The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-23

BILE crisis to which the abolition sentiment aud
the black republican party have brought the
country at last
The Prince and the Prosecutor the Play.
Now that the great drama of the year 1850
has been played out-the chief actors e., route
for home and the sybordinates returned to
their usual occu pations in real life-we find here
and there few scattered souvenirs Of the grand
performance. Some ofthese "inconsidered tri-
fees" are to be found In the Canadian papers,
which ever and anon proceed TO fight the Orange
battle over again, doubtless with some OBJ
ject in view, although, to external observers,
Canadian politics are, like the ways Of Divine
Providence and the verdict Of petit juries ut.
terly inscrutable. A little clearer are the com
ments Of the Halifax papers upon the letters of
the special correspondent of the London Times
The criticisms which we have deemed 1t neces
sary to make upon the ThundeIer's letters are
mild as June breezes when compared with the
uenchant and crushing attacks of our Nova
Scotia contemporaries. The Halifax editors
we have published elsewhere some citations from
their articles accuse the London Times cores
pendent of incompetency, stupidity, helplessnsss
and Intentional Misrepresentation. To use law
yer's phrase, they have not left him leg to
stand upon. And 80 we leave him to be
slaughtered in the house of his friends.
So far as the general subject Of the Princes
reception is concerned, il was grand poetic
comedy of real life and manners. The heir ap-
parent starts, like nineteenth century Teema-
clus, upon his travels and, with bis Mentor-a
difficult role, most admirably filed In our come
dy-escapes all the shoals and quicksands
which beet his Grecian prototype. The first
act opens in the British provinces, and Is just
little serious. Some Of the characters are hor-
ribly jealous Of each other Others nurse &C.
cret aspirations, and walk about expecting
every moment to receive the accolade Of knight
hood, or to be decorated with the most honora-
BILE Order Ct the Bath. When cold water Is thrown
upon their preteDsions, these chaps sulk and phi
losophize in the true Norwood style. Still
our comedy moves on pleasantly enough.
Young Hamlet and his train are much glori.
fed, and countless Hathatted, rosy. checked
sirens wave their white arms beckoning Tele-
machus to enchanted shores. There are ludi-
crous incidents, too-clownish Mayors, Dog
berrian policemen and rare specimens Of pulled.
up officials of every grade. As the play pro.
crosses we find it becoming little more seri-
ous-the Orange element giving 1t just enough
of variety to prevent 1t from becoming stale by
constant repetition Of fftes, balls, addresses
and triumphal marches.
Distinctly the best portion OF the comedy was
enacted In the United States. When Telema-
chus left the Canadian shore be shook of his
royal state; petty jealousies, small aspirations,
little intrigues, threatened rebellions, were all
forgotten. The Prince, young, fresh, buoyaut,
full Of animal spirits, found himself in q new
country, the people Of which partook Of his own
characteristics Young England and Young
America embraced and kissed each other. Men
tor may have shook his head at some attractions
Of courtly etiquette; the May Fair and Horse
Guard swells were possibly shocked with the
freedom Of Western manners all this helped
the comedy; but the Prince was like another
young Rapid, or Rover, or Jack Absolute; or,
better than all, Prince Hal, OF Falstafiian fame.
Doubtless he understood our people better than
any Of the noblemen and gentlemen about him,
as he came among US fresh and free from m.
tque prejudices Undoubtedly he liked young
free America better than old fogy England,
with her thousand stupid restrictions and alb
surd forms Of etiquette, which fetter royalty, 90
that neither hand nor foot may be moved ex.
cept by rule.
Tie actors in our comedy are numbered by
millions. Everybody from the President Of
the United States down TO the little maidens
who are just able to wave their tiny kerchiefs,
Is in the bill Of the play. And every body has
tried to play his or her part as we'll a. possible
So we must not be hypercridcal. Let us even
say good word for the fne old pecunious gen.
tlemen like Peter Cooper, who played Polonius,
or Malvolio, or Lord Duberly, in our comedy:
they were as important to the play as the danes
and demoiselles who assisted the Prince In bis
terpsichorean operations. When we have the
lights, The dresee, the beauty, the compliments,
the banquets, and all the pomp, pride and cir
cums'ance Of the dramatic art, we must likewise
have our testers and our clowns. Otherwise
our plsy would be dull. As II Is, the new
comedy has had what the French call veri-
table success. The accounts Of Its performance
will attract much attention on the other side Of
the water. We fancy that some Of the nobility
and gentry-the old fogy section especially
will be bothered entirely with il. Il puts us in
4 new and most favorable light before the
world. and is worth all the money II cost. and
more, too.
ANorHTR MEDICAL MrRpER.-E Every week or
two we are compelled 10 record care Of death
by poison, airing from The ignorance or care