temples of the drama that raise
their majestic heads on either side Of Covent Gar
den. Peculiar circumstances closed these sanctua-
took refuge in the little theatre of Oxford street,
now called the "Princesss." Here Miss Cushman
made her very successful debut, and hence issued
the emlnently honorable decree in her favor but
the provincial public do not understand the politics
OF the green room and received the artistic, after all,
AS merely visitor from the London minors" Miss
Cushman, after her engagement at the Princess's,
which established her with the London public, and
the London press, should have waited patiently till
circumstances should enable her to forward In
less equivocal sale with support prop0rtionate to
her admitted genius and rapidly growing reputation
She might probably have played tor season with
Macready, after which she would have carried all
before her in the provinces But this Is not too late
The talent is unquestlonably there, and the present
mistake will be forgotten.
Macready has been starring it with great success
In the provinces; but unless he accepts an offer
made to him by the small house in Oxford street, it
would seem that the capital Is closed against hum
and against the Legitimate, by an unfortunate COM
blnation OF circumstances. Bum has found il more
profitable to limit his enterprise at Drury Lane to
opera and ballet He is thus relieved of tine expense
OF triple company which, hitherto, has weighed
down the theatre The troops for tragedy and CO. |
medy are dismissed and, in fact the theatre is
verted into grand English opera house with very
efficient ballet. Covent Garden theatre to be
surrendered TO the corn law league and promenade
concerts. So many successive managers have failed
in turning IT to any account, (and Macready among
the rest) that one will now venture to touch
Il ae the
but there the company is organized more with a
view to legitimate comedy, than the high range OF
tragedy to which Miss Cushman aspires Macready
has, 1t is true, fatc de mitMr,) performed or
two engagements there, but know that it not
done without some reluctance. What is to become
Of Shakespeare and the tragic drama, Macready and
storing to Covent Garden Theatre its original char
acter, is more than can easily be foreseen.
Macready's experiment this season In Paris, not
wthstandlng the newspaper reports, was but very
partially successful The truth is, the English resi-
dents and visitors here had already witnessed all
the representations Of that tragedian, under circu
stances much more favorable than could be COM
manded here, and the French who were sufficiently
familiar with English to enjoy such performances,
are too limited In number. Those who did attend,
enjoyed and approved the banquet, but their number
was too limited to give life and animation to the
affair In word, Mitchell, the entrepreneur, lest
money by the spec
The Italian opera in London has never, within
the memory OF any one living, been 30 profitable to
ii mas Deen lot The last IeW seasons.
1t has successivey ruined or rendered bankrupt all
who undertook 1t. The present success OF this the
are is due neither to better management on the part
OF the DIRECTOR nor to improving musical taste on the
part OF the public. The management Is pretty nearly
on a level with what It always was, and probably
always will be. The director can do nothing, and
will do nothing, but follow IN the wake of the opera
in Paris, the season Of which always closes when
that of London commences. The English public
have no genuine musical taste, and were it not for
the combination OF the ballet with the Italian opera,
the theatre would be empty. In Paris, where music
is better cultivated and understood the Italian opera
admits no ballet The performance addressed
exclusively to those who are able to appreciate and
willing to enjoy music, vocal and instrumental, OF
the first order The present successful state OF the
Italian opera in London is to be ascribed entirely
the accident Of the Queen being tond of music, and
still fonder OF lounge She glad to find any way
OF passing her evenings, and consequently often goes
to the theatres, and is almost constant attendant
at the opera. This renders the house fashionable.
The boxes let at high rate of subscription, and the
nightly droppers IN constantly crowd the pit and the
stalls. And SO the affair goes well with Mr. Lum-
ley, who, II he has the art OF keeping as well as
making, will retire with a fortune rare example
IN the annals Of theatrical management.
1t is reported here that OF the most extensive
manufactures of locomotive engines in the world,
has been esablisAed at st Petersburg, at which two
Americans from Philade.pha-Messrs EasturcK
and Harrison-have been engaged by contract with
the Russian government, for the construction and
supply OF all the machinery which shall be required
tor the railways about TO be constructed throughout
the empire. Those individuals said to have
tablished these works, at which nearly four thou
sand men are constantly employed, on every depart-
ment Of the machinery. consisting promiscously Of
Americans, English, Germans and Russians. There
is guard house within the works, in which a conf
pany of soldiers is kept continually under arms,and
u special body OF police appropriated to the estab-
shment, to preserve order and discipline among
this heterogeneous crowd.
Among the literary gossip is report that an epic
poem by Arlosto, has been discovered. nearly COM
,lo IN fbo I'm E~rurxy
renee. The title OF the poem is Rinaldo the Bold.
II consists Of two hundred and forty-our stanzas,
divided into twelve cantos, OF which the first, the
beginning OF the second, and the sixth are wanting.
The Grand Duke Of Tuscany has ordered the manu-
script to be printed, at the expense OF the govern
ment, and that copy be sent to each OF the prlnci-
lpubc libraries in Europe, in order that research
Ed may be Instituted tor the discovery OF the def
cient parts of the poem.
In former letter mentioned to you the enor-
nous sums paid for some Of the recent works of hc-
ton here. NOvelists and rOmancers are not, how.
ever, the only hommes de iettres who turn their la
bors to profitable account. have before me, now,
the sums paid by the Theatre Franqas to few OF
the popular dramatic authors, which prove how pro-
ftable calling literature IS IN France. M. Ray
nouard, author Of the play called Les 1smpliers, re-
ceived for the first eighty performances of that
piece, the sum of twenty-five thousandtwo hundred
and seveny-hve francs, equal to about four thousand
three hundred dollars. M. de Jouy received for the
first seventy-fve performances Of SyAa, above
wentysix thousand francs, or five thousand dollars.
Casimlr de la Vgne received for forty nine repre-
sentations of L'ecole des Veards thirty thou
sand francs, five thousand four hundred dollars;
and the celebrated M. Scribe, whose dramas count
by hundreds, received for the first sixtyseven per-
formances OF Iaierie, twenty-our thousand francs.
You may Judge how intolerabe this climate is to
those accustomed to the splendid azure of an Amer.
lean sky and its pure, exciting atmosphere, when
tell you that according to the meteorological report,
publlshedby the Astronomer Royal (M. Arago)
for August, it appears that Of the thirty days
composing that month, toenty-sir ,cere ioet days,
and only three were fine days.
MALAGA, Sept. 10Th, 1915.
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americans in Maiaga-Steam Frigate Missouri,
&c.
An opportunity offering for the United States,