The New York herald., 1845-09-10

power which sends the blood thrilling through the
VEINS Her voice, too, is clear and powerful, her
elocuton rises at times TO an lmpassoped and COM
mandng tone, and though her action Is hurried and
redundant her attitudes are marked and beautiful,
and show oil a fine figure to much advantage
Charles Matthews and his wife are now playing al
the surrey, where they receive EI00 per week
paid nightly. Their salary at the Haynarket was
only 17O per week. The cause of difference with
Webster, said have been the refusal OF the lady
to reappear in breeches part-the 'llttle devil"
a character which she formerly played with great
success. Matthews and his wife are about to ap-
pear at the Princess Theatre.
Macready has entered into engagement TO APP
pear In November at the Princess Theatre, for SIX
weeks, where Miss Cushman will perform at the
same time In the interval he will play in the pro-
vlnces.
Cinderella has been played at the Lyceum eighty
hve nights. All the theatres are still representing
various versions OF the Caude lectures, from Punch.
Her Majesty's Theatre is about closing The
season has been unusually successful The foreign
artists will then be scattered the country, war
bling their notes at an enormous remuneration.
The King of Hanover has ordered six representa-
tlons by the English company performing at
the Itallen Theatre, Hamburger. The performances
al the Hanover Theatre commenced on the 2lth ult.
The stock pieces performed at Sadler's Wells, by
Phelps and Miss Warner, draw good houses, and
the Theatre Is good paying property.
The Italian opera closed on the l9h ult in Lon
don, alter most successful season.
Alter the opera of the Puritani, in which Grisi
Maud, Lab!aehe and Fornasarl appeared, the " Ma
tonal Anthem" was sung, IN solo by Madame Cas-
lellan, Madame Ross Caccla. and Madame Grisl
and in chorus by the entire body of the company -
Lucille Grain afterwards appeared IN selection Of
Eolpe, followed by Cerito in the VIvandiere. The
house was extremely well attended.
M Julien was giving "Monstre" concerts at Llv-
erpoo.
The following is the account of the affair at Leip-
Sic given by the seml-officla Gazette OF that city of
the 18th :-"Y Yesterday afternoon at two o'clock
great tumut took place in the streets. The move
ment commenced at the RosspatZ, and a crowd
was soon collected there; such grave excesses were
committed that, the police not having been able to
arrest the perurbators, the Intervention of the
muna guard and OF the troops OF the garrison be-
came necessary. The windows of the Hotel of
Prussia were partly broken with stones, and the
ohasseurs having arrived the perturbators cal
led upon IN vain several times to retire. the order
was then given to fire. Some persons were killed.
The battalions OF the communal guard, who were
convoked by the General, contributed powerfully
to the re-establlshment OF order. After midnight
the groups dispersed, and towards three in the
morning tranquility was restored An inquiry into
tins altar has commenced"
ENGLISH Actors IN AMERIcA-''Al the best Eng
llsh actors have been here within the last forty
years, and we fear there are more great ones to
come. The above Is by an American writer. II is
not said In Ill spirit, nor do reply to il in any
such mood but It is not true. America had Cooke
(when half rlnedby drink); Holman (when getting
od); Cooper, W no was, when he went to the United
States, promising actor-no more But the new
country never saw John Kemble, Mrs. Jordan, Ed
win, Suett, Parsons Quick, STORAGE. Mrs. Siddons,
Lewis, Elston, Emery, Fawcett, Wrench, Terry,
Yates, w. Farren, Munden, Lston, Jones, Jack
Johnstone, Jack Bannister, Lovegrove, or Oxberry
(the elder), Mrs. Edwin, Mrs Dawson, Miss O'Neil
Miss Foote, Mrs. Mardyn, Mrs. w. West, Mrs.
Bum, Miss Kelly, Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Yates, Mrs.
Warner America saw Madame Vestrls when
from circumstances she was not able to be herself
1t saw Dowton and Blanchard wrecks of themselves:
heard lncledon and Braham in their decline The
United States never heard Miss Stephens or Maria
Tree, Mrs. Bland or Mrs. Waylett they never
heard the ringing olty of Mrs. Nsbett, gazed
on the lovely eyes of Mrs. Honey, or the taultlesa
form of Miss Murray;they never saw the best of old
women, Mrs Davenport, and that matchless ever
green, Mrs. Glover. In his zenith they had Kean
and we are told he never acted continuously wei
as he did during his first visit to transatlantic
| neghbors. They have had Macready twlce-once
before he had learnt his tricks, when he did no
draw and again, after the great ragedian gone
when ne did Sinclair was used up when he went
out, and Mr. and Mrs Wood had grown careless
long before they quilted England. Mr.. and Mrs
keeley were as good as they are now when they
took trip, but they did not 1--WE will not say they
could noO play the legitimate drama neither did
(nor could) Reeve. Mathews acted but little in the
States-mlmicry paid him better. Taking range
OF only 80 years,we can enumerate upwards of 40 of
greatest actors and actresses that never visited
that we have quoted above Mrs. Barley (who
never was great actress) went abroad in the de-
cline OF life; and Mrs. Whltlock, though kemble
was water color copy of her sister. A truly rich
comic actress in old Englands genuine comedies
America has yet to see. Some OF the ciererest ac-
tors amongst us, not the greatest, have crossed
the water Booth, Waack, Brown. Vandenhoti,
Blackstone, Mrs. Fitawiam, are all good names,
but there is no levlathan amongst them. Moreover,
Jonathan is determnedly star gazer; and has ne
Ger had since the first theatre built good stock
company. lie has had the greatest Othello (Kean)
the greatest Mlrabel, O.. kemble) the best William
Tell, (Macready); but who have represented Iago
and Cassie to the first Duretette and Bzarri to the
second, Michael and Geser to the third If the
casts were weak In these comparatively easy PLAYS
what must they be in julius Caesar, Henry the
Fourth, Merchant of Venice, School for Scandal,
Henry the Eighth, &c! Power Ga name We have
omltted) was only taceur; he failed utterly in
Sir Luclus, Dennis Bulgruddery, and Major O'Fla-
herty in fact, he ouy succeeded in one and two
act monologues. The singers patronised In the new
country have been Madame Carador, Mrs Austin,
Mrs. A. Gibbs, Mrs Seguin, Miss Povey, Miss Shir-
ref and Mrs Wood; the two latter alone were in
the first rank here America has sent us a tragedl-
an, about whom opinions are balanced. II has sent
yet no comedian, at least no one who has ta-
ken stand in the legitimate drama. 1t has sent us
no singer, male or female no pantomlmist, no musi.
clan, no machlnist and no scene painter Even In
the article OF actresses whose faults are forgotten
when you look upon their faces we find sad def
cheney In fact, Jonathan does not erpot his beau
ties America has not seen our best actors, nor
with few exceptions, Kean, Macready, Mathews
and Ellen Tree, partlcularly) not even our second
best Cowell, Burton. Wilkinson. w. III. Williams,
Chippendae, Mitchell, Thome, Che was singer
here he's Kelley there,) Holland, funny fel-
lows, but not reckoned even good second rates
with us. America has reloiced in such useful
tors as Held, Archer. Fredericks Mathews, Abbott
(sometimes trfe above the standard we have
named) De Campt, Howard; clever, but not great
singers, such Horn, Pearman, Segun, Frazer,
that America has ostered English histrionlc talent
Actors musicians, and scene-painters have been
welcomed but she has not had our greatest actors
or actresses. She has not had Loder, SEN, T.
Cooke, Mountain, Balfe, or Hughes, as leaders nor
Stanield, Roberts, or Grieve, artists.-London
Sunday Tunes, Aug II.
The MUSICAL WoRLD.-Some OF the most cele-
brated Italian artists OF the day -
singos-signora Bishop. Boccabadati Bortolotti,
Btamblla, Buccini Castean Sampietro, Frezzoni,
Cahussi. Gazzaniga, Grsi. Grnitz Leon. Manzoc.