The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-12

!, mort N.,so. J. Waterbury for District Attor-
nov, nor John !, fancy for County Clerk, nor
Elijah r. Purdy. !. 'orace +. Clarke or D. H.
sick,es for CONGRESS- They will nominate Thos.
J. Barr in place of Purdy. Stephen 7. Russell in
place Of Clarke, and Hiram "aipridge IN place
Of Sickles. They will also support hossrs.
Cochrane, Maclay and Ward for congress, and
Kelly for Sheriff AT the charter cA'ctioas IN
December, this objection being reAnovcd, they
will probably concur in some united course Of
action with the other section of Tammsny.
AN OPERATIC REvoLuTIoN.-One Of the most
remarkable changes in the taste Of the public,
not only metropolitan, but provincial as WELLS
found in the operate events Of the day. In the
early days of the AmeScan theatre nothing was
more popular than the old fashioned English
operetta Of the "No Song no Supper" or "Lovc
in Village" order. An actress who could sing
tolerably and act we'll was always sure to mako
sensation, and generally caught rich hus-
band. Encouraged by the public support which
the old fashioned operctta received the English
composers went to work at something more pre-
teatious. stealing right and left from the roper
tories Of the Italian ana the French comic
Opera. Then we had the Woods, who were all
the rage, and who made great deal of money.
| Following them came the Seguins, who were
| also successful. Nine. Thilon, who was more
French than English, was great public
| favorite; but there the record of triumphs must
| end. The Pyne and Harrison company, though
highly esteemed, failed to reap any pecuniary
reward, and within the month two English opera
| companies have sought for the favor of a metro
/ poltan audience, which would not take the
| trouble to go and hear them. Many in
genious persons have puzzled their brains in
finding excuses or apologies for this
frigidity on the part of the public,
but none of them have hit the nail on the head.
II is not that the artists are mediocre, or that
they injudiciously pit themselves against the
Italians in English versions of hackneyed operas.
1t is simply because the taste of the public has
changed, and that nobody cares nowadays for
the English Opera when the italian article can
be had at the same price Ten or twelve years
ago it was hard work to muster an audience for
Italian Opera sufficient to fill Palmo's old place
in Chambers street, or the Astor place establish
ment while now we have had two companies
giving performances at the same time, and filing
the Academy and Burton's theatre, either of
which houses will accommodate more people
than the two old places together. The Italian
Opera is the fashionable amusement Of the day,
not only in New York but in Boston, Philadel-
pla, Baltimore and the other provincial cities,
when they are lucky enough to get it, Among
| the more refined classes it has to some extent
supplanted the drama, which, if it is not abso-
| lutely on the wane, certainly does moi keep pace
| with the progress of The country. Fashionable
| people think il is the thing to say they
have been TO the opera, but are not 50
fond of saying that they have assisted
at the acting of an English play. Where they
| 60 everybody follows, 20 one meets everybody at
the Opera II is no doubt a very melancholy
| state Of things for some of the old fogies that
| such state Of things should exist; but there il
no resisting, rs there is no accounting for the
mutations Of public taste. just now the Italian
Opera is 1.-THE thing" and nothing else will do,
the audiences being popular we'll a. fishiona-
he. With the advent Of Piccolomn this state Of
affairs will be more pronounced than ever be-
| lore, ana the puphc may cohhutntiy expect
furore exceeding in intensity anything of the
kind since the days when Malibran led all New
| York captive by the power OF her genius
| TIE CENTRAL AND ERIE AaaN AT LoGGER
HEAps-Another grand railroad convention j.
TO be held at Buffalo today. The Central IL
charged with having violated some Of the pro-
visions Of the recently concluded armistce. and
hence the trouble. The matter, II Is said. has
been pushed 50 far that the papers have been
delivered into the hands OF the umpire for hi
decision. II is to be hoped that these railroad
| gentleman will be able to come TO some concu-
sicn amongst themselves as 10 what constitutes
| good faith, and endeavor to abide by it,