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pany ) and Mr . 0 . Sadler , Clerk of the Works . Tho band of the Scots Greys , by the permission of commanding officer attended . Mr . M . V . Bligh is the manager , and

Bro . W . Devin ' s band will play each morning andaf ter noon . Bro . John Billington and Mrs . Billington have been playing at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , during the week , in Mr . Paul Meritt's comedy of " Rough and Ready , " assisted by Misa Meryck , Mr . D . Gresham , and a powerful London company .

Some weeks since we gave an announcement of the death , at sea , of Bro . W . Curtis , formerly proprietor of the Brighton Gazette . The P . and 0 . steamer " Gwalior " brings the following particulars , from a letter of the ship ' s purser to the sorrowing widow . " It seems that Mr . Curtis was

brought on board the ship , very ill , at Hong Kong , on the 31 st July , he having been ordered home by his medical attendant . His health did not improve , and on the morning of the 3 rd August he expired . " The steward also

wrote : " It will be some consolation to you to know that his last moments were peaceful , aud that he was free from pain , and had every care and attention paid to him . His remains were consigned to the deep on the same day he expired . "

Bro . M . Syers , proprietor of the Oxford , Oxford Street , announces a grand morning performance at his popular place of amusement every Saturday , to which all season ticket holders are admitted free .

Bro . J . L . Toole , the celebrated comedian , made his first appearance , since his return from America , at the Theatre Royal Manchester . The house was crowded in every part , and he received a perfect ovation . He makes his appearance in London , at the Gaiety Theatre , on the 8 th November .

Bro . J . Fitzgerald , late of the Strand , and of Miss Lydia Thompson ' s Company , has been engaged as chef d'orchestra at the Globe Theatre , which opened on Monday last , under the management of Mr . Fairlie .

Railway Traffic Returns.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS .

The following statement shows tlie receipts for traffic on tlie undermentioned railways for the ] 3 ast week , as compared with the corresponding week in 1874 : — Miles open . Receipts . Railway . 187 S 1875 , 187-i

£ ' £ Caledonian 739 58 , 405 57 , 991 Glasgow and South Western . . 315 £ 18 , 239 17 , 434 Great Eastern .... 763 53 , 934 50 , 820 Great Northern .... 523 59 , 42 : 1 60 , 382 Great Western .... 1 , 528 117 , 143 113 , 955 Lancashire and Yorkshire . . 430 69 , 511 65 . 913

London and Brighton . . . 376 i 40 , 937 37 , 572 London , Chatham and Dover . . 153 £ 25 , 113 23 , 116 London and North Western . . 1 , 587 185 , 854 188 , 521 London and Sonth Western . . 626 f 42 , 836 39 , 980 London , Tilbury and Southend . 45 2 , 632 — Manchester and Sheffield . . 259 £ - 34 , 134 32 , 659

Midland 975 $ 119 , 427 117 , 891 Metropolitan t 8 8 , 696 8 , 037 „ „ District ... 8 4 , 274 3 , 790 „ „ St . John ' s Wood . . If 388 370 North British ¦ 8444 45 , 445 43 , 730

North Eastern .... 1 , 400 £ 130 , 639 129 , 103 North London .... 12 7 , 175 6 , 830 North Staffordshire Railway . . 191 11 , 239 10 , 696 „ „ Canal . 118 1 , 590 1 , 623 South Eastern .... 350 45 , 731 42 , 120

A SUJHIARY EXECUTION . —In connection with this affair , the treatment of Boyer , the Mayor of Bodmin , was cruel in the cxtremo . Prior to their advance on Exeter , tlie Cornish rebels formed a camp near Bodmin , the inhabitants of which compelled the Mayor to give them supplies . Soon after their defeat , the Provost Marshal of tho Army , Sir Anthony Kingston , arrived there to punish certain

fugitives , and sent Boyer notice , that , with certain followers , he would dine with hitu on a certain day . •Ho -was received with the greatest hospitality and , before dinner , he whispered to Boyer that one of the townspeople was to be hanged , and ordered the gallows to be erected . Wheu dinner was over the Mayor answered that " all was ready , " ( in which Kingston took his arm , and they walked togethei to the place

of execution , when he asked him , if he thought tho gallows was " strong enough . " " Doubtless , " replied tho Mayor . " Well thou , " Said the Provost , " get thee up speedily , for it is prepared for you . " "Ihope , " urged the poor Mayor , " that yon mean not as you speak ?" In faith ! there is no remedy , for thou hast been a busy rebel ;" and so the Mayor was hanged without further ceremony . —From ' British Battles on Land and Sea , " by James Grant .

The Drama.

THE DRAMA .

l £ r . Charles Matthews at the Gaiety— " Talbot ' s Trust " at the Globe . IT is difficult , except for a modern Methuselah , to fix the time when Mr . Matthews first appeared on the stage . It is still more difficult , indeed impossible , to find any occasion on which lie has not been watched and listened to with delight , and tho time is yet , we

hope , far distant when he shall bo finally lost from our standing dishes of amusement . Mr . Matthews is fairly in his element at the GAIETI ; the character of the theatre , the light , bright airiness of its decorations , accord admirably with tho style of his aefciug . The chief piece in which he appears at present is one adapted by himself from Le Pere Prodigue , and entitled My Awful Dad . Major Adonis

Evergreen is a gayyonth of fifty , possessing a son , Wick , a staid barrister of twenty-seven . The usual relation of father and son are , in their case , reversed . Tho Major is a reckless , gallant spendthrift , whilst Wick supplies the funds , as far as possible , and is a most respectable member of society . Some amusing imbroglios result from this ; the Major intends going to a bal masque , as "Punch , " and

orders his costume to be sent to his son ' s chambers iu the Temple . Whilst dressing there , in his son's absence , a client arrives , and the Major , slipping a barrister ' s gown over his absurd dress , takes tho place of the absent Wick . The client proves to be a young widow , Mrs . Weddagain , come to take opinion on the validity of her late husband's will , which provides that she shall not marry a man under

the ago of fifty . After a most amusing impromptu address by the Major to an imaginary jury , the difficulty is solved by bis marrying the widow himself , and the son also is satisfactorily disposed of . We have indicated enough of the plot to show to ordinary playgoers how much capital might be made out of it by Mr . Matthews , aud his acting will quite come up to any sanguine anticipations . The bnoyanfc

beating ; the careless , joyous ease of manner of a man who feels himself above the reach of time , are admirably pourtrayed , aud Mr . Matthews , young as he always is , is equal to the task of making up -well as a man . of fifty . He ia well supported by Mr . RoyGe , whom we noticed lately playing well in Tom Cobb , and who now makes a good character part out of the son , Wick . The minor parts are well

filled , more particularly those played by Mr . Maclean and Miss Henderson . We aro glad to chronicle the success of a piece which is earned by such good workmanship , -witty dialogue , and bright acting . The GIOBE has been re-opened , with a programme consisting of Talbot's Trust , a new drama , by Mr . T . A . Thorp , and of a translation of Offenbach ' s Les Brigands . It is difficult to convey in words an

idea of the utter weariness and dreariness with which Talbot ' s Trust oppresses the spectators . Tho incidents aro so inconsequent , tho dialogue so vapid , the characters such dummies . Talbot does not appear in the play at all , and his "Trust" consists of his property , his widow and his daughter , which are all left in the care of a friend , Harold Garnet . Mr . Garnet first makes love to the widow , then , by

dint of forgery , obtains possession of the property , and then deserts tho widow for another young lady . Pursued , by detectives , for the forgery , he is smashed up iu a railway accident , but recovers sufficiently to forgive everybody , and die at the widow ' s honso , just as the detectives arrive . It is impossible to criticise the merits of a piece which , to our thinking , has but one , that of consisting of only two

acts ; but we should like to point out to Mr . Lin Eayne that many more performances by him such as that of Harold Garnet , must inevitably lower the position on the stage -which he has earned so well . Ho would appear to be making an attempt to acquire tho style of transpontine melodrama , very good in its way no doubt , but slightly out of date . Miss Dubois and Miss Ada Ward are both

very well dressed . After such a preparation as that ot lalbot s Trust , a less lively opera than Les Brigands would be welcomed . As it is not by any means new to London , we shall only noto that its performance is better than at any previous production . The acting of Mis 3 Dubois and of Miss N . Bromley is arch and

piquant , and their singing is careful and discreet . Signor Barn ia hardly equal to the part of Palsacappa , his siuging is decidedly weak , and his acting still weaker . His lieutenant , Pietro , is admirably played by Mr . J . A . Shaw , and with such an exhibition of tasteful dresses , pretty faces and well developed limbs , "The Brigands " should be an attraction for some time to come .

Masonry In East Lancashire

MASONRY IN EAST LANCASHIRE

Thoso " brethren of the mystic tie who are resident in Ramsbottom and the immediate neighbourhood labour under the disadvantage of being located about four miles from any Lodge—the nearest meeting places being Bury on the one hand and Haslingdeu ou the other—and with a view to remove this difficulty , a meeting was held at the Railway Hotel on Tuesday evening , under the presidency of Bro . S . Porritt S . W . of Lodge No . 215 ( Haslingd ^ n ) , when it was

unanimously resolved , ou the motion of Bro . Peak P . M ., seconded by Bro . John Scholefield , that a petition be drawn up praying tho Provincial Grand Master ( Colonel Lo Gendre Starkie ) to issuo a warrant for the holding of a Lodge at the Railway Hotel . It is not improbable that tho new Lodge will be named " Tho Chceryblo Brothers" —tho late Mr . John Grant , of Ramsbottom , one of the brothers made famous in Diokcn ' s " Nicholas "Nickleby , " having been a member of the Masonic Order . —Bury Times .

HoLLOW . ir ' a TILLS AND 0 ! N _ . MI-: ST . —It would bo stavtliug to ninny were it possible to state accurately tho number of persons who hiive been restored > vi heaith iui'l relieved by tboe remedies , and if all the details connected with I'iH-h individual case' could bo collected , the enormous amount of psiin and Pilfering which has been soothed and got rid of would bo beyond belief . These remedies arc so well known in the present day , east and west , south and north , that it is stv . roge auy individual should remain in ignorance of their valuable qualities in correcting all blood impurities , whether hereditary or acquired , tho ill effects of which they effectually modify and counteract , rendering the sickly and feeble physically strong .