, 1866-01-27

OFxnA HoCsE--ME. Edwin Forrest appeared laet
evening In The character Of Damon Of hIs
most popular pe.son4tiona. The house vas crowd.
ed, and the performances was greeted With cnthusi.
astie tokens Of appsohatiou. With the MAY OF
nsa.hed week o. oas 1s.hsr a.
Of nsny hundreds VINO hase raid @ sbe.F money fos
reserved seats To-day, IN the expectation ol aeesn
This afternoon "The Tanning Of the shrcwr win
pc given and IN the evening, ~ The Stranger
In neither Of which Mr.. Forrest will make h,s
appearance. The rey nodiocze stock company,
whose performances have been hitherto endured,
wall depend upon thelr own attractions a 10 draw
m{sers Of Edwin Forrest. whof,have been at The
trouble and expense ofadng eeass ID advance, Will
recar1 srch m announcement ~ q pIece Of tharp
hAvr been oatultted. There has been nothing, With
the exception Of Forests own performances, du-
Eng ths week, to attract any pe1so9 Of aete 10 tho
s,mpiy oe play Of Hamlet with the pa.t Of Hamlet
McVlcKER's IuE1TnE-"The Sea OF lce' Vas
with many important improvements in TIC scenic
effects Of the DRAMA Miss Laura Keene's fne act
Ing seldom showed to better effect; but It IL the
ps chef at e Ry s
improvement In thle respect and the mechanism OF
the drama worked better than on TIC INST repre-
aat IL ksw nn
viii b produced on Monday. Thosc Tho hsSs v not
seen The Sea Of Ice should 20 to-day,
run at The Aneum for seses.> n1ghta, and continues
10 draw fun houees. 1t will be presented for The
]a.t time this afternoon and creuinc. after which
Lave shieh Is afea9g pssprien ,ss x 81
be given.
Fao1u ASn DREos.-On this suggestive and
1ather ,a, eccentric tepis = lecture VII Be- delyessd
I; ;MeVicker-a son Of DR.. Brock Meyicker Of this
dty-Mho, under the pse7aionya Of "Wnd Edger-
ton. r. acquired % considerable popularity q
which will be interesting to a Western audience
20 exposition Of the upper and lower Strata Of New
fo1k society. md pro.1!set 70 he an attractive
printed abruad. and we nay confidently anticipate
;or hlm worthy reception In this city
SEATN0-Ihe skating parks have been very
of 1ia he eat1sosanay san m up Ths IL IS By
no utAns IN the hneat condition. aIa every one Or
The Psrks REQUIRES 10 b. fehooded; SotEnhsana'
Ing ibis drawback. however the ardor Of The skaters
he had At the Central park the Meagher Brothers
took grand benefit la.t evening winch was
well attended, Their performances were much
these distinguished twin brethren will mike theft
lasr appearances, IN Chicago The Ogden Psrk
,nads good show yesteFaay 1hs 'ss N; pFet.
quite M 10 the standard This afternoon q g!ud
skattng match will come OF for elx splendid pI1zcs.
Ak the Ogden number sont Of the bsst amateur
b. looked Tor.
The hurdle race 1t The Rink which came on on
Thursday evening, Was complete succees. EleTeu
Mesers. Van Eta. Husted. Goodrich Patterson.
Hruniman. Hlll. Olent, Curry. johnson, Henlcy, md
Foster. The nrtt prize Tns awarded 10 HI. H16fed,
evening wln good.
The Washington rark vas tolesably well nlled
yesterday, the leg WIS toleszbly smooth, and the
TTAf1
principal feature Of the afternoon was base ball
ina,ten, piayea 6y To Eseeldo! elnb aeatnst the
Atlanpc; large GoWd assembled to Witness the
ncon-two hours md ffty-one min4tes-and was
we'll sustained on both rides. Il was closely CON
tested. and feeutted in victory fpt {hc FxceIsior
Nine who succeeded In scoring thirty to fwcn,y-
Ave OF the Atlantic. The following l. the scoro
rade by the Exceleiors In seren innings: