... Death of Miss Annie Goodall. We have this week to record the death of the above-named lady, who expired, after a painful illness, on the morning of Thursday last, at the early age of twenty-nine. Miss Annie Goodall wee born at Shrewsbury in 1848. At a very early age, having lost her father, who was an old friend of the late Mr Copeland, of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, she was enlgaced by that ...

... HARRY SYDNEY. We last week briefly recorded the death of this popular song- writer and vocalist, &c. Mr. Sydney was the author of a number of comic, eerio-comic, and sentimental songs, many of which have attained considerable popularity. His treatment of homely topics was genuinely humorous, marked by great facility of versification, and perfect freedom from all coarseness. His songs called ...

... DEATH pF MR. CHARLES FECSETER. The telegram dated the 5th inst., which reached London from New York on Wednesday morning, through Renter's agency, announcing the death of this distinguished actor in America, brought sad news to the many personal friends he had left behind him in England. That his health had lately failed was known to those who had mnaintainedl their corres- pondence with him, ...

... NEW OPERETTA, TWO BIRTHDAYS. A full dress rehearsal of a new ?? namecd as above was givcn lli NOwry, onl the 6th inst., the libretto being by Mr George ltaplph Walker, author .6f 5 ,'a1hor ts Gduid, &c., and thle music by Sfr Isidorc do So]l a. The plot is very simple, the ,lraneafieeronum- bering only six. Fred. Mertle (junior partuer in a City firm, tenor- Captain Cummings (of the Hopeful ...

... DEATHS OF PROFESSIONALS IN - MRt HARRY CUgyeIeoHAa.-This genleito, nearly twenty yerbut more widely known' ,an Octet fc agent and as preidenit of the Liquor aeles a drfaratir New York, died onl Maty 16th, 'after a brief~t i Asescini, weeks ago he imprudently stepped outside hs XitII esin hlis. shirt sleeves, to converse f i ness, ~~~with e Ile I Clausen, head of the Brewers' AsOoeiatikl, T ...

... BIRTHUS. DOUGLASS-On the 4th inst., at 29, Downs Park-road, King6land, the wife of John T. Douglass, of a deughter, ACHI~l, l thewi e of dr in~t., adt ~dgar Honse, dgaro-road, Ciftonville, Margate, the wife of Henry Joaehitfl, Esq., of 2me, Phicliaoreoadrdae. , Keneington, prematurely, of twin daughters, one atillborft i R~iDEN-Oft thels1istte., attlsBE SgnsAr~ms,Ladbroko-grove,Notting- Hill, ...

... The Late Mr. Samuel May. It is our sad duty to record the death of Mr Samuel May, the eminent theatrical costumier of Bow-street. The event, which so many wvill deeply regret, took place on Sunday last, after a short illness, which few of his friends imagined would have ended fatally. The deceased was hut fifty-four years of age, and had endeared himself to aln immense circle of Free- masons ...

... THE LATE M'l. PAUL BEDFORD. [FUDTHER PARTICULAES.j The deceased, who was a native of Bath, made his first start O0 the stage of active life as an apprentice to Mr. English, an auctioneer, of that tows. The routine of the office, howeverl not proving congemal to his taste, young Paul, with two or three other boyasmde his way to SWanheha where he irsdouse, d thlscke a hio ni wi his cemp inanions ...

... THE LATE MR. FECHTER. The following details of the last moments of the late Mr Fechter are to hand from New York:- - He died at his farm near Pennsylvania on the morning of the 5th inst., at six o'clock. He had been in a precarious state of health since last spring, and as long ago as a year or more he had often disappointed his audiences through sudden illness. For several weeks past he had ...

... DEATHS OF PROFESSIONALS IN AMERICA. Mnt RoLtLN HOWARD died of Bright's disease of the kidneys at the residence of his brother, in Boston, Mass., June 19th. He had been ill for some time past, and a few months ago was compelled to give up travelling with his burlesque company and return to his home in New York. At that time it was thought that he was suffering from softening of the brain. After ...

... FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A CLOWN. James Cassim, a Clown with Cooper and Bailey's Circus and Menagerie, left the tent in Johnstown, Pa., about half-past ten o'clock on the night of May 13th, and in company with James Brock and Robert Butler, members of the troupe, pro- ceeded to a restaurant. They remained in town until about midnight, when they started for the railway-station with the intention of ...

... Death of M. Roger, the Celebrated Tenor. We have already briefly announced the death of lii. Gustave Hippolyte Roger, the renowned tenor, which took place in Paris on Saturday, at the age of sixty-four. M. Roger, who was at one time as well known in London as in Paris, was a native of the latter city, having been born at La Chapelle, St. Deais, on August 27th, 1815. He was the son of a notary, ...