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the boards wolcb had been nailed up as a moer of policemen were constantly occupied the defences. A shower of stones

assailed the windows of the theatre. News then came from the street, through Captain Tilley that a man known to be Edward Z. C. Judson, was heading the mob outside, and calling upon them to stone the building. He was promptly arrested by the Chief of Police. As one window cracked after another, and pieces of bricks and paving stones rattled in on the terraces and lobbies, the confusion increased till the Opera House resembled a fortress besieged by an army. Finally, in the last scene of the act, Mr. Matsell, Chief of Police, made his appearance in the parquet, and, followed by his aids, marched directly down the aisle to the leader of the disturbance, whom he secured, after a short but violent struggle. One by one the rioters were taken out, the greater part of the audience applauding as they disappeared.

Mrs. Coleman Pope first procured a little silence, which ended, however, immediately on Mr. Macready's reappearance. It was, indeed, a trying scene. The crowd outside numbered over twentyfive thousand persons, and yet among them all, there were no more than five hundred, if there were so many, who took an active part in the riot, and nearly half of them were boys. The riot act was read twenty times before the firing of the first volley. When read, the Chief of Police made known the fact of it to all. The companies on duty were the Seventh Regiment, National Guards; the Fourth, Governor's Guards; a detachment of the Flying Artillery, the German Hussars, and the Washington Gray Troops, Third Regiment.

The number of killed was twenty-one; wounded, thirty-three; number of arrests made, sixty-three.

The next day the Mayor issued the following:

PROCLAMATION

The Mayor of the city, while deeply deploring the loss of life which has resulted from the maintenance of the law, during the past night, reminds all the citizens that the peace of the city must be maintained.

He calls on all good citizens to sustain the magistracy. The efforts of the authorities will be considerate — will be humane, but they ought to be and must be firm.

He recommends all citizens for some days to remain as quiet as possible within their own dwellings, and to abstain from swelling public assemblages, and from all acts that tend to encourage the riotously disposed.

The effect of crowds is to expose the innocent to the injury arising from the measures which may be taken. The peace of the city must and shall be maintained by the whole civil and military power of the county.

It must always be remembered that the military is but a portion of the police of our city, composed of our own fellow-citizens, who have volunteered to maintain the supremacy of the law. C. S. WOODHULL, Mayor.

Mayor's Office, May 11, 1849.

Macready's friends insisting that he should disguise himself, he borrowed a drab surtout from Mr. Arnold, and a cap from John Sefton, and, accompanied by Robert Emmet, went to the stage

door, where they were stopped and not allowed to pass. They returned to the stage, descended into the orchestra, got over into the parquet, and, passing into the centre passage, went along with the thin stream of the audience moving out, down the flight of stairs into Eighth Street. They passed the police line, crossed Broadway, walked along Clinton Place, and entered Emmet's house. Macready sat up all night, and at four o'clock the next morning, was conveyed in a carriage up Fifth Avenue, to New Rochelle, and after breakfasting he took the train for Boston, where he remained until May 23, when he sailed on the "Hibernia" for England. This was Mr. Macready's last appearance in New York. As for the poor Opera House, its doors were riddled with balls and its windows broken. Moreover, it was rebaptized in blood, having been nicknamed the "Massacre" Place Opera House.

Mrs. Coleman Pope died at Indianapolis, Ind., March 16, 1880, where she had resided many years. Her husband, Wm. C. Pope, committed suicide there June 1, 1868, while insane. She was a much loved actress by the profession; was tall and exquisitely proportioned, her complexion inclined to darkness, her eyes hazel, her hair rather dark, a most amiable woman and exemplary wife. Her voice was ever the distinguishing characteristic in her theatrical career, imparting to even trifling and almost overlooked passages a pathos and beauty which the mere readings or recitations that she in after years, as a teacher of elocution, treated us to, could scarcely elicit. Her last appearance on the stage was at the Metropolitan Theatre, Indianapolis, during the week commencing Jan. 14, 1878, as Frochard in "The Two Orphans."

Mrs. Jean Lander Davenport, having returned from Europe, appeared here Sept. 24, 1849, with William Hield as support.

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This theatre was rented by Max Maretzek at $12,000 yearly rental, and reopened with Italian opera in November, 1849. company gave sixty consecutive performances without a single postponement or a single alteration in the bills. Toward the close of the season, however, Maretzek found not only his pockets empty, but himself several thousands of dollars in debt. He at once placed "Don Giovanni" in rehearsal, and it ran for fourteen consecutive evenings, enabling him to satisfy all demands on his exchequer. At the end of the season the subscribers gave a fancy dress ball for his benefit. The ball was given, but was so select an affair that the expenses outran the receipts by $1,000. At the close of his first season of opera Maretzek was $3,600 in debt, despite the advances made to him by the citizens who subscribed money for the sake of hearing opera in New York.

Early in 1850 Edward L. Tilton appeared here as Oliver, to the Rosamond of Charlotte Cushman, in "As You Like It." On March 25, 1850, Charles Bass, the excellent representative of old men,

leased this house, and opened with Marie Duret. George Vandenhoff was conjointly starred with her. On the eve of taking a benefit at Baldwin's Theatre, San Francisco, Cal., Marie Duret was suddenly stricken with paralysis. She was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where she remained six weeks. The benefit was a matinée entertainment, and the weather being very severe, was a complete failure. Being in destitute circumstances, an appeal for assistance was made to the profession. This was in February, 1880. She had the use of her limbs, but her voice was entirely gone. She died in San Francisco, April 6, 1881. This lady possessed a wonderful knowledge of stage business, which, combined with great versatility as to characters, enabled her to assume any position on the stage the exigencies of the moment demanded. She achieved much success as Jack Sheppard.

Sept. 24, 1850, the Parisian Ballet Troupe, under the direction of Robert Kemp, and a vaudeville company appeared. The début in America was made of Mme. Celestine Frank, premier danseuse; Mlle. Victoria Frank, Mlle. Espinosa, pantomimist, and Mons. Gredule. Emily Waldegrave was also in the organization. Mr. Kreutzer and Mons. Eigenschenk were leaders. The company consisted of John Nickinson, Jos. Cowell (his first appearance in New York for twelve years), Mrs. John Sefton, B. Phillips, and Miss Nickinson. "Uncle Sam," ballet d'action, "Ondine, ""Box and Cox," and "La Bohemienne," made up the initial programme. The second season of Maretzek's management was begun in 1850, a month after the whole town had gone crazy over Jenny Lind. Señor Marty y Torrens brought to Castle Garden for a summer season the company from the Tacon Theatre, Havana. At its head were Bottesini and Arditi; it contained three soprani, Bosio, Steffanoni, and Tedesco; Vietti, the contralto; Salvi, Bettini, and Lorini, tenors; Badiali and Corradi Letti, baritones; and Masini and Colleti, bassi. As the Spaniard did not care whether he made money or not, the company played at half price, the admission being fifty cents. Such an opposition had to be defeated or conciliated. Maretzek chose the path of peace, and secured all the artists except Tedesco. This, the best operatic company ever collected in the United States, succeeded in the space of three months in creating a clear deficit of $22,000.

Virginia Whiting Lorini (daughter of David Whiting) appeared here Jan. 28, 1851. The house was now known as "The Theatre Française." On April 7 the French company opened in "Les Petites Misères de la Vie, "- Hermaine, Mlle. Leonore, Mlle. Adrienne, Mr. Durien, and Mr. Floriel in the cast. "Les Deux Amis, ou La Courte Paille," was also given, with Mme. Antonin, Mlle. Angeline, Mr. Floriel, Paravel Dorichet, Grandin, Durien, and Mr. Eugene in the chief characters. Max Maretzek began his

Placide, Chippendale, J. M. Dawson, Manvers, Miss Roberts (afterwards Mrs. Clara Stoneall), and Rose Telbin.

After an absence from New York of three years, Macready reappeared here Sept. 4, 1848, under the management of Chippendale & Sefton. He opened as Macbeth, with Ryder as Macduff, and Mrs. W. G. Jones, Lady Macbeth. The engagement closed Sept. 25, with "The Merchant of Venice." William Niblo was lessee of the house. "Roberto Devereaux" was first sung in this country Jan. 15, 1849: Roberto, Mazzoleni; Queen Elizabeth, Medori; Duke of Nottingham, Bellini; Lady Nottingham, Sulzer.

The first benefit the American Dramatic Fund Association ever had was at this theatre, Feb. 8, 1849. "Macbeth" was given, with this cast:

Mary Taylor, Mesdames C. E. Horn, Bailey, Finn, Knight, Lambert, Wright, and Nichols, the Misses L. Kirkham, Miles, Phillips, Barton, Smithon, Harding, and Lambert, Messrs. Giubieli, G. Loder, H. C. Watson, B. Massett, Vache, Hadaway, C. Walcot, John Brougham, Povey, Williams, Rea, G. Andrews, T. D. Rice, Scharff, and others appeared in the witches scenes, and sang Locke's music. Next came Distin and his three sons, who gave selections from "Lucia di Lammermoor" on their silver sax-horns, and Distin, Sr., who performed his trumpet solo, "The Soldier Tired." The performance concluded with the comedy "Everyone Has His Fault," compressed into two acts:

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Wm. Niblo and J. H. Hackett next leased this establishment in order to present Mr. Macready, and announced him for May 8, 1849. He was secured for four weeks. The initial performance was changed to "Richelieu," but the house did not open. May 9 J. H. Hackett played in "The Merry Wives of Windsor;" May 10 Macready was announced to play "Macbeth," Mrs. Coleman Pope the Lady Macbeth. In the meantime, rumors prevailed throughout the city that the opposition to Mr. Macready's appear