New York Dispatch

The Dramatic Mirror, edited by John W. Freund and published at No. 835 Broadway, is likely to meet with the success its merit deserves. Devoted to drama and gossip, personal and general, concerning the stage, impartial. It is in fact an epitome of the current news matters, its editorials and criticisms are bright, sharp and judiciously considerate. The paper John O. Freund ought to be proud of drama profession. And this is the sort of paper John O. Freund ought to be proud of. And he is.

Signor Brignoli will produce the delightful opera of "Don Pasquale" at Chickering Hall on Saturday evening next, on which occasion the following artists will appear, by permission of Col. Mapleson: Mme. Carraciolo as Don Pasquale, Signor Gualtieri as Dr. Dulcamara, Signor Nordica as Norina, Signor Bellati as Dr. Malatesta, Signor Tomasi as a monk, and Signor Brignoli in the role of Ernesto. Signor Tomasi will be the conductor of the orchestra. The stage will be fitted up with proper scenery.

Rumor has it that on Monday last, Miss Marie Prescott's verdict for $12,500 against the American News Company, and ordered a new trial by Judge Truax, "was not impeached. The admission of evidence concerning him was error. The action should have been dismissed for want of proof of publication." It was not dismissed and will have to be tried again.

With the Herald informed its readers in Friday morning's issue that the always correct alleged musical critic's error in stating that Patti and Gerster would be heard in the fifth amusement of the Academy, in another column, would have been a Southern Tall tale that was the opera in which the artists would appear. Imparted the useful information that the "Huguenots" Amateur Opera Association, of Brooklyn, to play the original comic opera of "The Pearl of Bagdad." The work is in many on February 18th. It will cost $1,500 to get it up. Brooklyn have a chorus of one hundred voices, and an orchestra of fifty under the baton of Rafael Navarro.

Battle genius who is known as the Chinese editor," and Wong Ching Foo, the clever and versatile, he can speak and write English better than most white men, is hard at work drilling a band of Chinese performers doing on the road under the management Louis E. Walters musical, dramatical and gymnastical-who are soon from and others.

The critic of the World, in last Thursday's issue of that lively journal, in his notice of the performance of Annie Pixley at the New Park, asserted that Mr. Alonzo Schwartz played the part of Sir Godfrey Mosslyn "for all it was worth." Schwartz was not in the cast, for he died and was buried a week previous to that performance.

The suit brought by Mrs. Edith De Belleville to annul her marriage with Frederick De Belleville actor around time decided inher Judge Donohue Belleville will now resume her maiden name, Edith Dornish.

Frank Mayo, whose right name is Maguire, came to San Francisco around Cape Horn as a sailor boy, and was alternately a restaurant waiter and a deck hand on the Sacramento river steamers. He made his debut at the second American Theatre, in San Francisco, July 19th, 1856, as the waiter, in "Raising the Wind."

John Stetson has leased from J. H. Haverly his Comedy Theatre, late San Francisco Opera House, for the remainder of the season, and probably Burnand's "Fedora" burlesque will be seen here, with Harry Dixey and Florence Gerard in the leading characters. Mr. Stetson takes possession within a few weeks.

Harry Miner has invested—it is said $10,000, in the purchase of Conquest's latest play entitled "The Crimes of Paris." Is Miner going into the sensational mechanical line of drama? If he is it opens up a chance for his alter ego Kidder to get in some of his fine work in the way of alterations—eh?

On Monday evening, Feb. 25th, Mrs. Langtry will commence an engagement with Messrs. Stevens & Murtha, at the New Park Theatre. It is announced that the prices of admission will remain the same. This is the date which was arranged for her at the Windsor Theatre.

Mr. Archie Hunter, the playwright, proposes to start a company of his own on the road to eOpera When returns come we hope he won't tear his hair and cry out "D. A. M. bad luck."

Mr. John McCullough began an engagement at the Boston Theatre on Monday evening in "Virginius" supported by a company including Messrs. Mark Price, Joseph Haworth, H. A. Langdon, H. C. Bard, Miss Viola Allen and Mrs. Augusta Foster.

Minnie Palmer will reappear in London to-morrow night at the Royal Strand Theatre in "My Sweetheart." Her engagement will continue for the remainder of the season. John Rogers now says that Lotta is a bad imitation of Minnie Palmer.

The receipts of "Esmeralda" in London the past five weeks, reached upward of $27,000. Esmeralda has been played over fourteen hundred times by the Madison Square Theatre Company since the first night of its performance in this city.

Aimee, Vanoni, and many other frisky performers on the comic opera and variety stage are still A.:lug "Tryrty xx a Plctu: o," and they hao troilgiht It toa hivh wla'o or aml:liishnuut wilh Kraticulatiou, grimacing, and fancifal posturing.

Mr. John S. Van Cleve, the well-known blind musical critic, of Cincinnati, is reported seriously ill. Mr. Van Cleve takes rank in the highest circles of musicians and critics, and his illness causes sincere regret in artistic society.

Harry Lee resigned from the "Strangers of Paris" Company last night. Richard Mansfield was offered the vacant position, but he declining it, Mr. Dominick Murray was engaged, and will impersonate the role of Jagon.

The New York critic who had the nerve to assert that Henry Irving was a great actor is now gushing over the probability that we shall once more have upon our stage "the young and lovely Genevieve Ward."

James O'Neill last week gave $50 as a Christmas gift to Barney Whitman, the property man who encouraged him when he made his first appearance. The debut was made in Cincinnati. O'Neill was a supe.

It is said that the Fifth Avenue Pique Company played in New Haven to an $18 house quite recently. This is easily accounted for when it is known that Charles Coghlan and Sara Jewett were in the cast.

Henry Irving declares that Attorney General Brewster is the most interesting man he has met in this country, thus far. And Brewster is about as much of a failure in his official work as Irving is as an actor.

Charles R. Matthews, treasurer of the Metropolitan Opera House, and private secretary to Mr. Abbey, is reported to have lately inherited $100,000 by the death of his father, in Akron, Ohio.

Edmund Yates affirms that once in fifty years a great actress appears, and that she is generally a Jewess. And once in half a century a great novelist appears, and he is not a Yates.

Nat Goodwin is burlesquing Irving as Mathias, in Roseinfeld's travestie of "The Bells." Which is the most extravagant, the original or the imitation, is a question hard to determine.

Mr. Edward Temple and Miss Polly Winner, of E. Rice's Opera Company, were married last week at St. Stephens Roman Catholic Church, on East Twenty-eighth street.

It is asserted that Mr. John Shoeffel is shortly to be married to a wealthy and handsome California lady. And John deserves to have his honeymoon last to the end of his life.

If all artists were to celebrate their sixtieth year upon the stage, what an endless succession of silver jubilees would be taken by opera chorus singers.

Charles Santley, the baritone singer, was married in London on Sunday last to Miss Elizabeth Innes, a wealthy and accomplished American lady.

Boston taxes Henry E. Abbey for $22,000 worth of real estate, and Christine Nilsson pays for $123,000 worth in the same city.

Lytton Sothern has bought the house in which Jesse James, the noble bandit, was extradited to the other world.

The ancient Aimee is now disporting as a comedienne, and her comedy work, like her voice, is exceedingly thin.

George S. Knight is on his muscle again. He thrashed a stage carpenter in Newark the other night.

Frederick Warde—but no matter, well he will shortly be seen in Salvini's version of the "Gladiator."

Madame Nilsson plays poker, picks the banjo, and can chuck sixes in a race every time.

Selina Dolaro proposes to appear soon in a literally translated comedy from the French.

Andran's latest opera "Gillette," has made a gascon London.

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