New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-06
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.

svas;s.,S himself with the public, one day played
l;s mart in a negligent manner. The spectators
Hsrsme angry and Kissed the sefcOnceited player
who in 9 sudden fit of passion retorted with the
iD-soundfng epithet, "blockheads The tumult
Eersa,ed. and nolens roIens the rash VI. Fleury
vss Obliged TO offer an apology. This be did in the
following remarkable manner: Gentlemen, nav
% said that you are blockheads; it is true ana
"am lofty for it," III e,rna ~,
The comedians in this world are not al iouuu VII
He stage; and in fact this anecdote mas peen re-
called TO mind, not by an hunDle minister vi tlo
Smnle Of Tbalia. but by the so-called great man
ha has lately acted the part of the premier roe N
-. Fn,,sh EComedy of Political Errors.' Lord
Pslmeystop's way of apolsgziDg is exactly copied
eon the French actor, and meets with the same
success: for in both cases, the public appiauds
,ungs.t impertinence with frantic enthusiasm
fhe sn;ovmfnts of the season will be lost in ambi
Nous csnvassing and tedious speeches from the must,
nss. The enchanting trils OF the prima donna Will
he drowned by the sOmniferous haraugaes OF all
the Learned friends" who aspire to put an NJ. +:
after their names. The graceful movements and
welcome leaps of the charming corps de ballet VIII
attract no attention in the midst OF the wonderful
evohtions Of professed politicians. One question
is predominant-Win Lord Palnerston continue
the master of England Whatever his devoted
friends may assert TO the contrary, incline 10
thpk that the position which he occupies IN the
affections of bis country is rather that OF MISTRESS
and-sins much.
At all events, since an opportunity is offered to
SAe people Of England to reform their Parliament,
Ms 10 be hoped that they will deslst from elechng
military dignitaries who are, generally speaking,
most ntOlerabe bores in public assemblies. Thus,
IN the last debate, Sir William Williams "of
Karsn the great British "hero" and "liOn," who
forgot 60 nobly and generously to mention the gal
hnt Hungarian, Gen. Kmety, whose share IN the
defense of the city was indeed, much greater than
his own, tried his hand at specialization, and
made q shocking failure. He lost, indeed, golden
opportunity to remain silent. There Is another
Williams William in the House of Commons; but
xlopeh their names are identical in all but position,
here exists between the two individuals as great
a difference as is found between horse chestnut
and chestnut horse. Gen. Williams ls not the
oaly military speaker who, when rising, declares
emphatieally that he is about to fulfill duty 10 MS
country and himself, and has something to ten
which his colleagues will be delighted to near
There is host Of "heross" indulging IN these
immense mountains, which, after the due labor
bring forth simply the anticipated mouse.
In, then, the answer which Moses Mendelssohn
ence gave an officer, still applicable in our days
This celebrated philosopher and friend of the great
leasing, whose outward appearance was that OF
moor. Informed small-sized cOnfessor of the Mosaic
freed. was walking through one of the gates of
Berlin, when the lieutenant on duty resolved to
mako him his laughing stock. jew" cried the
proad man with the sword with what goods do
s'you chatter 7" What I sell, Meadelssohn an,
swered meekly, "is not usually bought by you and
Nysur brother-officers." "And what Is tnat iner,
~ehandise which is of no use TO us - W.T. ana
sinteDigence," said the philosophical author OF
~PhaedOn."
Rat. 10 return TO the London season, it is vexed
suestion whether the excitement OF the electoral
campaign will prove beneficial or not to the theaters
Committee meetings and such assemblies Will GER
tanly stand against the material interests Oh tle
play.housep but if the original performances on the
tustipgs could induce the managers also TO produce
come or pinal pieces the loss would be amply com,
peusated. II is truly degrading to remark that
The assumed English dramatic authors OF our Tune
are but a set Of daring and enterprising pirates:
And yet the true Briton wall speak OF " foreigner
with the same disdsn a civilized Greek spoke Oh
"barbarians" foreigner, unless he be success
kul adysnturer kind of INSCRIPTIONS Louis Napo-
Aon. stands yery low in the social scale. There Is
no true Englishman in the world who does not, 10
a certain extent, share the feeling OF the worthy
6ockney who on his first tour on the Continent,
when he was spoken to by q French ofhcla at
6slais as foreigner, fell into great passion
and exclaimed: "Sr, am no Frenchman, that Is
Strue enough; but at all events, am no foreigner
How, then, is it that real English drama, one
whose foreign origin cannot even be suspected, Is
a thing never to be met with Let us 60 through
the theaters Her Msiesty's is rot yet open, but it
will soen resound with Italian music. At Drury
Lane there are, it is true to be seen the buss OF
Shakespeare and Sheridan, of Kembe and Edmund
Keap; but, at one time you have there an EnghM
opera, which means an opera translated ln!O En-
slisb from the French or the Italian; at another
epoch Christmas pantOmlne, represented during
three months consecutiyey and alternating with the
s'Black Book or the Game of SpeculatOn, trans
lations respectively of the Memories da Diabtc and
La Qxestion Argent. Near Drury Lane are the
black ruins of COyent Garden; alas this beautiful
house WAS occupied by professors of magic when it
was reduced to ashes and will only be rebuilt for ltal-
hn operas. If we go to the Haymsrket, Mr.. Buck
stone will favor with representation OF Double
faced People" a drama which has been twice wit
messed by the Queen, who was pleased to express
cher special appreciation of the production, as CO.
Temporary says. Now, this production has wonder
fully the physiogomy of the FanI Bonhommes, a
comedy represented at Paris You may also meet the
wicked Wife, another success OF this thsater,
hnewn at the French metropolis under the title,
"a Wife Hating her Husband"-the last work OF
the late lamented Madame Emile de Girardin.
You find the same Wife" at the Olympic,
under the name, "A Sheep in VOLTS Clothing,
and at the Lyceum, under the interrogatiye title
Of Angel or Devill' At the latter theater we
ear see, besides, Don Cesar dc Bazan, an Eghsh
Translation Of French piece, which had itself
Been inspired by parsonage Of one OF Victor HUI
Cos best dramas. At the Strand and Surrey are
gwen Pride and Poverty and Fraud and It's
Victims" both limitations of the well-kuown
French melo-drama called d" Les Panrres de
Paris bat adapted, as the phrase goes, " to
British life and modern manners" At the Adcl'
phi, Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams perform Amer
fcan pieces. Shakespeare is really confined to Sad
ler's Wells and the Princesss, where Charles Kean
has this week insugurated splendid rendering OF
Richard III. If you ASK in this somewhat lengthy
review and theatrical record, for the part lett to
Encl;sh ,.n;us and English wit Won ind N mesIser