The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-05-19


his correspondents for seeming neglect.
Rlor IN New YorK.-1he quarrel
which foI months had been carried on
between Forrest and Macready the play
ers came to a climax, and we suppose
an end on the night of Thursday the 10th
inst Macready had been moested while
playing on the previous Monday night,
and the case is thus referred to by Tie
Tnibune on Thursday.
Mr.. William Macready is an English play
actor; Mr.. Edwin Forrest an American ditto;
ard each is eminent III their miserable vocation
They are rivals for popular favor and nnfi'nd'v
to each other, having lately had news aper
controversy originating in a charge. b. Forrest
that Nacreadv had caused him to be disparrgs
when tormcrlv PLAYING m England, which Mr..
NJ. utterly denies. We haze not read much Of
that controversy. but what we did read Inclined
us 10 concur strongly in the general judgment
that Forrest had dam ged himself essentially by
provoking and continuing it. We beIie"c there
is no exception to this ward except among those
who are wrapped up in Forrest, and 70 far him
on the same principle that they do tor Orr
Country, right or wrong That Forest believed
himself disparag"d and injnred in England at
Macreadys inst 'gaion is plain enough; tha,
Macferdy was ever impellcd BY professional ri
valry or personal feeling to treat Forrest uuwor-
tIilv, is not proved, nor anything like it. The
latter was pretty sharply criticized in london
paper alleged to be conducted bv warm friend
OF MacrcadN, and that is abou. tho suhSI1nc" of
all the proof against the latter that We have
seen.
The newspaper war has died o't or luird;
the parties tn It. who have heen travel linz play
ing and exchanging cards over the Union, are
now in our City. They were now both an-
nnunced to play Macte eth ON Monday evening
Forrest AT the Broadway Thnat"r. and Mae
ready al the A,tor Op"raIEonse. Forrest play
ed his part without hindr.nre or m"IcsinIon,
while Macready was Interrupted pcIlcd, hooted,
aud driven tinm the house by a gang OF ruilians
who finally flung chairs and other dangerous
missiles from tie upper boxes upon the stage,
to the peril Of liz; or limb Of the PLAYERS. orca
si9nnly cn'jv"nirg their performance with
three cheers for Forest"
Macready determined after the disturbance
Of Monday night TO play no more in New York.
but number Of his friends and responsible cii-
zcus, in,erposed and through their influence he
WAS announced TO pay Macbeth on Thursday
evening. On tia, evening an immense crowd
collected around The Opera House where he was
performing and attacked it, break ing the win
dows, and otherwise damaging it. 7 he police
not being sufficient to preserve order the militia
ny were ca He'd ont, but they. so far from beng
able to di~pene the crowd, were pelted with
stones, and wnuld have been driven from The
ground, had they not received orders to fire.
This fearful Alternative was at last resUricd 10,
and three volicys were fired upon the rioters, by
which twenty Two persons were killed and thirty
three wounded. The firing had the effect TO
clear the streets On the next evening there
were llrratenings Of other Disturbances but the
military were ont in strong force and there was
no 0Htbrelk.
There are various opinions in regard TO
The proprie,y Of Il ing on the mob, the only
question is As to whether order could have
been preserved or restored without it. Ii is
not questioned that we have seen that the
imperative duty Of the officers of the city
demanded of them 10 fire upon The crowd,
when ii became impossible by other means
10 stop their progress in the DISTINCTION OF
properly and the jeopardine Of llte.
A l inques, was held on the bod es o!
the killed, and The jury agreed on the fol
lowing veriicr-"We believe that Geo. A.
Curtis. (and others came 10 Their death by
gun sh ot wounds, fred by the military dn-
ring he riot before the Opera House on
Thursday evening l0'h Of Nav Instant, by
order Of Me civi authorities OF the city of
New Ioik, and thai the circumstances ex.
is)ln4 AT The time justified the authorities in
alving The order TO ire upon the mob. Ne
inther believe thai, ila large number of the
police had been ord pred out, The necessity
Of resort to the use of The military might
have been avoi dea.