The New York herald., 1851-08-15
Theatrical and Musical.


| BowEnr THEATRE "A bill Of great attraction Is pre-
sented for this evening The full five act tragedy of"Pi
zarro" with Mr. Eddy as Roa. Mrs NJ Jones Elvra,
Mr.. Titon ss Pizarro Mr. Goodsll Alonzo, and Mr.,
H. r. GrattaD as Cora; the other characters will be
ssd y an sne,sn tecs company This prSgrs%T
feIt will sng grand national song styled the Flag Of
our Union and the entertainments will terminate With
the romance of the Broken Sword,n in which Mr. Ste
ytns will appear Rigolio and Miss Herring Myrtio
The entertainments given at this old and favore place
ofsmussment such always to give the utmost
satisfaction the actors are all we'll known for their cec-
brity the manager good caterer the orchestral de-
p.rn en IL excellent and every attention Is paid TO the
pleasure and comfort Of the visiters No doubt the a.
tendance this evening will be Hattrng TO the manager
Nrmos GAnDrs This evening, the very unusual oc-
eurrence Of the union Of the Ravel Family and Mr. Bur-
tons company takes place. This will be the second fes
tivsl night in the city this week The combination Of
two such fsvorte and attractive rcupes must have
gratifying e, CT the receipts Burton commences by
his dro p.rsopation Of the Wandering Minstrel aud
will sing bis own comic song Of the a." Nice Young Man"
and actually play concerto on the claronet Then the
Rsvel femiy give n cir popular comic pantomime OF
"Jesnnette and Jeanot" Gabriel (whose loss at the
Gad.p for the last two voeks has been the theme Of
neral remark) performs Jeanot. Dancing by the dan
q the company The great piece OF the Toodle
follows This IL Burtons maeterpiece-for six weeks he
has ded Nibos Garden with IT, and II is Of
regret that u IL 20 be withdrawn after 10 night This
great btu is for the benefit Of Mr John Seton. the
ger Of Nitlos, whose abilities, either in the managerial
chair or the stage as an actor bavc for him the
este m q the dramatic public. We wish him success,
ard hope TO similar monster audience to that Of his
last benefit.
theatre every evening Mr. Booth is well known TO the
play going felix's q the old stock and celebrated
for his tragic talent He has been very long connected
with the National theatre and whenever he appears he
s always received with desfening cheers Mr.. J. II.
sc''t Ai.o' nhe B.ueia ac'r-h man Oi AT "Orh hnu
desrvedly great favorite, also appears The
ing suie will be the tragedy of King Lear with scott
a. Ecgar and Booth as Lear This bill will be sure TO
draw an in messe afsembage The entertainments viii
conclude with the "Old Commodore Friday evening,
Mr. Booth takes his benefit when II Il hoped he will
ceve 'ubstanal testimony Of esteem for his dstin-
guished abilities.
P.rNrus Musrvu "A very capital performance was
that Of the Rough Diamond here yesterday. How
tue i is that in the humbest guse We may sometimes
encounter gem itself The Turks pick up every piece
oTaper they may happen 10 meet Ia their walks, lest
the meme Of Cod might be written and they might
tread On t This II but another illustration OF the same
thing. Mr. Iadaway makes famous Cousin joe full of
life and full u humor The Masgery Of Miss Mestayer IL
also most admirable Iebkins a. Sir william excel
lent ~ be swsysE The pantomime here this eve
Drg. s full tfcumio tricks ftll Of odd scenes full OF
atFhsbe incidents The Rsvtls never had one better
sterling performances, also, this afternoon.
Tvs MocK AUcTioS ASD THE GREAr WIZARD or rHr
NoR1H-A CsrfrtL JoKE.-Quite an interesting and
lsughabe scene took place at Of the mock auction
yesterday between Peter Funk and Professor
Anderson The Professor, Il appears, attracted BY
the Umefkably low prices that the auctoneer was sell
inggold watches at (as usual with strangeis and
after little time was Induced 20 purchase one-then
second ard third Peter. chucklng in his sleeve. at
having got bold Of customer seemed very desir
Gus Of extending Inducements to the Professor who
however. had discovered that the watches he had al
ready purchased were not genuine. Unwilling. however
70 say anythng' he determined 10 turn the tables on
the buctionecr and after declining 60 purchase any
more the Professor rendered fifty dollar bill in pay
ment of his account which thirty dolars the three
watches and twenty dollars change handed 20 the
wizard who left the place with his friend and property
lie had not proceeded far up Broadway whtn he was
spTcd The sht uder by The who wished the
Professor TO returp and appeared very much sgi-
tstd Mr. ARder.on returned with him. and Il turned
cut that the City dollar note had vanished and the Pc
ter fuuk charged the Wizard with having abstacted
The note; the wizard of course denied &C. and quite
fctre was get up Professor Anderson demonstrated In
L'gh terms % the inutice Of the charge, and told him
that ibis attempt t0 egtOrt money from him by false
Jtcsntaious useless At this the ouctoneer grew
sygsttrattd and about Go strike tie Professor when
tbe Wizard aid sir will prove what say for you
have nt this mtmtnt half Of that note in your hat
ard e othcr assistant has inside the case of
lie a." The suctopeer took co his bat and found