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Coman, Thomas, Portrait of 1869. 100
Commissioners' Map of Streets and Roads in 1820 1865, 647
Common Council, Officers of 1868. 98
Common Lands Belonging to the Corporation, Map of __ 1861. 68
Commons, Execution of the Negro Goff on 1860, 524 Contoit's New York Garden in 1828 1865. 600 Cooper Institute 1861. 354
Cornbury, Lord, Antograph Letter of 1869, 762 Cornbury, Lord, Portrait of 1869. 762 Cortlandt House 1860, 609
112
Engravings in Valentine's Manual.
Cortlandt Street and Broadway in 1846 1865, 543
Coster House 1860, 276
Cottage in Pitt Street 1861, 542
Cottage in Sixteenth Street 1862, 356
Cottage of the Jones Family 1866, 178
Cottage, 129 Division Street 1861, 516
Cottages in Crosby Street in 1858 1864, 88
Cottages in Laurens Street in 1858 1864, 88
Cottages on the Boston Road 1861, 676
Councilmen, Autographs of_1864, 50; 1865, 50; 1866, 50; 1868, 108
Councilmen, List of Members of Board of 1868, 107-108 Councilmen's Chamber, Diagram of, 1862, 38; 1864, 50; 1865, 50; 1866, 50; 1868, 110
County Court House 1868. 63S
County, Map of the 1870, SS
Crosby and Grand Streets 1870, 232
Crosby and Spring Streets, corner of, in 1826 1865, 400
Crosby Street Cottages in 1858 1864, 88
Croton Cottage, corner Fifth Avenue and Fortieth
Street 1865. 455
Crystal Palace. Ovation at, in 1838 1861. 168
Custom House
1866, 561
Custom House and Vicinity in 1825 1866, 570
Delafield Mansion 1862, 261
Delancey Street. Shanties on 1864. 160
Delanoy. Petition by Mary 1860. 596
Departure of the Seventh Regt., N. Y. S. M. 1862, 152
Departure of the Sixty-ninth Regt., N. Y. S. M. 1862. 154 De Peyster, Johannes, Portrait of the Great Grand- father of 1861, 556
De Peyster, Johannes, Portrait of the Great Grand- mother of 1861, 558
De Peyster. Johannes, Silver Plate of 1861, 564
De Peyster. Johannes, Silver Punch Bowl of 1861. 563
Depot on St. John's Park Site 1869, 500
Depot, Soldier's New York State 1864. 164
Diagram of a Portion of Broadway in 1815 1865. 655
Dining-Room at Soldier's Depot 1864. 168
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Engravings in Valentine's Manual.
Division Street, No. 129, Old Cottage 1861, 516
Division Street, Old House in 1861, 668
Dock, Great, in 1661 and 1746 1862, 508, 509, 511, 512
Dongan. Gov., Autograph Letter of 1869. 736
Duane, James, Portrait of 1861, 547
Dutch East India Company, Flag of 1863, 834
Dutch Farmhouse, Seventh Avenue and Fiftieth Street_1865, 341 Dutch Officials, Autographs of 1863, 48+
Dyckman, Residence of Isaac 1861, 396
Dykeman's Bridge, Harlem River 1861, 508
Dykeman's Farm, Kingsbridge Road 1866, 74
Earthworks on Chittenden's Estate 1866, 640, 657
East River Bridge as Contemplated 1869, 672
East River. Foot of Eighty-second Street 1866. 178
East River Shore 1862, 531, 532
Eckford. Residence of Henry 1860. 420
Education. Building of Board of 1862. 237
Edwards, John, Residence of, in Greene Street. near Spring Street. 1864. 766
Eighteenth Street and Broadway 1869. 16
Eighth Avenue and Broadway. 1862, 76
Eighth Avenue and Twenty-third Street 1868. 696
Eighth Avenue. Broadway and Fifty-ninth Street, Half- way House on 1864, 40
Eighty-second Street and East River 1866, 178 Eldridge Street Jail 1860, 325
Eleventh Street and Broadway 1869. 208
Elm and Marion Streets. Oldl Houses 1860, 594: 1861. 300
Embarkation of the Fire Zouaves 1862. 124
Emigrant Hospital on Ward's Island 1865, 72
Envelope. Style of, and Letter, in 1763 1869. 856
Environs of the City 1868, 1: 1869, 1; 1870. 905
Exchange. Merchants', Ruins of, in 1835 1869. 784 Exchange. Old 1566. 564
Exchange Place. corner Broad Street, in 1690 1866, 584
Exchange Place, corner Broad Street, in 1825 1866. 534
Execution of the Negro Goff 1800, 524
Executive Departments. Portraits of Heads of ISGS, 116
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114
Engravings in Valentine's Manual.
Farmhouse, Old Dutch, Seventh Avenue and Fiftieth
Street 1865, 341
Federal Hall, Wall Street, and the Upper Part of Broad Street in 1796 1866, 552
Ferguson, John, Mayor of New York
Ferry, Fulton 1864, 524
1864, 204
Ferry, Hell Gate, Foot of Eighty-sixth Street 1861, 254
Ferry, Jackson, in 1861 1863, 40S
Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street 1869, 240
Fifth Avenue and Fortieth Street, Old Country Inn at. 1865, 435
Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street 1869, 200
Fifth Ward Museum Hotel 1864, 598
Fifth Ward Museum Hotel, Public Room in 1864, 602
Fifty-ninth Street, Broadway and Eighth Avenue, Old Halfway Honse on .1864, 40
Fifty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue 1869, 240
Fire Department, Map of Boundaries 1870, 116
Fire Zouaves. Embarkation of 1862, 124
Firemen at Work in 1800 1860, 608
Firemen's Certificate in 1787 1863. 120
Firemen's Procession in 1858 1861, 144
Fireworks at City Hall 1861, 152. 158
Five Points 1860, 372, 396
Flag of New England 1863. 836
Flag of the Dutch East India Company 1863. 834
Floating Battery and Chevaux de Frise 1860, 590
Fort, Church in. and Governor's House, under the Dutch 1864. 624
Fort Fish, from Nutter's Battery 1860. 624
Fort Fish. North Side Central Park 1865, 220
Fort. Old. in Central Park
1869, 430
Fort Washington, Plan of Attack on 1861, 428
Fortieth Street and Madison Avenue, Old Residence at. 1865, 727 Forty-second Street and Fourth Avenue 1870, 902
Forty-second Street School House 1865. 526 Fourth Avenue 1861, 332
Fourth Avenue and Forty-second Street 1870, 902
Fractional Currency in 1814 1863. 170
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Engravings in Valentine's Manual.
Frame House, corner Water and Jackson Streets 1864, 794 Frame House, No. 7 Peck Slip 1865, 204
Frame Houses, corner Thirty-third Street and Lexing- ton Avenue 1865, 485
Frankfort, corner Vandewater Street 1861, .320 Franklin and Greenwich Streets, corner of 1861, 628
Franklin Market, Old Slip, in 1820 1861, 324
Franklin Street, corner of Broadway, in 1815 1865. 603
Franklin Street, corner of Church 1862, 284
Free School, No. 2, in 1808 1866, 604
Freemanship in 1784. Autograph Certificate of 1862, 556
Fresh Water Canal, Plan of 1860. 564
Fulton Ferry 1864, 204
Fulton Street and Broadway. Bridge at 1868, 229
Gage, Gen., Autograph Letter of 1869. 766
Gage. Gen .. Portrait of 1869, 766
Garden. Sperry's, on Bowery Lane, in 1810 1866, 586
1863, 298
General Theological Seminary
Goff, Execution of 1860, 524
"Gotham " Inn in the Bowery 1862, 700
Governor's House. Fort and Church. under the Dutch_1864, 624 Grace Church and Vicinity in 1828 1863. 517
Grand and Crosby Streets 1870. 232
Grand Jury, Report of 1860. 612
Great Dock in 1661 and 1746 1862. 508, 509. 511. 512
Great Seal of New England in 1686 and 1689 1862. 735
Greenwich and Franklin Streets. corner of 1861, 628
Greenwich Village in New York, Map of Streets there, in 1809 1864, 840
Grenseback House. Third Avenne and Seventy-fifth
Street 1566. 760
Grocery and Tea Store, corner Spring and Crosby Streets, in 1826 1865. 400
Guide to Central Park 1869, 174
Gunther, Christian G .. Store of, in 1820 1865. 55
Halfway Honse. Broadway and Fifty-ninth Street 1864, 40 Hamilton Square Church 1862, 678 Ilamilton Senare, Old Church in, in 1810 1870. 925
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Theatres in 1825 and 1826.
Harbor, Plan and Chart of, in 1781 1870, 844
Harlem 1869, 430
Harlem Bridge 1861, 684
Harlem Bridge, New 1868, 520
Harlem Heights, Battle of 1868, 812
Harlem in 1765 1863, 610
Harlem Lane from Central Park to Manhattanville 1865. 280
Harlem River in 1800, Macomb's Dam on 1860, 240
Havemeyer Mansion 1861, 660
Heads of City Executive Departments 1869. 99
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THEATRES IN 1825 AND 1826.
The Chatham Theatre was opened by Mr. Barriere, on the 9th of May. 1825, with Mr. Burroughs as stage manager. The opening play of Pizarro introduced to the New York public Mr. James M. Scott, from the New Orleans Theatre, in the character of Rolla. This gentleman was born in Philadelphia, and as early as 1820 was a leading actor at Cincinnati. Ile was a fine serious performer. particularly in the heavier walks of tragedy ; and also acquired a reputation in nautical characters unequaled on the American stage. He played in this city for several years. after which he was one of the managers of the Cincinnati Theatre. and also of the theatre at Viek-burg. Miss. He returned to New York in 1541. and was again connected. at different periods, with the New Chatham and Bowery Theatres. In his latter years, he became very stout and heavy in person, and. to distinguish him from John R. Scott. was frequently designated as " Big Scott." He died in this city. March 1st, 1849, aged somewhere over tifty years.
Mr. Herbert, from the London and Philadelphia theatres. was brought out the next evening as Governor Heartall, and proved a valnable substitute for Mr. Kilner, in the line of comie old men. He had first appeared on the American stage at Philadelphia in 1817, and is said to have died at Boston in 1835. His son. Mr.
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John Herbert, made his first appearance in New York, on the 12th, as Malcolm, in Maid and Magpie. Born in London in 1803, he made his debut at Harrisburg, as Timothy Quaint, in 1821. Retiring and unambitious in his deportment, there is a certain dry and quiet humor about him that renders him a valuable actor in a small comic part ; and he has long been a favorite at the present National Theatre, where he has principally played for the last fourteen years. He married Miss Ellen Kent, daughter of the comediau and vocalist of the Park.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Conway, dancers, from the Surrey Theatre, who had made their American debut at Boston, appeared here on the 11th, in a pas de deux, with considerable applause. The gentleman was afterwards ballet master at the Park Theatre, and for many years a teacher of dancing in this city. He has now entirely retired from the profession, and is the proprietor of a fancy hardware and house-furnishing establishment.
Mr. Dinneford. formerly of the Circus company, made his first appearance here, on the 13th, as Doricourt, but his acting did not entitle him to the position he claimed to occupy. Mr. Bur- roughs appeared. for the first time, on the Chatham stage, May 17th, as Young Mirabel. in the Inconstant ; and Caleb Quotem. in the Review. The same evening Mr. Kenny made his debut there as John Lump: and Looney MeTwolter was capitally acted by Mr. Anderson. The latter gentleman was gaining great favor with the public, and soon after appeared as Terry O'Rourke. Teague. Larry. in the Irish Valet. and other Irish characters, with great applause.
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The Young Hussar, a pleasing operetta by Dimond, was first played in New York on the 19th, with the following cast :
Florian Mr. Burroughs | Madame Larole
Mrs. Walstein
Larole .. Herbert Caroline .. Waring
Boncor Blake Nietta " Fisher
Bertrand Fisher
On the 28th. Miss Olivia Fisher appeared with great approba- tion as Tom Thumb, her mother at the same time personating the interesting Princess Il uncammea.
Mr. Frederick Brown was the first star of the season, and com- meneed an engagement on the 30th of May. as Hamlet. llis
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popularity, though somewhat on the wane, was still sufficient to attract fair houses. On the occasion of his benefit, June 10th, he first presented his wife to the New York public, as Panl, in the Wandering Boys. Mrs. Fred Brown had been Miss Adelaide Decamp (a younger sister of Mrs. C. Kemble), and had also en- joyed great popularity as an actress of hoydens and chamber- maids on the British stage. She had previously appeared at Boston-was still an actress of merit, though somewhat passe in appearance, and afterwards became a favorite as the representative of old women in the Southern and Western theatres. She died at Mobile, in 1841. Dibdin's serio-comic drama, the Ruffian Boy, was produced with great success, on the 6th of June, for the benefit of Mr. Burroughs, who was particularly happy as the hero. Mr. Jervis, from the Park. appeared here on this occasion to in- crease the attraction, but his character was afterwards transferred to Mr. Durang. The original cast stood thus :
Giraldi Duval Mr. Burroughs Tietwig Mr. J. Herbert Fisher
Waldemar Jervis
Bertram
Wolfe. Stevenson
Ethelinde
Mrs. Hughes
Bruno
Walstein Catharine
Fisher
Guiseppe Somerville Edith .. Stevenson
Solomon
Roberts Mad. Stemham .. Allen
Mr. Burroughs soon after left this establishment to take charge of the new Lafayette Amphitheatre.
Cherry Bounce was first played here on the 14th, thus cast :
Oldrentz Mr. Roberts Gammon Mr. Wray
Gregory A. Simpson Spinage Mrs. Homespun. Mrs. Walstein. .. J. Herbert
June 17th, Miss Aspinall. a pupil of Vestris. made her first appearance in New York in a grand pas seul. She was a grace- ful and pleasing dancer, and soon after became the wife of Mr. Moreland. by whose name she was long a favorite here. Mr. Henry Wallaek made his first appearance this season. on the 20th. as Frederick, in the Poor Gentleman, and Walter, in the Children in the Wood. Mrs. 11. Wallack appeared as Isabella, in the Wonder, the next evening.
Mr. Howard, formerly the favorite vocalist of the Park, made his first appearance in six years, as Henry Bertram, considerably improved in acting and singing.
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Miss Aspinall took her benefit on the 20th, when a grand festival of dancing was presented, with Mrs. Wallack, Mr. and Mrs. E. Conway, Mr. Durang and the fair beneficiary as principals.
Mrs. Burke, now a widow, was next engaged, and made her first appearance this season, as Countess Rosalvina, in the Devil's Bridge, and Sophia, in the Rendezvous, on the evening of July 11th.
Mr. Garner, formerly of the Park, also appeared on the 15th, as Count Belino.
Mr. Kilner wound up the season (which terminated on the 22d) by appearing for a few nights in a round of his favorite char- acters, viz., Sir Abel Handy, Restive, Dennis Brulgruddery. Doctor. in Animal Magnetism, and Ali Baba.
The recess continued until the 15th of August, when the entertainments were resumed under the direction of Mr. Henry Wallack as stage manager.
Mr. Barriere retained the principal members of his company. and presented. on the opening night, the comedy of the Honey- Moon, with Mr. H. Wallack and Mrs. Waring as Duke Aranza and Juliana ; the beautiful ballet pantomime of Red Ridinghood. with Mrs. 11. Wallack as the heroine; and Fortune's Frolic, with Durang as Robin Roughhead.
The vocal force of the establishment was very powerful, and the combination of Keene. Howard, Garner, Petrie. Mrs. Burke. Mrs. Waring, Mrs. Wallaek and Mrs. Lacombe (formerly Mrs. Allen) enabled the management to give unusual effect to musical pieces.
On the 24th, Payne's Charles the Second was first played on the stage. with Henry Wallack as the Merry Monarch : Thayer. as Rochester : Kilner. as Capt. Copp (in which his performance fully ranked with Hilson's) ; Mrs. Entwistle, as Lady Clara, and Mr. Waring. as Mary Copp.
Sept. 6th. Sweetheart- and Wives was played for the first time here, rivaling the Park in the excellence of its representa- tion. Roberts was the Billy Lackaday: Herbert. the Admiral ; Thayer, Charles Franklin : Walstein, Sanford : Mrs. Waring. Eugenia : Mrs. Hughes. Laura, and Mrs. Walstein. Mrs. Bell.
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Theatres in 1825 and 1826.
A new farce called Tribulation was first acted on the 12th, with Herbert, as Dornington ; Thayer, as Sir George Faddle ; Mrs. Entwistle, as Mrs. Dashmore, and Mrs. H. Wallack, as Mrs. Dornington.
On the 13th, the beautiful and accomplished Miss Riddle made her first appearance in New York, as Emily Worthington. Though extremely youthful, her merit soon attracted attention, and during this engagement, she appeared with success as Rosalie Somers. Paul (Wandering Boys), Virginia : and, for her benefit on the 28th of October, as Cora and Little Pickle. This lady is un- known to the present generation of New York playgoers, but at Philadelphia and Boston, where she has played for many years as Mrs. W. HJ. Smith, she ranks, particularly in comedy of every grade, with the first favorites of the day. She was born in Philadelphia, and made her debut on the stage in that city, at the Walnut Street Theatre, in 1823. as Charles, in Laugh When You Can.
On the 19th, the Lady of the Lake was produced here with brilliant success. The scenery, dresses and appointments were of such unusual excellence, and the various Scottish marches, dances. and vocal music introduced with such effect, that its performance created a perfect furore throughout the community. Its cast was also of extraordinary merit. and the acting of Scott and Wallack caused much controversy as to which displayed the greater ability. It stood thus :
Fitz James Mr. Scott Malise. Mr. Wray Roderick D! .. H. Wallack John of Brent
Potrie
Douglas Robertson Red Murdock
Durang
Malcolma Stevenson 1
Lady Margaret Mrs. Walstein
Allan Bain Howard Ellen II. Wallack Brian
Walstein
Blanche
Waring
Bertram .. Stevenson
On the 20th, Mr. Keene commeneed an engagement as Young Meadows, in Love in a Village, supported by Howard as Haw- thorne : Petrie, as Eustace : Roberts, as Justice Woodcock ; Mrs. Burke. as Rosetta: Mrs. Lacombe. as Lucinda. and Mrs. HI. Wal- lack, as Madge.
The Lady of the Lake was performed for the sixteenth time ou the 8th of October, and as an afterpiece on the same evening
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was produced for the first time a domestic opera written by Samuel Woodworth, with music composed by John Davies-the first play introducing the Yankee character that has retained possession of the stage. It was called the Forest Rose, or Ameri- can Farmers, and its cast stood thus :
Miller Mr. Somerville
Waiter
Mr. Byers
Blandford
Howard
Lydia
Mrs. H. Wallack
Bellamy
Thayer
Harriet
Burke
William
"Keene
Sally
Lacombe
Jonathan
A. Simpson
Rose Miss Eberle
Of those engaged in its performance, the author in his preface to the published work remarks that " Mrs. Burke raised the char- acter of the volatile Harriet far above my hopes and anticipations ; while the drooping Lydia, as portrayed by Mrs. Wallack. excited the sympathy and affection of all. Mrs. Lacombe rendered the froliesome Sally a very efficient personage in the play ; and even the black Rose received a real beauty and fragrance from the pretty Miss Eberle. The part of Blandford is trifling in itself. but wa, rendered very interesting by the vocal powers of Mr. IToward, for whom the songs were expressly written and com- posed. Mr. Keene very generously consented to play the jealous William, a character far below his talents and just pretensions, but which was thus rendered very attractive. Mr. Thayer, as Bel- lamy, needs no prai-e; the unanimous voice of a very numerous and respectable audience pronounced it to be an excellent repre- sentation. Simpson's Jonathan was every way equal to my hopes and wishes, and the respectable old Jersey Farmer, as portrayed by Mr. Somerville, was eminently calculated to elevate the char- acter of our ' lords of the soil."" The music of the piece was of a very pleasing style, and was long popular, but is now mostly omitted in representation. The play itself is superior to nine- tenth- of its class, and the character of Jonathan was one of the late " Yankee " Hill's most effective personations.
October 10th, Mr. Maywood made his first appearance since his return from Europe, in the characters of Shylock and Donald. and was received with the welcome due to an old and valued friend. Hle played during his first engagement Reuben Glenroy, Count de Croissy, Rob Roy. Lovell, Virginins, and for his benefit on
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the 26th, Gambia in the Slave, and Carwin in Therese. He was immediately re-engaged, and, in addition to a repetition of former characters, appeared as Orozembo (in Pizarro), Sir Pertinax MeSycophant, and for his benefit, Nov. 17th, as King Lear and Abednego in Jew and Doctor. On this occasion Mr. Turnbull. formerly of the Park, made his first appearance in New York for twenty years, as the Earl of Gloster. His danghter, a fair and interesting child, also appeared as one of the Pages. Without possessing much dramatic merit, her beauty, gracefulness and modesty finally won for her many admirers on the Park stage, where she was known successively as Miss Turnbull, Mrs. C. Pritchard and Mrs. Lovell. When very young she married a son of the late tragedian, Pritchard, formerly of the Park. He was accidentally killed in 1834. by falling through the hoistway of a store, in which he was employed as clerk. After a long widow- hood, she married Mr. H. V. Lovell in the Spring of 1843. She was afterwards for several seasons the leading actress of the Al- bany Theatre, but is now with her husband living in retirement from the profession.
The Misses Eberle were also very beantiful and attractive vonng girls in the Chatham company ; and in personal appearance were even more lovely on attaining womanhood. Both only needed the cultivation of a right school to have rendered their standing equal to the first actresses of the day. Fine figures. handsome and smiling features, blonde complexions, musical voices, unfailing spirits and perfect confidence, acquired for both in other cities a high repute as comic actresses and vocalists. Chambermaids and hoyden- have rarely been better played than lwy these sisters, but both were lacking in the dignity and sensi- bility requisite for tragedy, and in that refinement and polish of manner so essential to genteel comedy. Both were born in Philadelphia, and both made their first appearance on the stage of the Chestnut Street Theatre, in 1824, as Singing Fairies, in Cherry and Fair Star. Miss Sophia Eberle, in 1528, married Mr. Charles Laforest. a noted equestrian, and is last remembered at the National Theatre in this city in 1848. Miss Elizabeth Eberle. the more distinguished of the two, afterwards became Mr -. W. Kent. was in New York in 1837. and afterwards enjoyed the
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greatest popularity at Philadelphia and Cincinnati, at which latter city she died of cholera, July 21st, 1850.
Signora Bartolina, an Italian vocalist of merit, first appeared in America at this establishment on the 21st November, She sung several serious pieces, and a comic canzonette, " Fillidi si tutta Grazia." with great applause. This was the first Italian vocalism heard in the United States, preceding, by a week, the debut of Garcia's troupe at the Park.
December 16th, Mrs. Greene, a pleasing vocalist, made her first appearance in America. She was in New York for two or three seasons, but her history is unknown.
Dimond's melodrama of the Ethiop was prodneed for the first time here on the 19th, with unexampled magnificence of scenery, dresses and decorations, and. like the Lady of the Lake, had a long protracted run. It was thus cast :
Ethiop Mr. H. Wallack
Constantine Mr. Petrie
Almanzor
Scott
Orasmyn.
Mrs. H. Wallack
Giafar
Durang
Cephania
Hughes
Alexis
.. Howard
Immyne. ..
Lacombe
Ben Moussaff .. Roberts
Grinmigra
Walstein
Aladdin
.. Walstein
Grumnilda
Stevenson
Noureddin
Turnbull
Zoe
Waring
Mustapha
Herbert
Old Woman .. Roberts
Mr. Roberts presented for his benefit, on the 5th of January. 1826. the Heart of Mid-Lothian, wherein he made a capital feature of Laird Dumbiedikes. Mrs. Waring gave a pathetic rep- resentation of the fantastic maniac, Madge Wildfire ; and Mrs. Hughes made a most effective Jeannie Deans.
Mr -. Waring took her benefit on the 7th. when she performed the character of Madame de Guise, in a new piece called the Rochester of France, with the aid of Mr. Burroughs (for that night only) as Richelien.
Mr. Somerville brought out the Fortunes of Nigel. for his benefit, on the 31st, wherein he supported very happily the char- acter of James the First. He was ably supported by Henry Wal- lack. as Trapbois: Scott. as Herriot; Mirs. Hughes, as Lady Hermione, and Mrs. Waring, as Margaret Ramsay. The old farce of the Register Office was also played. for the first time in twenty years, with the beneficiary as Donald ; Anderson, as Pat O'Car-
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roll ; Walstein, as Fricasse ; Alex. Simpson, as Jacob Gawky, and Turnbull, as Gullwell.
The principal members of the company took their benefits suc- cessively, and the season terminated on the 18th of February, 1826.
This was the last of Mr. Barriere's management, his death occur- ring on the 21st of the same month.
The Lafayette Amphitheatre, a building owned by C. W. Sandford, Esq., and situated on the westerly side of Laurens street, about 100 feet north of Canal street, was first opened to the public on the 4th of July, 1825. It was devoted to the usual exercises of the circus, with the additional performance of eques- trian dramas, farces and ballets.
Mr. Burroughs was engaged by Mr. Sandford as the acting man- ager. Mr. Dinneford as stage manager and Mr. Hunter as Director of the Circle. An opening address, written by Woodworth, was delivered by Mr. Dinneford.
The combined dramatic and equestrian corps included (during the season) the names of Thompson, Lawson. Mestayer, HI. Eberle. D. Eberle. Morrison. Stickney, Tatnall. Richer, Madden, A. Iler- bert. Richards. Harrington (the clown), the youthful wonders La- forest. Whitaker and Bacon. Mrs. Tatnall, Mrs. Pelby, Mrs. Monier. Mrs. Godey, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Edstrom. Miss Pelby, Mis, Me-taver and others.
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