The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-29


has been underway week. "Ernani' is to be
repeated for the last time tonight, and then
thrown aside for fresh effort. With the excer-
ton of the opening night, the house has been
only toleruble. We understand, however, that
there is the prospect of full house of some kind
or other tonight. II has been stated with
great positveness, that all the rules OF exclusion
which had been agreed upon, well by the private
managers the public have been totally and alto
gether rescinded. These rules appear not only
to have excluded all the press from the free list
compromising probably hundred persons, en-
bracing editors, reporters. printers and printers
devils of all kinds, every night, but the exclusion
extended over long list of amateurs, dilettanti,
or "dead heads" as they are rather quantity
called, who have been usually grati6ed with
free ticket by the managers, that they may make
a show before the public, of full houses and a
prosperous treasury.
Perhaps the abandonment of these salutary
rules of exclusion by the management, may
enable them to show fuller house; but what a
sad prospect it affords ofthe movement which had
been undertaken, in building up and construct
ing high, fashionable, exclusive circle in New
York! In conjunction with our respectable
contemporaries, Colonel James Watson Webb,
of the Courier, and James Gordon Bennett of
the Herald, we had aided and assisted in the
formation Of this society, and in the exclusion
OF the rabble of the press and of the streets, gen.
orally called canaiile. No other method existed
of constructing high. class in our republican
country, than by establishing such rules as
those, as is done by the higher circles of London
and Paris. The managers had entered into a
contract with the subscribers and the public, to
make this theatre extra-reined, by making
every one pay one dollar for box. They had
the liberality to let the canaiNe into the amphi-
theatre at half price. This was great piece of
condescension. Now, however, that they have
abandoned all these rules, the fashionable cir
clcs of the Astor theatre, are inundated by the
Goths and Vandals of all parts .of the city, parti
cularly by those connected with the press, daily,
weekly, monthly, yearly, centennially. In such
state of things what is to be done 1t has been
rumored that our contemporary has received
back the money he paid for his box; but
if any one were to make the same over
ture to US, we should reject it with indig-
nation. We made contract with the ma
nagers and paid our money for SO many seats
during the season, on the faith of their excluding
all the canaile of the press, OF the cellars, of
the bar rooms and hotels, and that no person
should be permitted to 60 in who had not paid
for his ticket, and who did not sport white kid
gloves and appear like gentleman. Now all
these salutary rules are rescinded, and probably
the next move of the managers, Sanquirico &
Co., will be to send agents all about the town,
and not only to offer free tickets, but actually
even white kid gloves. Consequently, every
man sporting moustaches will be in danger of
being arrested by the Opera police, of being car
ried to Astor theatre, invested with white kids,
and there be imprisoned and confined and pu.
nished whole long tedious night, with having to
listen to dull Opera, in order that the house
may make a respectable appearance. Where
will be the end of all this want of firmness and
want of determination We think we shall see
the thing out.