New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-10

ss,ress The musical hit OF the evening was tne uue'
between the Alcade and his clerk u act
,,I niece OF elaborate absurdty Mile DuoioS 'ans %
yarulous rondeau with good dealo Nisoi a"u - 49,
and this as also the gastronOmcSi qua' .,.,.gr
beginning OF act second moved the esPc0"l sa
=, tha audience The piece sumptuousy inounUu
only two scenes.are set, and both are auhll SO.o
erst represents picturesque street, the seoonu
on sarmiento's housetOp, whence Is seen ''s'" y -
and house-tops The audience last evening was nu04
and fashionable, and its applause was irequeh.! So
heartily given. Mile. TOst6e especially e1oteu IL " |
deeate rendering OF "Cest lEspagne" which, 10 poih
~ sweetness and kind, merry sadness, is the mus0"
s OF the piece Mile. Tosees subsequent ceieDraton
OF the charms Of the banQuet-R really reHsI
ort OF loquacty-wss excelently done and awoke the
,oost cordial laughter. Les Bavards" is trne put
IA. made It's hit and it offers Opera Boue in form that
none will dsapprove and that all enjoy The secohu
oct of "Barbe Bleue" concluded the performance Mic
de Rosa appeared and trod the may" lies BaVarus
will DO repeated every night, and at the SATURDAY
Matinee.
THE EMERALD RING.
On a dreadful night of tempest, toward the
and Of the last century good ship was cast ashore on
de,oate part OF the coast Of Ireland False lights kin
dsd On the headlads by false-hearted wreckers had
lured her her and led her TO desuucOn
She WAS totally wrecked and all board persisted eX-
cent woman and her infant daughter These two were
saved by gallant Irishman the son OF the lighthouse
lppD
coud speak name leaving clew 10 the Identity OF
her child save an emerald ring; the little girl was
adopted by the lighthouse keeper, and in his humble
family she grew wOmanhood. When she was is years
NJ age her hand was sought in marriage by one OF the
wrecker the chief OF the miscreans who had been so
cruelty instrumental in prOcuringIher mothers deah
Him she declined to marry and so changed his love mo
haor in low natures these passions are so closely al
lied that they may be truly said 10 be almost identical
burning with rage the rejected sutor determined on
taking his revenge upon the young beauty and thereto
ne was yet strongly impelled by seeing that her
affections possessed by another, ana thaV
other ms natural and powerful enemy the
captain OF the coastguard Chance threw
in the OF this scoundre advertisement, put forth
by a wealthy Baronet residing Dublin, Offering
Of for information 10 the fate OF the miss
ing vessel board of which his wife and child were
among the passengers Finding ms way TO the BaTonets
dwelling the villain satisfied himself that in this wealthy
gentleman he had discovered the father of the rescued
girl In the paror OF the Baronets mansion he saw
portrait Of the lost wife, aud Of its fingers the fac
smie Of the Emerald Ring This however was not the
only valuable discovery that he made for he was lucky
enough to find that the BarOnet had nephew, his pre-
sumptve heir, wild scamp, between whom and his
uncle the relations anything but cordially pleasant
Putting himself in communication with this nephew the
wrecker told his tale, and finally succeeded in getting
from him the promise Of thousand pounds, to be paid
for killing the girl and securing the inheritance Back
lonely coast went the murderer on his deadly
mission to bide his and seize his best opportunity
But while this plot yet chance revealed
TO the mourning both the fate Of his wife and
the whereabouts his ghter together with all the
circumstances Of her rescue and thereupon he too set
forth to the There the father and daughter
met and were united in that best and hottest affection
which possible upon earth and ali the friends OF her
childhood were made comfortable by his inuulhcence
and happy by his happiness Meantime the bloodthrsty
wrecker laid in wait for his Victims for he had marked
destruction her lover we'll herself and by ana
by the moment OF his triumph Wandering alone
upon the beach, the captain OF the coastguard was
seized and pinoned Coming to the beach TO meet him,
tho heroine also fell into the hands OF the murderer who
vrenched from her the emerald ring and then bound her
upon rock in full Of her lover and left her 70 be
submerged by the rising tide. 1t was after sunset The
place was wild. The waters rose fast No help was
near. escape from death seemed possible The poor
girl could pray and wait with patience In tiat
dire extremity. though. when life at its last
gasp. the sudden relief which often IN
tins world turns aside the current OF human
fate. aud makes a sunshine where all before was
storm a boat shot forth from the land-rowed by
woman strong dauntess. As She neared the drown
sng girl wrecker cliff above, up and leveled
his pisto her head But shot from the beach, by
this time thronged with soldiers laid him dead ere he
could fire. and the IN the boat unbound and saved
the woman on the rock The lover, too, was rescued
Ignorant OF the failure Of his murderOus schemes,
however the wrecker, carrying with him the Emerald
Ring "a pledge his rascaly employer tha the deed
Of blood had been accomplished proceeded back to Dub
lin Tther also the father and daughter ana her
rescuers and friends and there the wrecRer was appre
hended aud there the arch-vain was confronted with
his accomplish and the heroine and her lover were
married. and there everybody made permanently
happy II such happiness be possible who had been con-
eerned in the fortunes Of the Emerald Ring
That i, the story which IS told in Mr.. John Broughsms
new play which pow holds stage Of the Broadway The
ater II pretty story the reader and it is wei
cold in the play testify -Four acts comprise It, In
the FIRST seem through the windows Of the lighthouse
the wreck and the In the third Is seen the at
tempt upon heroines life, and her timely salvation
In the second and last forth the connecting OF the
plot against her. and It's absolute and summary dscom-
ature It will be that the construction OF
the drama il particularly symmetrical Equally will 1t
be perceived that the piece blends the sensation element
Of stageeec with higher aud better element OF dra-
matte interest and action The latter, moreover is pre-
dominant The situations that provide for the stage
effects may he deemed exceptional but they arise natu-
rally m the course Of the development OF the plot, and
this is an index Of true art Whether the studies OF
human nature upon which that plot based, be sound
r not we Will not undertake to say for the motives
and the ways OF villainy as manifold and as
little ettered by precedent as are the chances ana
changes OF human circumstance. But, assuming that
here are in Ireland such grim and senseless wretches as
the villain Of this and Of many other Irish plays the rest
follows in natural sequence and Mr. Broughams drama
does no violence to probability That II exceedingly
romantic we need not say That its text is thckystud
ed with gems OF Celtic wit and fancy will equally be in
ferred by those who know its authors mind and style
OF It's class we have seldom seen so good drama In
spirit and 10 incident 1t reminds one OF "Ihe Colleen
Bawn" which s perhaps the best representative type OF
s order OF literature But IL Is poetic than that
play and picture of Irish character and manners it