New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-13
ADJUSTMENTS.

ACADEMY OF MusIc.-The sumpuous Opera House
overflow ed With oiiisn. su,etc--asiriy Strangers
in town-upop the op-ang pigbt OF the sossoo. a.
'bs CITY creeps toward q c. p,rs, Psrt-as such c,
lcsssl hotels as the k1fh-Averue Houss are put up
the Ice Atty Of Fourteenth street and Irving pace
b.ccu more cenral-ar3, indeed, few gears of tue
pretent rate Of increment will axe il little too
far south for general Blu, row It is most &C
sihe, a. VAS witnessed by the immense sucitory Of
last evening.
Tie piecs was the unhack ne yed Martyrs, or
Poliuto The music u this opera has some brilliant
cspt,a ipg pieces but, whole il s sub neridian
pot quail TO the beet works Of Donretti by great
deal M.loojcsly it is far in eror to Laeid Lucre:a,
and LEhs,r, by the same suthnr, as well a, other
works By other bands having . venerable possessioa
Of the stage. Tie plot is the same as that Of the
Frei CD trrgsdy, AID is clear and concise. The stage
mounting al TIE Academy is good, ard sometimes tx
ce,nt The procession, With the mil tay band is PSF
ticnlarly striking.
Mao. Cortesi, the soprano, has q voice Of much
force, ana style Of vigor. As a denea,or of tee
more tender passions she Is unique. Sue never faters
or shows exhaustion the most exciting
The Christian ro,c ouet at tho ciose brought out
her o. oct impassiopcd qualities.
Sgnor Brig pon Las good part, which he makes
grea, deal Of in his capital singing HIS voice was in
fire order and be never exerteo himse ( more.
Sisnor Amodi has not declined in volume by his
Sumner rus.icstion. TIE pHt of the Procoasu,
however is no. ps,hcu ary Interesting 1t is inferior
TO the others in Delodlous interest
The orchestra was well led by N. MAetzek, and
ably sustaI ed the cooius aud principals.
The season has opened most au'piciously. The
next performance will be on W Wednesday.
LAURA KEEsE's THEarrR.-We had heard Of Mr..
Pslgrsve Simpson before, sno humby trusted that
be bad done his worst in the play-writng way. Last
mig undeceved us. We beg Mr.. Simpsons pardon,
AID hereby DO him the justice to admit that be has
the genus to write worse play than We had ever
considered him capable Ct perpetratrg 1t doubtless
requires real genius to do anything thoroughly,
utterly atrocous'y, and irredeemsbIs bad, and If Mr.
Simpson has not proved bis cs'm to the ,ssession OF
the divine spark by Attaching ,e very summit Of this
bed smipence, be bss accomplished nearer approxi-
alton than most would care to make. TOere may
be comedies than the piece called World and
Stage bot If TO- we have b,en hitherto spsred toat
die ihHctior spd dramatic purg,tory is yet to
cone This celectable pr auction was brought out
for the FIST ue this city, county and couhtry last
IA, gtt, st Laura Keene's rbeater, the house being
very full and for white very attentive, the people
bsvu g come bopng for better tnings. The play is
p three acts, three wesy acts which Gil thet from
els BIT O'Clock TO three quarters pa. ten, and the
whole sto,y is told in single paragraph. Fanny
Kelly" Miss Keene, and g Laoy Csstlscrag -
Mrs Ada Chftor, are sisters the former actress
the latter lady of rank, who is compelled
- lad kpsh anA 20 sisfar
which sister aterwsrd finds means to save her noble
knswc man from the effects Of DESC erse tut.ti,n
with fascinating fop. This slight plot, which
hardly foins sufficient fou, dation for sogle well
constructed scene is dragged through three ted
acts. Of cturse, to fill the time nu nber OF persons
are Introduced, several Of whom are exceedingly
clever sketches Of character, bu: who in reality
have no more to do with the development Of the
little plot there is to the piece than they hsve with
the elaboration Of the Interesting story of d" Romeo
and Juliet" TIE object of the play seems to be to
prove that su actress is not necessarily degraded
srd r. probate woman. II Is stupid thing that q
dramatic author should consider it necessary
TO enter INFO an Ella ,orete three act argu-
nert to prove 20 pspabls q proposition,
and it is humilietipg thing tLs artists SHOULD con-
slider themselves bouLd to act 10 play which presup.
as ~ readily be imsgir ed consists Of old clap trap
sentiments and thread bare inanities which have been
repeated and reiterated thousand times and which
have Lever been 60 weakly put END badly sad as 10
the present 1stance The wrorg - the world does the
stsge can never be set right ami the purity Of the
profession viz dcs'ed BY plays acted upon the stage,
and if tots were possible Mr. Pasrave Simpson should
be persuad,d to drown pen and paper deeper than
Ia rt.t NAHa
really give the author credit for Introducing, after
a h.ltersbelter way peculiar 10 himself, q
lumber Of very clever character. sketches. Fanny
Kelly" the actress, is made the moutbpisco OF oil
the weak badedash that bss been pratsd tor the last
ten years about the equal responsibility of actresses
with other laoes as il anybody hsd ever denied it.
She has however one Or two good scenes, which arc
sunk apo swsmped in the Of trash OF which the
bulk Of The par, is made up. Mis- Ksene, who per
iorGes the character, fails to give aoy absorbing
irterest inseec We have seldom seen this lady act
10 badly at the cose Of the second act This scene,
bo~eysr, is oouoly ruined by the out-of place low
comtdy gymnastics " Mr Stevens, who pays q" Dan-
lei Dew.ap," en- anomalies servant. Lsty Cas- IT,
Graz, tie pobe sister of the actress, is represcnts
b, Mis- Ada Clifton. Tne author has done
little fer this part ard the lady has little to do but "a
dress well snc bear herself with proud digoity both
of which she does. She renders the one or two
sc.res that admit Of any acting with much effect.
Miss Lipgus," quart poor relation, is ore Of he
best &C. parts in the piece, and 10 played by Miss
Mary Wells, an actress Who seldom does ANYTHING
badly Mrs. Mark Smith mas little c,rgeniai part,
in Lacy Cable, q part which she dresses IN al
mirable .sste, and acts With much spirit. Mss
Marian Mccarthy, as ''He.iy Stubbs," waiting
maid wss eDtable, and received encore Of ner