New-York tribune., 1876-02-23

Canal explosion and less fortunate than oiheis' IL
still contesting with the canal company his clam LOT
damages His house WAS a miracle OF decoia'loh'
aud tho COMPANY even more commercial III It's we"
than the Academy, objects, believe. to pay ior
walls which the artist bad covered with his own
work.
The Times has lately been indulging in the un-
wonted luxury of daily special dispatches from inc
United States. They come. to be sure, from re-
mote part Of the vast territory OF North America
and the news il sometimes not so fresh by a day OF
two ~ it might he. STILL are grateful for H. ana
II cannot be denied that dispatches from Philade-
pbis by cable arrive earlier than dlspatches iro"
Ncw-York by steamship. suppose it is not true that
Philadelphia intends to erect herself INTO an mac
pendent Empire But l find that wherever Centen-
NAL agents CO. they leave behind them an impression
on the English mind that New-York is a kind OF
outlying suburb of the Quaker City. The date OF
The Iiss dispatches tends to foster tins painful de-
lusion.
The response of the English public to the joint APP
peal of Col Forney and Miss Genevieve Ward IN be-
half of the Centennial Fund has not been very nearly.
Americans less thick skinned than the gallant
Colonel say reason TO regret that such an appeal or
any appca at all to British charity should have been
made They had an idea that not much could he
gained for the Centennial by sacrhco oil seli-re-
spect or forgetfuness of the dignity of their own
country. The English view of it is sufficiently III
dcatcd by a critic who expresses his hope that the
rather Thin attendance at Drury Lane Theater yes
terday morning to witness performance IN ald oi
tho American Centennial Fund will DO looked upon
only rs an evidence that every nation has ITS own
peculiar festivals and that il is the business OF the
successful rather than of theunsuecessfn eombatant
to he enthusiastic over anniversaries centennial OF
Otherwise" The appeal was in one plaia wori' an
Iulecency The blame for IT, however, ought To resi-
chiefly on the shoulders of Col. Forncy, and other
Americans in less official position WHO
allowed their names to he nsod III the appeal. 10
Miss Ward the occasion seemed 90 offer, presume
professional advantage, which SHE seized upon II
was made vulgar by the Use OF the names ol
she Christy Minstrcls and the Nokcs Family to NIL
the pit and galory-be it said without any reiec-
ton on either the Mnstrels the Nokescs both oi
whom are performers OF high merit IN their own
lines Bnt their line is not Shakcspoarc3n tragedy,
and Macbeth" ~ not " Macbeth when 1t Is
turned into q melodrama was done yesterday.
The fact that 1t has been dono before docs not help
the matter.
Miss Wards performance of Lady Macbeth consid-
cred by itself was credItable one To those who
had seen her only in the wrctched show pieces IN
which she has appeared in London, such as " ivan
hoe" her display of real dramatic power was graf
ifyinr surprise. She gave evidence OF study III
rood school mot English. should sayl, her voice Is
full and sometimes sympathetic her face and figure
are well suited to the stage, and she shows free
dom Of movement that is rare in tragc actress
when combined as it is in Miss Ward, with graceful
cxpressivencss Of gesture. There was even III The
.leep-walkng scene some evidence of imaginative
power, and throughout the play degree OF lntcsh-
gencc quite sufficient to Justify So ambitious an at
tempt. Mr.. Hermann VEINS MdcJoh was respecta-
bic. u W. D.