... British public on this account. I speak this comparatively, fully appreciative of Mr. Tom Taylor's admirable production. I now come to the melancholy reflection there are not in London a dozen individuals capable of speaking the Queen's English. Really ...

... THE LONDON MUSICAL FESTIVAL. If we were unable to speak favourably of the first of the Perosi oratorios, The Resurrection of Christ, given on Friday, the 12th inst., made a much better impres- sion. The first work only showed that we have several English ...

... RoOus.-Proprietor and Manager, Mr J. Jett-lti speaks volumes for Mr Harry Liston's lofula in Morecaibe that lie can pay the number vis0 °o the town he does. Anv other artist would r his welcome out, so to speak, but Mr Liston is lys welcome, always amusing ...

... both in prose and poetry entirely from memory. Nature has done much for Mr Kirwan in endowing him with a fine, resonant speaking voice and a manly physique, though this latter is not of so much importance on the platform. He scarcely did justice to the ...

... freely circulate. Columns, supporting arches, divide these corridors from the Grand HallI so that the effect, architecturally speaking, is exceedingly grateful to the eye. The Grand Hall is embellished with great taste, Cerulean blue, white and gold, prevail ...

... the great difficulty he felt was how to justify himself on a musical platform. He felt like the Statesman who was asked to speak about shipping, and felt satisfied when he remembered he had a sixty-fifth share in a canal boat. He (sir Albert) now remembered ...

... rather than advances her position in doing so. Our task is a more grateful one in speaking of other items of the performance. Of Mr Macleani's Sir Peter Teazle we can speak with cordial commendation as an example of careful and competent acting, and the ...

... them for drinking his health, but wished that some other name had been coupled with the toast;, for in speaking his thoughts on the Drama he must speak in a tone of despondency. He could not join in the eulogy of the Chairman, who spoke of the Drama not ...

... been determined to speak out ; but in fairness to him it must be said that Lawyer Surplus entirely spoilt his best effort. The remaining gentle- men were more or less incapable, with the exception of Mr W. Halley, of whom we shall speak presently. The ladies ...

... his business well. Though not without merit, his personation was not artistic and effective. His manner was stiff, and his speaking was of the set, stilted style, having more show of impressiveness than actqal force. Mr Fitz- gerald, who personated lago ...

... Oh ! steer my bark. Mr. Nat. Brooks dis- played considerable humour in two or three laughable comic songs. Generally speaking, we have not much faith in children who show themselves to the public with the word precocious attached to them; but there ...

... cordial, and delightful welcome you have given us during the past week. I speak for my dear friend Miss Terry as well as myself. Her thanks are the same as my own; and I speak for one and all 4o us, and thank you with all my heart for your most bountiful ...