New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-04

burton IN himself possesses the power - q ~ eveoss
rescue from oi.grace any prod action. Each tine 10
appeared be no. only woke from much WEAKNESS, bue
impaired an spimsiing thrill which kept attention
alive for several minutes after his departure.
Mr.. Ljston the celebrated comic actor having ooce
bsd occasion to consult Abernehy in fit OF low nrv-
o,snes that eccentric and eminent physician ordered
him N 90 A, ooce and see Lston. We trust Mr. Bar
,on NAV not be driven from his present aiueot hearth
70 spcb extremity. but il 80 he can hardly fnd moro
besiug cure for all dark dtstemPers thsr shosing
mirror TO himself. dis presence Is always m'Nn-tn-
spring. His rsdian. face, over which a THOUSAND
smiles break and sneak cunningy aod fogu'sniy 'a'e
every c,eSice, peepDg out so pleasantly 81 al LING
when inquired, has become almost an nsu1uuon "
merricept ard ol ity. And in the last scene where
he introduces IS M Beuymsn supposed to represent
a well known ma ter Of the ceremonies and occasional
undertaken up town. the various well appointed chsr'
acte to the fanc, bs, the fun was fresh and full
The piece had no plot There was enc will murdered
by another will, which again WAS slaughtered b
another, how or why no one could tell. II was al
done by young lacy in some my sterOus, auconmu-
nested way Thsn there was barber mistaken for .
price, and his de mile fcars mistaken for eau de
rie ard poisoning many pc pie VITO when they were
required Fee found as Jain all right And there vas
young lawyer who gained Lawsuit ard came In for
property, and hsd a black serv ant, and married no
one could tell who in the emo; and, la fact, no one
coud iell Whist the whols affair was about bat that
Mss Emily Thorne looked very besuiifu and hsf 70
deemed the errors of the night
This Young lady possesses singular but more bess-
fu likeness Of Mis- Julia Bennett, ia her palmy days
uhen che drew such sdmiIiDg crowds to the Hay
market With fuller aid frssher form she has al
that srchress Of smile and coquotry of eyebrow which
was go fascinating in Mrs. Barrow. She has already
since Der first appearance at BartOns osde iu penss
prctrss and we ho5e 10 her one OF the most bril-
liant snC besutul of our right comedy actresses.
An the sctors eyettei ht mselves evidently with the
utmost zeal to cary through he play. But ne exer
tor could save it from that damnation TO which we
most du,ifully devote it.
BROADWAY THEATER.
At thi, establishment last evening per6y msd for
tbs first time new pay written expressly for Mrs.
Julia Dean Hsyne, entitled "Th> Bankrupt" Az
the SCI ne Il laid in this city and at the present te
II may no; be undressing to give sketch Of the
supposed picture of modern life which the author he's
endeavored to present
The drama is in four acts. The characters srefew.
but they make up in intensity what they lack in mum
hers. merchant who is reduced to bankruptcy BY
n
IT snsced by friend who Is the most consum nate
scoundrel POSSIBLE and who is eventually discovered
and captured by the most pereyering policeman o.
record wife who Is falsely accused both Of inidely
and petit larceny; mother who docs not do anything
in particular, and nurse who goes into fariously
unreasonable passion every time she Is spoken to.
are the materials Of which this play is constructed.
Amy Startle the heroine, had been in her girlhood
-, ~ Iano
which I'll forpnste affair, although Immediately hushed
up, came by some means to the knowledge OF james
Sbelyile mir c. Fisher rejected suitor, who, after
Amy had married Mr. Edward GiltwoOd mr.. A. w.
Fepno) came to visit her and revenge his sighteA
love by revealing this secret to her husband and thss
humiliatirg the woman who once he'd humbled him.
| Aided by circumstances he succeeds, while under
fake name, and under the guise of friendship, IN
reducing the unhappy merchant almost to bankruptcy,
and also him Of the nfdslity OF his wife; aud
convince him that this story is true he has the hus
band overbear interview between them, which he
manages with such diabolic ingenuity that the
words of the wife seem TO confirm the statemeut
Giltwood immede,ey cssts off his wife, who returns
to her mothers house, where she Is followed by Shell
Vile who strives to indnce her 10 reality to run away
with him. His vilaiIy is finally detected and he 10
arrested by the elertons of Mr. Pike, police officer
Mr. Cbspmsp) who has followed him 10 various dr.
guises for three years. Though why he delayed his
apprehe so long, il having been perfectly evidsat
all the while that he had committed crimes enough TO
hang baf . dozen ordinary men, is a mystery known
only to those vered in the secrets of the police SAT-
fee II to say that eventually every thing Is righted,
GiwoOd's fortune 10 preserved co him, he is satisfied
of his wes trutbfures and ShelyiIle is marched Of
to prison. having first ade smi.be but Intellectual
attempt to shoot his former sweetheart, Amy.
The esding character Of the play is Amy which ID
personated by Mrs. Julia Dean Hsyne. The CHARGE
ter one not calculated TO display t. the fullest extsnt
her powers but some of the scenes were rendered 70
effectively as to bring down applause in good earnest
In some OF the passages in the frat act, where tho
dialogue is supposed to be between lady and her
husband, her delivery of the language was too
declsmatory for Ian ordinary parlor conversation;
but this stiff away, and a. the interest
Of the piece developed her acting becsme more nsts
raj snd truthful Mr. Fisher sustained the character
Of the gehttmanly sounded in very able and at
istc manner; bis make up was particularly excellent
Mr.. Whiting played an impossible old lawyer who
made his will and gave away eli his property wthou
cause or provocat on, In as respectable manner a
so stupid part deserved. Mr.. Chapman, as very
deep and mysterious police officer, was so exceed
ingly transparent, that rogue with sense enough To
sep round the corner when he had picked pocket.
would have seen through him. once. His recoleo-
ton of the text was spasmodc and uncertain and he
Whole effect of his acting VERY undecided and jerky.
Mrs. Blake as the nurse, was perhaps little extrsvs-
CANT, but was very successful. Mr.. Fenno made
a very respectable bankrupt, and went conssi-
btiously through his part. 1t may not b
out of place to suggest 10 the gentle
men who played the attendant officers, that