The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-11


atrical head will be found taken from the Boston
journals, singular fare-up which attended the
termination of the recent opera season in that
delecable city of fine taste in music and intellectual
refinement in religion. 1t seems that the opera sea-
son was toerably successful there, Terminating in
most brilliant 6,mle. Singular to relate how
ever, the day AFTER it was discovered that many
| of the poor artists were thrown upon their own
resources, and that the Pious and charitable, and
| philosophical, and commercial, and fashionable
| people of Boston had to get up charity benefit,
in order to obtain the means Of feeding the hum
pry and clothing the naked portions of the operate
troupe, left en- dishabWe by msmanagement Of
the electricity that specific occasion. 1t appears,
therefore, from this finale or coup detat, that Mr..
| Fry has been as unfortunate in his management
at Boston as in this city. Here, according to his
| own statements, he lost $4,000, on his own ac-
count, or that of his friends but it is generally
| understood that he paid the artists. In Boston
| there has been failure, and in Philadelphia the
| attempt to get up short subscription season was
unsuccessful in that city, distinguished for its
cultivated taste in music and the fine arts 1t is
even said that the Philadelphia fashionables are
too poor to subscribe to operas. On oh
These opera proceedings, under every manager
for the last two years, have been singularly unfor
tunate in New York and elsewhere. Since the
failure of the attempt to get up here an additional
subscription season. at ar advance in price, Mr. Max
Maretzek, with the boldness of Napoleon and
the courage of julius Cesar has been endeavor
ing, sometimes by opera and sometimes by
grand promenade concert, to resuscltate fashion
able society, give tone to musical taste, and put
things IN proper training Of reconstruction and
IMMIGRATION. But the unfortunate prestige Of for
mer managers has fallen upon his efforts like
sort of mildew, and notwithstanding the excel
lence of his troupe, the celebrity of their names,
and his own interchangeable exertions, he finds
considerable difficulty in the way OF success.
Now, all these unhappy results following the at
tempts to establish the opera here and elsewhere,
during the last two years, were predicted and ac-
counted for in the columns of this journal 1t is ut
terly impossible, in this republican community,
where every class and clique equal to all others
in point of responsibility and standing, to establish
any species Of amusement on an exclusive and
arstocratc basis, similar to that which has existed
for years past in the great capitals of Europe. The
folly and ignorance of committees of management
attempting to introduce in this community the
ploded exslusiveness and empty pride of caste
which prevail in the old world, have been the chief
cause of the failure of the opera amongst Such
attempts discover the most stupid ignorance of the
structure and character of our social system. Had
the attempt been made on proper basis, it might
have been otherwise but it is ridiculous to ina
CINE that few cliqes who affect excusiveness can
sustain the opera. They have neither the pecu-
mary means nor the taste enable them to do it.
Thus have the unfortunate managers been sacri-
feed. Poer Sanquirico Tand Patti were the first
victims; and Mr. Fry has been next victimized. In
New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, the attempt
| has been thus unsuccessful; and if Mr. Maretzek,
| who has great deal of experience in his lines
considerable talent, and much tact, falls into the
same error hereafter he will out, at the end
of the season, very likely, in the way that the
others have DONE
There are taste and feeling and desire in the in
teligent andeducated classes in thiscommunty, suf
cent to support an Italian opera with liberay and
elegance; but there must be no exclusiveness, no
cqueism, no ignorance in the management, no pro-
scription of particular classes in journals. Those
who are the advisers and instigators of the opera
management, as it has been conducted during the
last tive years mnet 20 <Aesv CONVICTIONS, if
they ever expect to see the permanent establish
ment of this species of amusement.
TEIEoRArHc DISPATCHES AND TEIEaRArHc Re-
poRTERs.-The Tribune, of yesterday, gravely
published, as a teegraphic despatch from Canada,
the substance of an article which we gave to our
readers eight days ago. The despatch had refe-
renee to the new Canadian tariff. This piece of
imposition is very transparent, and was easily de-
| tected.
| While speaking of this subject, we may allude to
| the very pomp Gus and vehement denunciation of
| certain Geographic dispatches published in the
newspapers, relative to dissensions in the cabinet
| which have appeared in the Washington correspon-
| dence of the Philadelphia North american. Per-
| haps these statements have been somewhat over
charged. There may not have been absolutely
dissensions," but certainly there have been dis
| cussions and differences of opinion. No doubt
there is an earnest desire the part of the Presi
dent and his cabinet to keep united and to pull to-
Their; but the cabinet is composed OF several indi
viduals, who will have differences of opinion.
This is quite natural. Now, there has been
considerable contrariety of opinion in the cabinet,
on several subjects, particularly with reference to
the question of appointments. This is evident,
from the tone of leading wing journals, some of
which appear to be almost prepared already to
Tylerize the old hero at the head of the admnistra-
ton, because the work of removal does not go on
fast enough to please them, and satisfy the hum
cry beggars. 1t is quite amusing to hear these
solemn asseverations of entire unity of opinion in
| the cabinet. The thing is impossible Nor does
It at all deract from the character Of the admins
traton, that there should happen to be differences
opinion-serious differences of opinion-amongst
the gentleman who compose it. These puffers-
| general of the cabinet overshoot the mark
The New CODE OF LEGAL PRACTICE The course
! Of the Commissioners of the new code of legal
practice has been, our readersare aware brought
to rather abrupt termination by the Legislature.
This was very proper, but attempts are made in
certain quarters TO revive the foolish scheme. A
number ofwhigjournals aud others are coming out in