The New York herald., 1851-12-04

Txn TmAraEs OF the MsrloroLls-M
Mas. FoRRIsr.-Ths theatre Is one Of N. .,..A
shsd institutions Of this city, just Is u,h
in Paris. The drama seems - ,.o....rv ,o ~.
people their food and drink. ,ou, to-,. ,o ff,v
thousand Of the inhabitants .,. ha., sn,ra f-o,,
actual calculation, 10 ate od tb.s. nlacss Of
msnt in single dsv Nsv yo,k !, ,bs s.cond
nesues0ins s"J the world, and in point of ex-
Pen0's!o ~" -sy upon thsstricsls it is the FIRST
~ J" eS'.ms'e that whom the theatres are filed,
Inc ie0e'Pp1 amount to about go 600. On Thanks
gNips Aght they were all crammed to overfo wing,
WINE, the churches were empty. Such is the way
New Workers return thanks to Almighty God for all
!, the blessings they enjoy.
The managers Of the English theatres here, who
have any talent or capacity for the business, are
making fortunes. Hamblin ie doing well-Mar.
shall is bringing the dollars in showers. Burton,
who is q shrewd manager, has been eminently sue
cessfui. Broughsn, who was very popular when
connected with Burton's, star ted theatre on his
own hook, but he hes found by this time that it
was one tee many in the city. The theatrical bu.
sinefs mus rot be overGone any more than other
descriptions of business. Small theatres are like
small penny papers, which are got up as speculs-
tions, and after some $50 600 expended in keep
ing them above water, a. last sink to rise no more
Judgmen. and experience are required in the man.
agement Of thestres just ss much as in news
papers.
In reference to the Italian Opera, We regret to
say it is still only struggling, but may ltimstely
&c: on. Maretzek, the present impressario, has
had difficulties Of various kinds to contend with.
But the greatest difficulty is with the artists them.
selves. They arc, FOX the most part, imprudent,
quarrelsone, good looking fellows, who think quite
enough Of themselves and their performances
| Some Of them are very great humbugs.
Among the stars in the theatrical armament,
Charlotts Cushnan shines ont as q woman of
superior talents, and Ct fne dramatic powers. She
is q great artist, and ought to have been man
We would subscribe large amount to change her
sex but as this cannot be done, We suppose we
must take her, call in ALL as she is.
The most distinguished in the ranks of the pro-
fesson at present. the greatest hstrionic genius of
the day, is Edwin Forrest. There is no other
man or woman who draws such houses. All
his domestic troubles have only the efec. Of
giving q higher range to his powers, and Of
producing . higher amount of success. But
Why has be returned to the stage, from which
he had retired with honor and wealth! The enor
nous expenses Of the law suits pending between
him and his wife have rendered 1t necessary, it is
said, for him to adopt this course in order to raise
funds fer the lawyers. 1t is for them he has been
working, and net for himself during his recent sue
cessful engagements. For the same reasons, pro-
badly, Mrs. Forrest has also been reduced to the
necessity of appearing on the stage. Her coming
debut is the subject of great deal of conv nversaton
in various circles in this city, and the result isloo
ed forward to with much interest and curiosity.
Whether she will succeed or not, is uncertain; but
she will do her best for her lawyers.
Is it not melancholy refe:tion that man and
wife, whom, in the words Of the Bible. God hath
made one flesh, should be thus engaged in war of
litigation with each other, the sny result of which
is to gil the pockets Of the lawyers with dollars,
while they impoverish themselves A few years
ago, this couple lived in happiness and without
reprosch. MIR. Forrest was young man of bril-.
liant talents. He opened new vein in tragedy. He
was completely successful A high reputation and
the acquisition of fortune, " ere the result His
wife was lady Of the finest accomplishments, ami.
able Manners and Of the purest an most unsullied
character. They enjoyed each others society, and
connubial bliss strewed their path with flowers
They were highly respected in the community in
which they lived. In an evil hour N. P. Willis
and his Lady Blessngton coterie invaded the circle
of this domestic happiness, like the serpent who
crept into the Garden Of Eden, and poisoned in its
very fountain the happiness Of the first pair As 10
the case Of Adam and Eve, mutual recrimination
was the first result; and then the long train Of con.
sequences with which our readers are already "a,
miliar, and those which are yet to flow from cor
tnuation Of the legal strife upon which they have
entered.
Whs. is the wise, the sensible course even now at
the eleventh hour Why to kick out the lawyers
on both sides from their presence, and all evil ad
viseYs and to settle the matter between themselves
BY reference to some sensible friend. They would
thus save their money, and their reputation too,
and the public would give them credit for return
ing sanity and good sense. This is our advice
1t never too late to retreat from the errors of our
ways, and enter upon the path Of wisdom.
THE School HousI CArAsTRorHE-TuR VRR.
DICT OF TnE CoRoNER's JuRY-TnK RooT OF THE
EvIL.-After . weeks Investigate into the facts
and circumstances connected with the sad casualty
at the Greenwich Avenue School, the Coroner's
jury returned . verdict, wh:h we published on Sa-
turday, and which appears to us to be Ca most
lame and impotent conclusion Just as In the case
Of the Hague street explosion, and other calani
ties Of similar kind, there is nobody To blame
The verdict expressly exonerates the teachers from
any responsibility, and is silent as to all others
1t states what everybody knew before, that the
deceased children were killed partly by being
sEotheed and partly by external injuries from the
effects Of their fall; but throws light whatever
upon the guii. or innocence Of those who had the
charge, the superintendence, and the direction Of
the structure Of the stsrcsse, which was the main
cause Of the deaths Of the fifty little innocents.
II is true, indeed, that in q statement subjoined
to the verdict they cas-, indirect eeRsure upon GER
tain partieo, but Why did they not embody ii in
their yerdiet-the official part Of their proceeding,-
and that alone Of which Grand ury could take