The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-16

The Reception OF Jenny Lind at Havana.
MadleiJ JenBy Lind arrived ct Havana Saturday,
the 9Th inst, In the Isabel from Charleston as
toned In the Herald yestsrday. She went ashore in
. custom house boat ss the nabel got into
the harbor There dsnonstra ton ON her land
ing-cnly sbout dozen persons the Msis She pro-
ceeded to new house opened for hsr by Mr. De For
rest, Of New Yerk. She arrived very much out OF
sorts and found fault with the house and all the per-
sons In It. she remained only couple OF days, and
left 1t the morning Of the 9th Inst aud has tAhen
house the Paseo outside the walls Her 6rst con-
cert was to have been given Friday the 10th inst
She will not give than two three concerts.
There very little said about her.
The Havana correspondent Of the Nernk .4drerti,e,
under date OF the sth inst, SAYS
Jenny Lind arrived here the morning OF the 5th,
and % her asto nisbnent, there not soul the
wharf to say here comes Jenny Lindn By the ex.
ertons Of Mr. Barnum' . agent, che government boat
wat despatched for her. and she WAS permitted to
come shore without undergoing the usual formal
ites imposed upon strangers. carriage waiting
In which Jenny and her companions entered and In
few moments, she landed At the Hotel de Colon.
Not person TO be there but the doorkeeper
ef the house. and Jenny with face owing much In
dignetou, accom- panied by her attendants came
the grand saloon / came forth from nv dosmitory
and was witness OF the proceedings. jenny COM
planned that the apartments were not suitable
comfortable she evitenty expected TO be In pri
vate house, and was In regular The sweet
gelic Jenny actually dew into vulgar pss,ion.-ex.
pressing herself in French with the sIeatest vshs-
The end Of the frat act caused Barnum TO appear,
who evidently vas very muchafssid TO encsantsr
Jenny ar he had by promises OF the greatest comfort
induced her 10 GENE here but there no backing
out 80 he knocked st the door. and admitted.
After ths conferences he returned and told the pro-
pristor Of the house thai he wanted more rooms ase
the grand sas; for this alteration the proprietor
sssed some ons hunorsd dollars week more than he
formerly received (tSo0l This was refused by Bar
nun; 80, after stsying here tso days and placing
thsmseivss very ridiculous position, they LETT the
house for another, outside Of the walls aud the
theatre; for this house she pays hfeen ounces per
month. and 800 for che Of the furniture. After
the sxtrso dinary thst Jenny Lind met With
In the United ststes and the gfsat excitement that
che created there, 20 here. without person TO
welcome her And on her srrivsi ~ tho hotel there
was not even pcrton TO look al her. Can you Ina
siDe any thing more unpleasant
Mr Bsrnum certainly has not be- fortunate In his
sFrang,nehs, md this time he has been taken In II
Jenny does not bewitch the sshionables her fret
ayr eHfsnce che 10lh) the sooner Bsrnum pockets
tie oss the batter for her reputation there s be
nseeffty for her ncurring misfortune here, when
New orieans II nor DO think thst she would
tuhmt 70 any unpopulstty a. sue would not be able
70 oostroi her temper The general inprsssion that
she will male failure and nothing bas superior ta-
lent viii her she fingr ten nights The price OF
tickets will be about tour doarsthat u % say, tuo
dollars and hill Ing entrance ana two dollars and .
chilling for tsaf. This is raid 70 be too hieh, al
thossh, u she can only please, the theatre VIII 10
crowded at any price
Those Who bare been witnesses of Jenny Lind's and
Darnum sections here, and ~ the time awsre
Of the expense snd Inconvenience thas MIR BeForast
hes been put 10 ssnsd that ths first parties have
acted very improperly. leaving Mr.. DeFOress without
0 moments notice and withoat any othsr explanation
than that Mics Lind could not sleep In the nights
ficn the noise that mads.N
Jenny told the proprietor Of the house several times
hs be only wist "a 70 make money out OF her lace
and 70 prevent the Of
she never walked from room 10 room but always,
in the most tragic a. " frantic, from door
20 door. This vas the more remarkable as ne one Ia
the house einced the sigkteft curiosity and every
one laughed nj the Nightinxales light On the last
day she evasrsasousble, aud the doors Of rooms were
len uriocked; her porsrs seeing no exsitement sept
with their heads the table, probably dreaming Of
those exciting tunes passed through In New York ani
slsewb.re. Yesterday evening ssw Jenny walking
the plaxa with her cousin and Bsrnum, looking as
meekly AZ possible There NJ excitement, ne no
tice Of Jenny being thsresvsrybody vas occupied as
they would have been, N she. the great American
Jenny had not been there. what Impressed me most,
the unaccounable fact of Miss Lind walking In ths
plaza among hundreds of gentlemen, without a veil
over her lace whsn at her hotel when no one ex
pressed the sghtest curiosity she as before described
every occasion In the most theatrical manner,
for the purpose OF escaping observation. However,
there is no accounting for womans fancy.