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

~ hs ssuss of other misohsfsof creating sort Of
's.msnt or feeling between the separate ssssss o. 80
Isorscy and what he calls "the vulgar" But certain
that thoss essays in nsw papers, drawing distinctions
eslthy and those who not wsalthy-ars doing NO
xood Ia society They may be the armsg Of one class
men, or weak minded men. such wr tngs might lead TO
the demonstration Of violence on certain occasons
what effect those publications have hse | cannot say
will only leave to recolect and so do you, gen
temen when the streets of Aston place were stained
W tn the blood OF citizens You recoliecf when
the abolitionists-a class OF men, to be sure,
to whom do not beony-undertooz to rave q meeting
here in New York you Iecoect the time when Captain
nders and his select corps Of patriots entered the
building where they and what they did, you rscol
lect that how quiet elas Of mentor they were quiet
Obliged TO jcurp ami break up without perform
j. monstrstion made agaips, them what hand the
HERALD had in all those msters will not uncertake to
but believe that affair the Aston Place was rather
an affair between the scottish aristocracy and "the
vulgar and think the disturbances at the meeting to
which have referred, parook of similar character as
their origin will not undertake however, to deter
mine upon that matter; but submit TO you, has the
that that paper the HERAIp has pursued ever
had tendency to amelio'ae or TO unite the different
classes of society bere ia Ne7 YORK; or has 1t had the
contrary erectr l. y tor ms u pursue t1al
subsc Let take the eCitnr If that paper tss de-
ncsnt in the case and the acysrary of clenr the
plaintiff let what his course has teen towards
this painiiwhetber he has viosted the laws q bis
country and the personal rights Of the plaintiff and
whet he has done it in such way as zen iers him ia
BILE 70 to punishment at to the inimadyesion
a tie jury called to pass upon the rights OF the parties
This gentlemen, is suit for libel, series OF bes,
commenced by this plaintiff whom hsve had the h,
of preventing YOU against the defendant who Ia the
responsible editor of the NEW York HERALD which have
thought 1t duty and privilege to make some remarks
in regard to- Now, without adpg ell those pnbhca-
lions the ps pers themselves, will encesvor 10 give
you a oondspsed statement OF what they contain
NAV have cason refer the papers iuay by
ard y in certain connections but at present beg leave
to call your attention to the charges which are made
against Mr.. Fry man sganst whom undertake to say
there is nothing gentleman, An honest man. or an
honorable citizen. The bels charge him with disgrace
full COZ duct in having bslei artists in his employment,
snc pacbrg opera with hrengs aud osfsrs 70
HRS down hneGetti, who also in his am poyMent
He also charged with being the author o. disracetu
broils and broken promises OF supporting MS opera
balls by the patronage Of samoers and coavsts-Jack
Harrison for instarceand prostitutes who were permit
ted to niogie fariliarly will all tho company
the lsdiss and gentlemen, the wives and
daughters ard sisters CT the mos, respectable classes
e the community Again the sels raisue him , a.
totally nconpeten. for the position Of manager OF IA
Italian operathst he had sustained the character OF an
ape which it his fayorts employment to represent
and they 6enounce him quarrepg with his artists for
the base design Of canceng their contracts in order hst
he might take all the subscribers money himself There
might be charger which if true, would render
dangerous, but that could render him more
contemplate They say in reply to our tchsrge that
the d.e dant replies that cancelled his contract with
Sgrors Pco Italian artist whom he had en- poyed as
Of bis dramatic corps aud III On to say that Mr.
Fry hired Foster for the sum Of $3.50 to v1te
notices, urser the guise Of criticism, for his in
teret, and that ne gave away free ,scts AMI hired
such crca for the purpose o. procuring e insertion
such articles in the Philadelphia North american, ana
Peq1sylronian snd the New York Tribune, Express and
Courier, &C. It is charged with cencelng cos contract
because she sick and coa not sing and that he had
bbed Foster and otrers By oyster suppers and cham
payne to write notices under the guise OF criti ISM to
abuse Der and the other members Of his company and
then they gave list OF newspapers among the IN 1st req
pectabe in the country which had been brbed or black
led for the purpose of publishing these abuses. That
getting up theee crtis ms be complained to them ths
critics that his artists bad tried injare hi oy feign
ing ckness and that these critics in the said naws
papers fall and abusive sta snts concerning rruf and
Others when the contrary, it u said that TruA was
SICK and unatls to ting in Norma, and that she was
also tck in Phadephis on the Attn OF Otobsr and That
lie ry) knew it at the tins and abused her for thu pur
pose of nutng her. and tat he had accompl shed this
by sending rlegra phic Mr. Sherman pub
lsh in New York that Trufi had broken do ia Nor
ma, that he had quarreed with Tsufi and othors and
that after they had performed two nights one on the
first of November fer subecr aEd the other the
second Of Nov ebf for the public at large, Bennett
calls hem the arstocracy and the vulgar, TIE FIRST cuts
for the artocracy and the econd for the vulgar and that
therefore hs remarks upon these cculas we're fair and
tal criticisms upon the representations Of the opera
Tie second libel charges that Fry had nsued Pco and
Rof on one OF more occasons and that h pet journals
had abused rui in the coArrest terGs Tae bs Gays
they rad better refuse his ignorance and folly and 60
tie lark Broadway theatres Ths il the advice Mr.
lion, that he will go and prove facts IN refer
Pco BE eaya That although she went to Pnai.lphia
soon IS she got ws and gave him notice that she
rsady to p rfoTn lie refused TO employ her, most
marty But will no. the matter stands ia point
OF Oh L9 UliSel RCsl
be vas to perform TT concert TO be held the FIRST
October and afterwards denied tina. be had promised
him And il il slSo charged that he abused pcs order
to break her contract and Truti aIso, for he
purpese The libel also thst the charge agains.
Trtf which ne telegraphed from Philadelphia 10 Ne
yort. against her skill and ability as q singer sd
was MT adequate to tie performance Of Norma That Is
entirely false as shGll show you hereafter he made
no such charge They say, again. that the plaintiff, iu
preferepc to his journals naming about dozen of
them On that subjsct if he meant the HERALD, he
not ut Mr. Bennett and tbs employees Of tho HERALD
bis free list, but only the pet journals who abused
TruM-tse Psnasylcoion, The Ncc Turk Daily Tribune,
the CoufieT and Enquirer, the Neao York Mirror the Express
the Weekly CnreTss, &C. These it appears the pet
journals Whish abused Truf in the grosstst terms by
publishing dstractiEg srtices-statements that we're
written By his sgent Mr. Sherman, the law and by
others founded upon Geographic despatch that Mr..
Fry Lad sent from PhsdeIpaa, announcing tina. Truii
Of Novem Der the plaintiff Mr. Fry and S.rakoscn toge
tLer with several Others met At the Opera House, in
Ger TO concert measures to punish Esaedst nd to get
the audience 10 hiss him. and that he packed the house
with loaers for that purpose TIE next occasion was
after the first of December when ae psiLt gave away
three hundred free tics cts distribu ing them through
Sherman. Aarszek La Fa& and Forbes who il is alleged
were n the poy of Fry thu he gave way these three
tickets for the purpose OF securing audience
70 nus Beneoet'i, and making that casion.
hey say, thirdly, that Fry presented hmSeif to the
dence with the appearance Of an ape with his knees
shaking under him. The fourth libel says that he was
na starved adventursr and that hs osed his board
to Mrs: sedes, and was unable to pay her. Now,
wat hnre they proved They have not proved
any thing Of the three hundred tickets, they have
not proved That he owed his board to Mrs.. sedss,
ard tney. cay that these points have been
full, proved. But they arc not content with making
those charges sgsrt hir in the Gbes but follow him up
to this court ard charge upon him stl The things
and say they haze proved them to be true They say he
published programme containing list Of vocaliss and
that be had sgsnt in Europe in treating with ar
lists who expected to be added. They charge him
win having broken down at Philadelphia, and that he
frequently gave expensive champagne and hook ,uppsrs
there, which tt the of his failure. They
also aver that these beous publications pubshs
ID sooo fni h and without any i'll viii toward Mr. Fry
have called your attention most Of the bes but
those concerning the balls They alege that Fry bad
warrantably unjustly and illegally taken advantage OF
the Illness Of Madame Pico to cancel her ,ontract But
let go back little tn: evitEce in this So Is fray
= eptary and lie icst ed ara shall .nfeayor TO
rect IT, said yeste day that would prove that this
nstier was CON btra ton, caaco I'd at Hastings be-
tween Strakoseh ard BeDrst said would prove .
p racy agninet M Fry. Now let What Gas tse
1rsin q this. Btredetti Trufi aid Res we're ale,
y Hastings, whsie Bsnottt and his family liyol.
They 1se Visitiug at NJ. Rsgeo s tains, ". ,ch
as asjoiniog Mr.. BeDpett's couItry rat. Eow
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