“‘The Duke’s Motto,’ with its magnificent scenery, costumes, music, dancing and mechanical effects, still draws immense houses at Niblo’s Garden, and the first sign of an abatement in the public interest has not yet manifested itself.  We learn, however, that Mr. Wheatley . . . will be obliged, notwithstanding the wonderful popularity of the piece, to withdraw it. . . . These, therefore, are the concluding nights.”

“LAST WEEK BUT ONE . . . MUSIC, under the direction of Harvey B. Dodworth.”

“‘The Duke’s Motto’ attracts good audiences, as it deserves to do, being by all odds the best constructed and best acted play now before the public.”

“The press and public pronounce the Acting Perfect, Scenery unsurpassed, Costumes elegant, Mechanical Effects wonderful, Furniture splendid, Music, under the direction of HARVEY B. DODWORTH, excellent, and the GRAND BALLET, the best in the country.”