The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-15

-. M shs,ie~ n~ats.ss O. Idsnounced It e IN nm
worthy assign t. -. e not N s q. ns
the Ssy stsr he or ssntsA What an awful trick
What language that was TO scotia the mind Of the mana
81 Savipr amenities with B.nsdit or allowing him to
take the control of the opera into his own hands, and
S.iDs sb. to excuse himself Tor tI conduct
very cool that is He had for the unworhy
troa Of sppointns man to take ssnsa . pfs: IN
dstti Of 1t until the next morning What excu should
he want; what business nan-what gentleman among
you-woud hesitate for under such orcumstan-
Oss to do - Mr.. Fry did ? Well, Fry
s thu; Ae .Sa take the part sE.,
Nc shru: out Of an opera .hioS no lad
What cool and matchless I'm pudsnce that was.
Fry refused then told him .hs. his 0spr hi "a
oS.ss1 q ~Ss un
suited t. their Pc ,ui aon would destroy the opera
ss % ls
Truf had BEEN excused from singing IN Norma" ct
Bent dets request though she was origin ally designed
far ~ and Madame borde substituted to 0bgs Trum
rsdieuous bu,dsrs 'gnisg part unfit fer it.
fobss or Norma-tAat the complaint It was just
tbis-"I Benedict have asked you to SgnornA
her on The that sIs de.s
and you Fry CONSENTED to It, and you put in her place
another of your perormsrs-apother prima DONNA Mad
IAbords, . French LADY 10 order to accommodate
Trufi ard myself. Now Bsnsdetti tell you that In adj
dton to this unworthy trick have placed upon mo-
and your capricious and tyrannica conduct that Il
perfectly ridiculous and viii break up the opera to put
Madame Laborde, Adina, into the character Of
Norms" for which shs was not designed and in which
latter character tell you she has been made the sub
ject of crue rdicule" There it is-look at the two
Now what did Fry sayf Why he simply went out before
xth MAZDA ne Labords shs sings ridiculous yo
What matersl difference there between the two express
Che subject cruel ridicuIep" plaintiff did make
of the former expression the OF his inter
view With seneeett hs prospect OF thers bsng no Bne
detu for fridays pefo nance, and the confusion aud
hustle of theatre may have 80 agtated bis mind that
he cid make that difference. BE goes ON to say
This ended Fry started
ana Without ssappas either for
MIRO presume by suthorsy have just seen Bone.
det in his he 'sitively refuses = tho
70 :. she Ycrma" He says she sing: ridcuousy. and
not fit to sing with artists"
He aJs himself that she was cruelty ridiculed He
lays that in his testimony asd that Bennett had
lone so, and that he concurrsd in that sentence But
he takes exceptions because Mr. Fry reports that
fifth artists. SNow it viii be seen )" says Bsoedstt,
irom the minute narrative have already given of the
preseions which he attributed to me in his speech"
And he told him that his tyranncal conduct assigning
Madame .on hs00rds a1t for Or. which she WAS mot
But will go little further. Here comes what
a the cool npudenos Of ire man e" hsd demo, nced
capricious conduct in putting actors singers into
laces that they untitled for would destroy the
put yet he says. "absve all deny that refused to sing
nut Of any disrespect to Madame Lsborde." Now, no.
anne Lsborde II prono.nosd Fry, in The presence Of
bat gentleman and lady. slandersI," he says In his
eposision he says ~ told him he was d. liar
esount which he endeavcred to get up with me. This
ccount s correct enough in the main, with the single
xception Of slight mistake to the of ths ndvi
ual who received the only blow given II is always In
"a taste to report his share in a conflict but 1t
owess Of the Napoleon whose rst impulse was after
csvtpg the blow to brush the dust off his Clothes and
second to secure spsesy retreat -, He there says
wears that in hat encounter Fry struck him. and that
then drew his aworc upon him. Fry determined
srsrd Ia erered, and vas wounded in the hand. He
~, "Mr Fry insisted upon H. that had said that
r. Fry does not deny that II said chi, that tie
wspapers sid that Madame Labords very
90 Ad Ina. but not so2t Nnma" D'd he not
ID tyrasLical conduct towards the artists and his
judicous course, in giving to his peIfor ners parts
ly upsued to their ieculinr talents had been made
subject OF cruel rldcuc2 ''Fy insisted taat had
ID Aa6ame Labcrde had not talent enough to sing
ich Mr. Fry pat his opera glass and placed him
In pugillstc attitude, and ans~ sred by blow;
Fry wanted to fight, but drew my SWORD" Here
Fry, and all thai Mr. Fry did afterwards was to pick
nself up and brush of the dirt aud desire to
tatement published in the the 1st of Dsoem
[Ar'icls read In his own lie Ter he says that he
II wa ridiculous to put her into the part of "Nor
y" There is the ske:oh published BY Bennett, and it
undoubtedly r.ed literally He compelled to
sad re fss ~ aAe ns o. hsS Bn
e. Fry then was called DID liar by this Mr.
nedstti and then struck Benedetti struck at him.
have before said, no man OF spirit ever takes the le
no man of spirit gives it unless he nteods 1t as
invitation to St, Ike him II be had been larse man,
Ros, he would have struck him before he would have
q Ia ha had
that the blow would have cost him the last breath
WAS reserved to him do not gay that would have
It, because am not Of the pugnacious school, being
good -naturea man myself. U.ughter) The other
two gentlemen yers trying cause, when they got as
the discussion, said" I'll settle this affair
20 whers else. !" The reply was" Very WELL
Park and one Of the rushed up to the othor and
L. Here, Ned let's go over to Sherwcods and take
pc oysters and champagne, and ciscufs the subject
them" Well by the time they got through, they
pa have joined in thrashing any who said that
sr was not a good fellow Isuppose the quarrel be-
en- my friend and myself will end in the same way
malice lies on the surface. Now, ask you, gentle
how many men of spirit, WOULD have borne such
empioy2 There is not man on that jury but would
acted in the same way. This affair ard the little
PUP with Rossi were the only occasions of diff.
that this Ill natursd devil Fry, got into any
% like passion, although presented to O perfect
e IN his treatment of his artats. Here Bensdetti,
coward, drew hin sword, and that was the end OF
quarrel Benedict came out In the piece and was
I'd, in consequence, il is said, Of what Mr. Fry said.
Fry ted the truth, and ,uid do no less. Ha simply
the truth, did it by the advice Of friends
counselled him to do it; and The event proved that
advice was good The question was whether Fry
manager OF tn, opera or Beneaeti The moment
cetti taw that he losing ground with the
10 he found that it was for his own interest to
ro,eed peacsably. There was little difficulty when
oetd came out on Friday night, but it subsded after
lie and then the righteousness of Mr.. Fry's
apparent. Benedeti accused him of making .
pa 10 the injury of bis character and accussd him
llany, and Fry struck hiss like e. mile mxn-he did
raw s~o's like q coward From that time he
had a word of difficulty with him. You can only
be these Iibels to ths fact that Mr Fry refused to
any intercourse with Bennett st HartDgs, or re-
10 give him his prin ing To Of these It must
Bcrbed. You bsve heard slresdy enough about the
balls You hare heard that Bennett has accused
Of giving away 500 iicA cts to loa for the purpose
ssitg down Benedict. Mare EEK knows nothing of
Suydan knows nothing of them. Nobody Knows
hing OF II but Revolt, who rays that the house was
I'd with gamblers and prost utss. How strange this
3 upon the very face Of it. The witnesses Hamilton,
and Foster, who would have been supposed to be