The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-07

The screw steamship Great Britain, Captain Mat
thews, will be despatched for Australia on the llth
Of August next, and, from the alterations which have
been made since her arrival here it is expected she
will make very rapid run.
During my brief sojourn in this sublunary Ground
about, it has been my lot several times to see poor
old Drury Lane toleraby well filed, Every recently
too on two occasions, Julliens farewell testimonial
concert, and bal masque but never to my recollec-
ton was it ever so crowded as on Wednesday
evening" at the occasion Of celebrated tenor Mr.
Sims Reeves benefit. The house was packed to
suffocation, and even that was pleasure, in such
goodly company. Such pretty girls such exquisite
toilettes such amab ity and such applause for the
benefc,are and his charming and talented little wife,
who warbled through the part of Zerlina with con-
summate ability, all the more charming from the ap-
parent Inconsistencies that she was achieving one
triumph quick upon another. Mr. Sims Reeves is q
great actor as well as great singer, and has made
vast improvement in the hstronic art since he first
took the town by storm, during M Juliens operatic
management Of Drury Lane, in 1S48,) when he ap-
peared as Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor," not
sharing but grasping the anrss from every other tenor
who had preceded him. era Diavolo" never before
found so able representative any stage either at
home or abroad and you may safely believe your Don
who has heard every tenor who has impers0nated
the Brgand OF Terracina during these past fourteen
burg; the music Of this masterpiece Of Auber's
genius is very difficult, particularly the tenor part
which is written very high and very low requiring,
en- CONSEQUENCE, voice Of no mean quality to do it
full justice. Mr.. Reeves mastered, apparently with.
out an effort, all dicunes In the barcaroe sung by
the seductive robber to Lady Acash, the beautiful
serenade "Young Agnes" and the celebrated scena,
Proudly and wide my standard fies," wherein the
daredevil highwayman recOunts the exploits of his
equivocal calling, he quite electrified the house,
who, as the elder Kean was wont to say in the
palmy days of the legitimate drama, "rose at him."
aye, that they did in one unanimous mass not satis
fed till he had three times repeated each norcsap,
Mr.. Sims Reeves died like Roman, full of that DE-
cular courage traditional in those who follow 30 des
perate game. Lorenzo, the second tenor part, was
carefully enacted by our old friend Mr.. Manvers.
Mr.. Weiss for this occasion only, kindly consented
10 play Lord Allcarh. Truth to say we never saw
His fine rich voice told perfection in tho
concerted music, and he looked every inch lord.
Miss Julia Harand (whom all you enlightened
Yankee playgoers know, now Mrs. Hoskins, was
not only very ladylike Lady Allcash but sang the
music allotted to the part with her usual taste and
perfection. The veteran, Mr.. s. Jones, almost the
last Of Mr.. Bunns original corpsmusical, was Mat
teo. Messrs. H. CORR and Farquharson Smith rep
resented the two collateral thieves to the imminent
danger Of the rsibe muscles Of the auditory, par
ticularly "the deitcs" who were as clamorous in
their laughter as in their applause. The chor1ses
and orchestra were as near perfection as possible,
and the mse-en-scene left nothing to be desired. Mr.
Hoskins was the stage manager for the occasion,
himself on having secured SO able coadjutor.
After the opera, Mr.. Reickart, the renowned Bel
gian latist, whose services have been secured for
NJ. Julliens American tour astonished to some con-
siderable degree the audience with one Of his
original fantasias.
The old musical farce Of "The Waterman" (Which
OF course you never SAW brought the entertain
ments to a most satisfactory termination Mr.. Sims
Reeves was the Tom Tug, and acted it rs well as
ever I. ?. Cooke did William, and sang it somewhat
to the detrment of old Braham's reputation. Dib-
dins ever acceptable ballads, "rhe jolly Young
Waterman" and Farewell my trimbuilt Wherry,'
ticularly If Mr. Sims Reeves could live for ever to
sing them. The audience really exacted too much
encorng everything, and then called on Mr.. Reeves
to give Rule Britannia and my Pretty Jane"
tain, led on one by one by Mr.. Sims Reeves, Hun
dreds were turned away from the doors. Mr.. Reeves
cleared f423not bad, when it is considered that
the expenses were very heavy.
Mr.. William Allcroft, lessee Of the Lyceum and
Strand theatres takes his annual theatrical benefit at
the former house on the 8th OF the ensuing month Mr.
Alfred Wigan, the future manager OF the Olympic,
has purchased several pieces from our best authors
including Douglas Jerrold, Bourcicault and Charles
Kenney. The Royal Surrey theatre, under the su-
perntendence Of Mr.. Edward Stirling is progressing
most favoraby as summer English opera house.
Misses Romer and =. Horton are the prime doatne
and Messrs. TRADERS, Romer and Henry Drayton Can
American) the stars Of the opposite sex. Mr.. Dray-
tons Bertram in Robert the Devil" is well spoken
Of by all the town papers Mr.. Benedict, the cele
brated conductor who offciated on the occasion of
Mr.. s. Reeves benefit has announced his usual an
nual and monster concert.
Mr-Samuel Emery is starring in the provinces, rs
indeed are nearly all our best actors and actresses
including Mines. Vestris Fitzwam REYNOLDS
Matthews and Messrs Charles Mathews, Blackstone,
Chppendale, Frank Matthews and Roxby
The Duchess of Sutherland, the Mrs. Beecher
Stowe and Uncle Tom aristocratc synpathizer, gives
grand /" Matinee Musicale tomorrow, at Suther-
land House. The names OF Signors Mario, Tamber-
lilS, Ronconi, and Sims Reeves, and Mines. Viardot
Garcia, Tedesco, Bosio, Grsi, and Mrs. sSms Reeves
appear in the programme, which is printed in gold
letters on fine watered satin. Mr. Albert Smith, so
IL is reported, has purchased the Egy ptian Hail. Pic
cadilly, mt cost Of some thou ands OF pounds Mr..
Robson, the rising low comedian, Of The Olympic is
doing wonders as Shylock In Mr.. Talfourds clever
burlesque on the immortal Shakspcare's Merchant
of Venice
E,sAnother buresque on Mr.. Keans version Of Lord
Byron's !" Sardanapalus' was produced on Wednes'
day evening at the Adelphi II is, regret to say,
considered as burlesque, decided failure, being
perfectly void ofplot, the story OF the poetic lords
tragedy being entirely expunged,) and void of
single joke or situation From first to last the scenic
effects of the Princes have been closely followed,
with, il possible inc ia splendor particularly in
the costumes. Moss Ito first rate actors and
actresses OF the corps included in the cast and
have greatly to be pitied for the little they have to
90. Miss Woolgar, as the Assyrian King, was ex-
quisitely attired and Mr. Keey looked 5arey Camp
ish as his mother-inlaw, doing all in his power to
render slow part funny As the Times very Justly
says One circumstance, indeed, renders the bur
lesque like the original The original depends for it's
success mainly on its decorations-the buresque de-
pends on its decorations aloRen But for Mr.. Bour-
cicault's fine drama of Genevieve," | really think
this fine company-thanks to the incompetent mana
gsr--would nightly have played TO empty benches.
The performances of the German company at the
ST. James theatre this week purely Shakspearean.
Wednesday night |" Hamlet was produced, with
Herr Deurient as the Prince Of Denmark; and
" "0theC,' with Her Dessoir as the jealous Moor, is