New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-20
TIE BROADWAY THEATER.

1ifgcdy, which for rome time past has been sweep
ing the boards OF this theater with somewhat shabby
pe gave place on Monday night to necromantic spec
tace. 1t is aphorsm attributed to distinguished
hish bGrouet named Sin Boyle Roche, who was the
facetious father Of most Of the Irish bulls which
adorned the clOse Of the last century, that man can
"rot be in two places at once, barring he is bird
From the letters OF Lord Chesterfield, we learn that
the Irsh gentry Of that period knew more of caret,
homerocing and dice, than Of history. We presume,
therefore, that Sir Boyle when pronouncng the above
wise dictum, had never heard of Hene the Hunter.
BE this as it may, the above gentleman though not
endowed with any pathological properties not only
appeared in two but in three different places on Mon
DAY night, erd, in his humbug and real form, rode
Broadway. National and Bowery.
The period Of this story laid at a tune full Of
superstition and strange hallucinatons. Wtchcraft
rl.d the air and swayed with its mysterious wand
the castle and the cottage Especially did she hold
dominion in spots like Windsor Forest where at times
tie roUping Of the fash and storm, and again the
sweet stiffness and solitude, lent an external strength
and aid to inward superstition.
The scene, too was indeed fit resting spot for 70
nance. Fair England cannot, through all her length
furnish iairer landscape than that which stretches
it, Ioh beauties at night, from the castle terrace VI
Windsor, with the moon softly smiling on each green
piece of sward and in the waters Of Old Thames
ing its face reflected in beautiful sadness. The time
Of bluff old Hal Is indeed past. But the legends Of
the forest still survive and the laughter Of the elves
who waited round the magic hunter, Herne, still rings
through the woods, and its echos come down to our
day. still waking fears in those who wander at night
about the groves Of Windsor and furnish many
fearful legend to children round the Winter FIRE.
The story of Hcne may be found in the romantic
tale Of Harrison Answorth entitled Windsor Castle
At any hour its recital uniolded at the Broadway,
would be a work of extreme labor We only
ssy that Herne, as we saw him, by no means
70 forbidding or terrible an individual a. we had
anticipated OF somewhat pretentious call, bold
build modern mustache and genial joyial presence
we could easily account for his carrying Of the
lady Of Kildare without any special supernatural
Interference The real truth 10, that in no case
doee the proverb Of fine feathers make fine birds
hold with more force than in such dramatic spec
tsces ss that Of Monday night. Trusting wholly to
TIE scenery the manager is sure TO have the rmses
piece on Garth to rest it on. Such pieces represent
Bishop Berkeleys phenomena-all qualities without
substraturn We don't much complain ofthis. We are
wiling to allow ourselves to be waited unretectinsly
from the glade to the turret and have al manner OF
wondrous things passed in bright succession before
Fine feathers may deck out poor skinny bird and
large into pompous stateness, but the dOdo dehes
beauthyiDg. We do not object TO the rneager sub
stratum which may forget as we choose; bat
to gres, inert mas Of plot, which detained
u all night, and raised its stupid penderosity among
the sparkling decorations and the fight Of horses and
the glter Of cavaliers. We complain Of having had
too much. We have seen better things, each in rts
individual way, produced at hundredfoid lees er'
pense than the spectacle OF Monday night Better
have thing good than hundred middlins There
was much opportunity 70, tue sound Of srvmpeta md