New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-09
Dli;AILY CRESCENT.


g;nGs the practice Of giving entertainments 70
xAoue Who entertain. the public has been adopted
~ fhpse who got up the recent dsIeaner 10
M c. z Brooke, it was defermlned oy MI.
stsntor-the great interpreter o. fitIDahL@
invite that gentleman to grand spanish ONION
Dust hole Of harmony, near the New Cut, Lam
beth.
The room was hung with some Of the best spe-
cinema from the theatrical gallery of Marks,
and n magnificent portrait Of Hicks, as lvanhoe,
pjcked out with tinfoil, and filled in with real
red satin, occupied the centre Of the wall over
the seat of the Chairman. This mastery work
Of art was appropriately supported on its right
by the we'll known engraving OF Mr.. NJ. Almar'
ms the Knight of the Gross and on its left ny
the highly finished etching of Mr.. Grorther' as
the fiend the Sepulchre gronPoi rah,o-
mime characters faced the door; and an eq9es-
fran piece representing Miss Wooiioru III heI
favorite act Of The Reaper. formed a pendant
over the chimney piece.
The supper was of the choicest kind, anu EN-,
braced ali the delicacies of the season that could
be procured at the figure per head which was
the moderate tariff Of niuepence. in order to
embrace as many lovers Of art--and onions
as possible The piece de resistance was bit
of the roast beef of old England, to which ire
land contributed her national potato, while
Scotland sent her broth, and Wales represented
by magnificent WEIGH rabbit. Nor was the
Continent behind hand in doing honor to the
feast. for in peaceful proximity to the onion OF
Spsin, stood the roll of France, the sausage Of
Germany. a flask of Lueca's luscious oil, and
n few of the world -renowned sprouts Of Brussels.
After the cloth-and the orumbs-had been re-
moved, the Chairman proposed the health OF
Mr. Stentor, who had made the voice of the
drama heard in the midst of the boots of a
fhreepenny gallery, and who had fought more
combats, assisted more defenceless females, I'M
masked more villains, and danced more horn
pipes than any man in Europe.
When the applause had subsidized, Mr., Stentol
rose and modestly alluded to his own proud Pc
sition He expressed the highest reverence fol
his art, end declared that he felt almost awe
stricken when he trod the same boards tina
had been indented by the honored heels O.
Hicks, and looked upon the same sky borders
that had been shaken by the screams of Cart
Itch. He, Mr.. Stentor, had the honor OF act
ing in the same company with those great men,
and he must say that he fit his bosom swell
when he remembered that the great CrowtheI
had hung upon it when, as the tortured Khan
he hmented his lost child and when he
Mr.. Stentor, remembered that that Sc child =
was no other than the illustrious Hicks, he, Mr.
Stentor, felt that he had indeed, in the words o.
the immortal Amherst (J. H. }, been in g goodly
company He, Mr.. Stsntor, would not hope
the mantle of any of them should fall upon him
but if either of them should have an old coat t
spare, he did humbly ask that he might be al
lowed to aspire to wear it.
Mr.. Stentor's speech was received with TIL
most enthusiastic clatter Of pint pots, which
lasted for several minutes
The Chairman then pronounced a most I'M
pressive eulogium on Widdicomb, which was re-
ceived in solemn silence
This was responded to by a Shakspearian
Jester and clown to the ring, the friend and adj
wiser of Widdicomb, who, among other advice
advised him to sit still and say nothing.
The Chairman, in the course of the evening
observed that ssthe drama could never be in de
cline while it had the support of such lungs a:
those of his friend stentor''
After the health Of Mr. Biddles, of the Bower
Saloon, who acknowledged the compliment witt
a neat nod, the party broke up at a late hour
TLOndon Punch