, 1874-03-22

az the other. 1t the singers and conductor could
see eaeh other Mr.: O. N. Allen, wel~kuown
between Franz Abt aud Zerratn. and exnressed
the opinion that the former was an attrnr-
ton on account Of his Worldwide fane
as sonS,co1nposor, whiie Zerrahn
was nothing Of the Find, only conductor. ono
of the Committee testified ia favor Of Zerr,hn,s
claim, but was confounded at the c1o.o Of his
testimony by the production OF letter written
70 tne Commuters legal adviser, in which he
Eald Aerrahn MAS not entitled to single penny
lne nearing 10 tho matter is yet progressing in
secret, anu the parties very desifous of keep-
lug the scandal of tho thing away from tbs Dui,-
lie ere. @'o p'0~
AS TO the prospects Of another Jubilee in Bos-
fon. they are certainly not very promising, at
least under the old management. The eentlo-
men who ran the greatest show' on record
aoa want any more Jubilee in their
NEW THEATRES.
Eoston, ut the present ti1no. has only tbree
theatres, and ono Of these is mainly devoted to
tEe Far1ety business. Another-the Muss,1n-
Is devoted wholly to performances bv tho stock
COMPANY, G go that ucro is only ono regular
etrncton rrsf tefte f re- IN town. Owing to tho de-
ms had it all its own way this ecason; but, aB
the:e was only one house, many stars have been
crowded out There is just now quite re-
vlvai Of interest in the matter Of building now
theatres, and We are likely to have ut least
/
one OF these, Mr.. Crosby, formerly OF Chicago,
VIII probably be interested. hlr. Crosby de-
elfes TO build an opcrn-honse md there arc
several interested parties who nre desifous OF
PACKING him, or some one else. in the enterprise,
Mr. Arthur Cheney. who owned the Globu, pro-
poses to rebuild; bnt a suit in relation to the
leasehold OF portion Of tho land between Mr.
O. mud Mr. 4. c. Baldwin, its owner, has. up to
the present tune, prevented him from doing 60
There is now strong prospect TINT the matter
in 6jHpntA will Ia HTfuc{ai in yvhinf1
new and elegant place OF amusement will rise on
the old site. 1t IL not unlikely that tho catab-
1isl1Inent will be an onera-house instead Of 3
stock theatre and it is among the possibilities
that Mr.. Crosby may be concerned in the enter
prise with Mr.. Cheney. II Mr.. Cheney sticks to
his original prrpose Of erecting dramatic tenn
pie merely, Mr.. Crosby or some one else will pnt
np an opora-houso elsewhere. Rumor credits
Sheridan Shook OF New York, and John Stc.son.
one of the present managers Of the Howard
Athennum, With the intention Of erecting d
theatre on fremont street, nearly opposite
Hollis street, Wyzeman Marshall talks
Of building theatre on Columbus avcnuc, ut
tho corner Of Berkeley street: but he will give
up the project if Mr.. Cheney goes ahead.
THE TRIESS1AL FESTIVAL OF TIE HANDEL AND
'HArDS SOCIETY.
The third trienn1al festival of the Handel aud
Haydn Society will occur in tho month of May,
Sunday evening, the 10th. Theodore Thomas
Orchestra, augmented to 80 performers, will as
E:st ut Ill the concerts; and tho List OF eo1oists
will embrace Miss Edith Wynne, who comes
over from London to eing Miss Adelaide Phil !
lips Miss Annie Louise Cary, Mr.. Nelson Var |
ley, Mr. George L. Osgood Mr. II. ". Whitney, |
Mr. ". J. WHICH, Mr.. j. F. Winch, and others. |
The conductors will be Carl Zcrralln and Theo- !
dore Thomas. There will be ninc performances, !
and they will be given in the following order:
Tuesday. Hay 5-EYening: Handels 'sJudas Mac
cabpus.''
Fein>sdar, 1fdt e-satinee b, the Orchestra and !
Gocaljsts. Evening: Beeshoven's - Ninth Symphony"
kud Uayein's Seasons"
Thnrseiav. 1fup T-Oratorio Matinee: Mendelssohn's
Is Chrssius," Buck 4Gh Palm {uew), ETC.
Friday, Iay 8-Matinee BY the Orchestra and Vocal
Saturday, iidy 9-,latince BY the orchcstra nnd
7ocaltsts. Evening J. E. Paines oratorio Of "st.
Peter {ncE).
Sunday, :IGy l0-Eycning: uandcIs "Messiah."