The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-23

house 10 the Hsymarkst which, within Ten minutes
on last FRIDAY night had virtually psrshed tell that
or the fame they bssow on singers and Of The artistic
culture with which they surround the profession Lon
SSu ssa NO when Paris bad Ky nome
try We were constantly importing the highest compost
tons long before they known 70 the French and
that they. In fact had opera worth the name Until
the nineteenth century had commenced.
What capricious train has passed across that stare
now crumblsd 70 ashesl Caare, who could slns well
at slxtydvs who smAssed In London enough money 10
buy him adukedom st home and who told prince OF bis
day that he had IN him the Of any two Of the then
press Of Russia alter her London Tor lsss tnEn
5000 ducats, who was told BY Inc Caans mat not one
OF her generals received % much who replied. "You
had better ask Jour generals 20 sing for you" and who
thus, BY being ndomitably impudenl obtained the
she had asked; Nara who came here with . reputation
gansd by her having refused 10 sing for Frederick The
Great and Who after the burning down OF The Kng's
theatre, was fra donna OF the Pantheon Banii, who
bequeathed her larynx the municipality OF Bologna 10
iingiou, .ths wonder" Braham who came IN with the
century and surprised generation uraccustomed TO
English voices; and then caslsni, who, for while,
songsiresses delighted all hearers insisted upon half
tho gross receipts Of the opera house aud melted c2o
Precautions Against Fire In Tbeatres-Dnn-
gerous and Fatal Dclusions.
From the London Times, Dso o.
But besides antiquity, as London 10
forcsd 10 measure its sniiques fayorte illusion cso
destroyed Friday night A long as We can re-
member every child IN London has been told that
right tho top OF the old Opera House there hung
enormous OF water sufficient 10 turn any
confagration into . delugs. and only too likely 10
pointed to something tia. looked like an immense
tank, and which certainly could hold water enough
for some purpose or other A one's reason matured
and experience modified the creduliy of youth one
BEGAN 70 entertain misgivngs to the possibility of
directing this Niagara on the proper quarters One
asked who was 10 be thsres How WAS he TO open the
valves, or even TO know whore to And thcmf How
the water to be sent right up aoft whee the fro would
effect odgngf But that thcre huge tank and
no one could doubt II the water did not come down II
would IN and there might be explosion import.
ant and Interesting fact II did good The result
however, bafled equally all hopes, expectations end
misgivinra Tho supposed armament OF waters was
discharged on Friday TO effect After II had fulfilled
s mission, a. we are assured tho tank, the woodes
conceivable Of suspendng . huge weight OF water
In roof already liable to dangerous strains and vet
necessarily light is in the emergency Of nre Yet,
after performing It's part very solennly for three
quarters Of q century, the old impos,or found on
Friday 10 be good for nothing For the future the de-
pendcncs will DO on the plan, construction and maize
rial OF the edce rather than any scheme for drown
ing Ore n IL gets hold OF building. We shall
be excused for drawing attention TO the circumstances
under which largest theatre has been burnt out
they say, like barrel 10 sixty seventy minutes
In spite OF tanks and half the Ere engines In London
some worked by steam Our public buildings and their
contents arc becoming moro and moro valuable, and OF
some may be said the loss would bs irreparable.
They ought TO be oil thoroughly dreproof and all
be rendered 1rcproof without much difficulty cost
Who would have thought, indeed fifty years ago that
the substitution OF iron for wood would make much
more progress in ships than In buildings and that we
should now be floating castles Of iron, and still laying
timber 10 all the cheaper because u Is longer the
only material for ship building. This however, is q
catastrophe beyond oil example BY tho and
materials Of some OF our public buildings; and IL
the time 70 call attention 10 that 4 anger.