Great Talent On The Stage

New York, May 22. - The testimonial and benefit performance in honor of Lester Wallack at the Metropolitan Opera house was highly suecessful, from both artiscic and pecuuiary standpoints. ïhe audience of about 5,000 repres e n t e d the best known people of the literary, artistic, and mercantile world of the met ropolis. Over 831,000 was realized. Hamlet was superbly rendered, with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett as "Hamlet" and the "Ghost," Modjeska as "Ophelia," Joseph Jefferson as "First Grave Bigger," John Gilbert as "Polonius," Frank Mayor as the "King," Rose Coghlanas the "PlayerQueen," Rose Eytinge as the "Queen", and Herbert Kelcey, Joseph Wheelock, Gertrudu Kellogg, Rosina Vokes, and many other vrell-known artists in minor roles. Among the distinguished persons present were Gen. Sherman, Chauncey M. Depew, Gen. Sickles, ex-Judge Noah Davis, Mayor Hewitt, August Belmont, Thomas L. James, aud Edward Cooper, forming a corumittee of arrangemeut, and scores of others equally well knowii.