The New York herald., 1845-08-29
Theatrlcais.

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Theatricais.
| PARK THEArRE.--Thc Park was very thiny attended
last evening in consequence Of notice being posted up
the box office stating that in consequence OF an acc
dent, Mr. Hackett would not play In returning from the
| theatre Wednesday night he made a misstep and
spraned his ance. He will however, be fully able to
appear tonight. Hundreds left the theatre in conse
quence of this announcement The Honey Moon !,
substituted and went of very well, with MIR. Dyot
the Duke, Mr. Barry Roland), and Mrs Duvenel
Juliana The entertainments closed with the farce Of
the " Bath Road
Mn. HAcwErr's BENErIr.-Mr. II. forlhis benefit to-
night, revives his great part of Rip Van winkle and
appears also in two other original characters Of
which his Monsieur Maet recently performed by the
desire of Queen Victoria and witnessed also by her
roy yal consort 1t this occasion that Prince AL
bert having noticed the accidental breaking of
PIN which fastened the tri-coored ribbon that sus
pended the order of the Legion of Honor at Mr. Hack
etts breast graciously sent him very beautiful pin
then in his own bosom but perhaps is gene
rally known that this Order the Legion of Honor
by Mr. Hackett in NJ Maet the identical one
. by the Emperor Napoleon to Murat, King of Naples
it was obtained by Mr.. Hackett at little cost hen
the curiosity, constituting the Napoleon Museum in
London and which reported to have absorbed up.
wards q hy thousand pounds Of the proPrietors mo-
Were sold at auction; after having been publicly exhib
TED to much advantage since Napoleon's exile. full
description Of the same Order of the Legion of Honor
owned by Mr. Hackett may be found in Sainsburys
rare works royal quarto entitled TIE History France
illustrated and ii is scarce in this country I'VE furnish
our readers the following extract in relation this
resting relic Of Bonapartes times, his power and great
A decoration of the grand eagle of the imperial
order of the Legion of Honor, of the largest size was
presented by the Emperor Napoleon to Joachim Murat
roline.
"The devce-a raised head of Napoleon, laureated
rounded with band of purple enamel, bearing the
motto-Napoleon Empereur des Francais On the
verse, within similar band, forming circle Of the
same dimensions, the Imperial Eagle, with displayed
wings the metto-Honneur ct Patrie. The five COM
partments are of white enamel, having two points to
each with laurel leaves them form circle
beneath the of two inches and halt from all the
ten points which have small gold balls attached to them
the whole surmountsd By large crown finely executed
ball. cross. and ring Sainbu,y's History of France
Illustrated from Louis XVI. to The end Of the Reign and
Death cf the Emperor Napoleon
BowERY THEATRE" Gilderoy," and "Speed the
Plough" were very successfully represented last night
by Mr. ]. r. Scott Henkins and Davenport assisted by
the principal artssattached to this heareThe manager
Of the Bowery who neglects nothing secure con
tnuaon of his success, for tonight very
splendid bno less than three plays, two dramas and
comedy. These are, Don Cesar de Bazan,"a very
popular drama, acted by J. r. Scott. Henkns, Daven-
port, vache Mrs Sergeant Mrs Phillips and Mrs Stick
Clarke, Davenport Henkins, Hadaway, and Mrs. Phil
lips Mrs Sutherland, and Mrs Stickney; and young
E. Bell Mrs Madison and Mrs. Philimore. Such bill
this speaks for itself AMI the Bowery will doubt
be crowded again this evening
CASTLE GARDEN This delightful place of resort con.
tnues to be filled every night by the elite of society
who throng to look at the newly imported machine,
which they think worthy of the admiration of all
only account of its enormous size but also of the
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powers This machine will only be exhibited two nights
longer; those who feel the least curiosity and
the interesting experiments made with it, should there
fore hasten to call at the Garden
NIBLos-The most celebrated of all Aubers Oreras, ,
"Massanieo, the Dumb Girl of Portici;" ia to be
given tonight This will be the best attraction yet Of
fered by the French Company The opera is we'll
known and does not require such intricate profes
sional knowledge to appreciate all its beauties Every
body knows the story and music of the opera Arnaud
plays Massanello, character well suited his voice
and Madame Casini plays the Princess But the great
attraction of the evening is to the graceful and IA
cinating actress, Madame Ceurot, in the pantonimic
character OF Fenalla, the Dumb Girl of Portci We
have been charmed each night this lady has appeared;
whether it be comedy, pantomime, singing she ex
GELS The chorusses admirably sung by the French
Company. This was very perceptlble Wednesday
evening. The chorus of the Mobiles in the I'd act was
loudly applauded and encored-a compliment we'll de-
served Tomorrow, Mr.. Brougham appears
Mr. haywood has returned from his highly successful
tour In Canada He was received with the greatest f
vor in Montreal and has realized about $40 600 He is
now meditating fresh incurson upon the sympathes
and favor OF American audiences before which he al.
ways certain of a warm reception.
Herr Driesbach and his lions arrived at Montreal on
the 22d inst.
The Holiday street theatre, Baltimore is undergoing
repairs 1t will reopen said towards the beginning
Of September
The Ethiopian Serenaders gave their last conce ri M
stanwix Hall Albany, last Wednesday evening"
MEDIcA1.-We refer our readers to the notice
which appears in our columns to-day, of a new drug
store opened by Dr. Bowron, at the corner Of Tenth
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