New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-17

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OPERA AT AsToR-PLAcE-R0bert was
repeated last evening to an overlooking house. II
pleasant after the languor and meagemess OF the
last season, to see, night after fight the largest and
most approaching MISUNDERSTANDING to operas
and singing so richly deserving and re wardns the
closest attention. We hail 1t as the augury of tina.
Millennium Of Cheapness, Genius and Music, which.
We trust, Is only just before US, in the shape of
permanently low-priced opera.
The second act was the only one we heard last
evening, but In that is contained the MusigH d Enter
and the famous Quando lasciai Ia Normandia, which
was FIRST introduced to general admiration here by
Jenny Lind. We remark frequently in this opera,
that dramatic discrimin ation-speak musically-
which is so remarkable in Don Gispan'ri and in
Mozart generally. We mean that entire appropri-
ateness Of the music to the character. Alice, in
Robert e Diabe is the type of virgin purity and her
entrance upon the scene is always announced by
the softest streams from the wind asd s.rnged in
stYuments, as If light heralded her. This mu-
seal dramatism ito coin world is especially
evident in this act where Meyerbeer employs it to
Deepen by contrast, the effect of the position. This
delicate gush Of flute sweetness follows directly up
On the Internal music preludins the entrance Of
Alice as Bertram retiFes 1t is most skillfully man.
aged But in this as throughout the opera, the skill
is too evident although exquisite Meyerbeer writes
for scenic as much as musical effect. The Premiere
Dassuse is consulted by the composer well the
Prima Donna, and the success Of all Of his operas
depends, and in considerable degree upon such
cessories. Hence they are more melo dramatic than
is consistent with truly great work. This arises
from French strain in the composers genius, and
him to cast his ballet In the most solemn
Of the whole opera comfounding all justice and
beauty OF associations by making his dancing girls
in the second remove, corpses, and in the farthest
nuns From this Frenchiness, also, comes the mere
tncious character OF the internal music Would
the hea reT feel in his inmost soul the difference be-
tween the touch of genius and the skill Of the most
elaborate and cultivated talent, let him mark his
emotion during the wonderful chords Of the grave
scene in Don Cioranni. and then during the fire.
flashing, rumblBgs and subteranean tan.tayra Of the
second act of Robert.
STEFFANoNE was very admirable. We shall wait
long before we see another artist OF such easy supe
rionty and reserved pc xer-always the impression
Of genius.
To morrow night Rossini's La Gazzs Ladra the
,hievsh Maybe, one of his most fascinating lighter
operas.
APPEAL IN FAVOR OF THE FRENCH Ex-
ILEs--The cali addressed to the French Republicans
in New-York, drew together a large number Of them
at the Shakspere Hotel, on Saturday evening The
meeting was organized by appointing the following
officers: p. A. Gerdy, President; f. Raveneau
vics.President Oh. Eckert, Secretary. 60
The President stated the object of the meeting
He said that the Frenchmen whose devotion to lib
ery had driven them into exile, would soon reach
our Shores and their follow citizens resident in Now
York ought to make some arrangements for their
reception. To this end he proposed to organize
voluntary subscription among those who HymPa
thized with the unfortunate exiles.
A Committee of 81 was then named to receive sub
scrpons and to take all measures necessary for the
attainment of the objects of the meeting It will ad
dress a circular TO all Frenchmen in the United
States soliciting their aid II thinks fit it will call
another general assembly, to found French ASCOT
ton, of which New.York will be the center, and
which will have branches in all parts Of the Union
This Association, OF which the immediate ain will
be the succor Of political refugees, will be also
alliance to encounter the political exgencies which
in future may demand unity of action the part Of
the French residents in the United States.
The resolutions embracing these propositions were
unanimously adopted.
The Committee named by the Assembly will com
plete its organization Wednesday, by electing its
officers and dividing itself into b.Committees, to
oivide its duties
The result of the deliberations OF the Committee
as well as the names OF the members, will be soon
announced
" A report Of Mr.. EMERsoa's Lecture
On Wealth, before the Mercantile Library, is crowd
ed out this morning
SUMMARY OF LOCAL AFFAIRs.-AbOut two
weeks since, Miss Sarah Jane Hughes and jeremiah
Van Ripper, of Newark, N. j., eloped from their
home and came to this City, where the lady was
placed by her lover in boarding house up town
and he took rooms in the immediate vicinity Mat
ers between them passed very pleasantly until yes
terdsy morning, when, while waking down Broad
way arm in arm, the loving couple encountered the
epraeed father of the girl, who had come TO the City
to look after his truant daughter The old gentle
man Immediately collsrd jeremiah intending, as is
supposed, to carry him off. Bat he refused TO go
along land the old had to give up in despair. He
then en,reated his daughter to go hone with him
hut she too refused. large crowd by this time
had collected, and among them Oficer Patterson
of the Lower Police Court, who fell anx-
ious to see what was going on 50, hsv'
ing pulled out his star, he made rush In order
10 gain an insight into The matter, and soon found
himself ms ris with the old gentleman and tae tru
ant lovers After he airing she odd mans story re De
ceed to arrest the lovers and did So taxing tnen !"
the Third Ward Station House. Here the ola gen
tleman again urged his daughter to 60 nome WIN
him, but she would no. consent. lie then toio 'nem
thu, he would not lie ave them until he sa~ them mar
ried They con sented, and a message was sem 70
AID. Stur,evant, who soon arrived and ued tne xno'
The parties then left, apparently saIisnsd VIA 'nen
selves and everybody else.
The defendants Willet n. HAWKINS
ard Isaac W. VIM, charged with false pretenses IN
obtaining by this means 50, 500 from Cyrus sconeia'
lad hearing yesterday afternoon before Justice
Osborne Nothing of interest was elected, tne'es'
tmonr Of the cnmnlainant, who was exalatnea, re-