The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-14

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| Mr. Adoiph Rowea The New Surrey tbosir> Y" ~"
house put up on the sc Of that destroyed by NJ wa
opened on Boxing Day. twas jammed TO rs uh 700
capacity Nj Shepherd sole lessee and anager, b,A>
Tho audience welcome Ia neat speech la which hc
ssd:-'The prcscn, building vast improvement upon
the Old one, you will all admit but tho change shall
not stop here You shah have the best artists that judg
| ment and capital engage YOU shall have the best
pieces tina! judgment and capital purchase, and
what Is more they shall be placed upon the stage ia the
! best manner that judgment aud capital command
Already ia preparation Is a powerful dramatic piece,
written by John oxensord, and dramattxed from the
popular novel Of East Lynne, in which Miss Ayonia
Jones, tho celebrated American actress vii, make her
hrs appearance Honesty Is the Best Policy then
played, Miss Goodall, from the Theatre Royal Liver
pool making favorable first appearance. Mile Roser
premiere dsnsus made hor Grst appearance in Engard
| Miss Elizabeth Webster appeared a. Fun and Misy
Esther Jacobs as Tom the Pipers Son Mcssrs Fenton
and Osmsns Christmas pantomime at the Victoria was
Harlequin Old Esop; or DR. syntsx and His Animated
I Alphabet In the harequnado were Mr. Barnard syi
vsssrs tho Clown; Mr.. r. Marchsnt the Panaioon; Mr.
W. Hall, the Harlequin and Miss Ellen Powell, the
Loulvsane Les Frcres Elliott gymnas,s were called
spAtte. Az the Maylebono theatre the Loves OF Henry
the Aec0sd aud Fair Kosamond were tho subject
OF q zoos pAntomime, Robin Hoci and bis true love
Maid Maria.,, being iutrosccd with little bo,dness by
the author Bsne Beard ieascd, la6es and all, the
Alexandra Tssre was '!clly audience at she stan
dhrd The treat provided consisted OF pantoDnc with
the title or Pat Cake, PaaaCakc, BAKERS Man; or,
Bah Bah Black 5hcsp, Have You ANY voolr ~ the
Pavilion BEARD given under the title OF Bsie
Beard and His Seven Headess Wives. The programmes
"a the Britannia ww Old Daddy Longlogs and SIR
Regent Circus; or Tic Race for tho Golden Apples.
King Flame and Queen Pearly Drop; or, Harlequin
Simple simon very we'll reserved at the City
OF London The Conrad Family pstsona;ed the
SPIRITS. The sisters Lnden made tsr nfst appear
~ the bingham, where crowdat house kept
in excc'ient humor with paDtomimc. Clown wits played
by Mr J. Evans Mr. Charles Harlequin, Nj Find
lay Pan.sioon and Mss Amy Rosand co,umbhc Tho
Lorenzo Family spritss. sgnor Ethar'io the
Italian gyrnast. appeared a.' the CrystaPaac His
performance Is thus described.-Round iron column
1fiy feet hvh and smooh platform winds 10
the summit. Up shs Ethardo esccnds giohe made
OF wood Tts gloc Is only thirty inches In diameter,
tho idth plato twelve inchrs and with
protection assist IN she descent The ascent
when compared with the of the performances,
o,sy, but the coming down Is a trial Should the
ball travel inch Of the way, iittlo fat,
nothing could savcrhc performer from a calamity
incline winding IRE the top TO The bottom of the column
than hundred and eighty feet, and the
copshment OF the feat called forth bursts of applause
The rantomine good. There upwards OF sIyty
thousand persons IN the Palace.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Agricultural Hail. London, Is again converted mo
a hippodrDmc. Tue follown. driss there in
Oh ristmas week - Herr Otto Motif German juggler
Madame Bridges formerly Of the Cirque Napoeont Nile
Rose Masota and Herr Gerard Goldschmd Ia fests Of
workmanship. Mr. John Henderson, the Aging rs, |
and Mr. Jean Bond tia magic ladder
The two giants, Chang and Anak, in London on
Boxing Day"--ihe At the Egyptian, the other a.
g. James Hail.
Colonel Stodan, 10 his mystery and magic tricks, lad
great humber u visitors london al Christmas
Eleven thousand three ,nBdved and forsya,s pcraons
paid for admission the London geological Gardens
Boxing Day aud one thousand seven hundred and
eny Christnas Day max together larger number
Of visitors than any days Christmas time since
the GARDENS were opened 10 tho pubiL.
Amphthcae Liverpool under the direction NJ NJ john
Coleman, OF Leeds, England.
Th- Theatre Francois Paris, celebrated tho tao hun
drcd and wenty sixth versary OF the birth Of Rcns
Psaidesrs by that author An ode by " Henr' dc Bor
der was also The Odson theatre on the same oca
sion played Ardroma7ue and L>s Pte'd,nr
The Lsnierr> Nogique-a pan'cmne ~thont the har
ieqrinadc given the Cha,eIc PARIS December ~
A. Arna has been engaged a, the Gymnase, Paris, 70
play in a now piece by N ssrdph
The Beaumarohais theatre Paris advertised Tor ale
for six hundred thousand francs twenty thousana
pounds The present lessee guarantees, he says Ger
tain annual profit his Of sixty ihor sand
francs NJ Edmond About Is sid 10 lie In treaty