The New York herald., 1869-01-29

Lord Bateman is revolving In his mind az to
whether he viii bring over Strauss, Kate Bateman,
or play Hamlet himself In opposition to Booth.
whatever he does he is TO do WELL and we favor
the Hamlet scheme
Among the many managers who support the lne
arts Manager Pike stands pre-emnent. He pos
sesses many valuable paintings, valued at thousands
enough to silence the most scepticaL and also an
exceedingly rare lot OF engravings over 200 years
old.
Barney williams has renewed the lease OF his
model theatre for one year.
In his palmy days Leonardo da vincl Grover, who,
unlike his Immortal ancestor, despises painting In
clined towards fast 'orses, four-in'ands and such
trines. syou know,n and now that his cherished
Tammany has blossomed in prize tulip we may
expect him to revive the equine gl0ries OF Teutonic
The provincial showmen who greedily rushed in at
each TO their several hamlets, viz, New Orleans,
Chicago and Louisville, have all made splendid fail
Sam Pike Is onering fabulous sums for an eligible
site whereon 70 erect 'really frst class theatre"
1s issr erx0 Sisters ~ w only tone
ners they will better please not very exacting
one day in 1852, or along there somewhere,
dusty, sun Drowned freckled little girl tramped
wearily over the mountains sheltering the town OF
Shasta California accompanied by equally dusty,
sun Drowned old gentleman, her father. The little
girl received permission from band of travelling
to dance &C. On Their stage tast ng and she
The shasta diggers rewarded the young dancer with
gathered in her apron the freckled little girl was
the vivacious sLottan and the dusty old gentleman
was the devoted ana eminent Pere Crabtree,
whose pIaintive lament when not permitted to ab-
scond with twenty thousand dollars OF LOttas earn
ings fresn IN the minds Of our theatrical resdera
they are oered him. but he forgot to promise to play
them. He buys them simply to encourage home
Tneton,s farce OF .sThe Girl or the Period, ought
to follow McKean Buchanan's "Piebltan Daughterr
as q natural sequence. We believe Mr. Buchanan
Gr. Barney Williams translations Of the Greek
sa n ~ben On proSucsd
has been SATISFACTORILY established oy Mr. Riaey. and
never again require authorization.
The most prominent feature OF the second rate
over our land from 'Merne Englandn 10 cheek.
Lotta Is making the Fire Fly In New Orleans
with @ yssy 70 as s ssn
spects6ilty Of bis company. Virtue s Its own re-
afne Massacre Of st. bartholomew, is being mur-
dered In Troy BY strolling hand OF players.
Mr.. and Miss C0uidock are playing the 'Crtcket
MISS Annie DeIand Is successfully starring through
the South. She appears this week In the "Honey-
moonr for the edilication OF the Charlestonians.
Miss Susan Cation has taken three months lease
OF the Chestnut street theatre Philadelphia where
she contempiates giving English opera. During her
MANAGEMENT the theatre will be known Is "41Bs
Cations Chestnut street theatre.n
Joe Coburn the pugilist, and Joe Murphy, the
minstrel, divide the honors at the olympic theatre,
San Francisco supports an Americanized Italian
opera troupe, two circuses, . minstrel company ana
The last two nights OF "L'En Crever are an
nounced at the Theatre Francois. On Monday even
ING next "Feur de The" win be produced on scale
al unsurrnssed splepdor. The sale OF seats for the
frst representation OF this opera commences tomor.
row The production Of sFleur de Then win cost
the Siainese Twfns undiscouraged Dy the opinion
of the Ednburg medical faculty as to the inadvisa
bty of their undergoing surgical operation are now
on their way TO Paris 70 submit their case TO the
professors in the French capital. They are accom-
panied by two OF their daughters, who are selfpos-
The success achieved BY Madame AdelIna Patti at
the Theatre dc Ia Monnaie, Brussels, surpassed the
most sanguine expectations. She appeared In
.Luciau IN ssIl Barbierer and In "Faust.n She has
promised to give, IN March next, her return from
Russia one performance, for which she u to receive
the trhing sum OF f320.
Receipts Of Woods Muscum.
NEW YORK, Jan. ~, 1s0a
To ruR EDITOR or TIE HERALD:-
The writer OF article In your issue OF this Inst.
headed earnings OF the Theatresi must have over
looked the returns from Woods Museum for the
months referred TO. which, to our establish
ment, beg to annex
Receipts for October. $40 591
Receipts for November. ..................... 4sysV
Receipts for December. SO4sS
Total for the three months. .si3soit