The Great Western was to have brought over Mr. and
Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS this last voyage : their baggage was on board, but the sud- den illness of the lady prevented their embarking. VESTRIS has not succeeded in fascinating the American playgoers: the ceremony of marriage failed to propitiate the rigid morality of Brother Jonathan. Immediately on the arrival of the voyagers in the United States, the feeling of the American public was unequivocally manifested by its servile organ, the press. A prejudice was got up, founded on a false report of their having absented themselves from the public table at an hotel at Saratoga—which place they never visited—and yet intruded their servants on the company. This scandal was industriously circulated and maliciously commented upon ; and its effect was shown by the ab- sence of ladies and the expression of audible symptoms of popular disapprobation on the first night of their appearance. That the oppo- sition was directed against the lady, was evident from the coldness of her reception, contrasted with the flattering greeting her husband ex- perienced. On the night of their farewell benefit at the Park Theatre, however, there was, says the New York Albion, "an overwhelming majority of ladies in the boxes ; " and Cit ARLES Mainews's valedic- tory address—which was spirited and plain-spoken, though with ad- mirable tact he avoided giving offence—was extremely well received. This speech is not unamusing, but it is too long for our columns. Warms herself appeared, says the report, in better health and spirits than usual : and we would fain hope that this is only a theatrical indis- position, superinduced by the seeming reaction in the public opinion of the female part of the community—if so, the sentence may he reversed. We are unwilling to think that her treatment by the Americans should have so seriously affected the health of this accomplished artiste, as to prevent her undertaking a:fortnight's voyage homeward.
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