, 1861-02-02

THE DRAMA,
Since our criticism upon the Il Woman In White
few days aince, ne are gl.d to notice manifest
improvement in the later performances Of the play.
It has been carefully praned down In parts In
which verbosity rendered 1t tedious, and even dlt
hcu1 for those who had not read the original sto1y
to follow the plot, which was obscnsel By rnass
Of words, we'll enough in novel, but altogether
oat Of place on the stage. In the theatre hearing
must always be secondary to seeing. We go to
sss play performed, not to hear dull homilics
spun ont tntermtnably. The actors, too, performed
f1eis respective parta much better than on the oc-
ctson OF the frst presentation. Still some Of them
did not come up to our ideas Of the characters
which they represented. This Ia perhaps owing Us
nuch TO physical as mental pctuliari.ies and hin
ORANGES; Thus Mrs. Pl9nkett never eau fully &C
tualize the strong minded. browu.skinned, dark
eyed Marian Naieomb, with her deep woman}Y
itelihS apd large heart Nor can Ar. Prior realize
who, passionate and heads.rong o= he may b., yet
only on oue Two occasions e0 far forgcts hfmself
a. to allow the demon within to dethrone the gen
ease, culture. His very voice Indicates the me-
chauic rather than tho artist-she man who thinks
sT,aer sdhs aas than desls who weighs lbs express
get Esope:ly. Nj. Hmm, though awkward
Y. aSssaon, Sa,, Il yet far more Of an artist than
fl st viii hta nnna ,nai;,ie W @ n1s
upon you as be proceeds whiie directiy he rcEresc
Is the case WITH Nj. Pror Then III iJan1 ~ 1e,ss
,,rouounccs tho Epclish ]nnrnn~a corrert1v With
cannot be said Of Ir Prinr Therc arn n}hcrs 'i n
Atr. McVickst's company who would. in our optn.
NJ PIN Tote H. orisat teIa!h ~ paass
Whom very inferior parts aqo most 10
given. Tits gcntleman's pace, figure. bearinr Oh
tic etace voice mauncr Ec arr excellent ma
he gives dramatic eftct to narts which nthrr artnrs
make nothing Of.
4, TuE FLonEscEz.-Thts youpe and popn1ar coun,e
etasc arrived in town, aud commence an engage
ment at Mcyicker's Theatre Monday erenfno
They have inst re,nrncd frnr, +he sontt xrhcr,
.s..s,.%. 1a's 's.u1neo 4toni tae SCUM "neto,
notwithstanding the great political excitement,
their appearance las heen ho1;ea With o1ao+ en-,
cess, pecuniarflv and understandable
The people OF chtcaco will. wa tnou faa, ,r,,,
fed ut their return as thcy arc standard favoritc.
here, where thcy have won m hono.ah1c dfs,tnr.
tion, both on the stage ind In the social md pr,
vatc walks Of life. During the present engagement
thcy will produce many novelties. among which
may be enumerated a new Oriental Spcctacn1ar
Burlesque In which the vast resources OF the thea
tse WI " brought Into Pla7, the scenery, cos-
tare snI c.icnotcd = " ,r tc % auoit e1aoutate na
instructjon tn n1'r a1n sn1, aaa
Ar new ad m as!oriSa! tea Military Drama i also IN,
tsdns - to,is nc tnS s hsents M o. ths nsSs Mas
fSHr IL ~.
Hnnier iii T5a aSin, a.s1 ng sta ahe 49, hatf!e OF
TN I},r1,nr IND ',,on.. ~ ~ ~ tae ia n pos
o1ntion fha, onre s,,ch ~ trnnnhs - ~ ~ lns Tss
arnv nrd IA f. ~ Sur,at; ~ " .uE timefIean
ahn}t tn ~, rot M r aa 81 our onlon now
1nTs,ote bn ut. or:c,t:S wnu - eeenl 70 naFe
Won ~" NA>' .'A eA'Soe'S loo's 'oasns sou
s,enfnr nf tha necnretto tnttnGatai ~ GohS.ess and
ni5n a1t,n ~ .ue tSt O. Independence form
ats1 poEtGn o. thts beautiful patriotic drama and
1atai =, inSns 1 ~ ~ aoInG mo!c cacli-
.htst h ~ iosG u Union ana country. In
~ t neaa,a Of or people than sho
of H. tnrntrv ,ha odi;t ny Inc Fatner
~ ptGulcl 4ol olf. alu Afs Florence much suc-
nTin ncoSle net ~ cEose 1er ne
eiarfi nS tsr ~ " Gn cGnt hrurey appfeeate al
Aau
Bins. RrAs's BENEFIT LAST N1our-onc Of the
largest houses ct the season copcrecatcd At Nc
the complimentary benefit to Mrs, Kate Denim Ry
an. The sterling old NAV Of "Donrlas" :" led III tho
programme, and was toleras'y performed. Mr..
Prior sustained leading character with credit as
Narra, .na na,nf.a ~ .as p'eanuea' Ra.t ol 4oen9
+'o''d'' nno l'a1nloto Us 4'orefz. Inc remaining
'pcrEonages, excepting that Of LADY, Rondo{ph-
inE of Mss Piunkett, TO cay the least. nntural
nil. i''7 - 'ue pAt' "oa'o per-
The farcc Of the coahunadruna and the Urn''
i,u.hablc hurIesoue and cxfrnys..a1 1c .at m6st ~
lowed II" Heanty and the Beast" Ar. Meyieker.
silver Urn on table oztcutatiougv isn.Sed and ,n
made m humorous speech, introducing the con
two. Tie prize effort was 6v Go Mospmap pent r Ges
who failed 70 come forward to. claim Tie reward.
fornanec: ~ N'N-' '~ "'' 's''''ae' u '''' per"
g v9e gr3'nd TIT pr1ze9 "eon:' y, was as follows:
the crisis: 0A' s0'4'"' D1on pazS S'1e4s 'nrougn
o Mi l Sas Ser s =. Sfr and her ron
baa SnaFc OF the Hunter and the Tomb shall not claim
Ono condition, imposed by tie comm,ttc nm,
snc recipient u the nm, might well have deferred
t1eak he eompaay. il by this was in,endcI M oe thc
aaqenee, AZ 3n, tie indeed would have been Left for,
season. ~ '''''' ~ "47 '0e u 'nS Largest o' the
aW11ss.aol5 Ws.s 1aiI one:
Union bccone vcry nopularf : " o'a'e o' 'nls
Mscauze Dl1-he {" Dixie )is
closed The perfrmances Mpa van nnu ts1ea ,ne 9eas
Eeaaty in anything like good taste, and is far Be-
may be called. "''N ""Se ~ snaf ac'ef Il
a NARROW EscArE.-The returned ezcur-
sionlsts, OF the party that visited Philadelphia,
had Il narrow escape day before yesterday.
1Au1Eaas, hcaf Alliance, on the Eastern Diyi-
sion of the PITTSBURGH. Fl Wovno T. cb;,,oo
1.:,., n,o' "'"s ~ en1s1sso
haflfoad. Ihe rear car was occupied BY many
Of the marty. residents of chfcoro anil 3r,u,,,
-. :: ~ ea4e'sso auo 'hi"a
kce' While running at high speed this car
was thrown of the track. ow1np IN +he hre,1-
;,, - ~, -, ~ LIZ o.eAA'
Ing ot rail, and dragged pounding and @..
inr alone over f1c s7eercr, T. -~asu-
conn1in9 hroEa M, 49, fortunately the
It's running p~- was 1e1e upflsht,
-en' anu Itself on the near verge Of q high
enbankment. AS may be imagined, the
alarmed gentlemen scrambled out with a feel
Ing OF gratitude at their escape, cnhanced
"hen Aey saw how much worse it might have
oeen. ~ 1t was, no person was injured
- :
c;...,s. C.s~. - 1a1.It sssksSaES7.-ln the
;,ss. s euuse atan'erfe Las just given
W. lne defendant In the case of
,,rans,t ~ 80. 'ae c''S o1 lineage, suit
o4uun' 10 recover back $50 paid ut the In
rrnnna in this aoa;a,. 49,. .Ae7 uae
~ sois oec1slon, that the city treats
the assessment Is yalid, and thar there IN M
ahtent1on OF abandoning the improvement, Il
Is leld that:
Dy re~,,a;n, 4ho ,,.
fund III Ihe iscnadt @ ~ hs uossec. holding the
credited m he ,a- -. snose concerned and to be
rule would expose tie trustees 10 ~ co.a
rcady MA unon N t fe!andtnz money perhaps al
however, new assessment should he 1,,de II an
are pas'Ss t PC assesscd with greater 0: less
hare TO be paid or received bv t citx [S wona