The New York herald., 1870-04-05
Musical and Theatrical Notes.

A royal Spanish opera troupe commenced season
a. the Metropolitan san Francisco. on the l4th ult
Hermann, the magician, has met with the most
nattering success everywhere in California.
About one OF the most unfortunate theatres In
America Is the Chestnut, Philadelphia. Laura Keene
has been obliged TO hand 1t to the merces OF
pantomime and variety troupe and travel herself.
Mrs. Caroline Richngs Bernard and MISS Kate
Reynolds took farewell benefits at the Varieties and
Academy OF Music New Orleans, OH the 25th ult
One OF the provincial journals says:--"McKean
Buchanan and the hog cholera are raging in the in-
The total income OF the Royal General Theatrical
Fund for 1869 was reported at the meeting lately
held In London to have been 81, 739 The invested
Signor Mario has achieved great success ia SC.
Petersburg At n recent performance, in the .'Hu-
guenots, ne was presented with crown, q mas
siye gold plate and beautiful silver epergne rne
audience accompanied him to his house after the
An attempt was recently made to burn the Carlo
Feiice theatre, OF Genoa, Some person bored hole
In gas tube under the stage and then set lire the
gas. Being discovered Ia time little damage re-
suited.
..Fernande," Sardous latest aud one OF his very
best iOur acr light comedies, has been produced
at the Gymnase theatre. In Paris. before brilliant
audiences with success. The Emperor and Empress
were present at the first performance.
"GlOert Danglars,"a live act drama by Anice,
we At the Gaiete eth The CSa1uar however IS very
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mirthful at It's expense There are ten striking
tableaux IN the piece
Mr.. SINS Reeves Is going TO Italy TO give parlOr
concerts.
Miss Dove Dolby the young English prfna donna,
has had great success az Milan. The papers praise
her splendid singing, noble voice aud beautiful and
sympathetic face. She Is touring the Italian cities,
and makes hit In 'Martna.n
Mr.. T00e is coming to America, and Will appear in
q farce entitled Love In Trombone" written for
him by Mr.. Howard Paul.
The following Is related Of Madame Alboni by the
Aa tu I'm I'm
asserted that the walls in the drawing rooms or
salons OF celebrated artists are adorned with
wIeatns. medallions, and other tokens OF trlumphs
achieved. But nothing of the kind Is visible IN
Madame Albonps drawing room. One thing, how
sver rather astonshss the visitor, and that Is col
lection under glass shade, OF tufts such used
to ornament the snakos worn BY French soldiers.
These tufts are arranged in the form Of bouquet,
ana the following story Is connected with them:-
On one occasion that Madame AlbOni sang at the
theatre IN Metz she raised the audience 20 q more
than ordinary degree OF enthusiasm. The stage
was Inundated with bouquets, wreaths and-shak0
tufts. The last were 1ung by the far artists
ttai admirers, who had not flowers or wreaths any
more than money for the purchase thereof but who,
for all that were quite as ecstafic as the CIVILIAN
spectators. Madame Aboni mad all the tufts care
fully collected and they were the only tokens she
carried away win TN ner Of her triumph m as Metz
good hit lately. Mr.. Theodore Habemann Is an
excellent Fra Diavoio and the other parts had good
reDresentatives IN Miss Elsa ChOrnerr and Messr5.
Gutnery and William FOrmes.
the Arion Society have balanced their accounts OF
their five "Freischuetz" perfomances-lour in this
city and one IN Brooklyn-and found their receipts
to have slightly exceeded $4,000, wnile their ex.
penses iel somewhat short or 5000. How accept
able such a balance sheet for nve nights would be
TO an operatic manager
MYSTERIOUS APFAIR.-There Is certainly q deep
mystery connected with the recent assassination
or sullivan, at Crow Hollow. But an hour or
before his death and after 1t had become
apparent thai he must die, and that soon, the
priest doctor and Justice Of the Peace went
10 his house Tor the purpose Of taxing his
alfdavit as TO the murderers. Upon being
asked II he knew who they were ne answered thzs
he did, The doctor then told him that he would
certainly die very soon, and asked MIN III he would
tell who the guilty parties weref" to which he re-
piied tnat ne would not what the motives were
that prompted Sullivan 10 withhold the Information
aakpd for cannot he danprned AT this time and the