New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-11
ppOrcEANS BOwERY THEATER.


Last nigh. new piece by Cornelius Matthews, was
brought ont AZ the Bowery. 1t is entitled. Broadway
and the Bowery, or the Young Mechanic aud the
Merchant Daughter, and is written for the meridian
of tie Rovery it being intended to render that tho
rouehtsre perfectly cortented with itself, and to cure
any hankerings with which il may happen to De AZ
ficied after Goldfish aud tire avenue.
The piece opens, ore pleasant Monday morning In
clearinghouse, which Is extraordinary even for the
Bowery. Pacards are stuck up about the rough
boarded room announcing that Monday is payday
that nobody vii get any more milk sugar in their
tea and that asperson to be cast upon the but
ter, as il is pure Orange County, fresh from maket
every morning The breakfast bell rings, and there is
rush for the table. Among the boardeis is Dick
Turner, ship ca penter the mechanical hero of the
the piece McDoEougt, and Peter Funk bill collector
and small commission merchant, IBrougham). Mr..
Funk amid the general hub-bub at the table, finds
time TO make some iTeverept remarks with regard to
the antiquity Of the fish, and to repeat very rancid
Joke about the butter, that was relished by the
pit much a. though il used 10 such
fare. Mrs. Johnstone, the widow lady who keeps the
boarding house is heard and all scamper of; is pay
day. The next is in Walker street, near No 49,
building which seemed to be tumb.ing bravely and
consequently received full round of applause. Dick
hc.e meets Sally Under (lfiss Fanny Denhaml, "a
true hearted young seamstress who is delefully in
love with bis burly frame, but just happens to be
in miff The next scene Is the parlor of Costar De-
lsrcy ESQ., sc retired merchant auocrat and ars.o-
erat and is supposed to be liz Fifth avenue. The
chandelier is the most remarkable piece of furniture
indeed there is hardly anything else-that is full Of
red green and blue wax candles. Miss Juletta Sopon-
lea Delaney, young lady profuse in curs and poetry
Miss Kate Reignold il the queen of this parlor with
cut CARPET piano or etagere but with the chandelier
few chairs ore picture which is hung aud another which
Dick Tuner comes to hang ship carpenters being al
ways employed to hang pictures in Fifth avenue par
lcrs Sale. who is at work for Miss Delaney, had
| been sewing in this parlor-sewing women IN Firth
| avenue always work in the parlor-but Miss Delaney
has sent ler away before Dick came for sentimental
| reasons. She has discovered great resemblance
| between Dick ard Byrons Corsair and tries TO
persuade him in series of well-mouthed quotations
that be is hero who has adopted this very romantic
way of gaining her acquaintance. The situation which
follows is decidedly good; it has striking resemblance
to that in lie Bgste Of Edmond Abouts charming
series of stories entitled Les Marriages he PARIS Ii
is Of course good deal overdone and Miss Reynolds
could not help laughing in places where she should
have beer very sentimental. Lyttleton Loverty an
exquisite not very much overdone, needs rich wife
to save him from pecuniary collapse; he thinks cid De-
lanceys daughter good match. Old Delaney needs
a rich sonn-law for the same reason and thinks Low
| erty will DO He interrupts Dick and his daughter in
tender scene and Dick leaves the house soon after,
with number Of heas in bis ear. Dir. Funk calls on
Mr.. Delaney with Butcher Grubbs bill, and goes
through all the stages of dunnng from the polite to the
threatening: he does bis work as though this not
mi IN A,
with the plot but great deal more with skeleton skirts
which are here held up TO ridcule in all imaginable
| positions. Mr.. Delaney gives audience to MIR. Funk
again. polite aerward to Mr. Loverty, silly; after
| which he has tie contest burglary in the world, hi
quietly persuading the burglars to ruin Dicks character
| in come way so that his daughter may be salts
| fed with Loverty. The second act introduces
Dick TO Trace of rufiians who try to frghten hlm
| into signing settlement abandoned woman who
preterds to be his wife He gets his blood up after
while and gives them tremendous pummelng, to the
| laundering delight of the pit Next, Peter Funk,
from some unaccounable motive, takes into
his head 70 personate Feuchtwapger, a fortune
teller, and the two girls get their fortunes told;
an effective scene which, however, can be omit
ted any time when there is occasion to Goa the
piece Two letters which Dick receives from .ae two
girls follow Miss DtGncy tells him tina. he ever IS
rich she will lave him; il is hard to reconcile this with
tie wild enthusiasm about the Cousin. oalhe, or
course loves him for what he IT, Next he Is taken TO
the Tombs, On the charge of the rufans, bya police
man. who played his part execraby, actually manifest
ing vigorous signs Of life. Miss Delsncy happens to
be here-attendance the Police Courts being IA
yo,ite morning amusement with FEth-ayenue ladies'
Dick looks about for somebody to give him charac-
ter, appeals to Miss Delaney who walks out very
straight (: Mrs Johnstone, who upbraids him 'or no'
appIeciatrg good yictuals, and to everybody else
Ssle alone cerifes to his innocence OF marriage tC
| the abandoned woman who claims him and brings
! the rufiians as proof Of the marriage He is
about to be committed, VIXEN his brother Jack, who
| has been to Mexico and found purse containing
| 200 COO in doubloons, with q few loose diamonds,
lust as be went ont under tree TO pray at the battle of
Monterey steps in and without being sworn, proves
an abb, and the Tombs party breaks up happily. In
the third act Jack divides the pure with Dick; the
Delsncies then try to catch him. and apparently sue
| coed. although Mr. Funk is meantime-by theatrical
lawcaryirg off their furniture, and the wedding day
and place are appointed. Saie and Juletta Soponica
are both present; Dick is very theatrical reads the
two letter. sends the DeIances home and takes Sale
with gre at deal of Bowery glorfcaton, which brings
| the house down with the curtain.
The piece was remarkably well received. At the
close M Brougham named the author, and 10 response
| TO loud cas Mr.. Matthews, who was in the second
tier arose said he had before had the pleasure
e saving ANYTHING in Lis person, in that theater
and hcped that the audience, which had Listened 50
kindly through the piece to its termination, might
always be "a happy as they had made him that night
TLe picce wssa :ucce:: nine streets ea:! Of Broad
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