... community. (Hear, hear.) And he said this in Leeds, knowing that he was speaking in the teeth ui the prejudice of a powerful and influential body among them; knowing that he was speaking in the presence of a Proprietor of the principal paper amongst them ...

... which Mr West- lake was requested by his kind friends in front to speak up, so that they could hear him. Mr Westlake seemed rather depressed in spirits, and could not or did not speak up. His appearance was gentlemanly, and that is as much as we can ...

... ITER AT TUR E. THE ART OF VENTRILOQUISM. Ily FREDERICK MAwCCBE. Frederick Warne and Co.-If any man has a special right to speak about the art of ventriloquism it should be that grand master of the mystery Mr Frederick Maccabh, who has collected in the ...

... 27th, 1S74. The Fern Fairy, as impersonated by Seiiora Nita de Castro-who, although she bears a foreign name, speaks capital English, and speaks every word distinctly--is an excellentand graceful chararter all through the piece. With a voice of great power ...

... justice to say thait they did not seem to reiqure the aid of a prompter, or miapronoonce their words: as mnany persons do who speak publicly in places of this kind. The pleasant, ladylike accent with which Miss Rose Montague, 'wh6' asumed the name of Kate ...

... coarseness, as in all that Aphra Biehn wrote; but we are coming to the English Harlequin directly. His name was Jevons, a speaking Harlequin, and a very clever fellow indeed, with something of the Vokes Family; some- thing of Fred. Evans, something of ...

... late popelar actor who used to give such a sharp, hard articulation to the first two consonants in chivalry, affectation in speaking has long been a temptation that artists have frequently yielded to, although we must admit that it is a fault much rarer ...

... Warren (81st Regiment) was Ernest Waldburg, and supported the character in an easy and agree- able manner. This gentleman speaks distinctly,. and is audible all over the house, which is not always the case here, the acoustic arrangements being far from ...

... new singers made their first appearance in public, Miss Harmon, a young soprano, and Mr. J. Greenhill, a new tenor. We can speak of the lady most favourably, since she possesses a voice of most agreeable quality, and has a good ear and decided intelligence ...

... last-named opeia was performed, with, perhaps, greater success than any other yet given by the company. The Cape journals speak in most enthusiastic terms of Mr Turner and the company. Every seat in the Albany Hall was taken several days in advance of ...

... in front, histrionically the rendition generally was a failure. As regards Still Waters Rvn Deep, we are glad to be able to speak in more qualified terms, and, indeed, in some instances to award much praise. The opening of the drama was cer- tainly the ...

... in 1684 for four years, and died some three years after he regained his liberty. Of his divergence from history we will not speak, as it was then a custom of play- wrights, and one not despised by a most successful modern author, but we feel justified in ...