Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-22
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
New YoRk, Nov. 20, 1855.

New YORK, Nov. 20, 1855.
The fair Of the American Institute closed
few days since. Its success is sad common
tary upon the mis-mansgemeut of the great
fair held frst in the Crystal Palace. The as
ISOLATION cleared over sl2 1000. The net re-
ceipts amounted to over $4,000. They met
with such success that they made overtures
for the purchase Of the Palace. The price set
upon it is two hundred thousand dollars; this,
it Is understood, they have agreed to pay
when they can get a renewal of the lease Of
the land, upon which 1t is built, from the Iegis-
lature. Eat2es
The lecture season is in food tide. We have
lectures on all Conceivable subiects-from the
philosophy of tooth picks to thoughts upon
creation. Some persons imagine that an occa-
sional crumb Of instruction may be picked up
by listening to these discourses; but the reg
elar attendance of 50 many can be accounted
Tor In no other way than that class Of per-
sons are Mt certain periods laboring under pc
cuiar excitements, the worst symptoms of
which are mitigated by listening to mebody's
talk Thackeray has got through with the
-Four Georges" in New York. He has been
requested to deliver them at Beecher church
in Brooklyn, and before an association Of
young men in the same city. It is debata-
Bile question whether they are so much admired
Tor their literary worth as for their hearty
abuse Of English manners half q century age.
To the ears of the iudcious the lectures would
sound quite as well if they were not written
especially for an American market
We IN New York have always subject Of
unusual interest" which as our friends Of
the Home Journal would say, is calculated to
create conversation at the tea table. The sub
lect Of this moment upon the tapis is work
by the musical director of the Academy of
Music-Crotchets and Quavers; or the Reve-
lations of an Opera Manager: Published by
French, Nassau street. The book is written
In an easy, rollicking style, and every page is
as full of interesting gossip as it can hold
Max MaretZek, the author, Is German and
we can easily overlook the Germanish style of
his English by the very manner in which he
hauls some of our authors and artists over the
Goals. The preface is a model of easy assur.
ance. Whoever reads it, will surely 90
through the whole book. The management Of
the Italian Opera has no doubt been a mys-
tory to great portion Of the press of the
country; Crotchets and Quavers throws a food
of light upon this subject Some Of the scenes
In 1t are as amusing as the description of San
cho Panza's defence of his island of Ceryantes
Rachel, in fine,y-written and beautiful
address, bid US, on Saturday night, farewell
for the present. Up to this time, she has boon
very successful. 1t ia said that she has oil.
ready cleared forty thousand dollars. Phila-
delphia will be the next scene of her triumph.
The Quaker City" having for a long time
been the lead in such matters, we await, most
anxiously, the result of Rachel's success there
Considerable feeling is manifested here upon
the subject Of the expulsion of the French re-
tugees from the island of Jersey by the Eng
glish Government. We feel a certain amount
Of shame, mingled with pity, that England
should give such evidence of trucking to Louis
Napoleon. Her enemies see in it speedy symp-
toms of decay, and her bost friends acknow-
lodge it weakness. TEcUMsEH.