The New York herald., 1870-10-31

triumph is equal 10 ms deserts. MaIame Florence
Dandolo, Dolh performing with such SKILL as " prove
The right Of each TO DO ranked among the foremost
artisls VI the lyric stage.
fifE ROYALTY.
little piece brought out ut the Royalty, ana
called wealth docs not prove quite so attractive
scrbed-s deficient la striking scenes aud effective
situations, pus the story i treated without any re-
saru 10 the dramatic development either or charac
Yer or ineident. The events come out In humps the
peisonages seem strangers TO one another'5 motives.
anu notning u led up to- but everything occurs al
nap hazard. A mlsapprehended incident throws the
audience on the SCENT and leads TO
iudierous exhibition OF unnecessary Indignation
husband shoots the seiucer ms wi III the street.
the 'serpent Oh the hearth having refused cnal-
lenpe 10 lair combat 1his occurrence eyokes q
storm OF Kisses, which are speedily converted into
cheeis When u Is made TO appear that the murder s
IKE Macbeth's air-drawn dagger, mo sucn thing
but ony dream. IL Is little too bad to sport thus
displays OF vlrtuous horror which prove ID be quite
gfatuitous TO throw your true-Dorn Brtishcr Into
inoIal COMMISSIONS and then TO make nn understand
ina @ he IS such lackass as 10 have wholly msun-
uefsloou your purpose looks very like compliments
ilis MS heart az tue eXpe sc OF his head.
sADLSRs WELLS.
Mr. remington Is working strenuously, II NOT
very successfully, at Sadler's Wells. III ald OF the
legitimate drana--yet, soOh TO say, hardly In us
au. Ihe other night he brought out ma Deth,D
ana attempted the nfe OF the fhane OF Cawdor oy
himself impersona'ing the part. Mr.. Pennington IL
no actor. This Is a fact patent TO all mankind, Mr..
remington alone excepted. But Mr. peDning-
aspor seh a. sonstnins rare rarer sun Than an
the CriInea ike Ajax, Achilles aud Hec.
tor rolled into one; but in attempting 10 play
Shakspeare's Characters Tor anyboIys Characters
except his own for the matter OF that without one
solitary qualification for tne task, he displays
greater courage sun than he showed Ia the Bala-
kaya charge. nero he Is and Il hero he VIII
remain TO tue end ot the chapter but as Tor act
Ing IL Is IA thing oi Baugtt,h as lie clown says Id
the play.
AaPHITHEArRE.
Mr. Clarence has opened the Holborn Ampnlihea.
tire and seems likely to do we'll there, his band OF
riders and acroDats beng very sku. and
his horses wei trained ana OF good
breed. Uutil very recentiy London has Dcen with
out an establishment devoted To eauestTianism ana
the dolugs oi the arena. and IL must be source Of
qualification 10 the lovers OF the hippodrome that
they nave again IN their midst theatre or circus
wherein such tastes are catered for wirn spirit ana
Intelligence. IL Is to be hoped, however, that the
and all gy1nnastc ieats coming under the category
OF Or. Johnson's Wen known definition ''tnings
difficult Il IL thousand pites ines are not inpossi
ble.h
ALHAMBRA.
There Is great Jubiiailon among the saints ana
propOrtionate trlDulaion among tue corUJiteeS be-
cause OF tue withdrawal or the dancng licenses
nom the Ahambra Palace In Leicester square and
tue "Barun nt HighbuIy. IL appears that th6
dancers at both establishments are considered TO
offend against good manners, ald the Justc d have
accordingly determined TO suppress tnen. The
Augustine, that it Is only lunaucs VINO dance and
that to dance Is TO be mad. "Qu saltdt tasdntt."
Anyhow they have put down the dancing by the
strong arm OF the law. Ine proprietors OF both
places OF amusement VIII doubtles, appeal 10 the
lihood OF the Judgment OF the court below being
reversed. The .cancanh ana other dances similar
aoe, but the evii might have been re-
moved by some less radical proceeding than
the absolute Withdrawal OF tho license. At
the Aihanbra that measure will operate most mjur-
ously, not only By abOllsnn9 The only pretty anu
picturesque ballet lett IN London, but also by throw
ing out O employment nearly 90 persons, many OF
wnom are most respectable members OF society. IL
IL vulgar error and worthy OF The vulgar view
Nothing can be more absurd or irrational tnan TO sup
nj Is "A
at theatres and music nails are IN any sense oil inc
word ill-conducted. On the contrary, the majority
OF them are yiftuous AZ amy women IN the land,
and have known numerous Instances = or ballet
girs beng the sole support OF widowed mother
and orphaned brothers ana sisters. Tie suppress
sion OF the AihambIa Is much To he regretted; but
us much Is not to be said of HighDury Barn, where
the entertainments are often Of a coarse and silly
description. WHAT Is 10 be thought OF the good
taste aud good feeling OF II manager who, nEding
matter o. enJoyment IN tue mos. rae nases ~
pyrotechnic illustrations OF the des,ruc lon or the
Cathedral and citadel OF Strasbor2Y
London Will be ail the more wnoleaome lrom the
Suppression Of the Barn, bat surely the Ahanbrs
mignt have been repaired rather than dest Dyed.
GENERAL ITEMS
Auber, Gounod aad Tom Hohler have arrived In
Mr. W. s. Gilberts Bleak View fairy piece, called
Newmarket on the 9th Inst
Mr. A. Halilday's new dramatic work viii be a
version or ''Ihe Old Curiosity shop Tor which ne
obtained the special PERMISSION OF tue iae Chaiied
! Dickens.
|
now in London, but so reduced In circumstances
through the 10 be compelled 70 earn a lyeli
| hood by teaching Singing.
lesque by Mr. Barnard, In which the frame work OF
snendan's Tragedy iseh 9arsed, as presented IN Ihe
'Urirc,n VIII he used rs a Kind OF quiz on Mr.. Tom
TaJior's historical drama "'fwixt Axe ana
Crowd"
adaptation by Mr. Sutherland edwards OF the "Fer-
nandsr OF NJ Victorien Sardou in which Mrs John
Wood, Mrs. H. Vczln, Miss farktn Miss Brough aud
Ear nd me- " AN
pear.
MIR. II. j. Byron has Just written two new plays
one drama IN four acts, entitled "Ihe Last Snii
ling,n and the other come1y the title OF which Il
not yet fixed. He has also a comedy eultled "rom
Tnumb,n In forward state OF preparation. HIS pen
sheds plays e'en "as the Arabian trees neir medl-
cinal gum and with an effect equally eXharatng.
| Both the Adelpnl and the Princess are hanceiol-
ward 10 be under the joint esSecship OF Messrs Ben
| lamin Webster and j. Il. Chatterton. the former
house opens on the 22d instant. Madame Celeste
Will appear for few nghs a. Miami in 1.-The Grecu
! Bushes,i and take her farewell Of tue age.
The interior OF the Gaiety theatre Is 10 be pro-
| fusely covered with mirrors.
! Mr.. Kobertson's new play, entitled "Prorr <ss !, /,
10 be produced at the Theatre Royal, ~, of'n1ba,n
with Mr.. John Clarke IN the prneip.. cn1racter.
Mr.. O'Connor, the scene pair.er IS gone To Sedar
TO make sketches ior sore new pieces OF n maria
character which arg soon to be produced on "a,
| London boards.
The ast nights OF 'The Rappareey are announced
at The Princess. This Irish drama viii be succeeaeo
by Mr ,ne J ppnasing dying, Peep O. Dayp
/ Mr. ~ keece's bureslue, "ihe Stranger Stranger
tnan Eyer,n will be shortly reproduced al the Roy
| atty.
A NEW COMEDY.
Mr.. Robertsons new comedy Birth = has heer
piayeu Win signal success at the new Theatre
| Royal, BRISTOL Like caste anu some OF the othel
Comedies OF Mr.. Robertson, "Bitthr has pecn writ
Ten 10 snow the strongly marked contrasts IN socet,
piouuccq by conventional DISTINCTIONS, which some
pniosophefs VINO smile at the line of long descent
| sneer ~, but which few are regardless OF wner
! pioughl into actual contact with them In the pre-
/ seht pece tle representative OF ancient stock
VINO boasts ttIe That he guards with al the more
jealousy because there has been tle else left hin,
10 care Tor, since his patrInony has, through the
pressure OF want, gone from ilim BIT 10 bt stands
opposed 10 one OF the aristocracy OF labor whose
,atUef and himself nave proved successful in trade
ana putcIdsed tie and winch the needy lord or the
soil was frQis !lne 10 time compelled to part with.
AT first anag6nistc " each other, the author has
adroltly brought about 4 unon between these re.
preventative men Of modern society and TIE work.
Ing out OF this problem constitutes the ulot of the
drama. MI Sothern's part Is thoroughly comic Tie
uatieS ne Is called upon 10 discharge being some
lhlig IKE those Of Tom Dexter, Ia ''The overland
Route"