The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-15
Theatrical md Nluslcal.

devote the full share of criticism which deserves to
this surprising and appalling piece. Mrs. shaw as
the heroine, calls to mind by her performance, the
charaeter and triumph Of Mrs Siddons Even In all
Shakespeare and in all bis nderful scenes there Is
not TO be found scene which surpasses in delight
feeling, and dramatic and natural effect the
at the hotel 1T Ly ons, where Edith meets Carker
The whole piece IL full Of scenes of i'm
pressive nefs. The scene where Dombey repulsss his
dsus that In which Edith spurns the tender fond
approach Of Florence, with many others Of equal
force, beyond description Affecting We must,
some other occasion, anaiyss and more partiouisriy
equal and fully correspond to the high and striking
merit. and deep feeling of the piece itself It is piece
which, like beautiful panorama diorams, deserves
to remain stationary till all have 1t, and will
doubtless continue to l the Park for weeks to come
The crowd last night was tremendous, and we never
saw deeper attention or more evident and uudisgus-
ed delight, suspense, and admiration. IL Is full OF
excsllencies. Mrs. shaw's Edith, walcot's Toots,
Cbapman's Cove. Mary Taylor's Susan, Mrs WAL
cots Florence, Mr.. Giberts Dombey, Carke's CaIk-
sr, H. Pacide's Captain Cuttleeach aud every single
nsr, that alone they would make any piece succeed,
and here they oil comb ned. We repeat it, this is
drama Of unequallsd aud surprising beauty.
BowERy TpEArRE.-The Irish drama ct this house
il proving quite attractive and Barney Williams racy
and graphic personation of Rory O'More, the jovla
froicking ready witted Iiishmsn, quite treat
MIR. Williams is q Grstrate comedian in hi, peculiar
line of lri,h characters and glad to he IL
popular he Is he has worked hard and faithfully
to elevate himself 20 his present position Stevens
Dewel.kein, or Deviskn rs Rory calls him for short
ness, was much appiauded and Miss o. way Mrs TIL
ton and Mrs. Sutherland, were Also received with
much APPRECIATION Mrs Sutherlsnd's performance
Of Bett,isa most laughabe piece of acting Jordan,
the gallant yeomanry officer, swhose " wife little
dreams of the snfsrings he is undergoing, most
comical, and the remainder of the parts were well
intricate in its arrangement well managed, and
everything went off fine style The admirable Ser.
enaders, and the successful drama of Life - copcu
ded the enteItannents TO night au entirely new
drama, entitled " Martin Schertelle the African
Of Ghent" will be produced with all the splendor and
magnifcence of which the Bowery is capable. /. is
ssd to be a most interesting piece Barney Williams
will also appear Teddy the Tier The Sere naders
will give full programme and the drama Of Life :"
will also BIZ played.
Broadway THRArRE.-Mr. Forrest appeared last
evening in he tragedy of "Othello,n with Mr. Walack
as Iago, and Miss Fanny Wallack Desdemona. We
are not OF those who think Othello one of Mr. For
rests good parts. He carries out his conception
Of the character which, In tho MAN, 10 just and natu
raj but his elocuton and his infections of voice
many Of tho most particular passages seemed most
faulty He omitted to make points in several passages
which, in the hands Of others, highly effective We
scarcely know how to speak of Mr. Waacks Iego 1t
was marked with great many excellencies and
great many faults the latter perhaps predo mating
WITH hm Mis-: w we
was quite creditabe. This evening Mr.. Forrest ap-
pears as Metamora
NATIONAL THEArRE-We much pleased last
evening, at the elegant manner in which Don Ca-
EAR de Baxan' was performed J. r. Scott the
Don Cesar, and he played 1t excelently. Mr. Scotts
figure little too heavy, perhaps, for the gallant
mercurial tempered Don but his acting Of the part
was really fine With the exception Of nay let.
ting his voice fall too low to be- heard, aud the way
which ne repeated the words of the document
to him by Don Jose a. the end of the r act his per-
| formano was Throughout, fne Mr. Mac Farla nd
made his first appearance at the National theatre as
was ola, ed next The cast OF this piece is
altered since Last season Burke now plays joe the
Darket loafer, and very well he does 1t, too. He
much applauded throughout the piece. Herbert as
he ereen corntry man, is exceent and as for Nose,
the great original b'hoy. be Of course is gresta
favore "a ever The local scenery 10 very correct,
and we advi,e all who at all vsrdant In city mat.
terf, to see New York as 1t ISL forthwith The do
mertis dra ma OFFS Graz dsathpr Whitehead concluded
the enter tanments Burke il peculiarly happy his
persopstion Of the old man. Tonight 'Pizarron
New York as II u.s." and" Who do they take for,
will form The bill.
BURROWS TnEArRE.-This neat little theatre wa.
we'll attended, last evening, by discriminating audi
ence to witness the inimitabs acting of Mr. Burton
in two pieces. The hrst piece played the laugh.
able comedy OF Breach of Promise, !" in which Ebens.
ger Sudden, an old bachelor, taken by Mr.. Buttons
piece Of acting that, think, cannot be surpassed
nd much doubt II it be- eaualled; and the re-
pewed appause received showed that the
audience we'll aware of the great tale
The ne xt Die ce was ne farce called the irish n
gogement, - in which Mr.. Brougham, Tim Rafferty,
Is remarkably good creating one continuous laugh
The evenings performance concluded with the laugh
Toby Tramp, travelling trageden, the starr of the
piece taken by Mr. Burton was enacted, like all his
hey Sons MIR. Burton as usual viii take the part
Of Captain Cutie, in which character we sincerely
think he has no equal The continuation piece called
the "CaptuIe Of Captain Cutie or, Jack Bunsby's
Wedding will finish the evenings entertainments.
BRoADwAy CiRous.-The entertainments at this
house exhibit grace, agility dextsrty and strength,
in aremarkabe degree The entree is beautiful, the
acts Of the trained dog, under the directos of Clown
Gardner well worth looking at while the acts of
horse msnship which follow, we'll the acrobatis
tables prese nted by the Messrs Nsrtnet and the
company are beautifully and ssilfuy done. The
stl yaulDg Is favorte part OF the entertainments
and the great number of somersets thrown by Mr.
Mcfarland, Is always sure to call down the house In
tbundeIs OF spplause. The brothers Martinsti dis.
play the greatest development Of muscle and make
remarkable of them in their ring performs oes
In short the Broadway Cir under the ma az % Mt
Of Messrs. Tryon and Thompson, is becoming a fa
yorte resort and promises to repay the proprietors
they have assumed The censon the rope is per-
formed nightly by Nine. PHILIPPE and the Messrs Mar.
tinetti.
SANDS, LENT & Co Is Hippoferan Arena and Circus
will he opened for exhibition twice to day viz at
and N. The various attractions presented at this
exhibition are such as to please all who witness it,.
The performing elephants, the trained cameis, the
horses, the ponies the equestrian performers, the
gymnass, the clowns and their funny dopgs are all
on har ID and the many who will visit the establish
ment to day will get the full worth Of their money
amusement.
CHRIsIYs MINsrREis.-in addition to the sterling
talent already engaged in this troupe Chri.ty, the
manager, has recently made very great acquisition
to his company. In the perfon of young gentleman,
who assumes the nom de plume OF Young Sivor lie
IL said TO he volinist Of extraordinary talent and
no doubt will to be the greatest featur has
ever bten presented In any minstrel baud Christy
reems determined to retain his superiority against
every competition in his line His Ia unparal-
eled and indeed Justly deserves the large patronage
he has received from the citizens OF New York for
nearly year and half
VAN AMHunGH 4 Co.--This firm will exhibit their
great geological collection Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday at Montague Place near the
City Hall Brooklyn They have the best collection
of lions elephants polar besrs hyenas, tigers eopards
bears &c that has been exhibited in the United
States. No doubt they will be well patronise by the
eitizeus Of Brooklyn.
CAmpnsLLAs MssrRELs keep the ball moving to q
mort lively tune They are most popular band MIR.