The New York herald., 1850-02-20

Theatrical and M asieal
BowEnr TnEArEH.-"Rookwood,o or Richard Turpin
the Hishwsynap," and the "Gipsy Quesn,n Is grand
equestrian drsms full Of deep interest, and tesmng
with thrilling excitement. To judge By the crowds
which throng the Bowsry, Is sninenty suited to the
popular taste Mr. Derr plays Dick Turpin, the high
wsymsn He is curious figure, and looks quite dash
ing appearing In grand scarlet hunting suit which
he being bighwaymsn, and the suit being three times
toobig FOR him, II h psturs to suppose he hes stolen
expressed in the bills s to be undsrstood by the Ina.
gnation As to the sagscious pie bald Mexican like
IT,
were treading eggs the foe and thu palpsbls
branded their Launches make them too look
ss Turpin had stolen them from some Arsenal, or
from she stables Of the royal dragoons But tho plot
Of the piece is interesting aud the ncidents thrilling
piece In her other parts, proves her high tsents
and commands applause, from her feeling and natural
lent. The Little Dsvii'' which prsosdss the more
massive and ponderous "Rook wood" b great fsvorts
with all who have It, and iusures repeated rounds
of sdmriDg spplause. Another great spectacle is In
preparation at the Bo~sry and this evenings psrfor
nance promises In the meantime abundant amuse-
msnt and scenes OF great excitement.
BRoADwAr THKArRE.-Lsst evening We had the same
bill Of entertainments that presented Monday
night, with the exception Of the burstta Of "Ns,"
being substituted for Who Speaks First" The Sc
rous Family" continues to amuse, delight aud make
merry the frequentsrs Of this house Whssty is VI
vacious w A. Chapman sober and sstiricsl Miss A.
Fisher captivating and the remainder Of the corps
a. amusing have already found them to be In this
verv entertaining comedy The house was we'll filed,
and the audiences highly delighted with the evenings
amusements. Mr.. w. A. Chapman's song Of the" Tee
total Society," given in rresistiby quaint and
primitive style, and drew dswn shouts OF laughter.
ips Of the serioa. FAMILY" and London Assurance" ass,
Those who have not already seen Miss Fisher will
have opportunity of witnessing her in two of her
most captivating characters Mr.. Blake will also ap
pear in the part Of Sir Harcourt Courtiy.
BURROWS THEATRE notwithstanding that 1t has
been before the public some time the Z" Serious Fa-
my" still continues to draw well at Burtons. II isa
pleasant little comedy, containing good moral which
cannot but be upon the minds Of those who
the piece enacted And this Is the legitimate
or one Of the uses of the drams-to impress
moral lessons the public to laugh at folly and to
spplaud the efforts made to eradicate error These are
objects which might we'll the attention or the
writers Of dramatic pieces but they objects which
too often neg ected. The concluding piece on the
bill for last evening was the Demon Jester another
pleasing dramatic produ OF uron s. which Is al
ways received with applause.
CHASFRAu's NATIONAL TaEArRE.-Nothing can ex.
ceed the excitement, crowding, oamor, squeezing.
pushing, clapping shouting hurrans at the National
Theatre these days. The is the return af the
favorite hero Nose, MIR. Chanfrau, accompanied by
little Nose Master Murray who, without the least ex-
seeration, is deservedly called prodigy The little
fellow is less than rom Thumb by several inches, or
feet but Is full OF intelligence and animation aud
plays his part the stage with perfect ease aud rs-
Wishing excellence. MIR. CbAufrsu rs Claude Melnotte
wssla evening, the former again welcomed
home the boards Of New York by all the bhoys, Of
whom as Nose he IL the particular prototype ana
psca favorite with such rapturous loud Appauss
defes all description. But when he appeared In
More. and to the life all the of hand manners of
. New York b'hoy, aud dsshing in upon the blsek-
guards at the Five fonts threw them doSn one after
another with his well applied hits right aud left the
sf. k-k.k ct.hf xalI
worth seeing asd who amateurs OF the drama
fail go Chanfrau during the week in which
he will appear
MrrcsrLL's TnxArRr-of this theatre have only
to say that II attended Last nightas well as usual
that is that every seat occupied. AS to the an
refreshments, they much.aPplaudsd, and gave
much tatisfaction, usual In fact, 1t could not be
otherwise considering the manner In which the enter
tanments put the stage aud the excellent msu-
n.r In which the several parts are Wrformsd; IN,
ns long a. they are put this stage We perceive
that both Of those pieces will be performed tAis eve
ming The Magic Horn IA an excellent piece, as we
have frequently said; and TO the Serious Family
have written msch In It's praise, that II would os
like gliding refined gold to say ANYTHING more IN u.
"Whos my Father" will be performed this evening
Irslias OrERA-TurspAr NIeHr.-As very publicly
announced the procseds of the treasury TO be de-
voted by the generous disposition u NJ Msrstzek to
the fund for the relief OF the sufferers by the resent
Hague street catastrophe The house however though
a brilliant one was by such a vas antici-
pstsd We noticed in the box, on the right Of the
stsge, party Of the ee Of Boston, com prsine seve
raj Distinguished ladies' and one or two gentlemen
Who have recently taken up their abode permanently
deputsion Of brilliant lsdies from New Jersey; and
Troy bad furnished Its most celebrated belle to give
lustre TO the scene "Lucia al Lsmmermoor was per-
formed. 10 was beautifully executed The trio be-
tween Sgnorina Ber,uc-a aud Sgnori Fort and Benz
ventspo stthe end OF second applaud.
"A auA Incl I'D M lral
phs OF the signorna Bertuoos sang with
great feeling aud perfection and added vastly to her
already brilliant reputation. sgnor Foru made I'd
gardo . splendid psrsopstIon. both In the setng and
vocsIzation. The effort n vast i'm provement upon
his fret representation Of the chsrsce although that
instrumsntai In placing him upon high emf.
Dsncs signor Beneventano acted with great spirit,
and used bis splendid voice In the happs.t manner;
while the chorus merted fer applause than 10 re-
cived sustaining the whole with an eysnssss and pre-
cision quite delishtfal To- night "Ernsni" will be
performed With po~erful cast. IL wiz drA~ large
sudiesos
Tvs ArrMoAcsiso MuncsL FssrivAL ~ BsooxLrS.-
The birthday Of Washington, Of those sacred fes.
walls which have always been observed In this country
and viii be to the end Of time, will be appropriately
essbrsted In Brooklyn By the performance Of one Of
the greatest musical Compositions yet producsd In this
country. IL is grand cantata, entitled kleutheris
which vas performed year ego to . crowded aud de-
lighted audience In ths Tabsrpscls In fact, ve knos
no. .hsthsr 20 eau .. - 30 ., =, m.
mans, In which, ~ that term 10 underssood among
them, sln.st every species OF touching, grand aud
beautiful music both secular and sacred h introduced
IL received the time with great favor although
the for its public rehearsal far from
being rlste. But glad to be informed that
nothing has been neglected Its second performance
and only regret is, that II should be executed IN
Broohyn rather than In Nev YORK; for, stnoasa .ns
music viii follow It's srtstes wserever theyso
yet it not very convenient matter for Ner orker
TO undertake pilgrimage to the stat. of Long Island
o. nights In this case, however II viii be dope un-
dly BIZ muttudss sf those who listened 70 tss
captsta last rear In Nee York The hbretto wrttsn
by Horstio Stone Esq b designed to iliusrsts the
progress Of civil potiss aud religious liberty from
he ssodus of the Hebrews to the last struggle OF uo-
and that touchips bead
ana bsroc In the history Of the long struggle of
sysedom among the nations IL painted with the peo
~ s,ti.t ana the al Of Q poet The music IL By Mr.
s;eorss n Curtis the distinguished professor Of muslo
and eel. btatsd pianist IL vii be performed In ths
plxmouth Church (ur. Beechersl. on Ws.hinstoos
blr day Ito by the entrs chorus OF the
Nsv YORK Conservatory of Music and by several OF our
nst srtistes. We ar. very gai 70 near