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Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.
The National Gallery is in future to be open every week throughout the year , and the public will be admitted on students' days on the payment of a small entrance fee , as at South Kensington . The Danish scientific expedition to Siberia , under M . Tegner and Captain Hagc , is reported to have reached Semipalatinsk on J une 30 , andtohavestarted again for Vernoye a few days later . A subsidiary object of the
expedition is to endeavour to establish commercial relations between Denmark and that part of Siberia . MILTON CONVERSATIONAL CLASS . —Theannual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday , at the Albion Rooms , London-wall , Air . Boyd in the chair . Air Boyd was re-elected president , Alessrs . Newton and Bell , vicepresidents ; Air . T . S . Smith , treasurer ; Air . C . D . Waite , secretary , in the room of Air . De Relton , resigned ; and Mr . Tidey , librarian .
The Quartei-centenary of Titian s birth will be celebrated on Sunday by the unveiling of a statue at the great Venetian painter ' s native place , Pieve-di-Cadore , near Belluno . The little town is perched high up on a rocky ridge some distance beyond the head of raft navigation and the timber trade on the river Pieve . Another Old Master , Correggio , is to be commemorated by a statue , which will
be inaugurated at Naples in October . The Famous Ravenna Baptistery is in danger of falling . The ground round the building has risen so visibly of late that it is now necessary to go down a flight of steps into the Baptistery , while water filters through the curiously painted walls , and the celebrated mosaics are literally droppingoff . As the building would be ruined if pulled to pieces ,
it is proposed to remove it bodily in the American way , an undertaking of no ordinary difficulty , as the Baptistery weighs some 1067 tons . THE LIVAIHA . —At thc Royal School of Art Needlework , South Kensington , there are now on view specimens of the furniture and fittings of the state saloon of the Russian Imperial yacht Livadia . The largest piece of
work is a sideboard m white enamel inlaid with satin-wood , ornamented with mirrors and gold , and surmounted by the Imperial arms displayed by cherubs drawing aside a curtain . A couch , a specimen of six others , is in similar white enamel , and is backed and seated in gold-coloured silk embroidered
with bright flowers . The chairs are to match . The tables are so constructed as to form at pleasure one table 60 ft . in length . The chandeliers are in brass on ebony , and hold iS candles . There is also a lamp for the electric light . The curtains are in plush velvet of a rich red colour . The manufacturer is Air . Robert Christie .
Commend us to ever readable " Chambers ' s Journal " for short , chatty , social chapters , or for interesting reliable antiquarian gossip , or even for light , pleasing , and well-written fiction . It excels in all , and rings the changes so artistically that you never feel any monotony . Poem succeeds instruction , and historical essay alternates with brilliant novelette in never ending variety , and thc most
refined taste of a health y reader is never satiated . This month there is plenty of information , amusement , and food for reflection in "Landowning , " by "VV . C . ; " D . C . Murray ' s chapter of "A Life ' s Atonement ; " a clever paper on " Food and Fasting , " and other interesting papers . AH may di p into this excellent magazine and come away better and wiser .
The will ( dated March roth , 1 SS 0 ) of Mr . Pierce Egan , late of Ravensboume , Burnt Ash-hill , Lee , Kent , who died on July 6 th last , was proved on the 9 th ult . by Pierce Egan , the son , and George Watson , the acting executors , the personal estate being sworn under ^ 2000 . The testator bequeaths to his wife , Mrs . Charlotte Martha Egan , jCiooo , secured on his life policy , all his literary works , copyrights , furniture , and effects , except several
articles presented to his late lather and himself , and portraits , which he bequeaths to his said son , and to his daughter , Mrs . Kate Watson ; to his said daughter he also bequeaths his bound volumes of the "London Journal , " containing his works , commencing with the " flowers of the Forest , " and nine volumes of books , including "Robin Hood , " " Paul Jones , " and others ; and to his son-in-law , Mr . Watson , his Alasonic cup and jewels .
BUILDINGS ON THE EMBANKMENT . —A Bill is before Parliament to enable the Corporation of London to enter into certain arrangements with the Government as to the sale of land on the 'Thames Embankment ( on part of the site of the City Gasworks ) , for the erection of a new-Mint . The City Lands Committee reported , at a recent meeting of the Court of Common Council , that in
pursuance to a reference to them in February last , they had proceeded with the negotiations for the acquisition by the Government of a portion of thc land belonging to the Corporation on the Victoria Embankment , consisting of about three acres , for the erection of anew Mint ; and for the acquisition , by the Corporation , of the premises in Basinghall-street , formerly used for the purposes of the Bank .
ruptcy Court . Air . George Pownall was appointed by the Government to meet the City Architect for thc purpose of determining the sum to be paid by the Government for the fee simple of the the land to be purchased , as well as the sum to be paid by the Corporation for the old Bankruptcy Court premises , with the usual power to appoint an umpire . Mr . Pownall ancl thc City Architect not having been able to
agree as to the amounts to be paid for the said properties , they referred thc determination thereof to Mr . \ i . N . Chiton , who had since made his award , settling and determining the value of the fee simple in possession of the land in Basinghall-street at £ 95 , 500 , and the value of the fee simple in possession of the land on the Victoria Embankment at & 254 > 475- These arrangements were conditional on the Actbeinobtained
^ . As our readers know , the new buildings forthe City of London School are about to be erected on the west side of De Keyscr ' s Royal Hotel , and westward ?»„•?• uuiltl'ngs a new street running northwards to Whitcfriars-street is about to be constructed . The proposed new buildings for Si ' on College , lhc new hall for the Grocers ' Company , and thc new Mint will fill up the remainder of
the large area now vacant . The works for the extension of De Keyset's Hotel eastward into New Bridge-street arc now in full progress , so that we may hope before very Ion" - the City end of the Victoria-Embankment will assume a finished aspect . 'Ihe site of the Bankruptcy Court in Basinghallstreet will probably be devoted to the erection of a new Council Chamber adjoining thc existing Corporation buildlags at Guildhall . —Builder .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . the Earl of Ivimberleyieft town on Wednesday for Kimberley Hall , Norfolk , accompanied by the Countess and family . Bro . Commander Cheyne delivered a lecture on Tuesday night at the Afarble Rink , Clapham , on " Balloons , and the method of reaching the North Pole . " There was a large attendance . Air . LeFevre , C . E ., presided .
ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE . —In a report of the above in our Jast week ' s issue the name given as William Hill , founder of No . C , Rose Croix Chapter , should have been James Hill . CRYSTAL PALACE . ¦— The number of visitors during 1870 was as follows : By season tickets 930 , 397 ; paid at doors 1 , 014 , 124 . Total 1 , 944 , 521 . The marriage of Mr . P . Egerton Warburton ,
M . P . for Mid-Cheshire , and the Hon . Antoinette Saumarez , daughter of Lord and Lady de Saumarez , is announced to take place at St . Peter ' s Church , Onslow-gardens , the last week in this month . As a special arrangement candidates will be admitted to the examinations in December for admission to the Royal Alilitary College , or Royal Military Academy , who are within the required limits of age on 1 st December , iSSoror ist January , 1 SS 1 .
The Annual Communication of the Craft Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland was held yesterday ( Friday ) , at Kendal , under the banner of Union Lodge , No . 129 . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next . Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has been compelled by his numerous engagements to abandon , with much regret , the project of visiting the Australian Colonies
on the occasion of the Alelbourne Exhibition . His Royal Highness had greatly desired to carry out this arrangement if circumstances had permitted . The cricket match at the Oval between the English and Australian teams was concluded on Wednesday . Thc Australian Eleven finished their second innings for 327 , having made a total in their two innings of 476 , against 420 made by their opponents in one innintrs .
The English Eleven then went in for their second innings , and made 57 runs , winning the match by five wickets . COFFEE PALACES . —The thirteenth coffee palace in connection with the London and Provincial Coffee Palace Company was opened on Tuesday evening week , at 4 , Oxford-street , close adjoining the Oxford Alusic-hall , by the Hon . A . F . Kinnaird , one of the directors of the company , who was accompanied by several of his brother directors .
Bro . J . T . Smith , of ihe City of London College , & c , announces a lecture on " National Thrift , " to take place at St . James ' s-park Temperance Hall , Broadway , Westminster , on Alonday , the 27 th inst . The subject is one which is at present exercising the minds of thoughtful people , and any addition to our knowledge in this direction should be welcomed . Bro . Smith ' s lectures are very favourably noticed by the press , and we trust he will have a large audience on this occasion .
PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OP CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND . —Referring to the report of the Annual Communication of this province , in the last issue of the Freemason , we are requested to mention that the date was Tuesday , instead of Monday . Further , that Bro . G . Dalrymple , P . M . 216 , P . G . S . D ., delivered the addresses to the W . M ., officers , and brethren of Faithful !
Lodge , No 229 , after the installation of Bro . Capt . Sewell , W . AL , P . G . Reg . M . ' Colonel Sir Robert Burdett , Bart ., of Foremark , Derbyshire ; of Ramsbury , Wilts ; and of No . C , York-street , St . James ' s , whose death took place on June 7 th last , at the Albany , Piccadilly , having died without leaving any will , and without having been married , letters of
administration of his personal estate and effects were granted on the 14 th ult ., to the Right Hon . Angela Georgina , Baroness Burdett-Coutts , the sister of the deceased , and one of his next-of-kin . The personalty , including leaseholds , was sworn under £ 300 , 000 . THE MAYORALTY OF BRIGHTON . —The Sussex Daily News states that Bro . David Smith has been invited
to fill the office of Alayor for the ensuing year , and that he has accepted the invitation . The same paper has the following notice of Bro . Smith ' s career : " Brighton is to be congratulated on the prospective mayoralty of Air . Alelcrman D . Smith , which we announced on Saturday . Mr . Alderman Davey has so admirably performed the duties oi his office for the past two years , and has brouerht to the
task such an unfailing fund of energy , patience , and courtesy , that it would have been all the harder for a less able or a less willing man who might succeed him , and at the same time the contrast would have been all tlie harder for the town . In the Council ' s unanimous invitation to Mr . Alderman D . Smith , and in his consent to be nominated next November , we have an assurance that the ofiice which
Mr . Alderman Davey has filled with so much credit will not suffer in anything at the hands of his successor . Last but one on the roll of Aldermen , it is to Mr . D . Smith ' s credit that he has the spirit to come forward and undertake an office the honours of which can scarcely repay the labours which they entail . Mr . Alderman David Smith is known to us in Brighton simply as a private resident . He is one
of the many City men who have fixed their dwelling at London-by-the-Sea , and have so identified themselves with our institutions and witli our municipal movements as to become , in every sense of thc phrase , * one of us . ' The Alderman ' s personal attributes and position in Brighton well fit him for his social duties . A rich man and a generous one , he may be relied upon to maintain the
dignity of thc chief magistrature . Mr . David Smith was elected Alderman in 1 S 77 , on the retirement of Air . D . Friend . He has taken a working part in our municipal affairs , and is , in the present year , a member of the Works , Waterworks , Beach , and Baths and Washhouses Committees . In the revival of the Hospital Ball , and in similar
local movements , Air . Alderman D . Smith has rendered effective assistance . If he has never yet taken a prominent place in local matters , it is probably only because he has not had the opportunity . He will have a splendid opportunity now , and we have every confidence ^ that he will make a good use of it . "
Amusements.
Amusements .
GAIETV THEATRE . —A very numerous and brilliant audience assembled on the 30 th ult . at this theatre to witness the production , for the first time in England , of the American play by Mr . B . E . Woolf , entitled " The Mighty Dollar . " The comedy is exceedingly well mounted , and if the applause given on the first night may be taken as a criterion of success , it is likely to enjoy a long run . The
plot , however , is exceedingly weak , and consequently , with the exception of the two principal characters , which are most ably pourtrayed by Bro . VV . J . Florence and his charming wife , there is but little scope afforded for dramatic display . The comedy is supposed to illustrate life and manners in the great city of Washington ; but , to our mind , the incidents and characters are more than " a
theatrically-coloured picture of American life and manners " —they are exaggerations of a very broad kind . As the ignorant , inflated , and unprincipled Member of Congress , the JTon . Bardioell Slote , Bro . Florence is simply perfection ,- his assumption of the character is marked by those minute attentions to detail which are so necessary to successfully complete a dramatic embodiment . Whilst he
was on the stage the fun never flagged , and the meagre action of the piece passed unnoticed . The following incident serves to illustrate the character of the redoubtable Senator . It occurs in the second act , just previous to a picnic at which the Hon . Bard-well State is one of the party . After indulging in a most mirth-provoking oration upon the equality and fraternity that should prevail among
the white and coloured members of the community , he commands a stalwart negro to kneel , in order to furnish him with a seat , whilst two other natives of the " Dark Continent " are directed to blacken his boots . The same unqualified meed of praise is due to Mrs . Florence , who , in her assumption of the character of Mrs . General Gilflory , a good-natured , but vulgar , widow , " who has lived so lone
abroad , fairl y convulses the audience by her solecisms and scraps of indifferent French , most oddl y and ingenuously misapplied and mispronounced . Her frequent invocations to the " shade of _ General G . " whenever she is in doubt or in a dilemma is given in a tone so irresistibly comic that it does not grow wearisome by repetition , as does her husband ' s favourite expression , "Carried by a
large majority . " The other characters call but for little remark ; but what there is to do is most ably performed b y the members of Air . Hollingshead ' s clever staff . Miss C . Gilchrist , as Libby Ray , earns golden opinions b y her representation of a rather forward but charming maiden who is deeply in love . Her scene with her bashful lover , Charley Brood ( Air . Andrews ) , is capitally acted , the only drawback
to her impersonation is that she dresses the part too young . Aliss Holme does all that is possible with the slight character of Clara Dart , and the same may be said of Aliss K . Vaughan , who , as usual , acts most gracefully Air . Wyndham makes a manly Roland Vance , and mr . Fawcett , described as a Chevalier d'Industrie , gives , a polished rendering of his somewhat unthankful part . The
other minor characters are well enacted by Miss A . Paton and Messrs . Shine , Squires , Murray , Jenkins , Crutwell , & c . In conclusion , we counsel those of our readers who like to enjoy a hearty laugh to pay the admirably-managed Gaiety Theatre a visit during the successful run of " The Mighty Dollar , " when we venture to predict that they will be hilariously gratified almost to repletion .
MANCHESTER . —PRINCES' THEATRE . —On Monday last Shakespeare's " Merchant of Venice " was produced hereon a most complete scale . The feature in the representation was the appearance of Miss Ellen Terry as Portia , a character she has assumed at the Lyceum Theatre for upwards of 250 consecutive nights . Any attempt on our part to criticise this lady ' s performance would be , without
doubt , most ill-advised , and , therefore , we will simply content ourselves by remarking that all lovers of the works of Shakespeare , no matter how varied their conefption of Portia's character and bearing may be , will , we , iiake bold to say , go away perfectl y contented and satisfied with Miss Terry's rendering of it , and admit the fact that , in their time , at least , no such grace , freshness , and
charminglynatural acting has ever been thrown into the part , lt is at once a performance that one can never tire of witnessing , being totally free from studied gesture and unnatural earnestness . Mr . Charles Kelly's Shylock was an original performance , inasmuch as there is no trace of copying any previous exponent of the character , and which , to our thinking , was highl y commendable . His bearing throughout was most dignified , and his acting full of force , notably
in the trial scene , when , on being taunted by Gratiano ' s ( Air . Lin Rayne ) galling remarks , lie does not retaliate by even so much as an angry glance , but treats his persecutor with supreme contempt . The rest of the characters do not call for comment , but the scenery and dresses were , as usual at this house , all that could be desired . The " Merchant of Venice" was repreated on Wednesday , and will be performed for the last time during this engagement tonight ( Saturday ) .
Bro . Willing ' s drama " Delilah " will shortly be produced at the Park Theatre for the re-appearance of Aliss Amy Steinberg , wliere Miss Stella Brereton has lately made a great success as Amy Robsart . Offenbach ' s operetta to be produced on the 18 th inst ., at the Strand Theatre , is entitled "Olivette . " The cast includes the names of Aliss Florence St . John , Miss Violet Cameron , Messrs . Alarius , Harry Cox , Ashley , and Knight Aston .
Ihe Lyceum opens on the 18 th inst . with "The Corsican Brothers . "Thc World" is still commanding good audiences at Drury Lane , and bids fair to hold the boards until it has to make way for the Christmas entertainment , which is entitled "Alother Goose , " and which will be supported by Miss Fanny Leslie , Alisscs Ada and Addee Blanche , Air . Alark Kinghorne , Mr . Fred Evans , and those clever dancers , Aldles . Palladino .
Miss Constance Loseb y , who has been absent from London for some weeks , will , this evening ( Saturday ) resume the part of Stella in Offenbach's " La Fille du Tambour Alajor . " This opera has now been performed at the Alhambra more than 120 nights , and , with the new features recently introduced , appears to be increasing in popularity and attractiveness .
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Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.
The National Gallery is in future to be open every week throughout the year , and the public will be admitted on students' days on the payment of a small entrance fee , as at South Kensington . The Danish scientific expedition to Siberia , under M . Tegner and Captain Hagc , is reported to have reached Semipalatinsk on J une 30 , andtohavestarted again for Vernoye a few days later . A subsidiary object of the
expedition is to endeavour to establish commercial relations between Denmark and that part of Siberia . MILTON CONVERSATIONAL CLASS . —Theannual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday , at the Albion Rooms , London-wall , Air . Boyd in the chair . Air Boyd was re-elected president , Alessrs . Newton and Bell , vicepresidents ; Air . T . S . Smith , treasurer ; Air . C . D . Waite , secretary , in the room of Air . De Relton , resigned ; and Mr . Tidey , librarian .
The Quartei-centenary of Titian s birth will be celebrated on Sunday by the unveiling of a statue at the great Venetian painter ' s native place , Pieve-di-Cadore , near Belluno . The little town is perched high up on a rocky ridge some distance beyond the head of raft navigation and the timber trade on the river Pieve . Another Old Master , Correggio , is to be commemorated by a statue , which will
be inaugurated at Naples in October . The Famous Ravenna Baptistery is in danger of falling . The ground round the building has risen so visibly of late that it is now necessary to go down a flight of steps into the Baptistery , while water filters through the curiously painted walls , and the celebrated mosaics are literally droppingoff . As the building would be ruined if pulled to pieces ,
it is proposed to remove it bodily in the American way , an undertaking of no ordinary difficulty , as the Baptistery weighs some 1067 tons . THE LIVAIHA . —At thc Royal School of Art Needlework , South Kensington , there are now on view specimens of the furniture and fittings of the state saloon of the Russian Imperial yacht Livadia . The largest piece of
work is a sideboard m white enamel inlaid with satin-wood , ornamented with mirrors and gold , and surmounted by the Imperial arms displayed by cherubs drawing aside a curtain . A couch , a specimen of six others , is in similar white enamel , and is backed and seated in gold-coloured silk embroidered
with bright flowers . The chairs are to match . The tables are so constructed as to form at pleasure one table 60 ft . in length . The chandeliers are in brass on ebony , and hold iS candles . There is also a lamp for the electric light . The curtains are in plush velvet of a rich red colour . The manufacturer is Air . Robert Christie .
Commend us to ever readable " Chambers ' s Journal " for short , chatty , social chapters , or for interesting reliable antiquarian gossip , or even for light , pleasing , and well-written fiction . It excels in all , and rings the changes so artistically that you never feel any monotony . Poem succeeds instruction , and historical essay alternates with brilliant novelette in never ending variety , and thc most
refined taste of a health y reader is never satiated . This month there is plenty of information , amusement , and food for reflection in "Landowning , " by "VV . C . ; " D . C . Murray ' s chapter of "A Life ' s Atonement ; " a clever paper on " Food and Fasting , " and other interesting papers . AH may di p into this excellent magazine and come away better and wiser .
The will ( dated March roth , 1 SS 0 ) of Mr . Pierce Egan , late of Ravensboume , Burnt Ash-hill , Lee , Kent , who died on July 6 th last , was proved on the 9 th ult . by Pierce Egan , the son , and George Watson , the acting executors , the personal estate being sworn under ^ 2000 . The testator bequeaths to his wife , Mrs . Charlotte Martha Egan , jCiooo , secured on his life policy , all his literary works , copyrights , furniture , and effects , except several
articles presented to his late lather and himself , and portraits , which he bequeaths to his said son , and to his daughter , Mrs . Kate Watson ; to his said daughter he also bequeaths his bound volumes of the "London Journal , " containing his works , commencing with the " flowers of the Forest , " and nine volumes of books , including "Robin Hood , " " Paul Jones , " and others ; and to his son-in-law , Mr . Watson , his Alasonic cup and jewels .
BUILDINGS ON THE EMBANKMENT . —A Bill is before Parliament to enable the Corporation of London to enter into certain arrangements with the Government as to the sale of land on the 'Thames Embankment ( on part of the site of the City Gasworks ) , for the erection of a new-Mint . The City Lands Committee reported , at a recent meeting of the Court of Common Council , that in
pursuance to a reference to them in February last , they had proceeded with the negotiations for the acquisition by the Government of a portion of thc land belonging to the Corporation on the Victoria Embankment , consisting of about three acres , for the erection of anew Mint ; and for the acquisition , by the Corporation , of the premises in Basinghall-street , formerly used for the purposes of the Bank .
ruptcy Court . Air . George Pownall was appointed by the Government to meet the City Architect for thc purpose of determining the sum to be paid by the Government for the fee simple of the the land to be purchased , as well as the sum to be paid by the Corporation for the old Bankruptcy Court premises , with the usual power to appoint an umpire . Mr . Pownall ancl thc City Architect not having been able to
agree as to the amounts to be paid for the said properties , they referred thc determination thereof to Mr . \ i . N . Chiton , who had since made his award , settling and determining the value of the fee simple in possession of the land in Basinghall-street at £ 95 , 500 , and the value of the fee simple in possession of the land on the Victoria Embankment at & 254 > 475- These arrangements were conditional on the Actbeinobtained
^ . As our readers know , the new buildings forthe City of London School are about to be erected on the west side of De Keyscr ' s Royal Hotel , and westward ?»„•?• uuiltl'ngs a new street running northwards to Whitcfriars-street is about to be constructed . The proposed new buildings for Si ' on College , lhc new hall for the Grocers ' Company , and thc new Mint will fill up the remainder of
the large area now vacant . The works for the extension of De Keyset's Hotel eastward into New Bridge-street arc now in full progress , so that we may hope before very Ion" - the City end of the Victoria-Embankment will assume a finished aspect . 'Ihe site of the Bankruptcy Court in Basinghallstreet will probably be devoted to the erection of a new Council Chamber adjoining thc existing Corporation buildlags at Guildhall . —Builder .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . the Earl of Ivimberleyieft town on Wednesday for Kimberley Hall , Norfolk , accompanied by the Countess and family . Bro . Commander Cheyne delivered a lecture on Tuesday night at the Afarble Rink , Clapham , on " Balloons , and the method of reaching the North Pole . " There was a large attendance . Air . LeFevre , C . E ., presided .
ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE . —In a report of the above in our Jast week ' s issue the name given as William Hill , founder of No . C , Rose Croix Chapter , should have been James Hill . CRYSTAL PALACE . ¦— The number of visitors during 1870 was as follows : By season tickets 930 , 397 ; paid at doors 1 , 014 , 124 . Total 1 , 944 , 521 . The marriage of Mr . P . Egerton Warburton ,
M . P . for Mid-Cheshire , and the Hon . Antoinette Saumarez , daughter of Lord and Lady de Saumarez , is announced to take place at St . Peter ' s Church , Onslow-gardens , the last week in this month . As a special arrangement candidates will be admitted to the examinations in December for admission to the Royal Alilitary College , or Royal Military Academy , who are within the required limits of age on 1 st December , iSSoror ist January , 1 SS 1 .
The Annual Communication of the Craft Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland was held yesterday ( Friday ) , at Kendal , under the banner of Union Lodge , No . 129 . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next . Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has been compelled by his numerous engagements to abandon , with much regret , the project of visiting the Australian Colonies
on the occasion of the Alelbourne Exhibition . His Royal Highness had greatly desired to carry out this arrangement if circumstances had permitted . The cricket match at the Oval between the English and Australian teams was concluded on Wednesday . Thc Australian Eleven finished their second innings for 327 , having made a total in their two innings of 476 , against 420 made by their opponents in one innintrs .
The English Eleven then went in for their second innings , and made 57 runs , winning the match by five wickets . COFFEE PALACES . —The thirteenth coffee palace in connection with the London and Provincial Coffee Palace Company was opened on Tuesday evening week , at 4 , Oxford-street , close adjoining the Oxford Alusic-hall , by the Hon . A . F . Kinnaird , one of the directors of the company , who was accompanied by several of his brother directors .
Bro . J . T . Smith , of ihe City of London College , & c , announces a lecture on " National Thrift , " to take place at St . James ' s-park Temperance Hall , Broadway , Westminster , on Alonday , the 27 th inst . The subject is one which is at present exercising the minds of thoughtful people , and any addition to our knowledge in this direction should be welcomed . Bro . Smith ' s lectures are very favourably noticed by the press , and we trust he will have a large audience on this occasion .
PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OP CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND . —Referring to the report of the Annual Communication of this province , in the last issue of the Freemason , we are requested to mention that the date was Tuesday , instead of Monday . Further , that Bro . G . Dalrymple , P . M . 216 , P . G . S . D ., delivered the addresses to the W . M ., officers , and brethren of Faithful !
Lodge , No 229 , after the installation of Bro . Capt . Sewell , W . AL , P . G . Reg . M . ' Colonel Sir Robert Burdett , Bart ., of Foremark , Derbyshire ; of Ramsbury , Wilts ; and of No . C , York-street , St . James ' s , whose death took place on June 7 th last , at the Albany , Piccadilly , having died without leaving any will , and without having been married , letters of
administration of his personal estate and effects were granted on the 14 th ult ., to the Right Hon . Angela Georgina , Baroness Burdett-Coutts , the sister of the deceased , and one of his next-of-kin . The personalty , including leaseholds , was sworn under £ 300 , 000 . THE MAYORALTY OF BRIGHTON . —The Sussex Daily News states that Bro . David Smith has been invited
to fill the office of Alayor for the ensuing year , and that he has accepted the invitation . The same paper has the following notice of Bro . Smith ' s career : " Brighton is to be congratulated on the prospective mayoralty of Air . Alelcrman D . Smith , which we announced on Saturday . Mr . Alderman Davey has so admirably performed the duties oi his office for the past two years , and has brouerht to the
task such an unfailing fund of energy , patience , and courtesy , that it would have been all the harder for a less able or a less willing man who might succeed him , and at the same time the contrast would have been all tlie harder for the town . In the Council ' s unanimous invitation to Mr . Alderman D . Smith , and in his consent to be nominated next November , we have an assurance that the ofiice which
Mr . Alderman Davey has filled with so much credit will not suffer in anything at the hands of his successor . Last but one on the roll of Aldermen , it is to Mr . D . Smith ' s credit that he has the spirit to come forward and undertake an office the honours of which can scarcely repay the labours which they entail . Mr . Alderman David Smith is known to us in Brighton simply as a private resident . He is one
of the many City men who have fixed their dwelling at London-by-the-Sea , and have so identified themselves with our institutions and witli our municipal movements as to become , in every sense of thc phrase , * one of us . ' The Alderman ' s personal attributes and position in Brighton well fit him for his social duties . A rich man and a generous one , he may be relied upon to maintain the
dignity of thc chief magistrature . Mr . David Smith was elected Alderman in 1 S 77 , on the retirement of Air . D . Friend . He has taken a working part in our municipal affairs , and is , in the present year , a member of the Works , Waterworks , Beach , and Baths and Washhouses Committees . In the revival of the Hospital Ball , and in similar
local movements , Air . Alderman D . Smith has rendered effective assistance . If he has never yet taken a prominent place in local matters , it is probably only because he has not had the opportunity . He will have a splendid opportunity now , and we have every confidence ^ that he will make a good use of it . "
Amusements.
Amusements .
GAIETV THEATRE . —A very numerous and brilliant audience assembled on the 30 th ult . at this theatre to witness the production , for the first time in England , of the American play by Mr . B . E . Woolf , entitled " The Mighty Dollar . " The comedy is exceedingly well mounted , and if the applause given on the first night may be taken as a criterion of success , it is likely to enjoy a long run . The
plot , however , is exceedingly weak , and consequently , with the exception of the two principal characters , which are most ably pourtrayed by Bro . VV . J . Florence and his charming wife , there is but little scope afforded for dramatic display . The comedy is supposed to illustrate life and manners in the great city of Washington ; but , to our mind , the incidents and characters are more than " a
theatrically-coloured picture of American life and manners " —they are exaggerations of a very broad kind . As the ignorant , inflated , and unprincipled Member of Congress , the JTon . Bardioell Slote , Bro . Florence is simply perfection ,- his assumption of the character is marked by those minute attentions to detail which are so necessary to successfully complete a dramatic embodiment . Whilst he
was on the stage the fun never flagged , and the meagre action of the piece passed unnoticed . The following incident serves to illustrate the character of the redoubtable Senator . It occurs in the second act , just previous to a picnic at which the Hon . Bard-well State is one of the party . After indulging in a most mirth-provoking oration upon the equality and fraternity that should prevail among
the white and coloured members of the community , he commands a stalwart negro to kneel , in order to furnish him with a seat , whilst two other natives of the " Dark Continent " are directed to blacken his boots . The same unqualified meed of praise is due to Mrs . Florence , who , in her assumption of the character of Mrs . General Gilflory , a good-natured , but vulgar , widow , " who has lived so lone
abroad , fairl y convulses the audience by her solecisms and scraps of indifferent French , most oddl y and ingenuously misapplied and mispronounced . Her frequent invocations to the " shade of _ General G . " whenever she is in doubt or in a dilemma is given in a tone so irresistibly comic that it does not grow wearisome by repetition , as does her husband ' s favourite expression , "Carried by a
large majority . " The other characters call but for little remark ; but what there is to do is most ably performed b y the members of Air . Hollingshead ' s clever staff . Miss C . Gilchrist , as Libby Ray , earns golden opinions b y her representation of a rather forward but charming maiden who is deeply in love . Her scene with her bashful lover , Charley Brood ( Air . Andrews ) , is capitally acted , the only drawback
to her impersonation is that she dresses the part too young . Aliss Holme does all that is possible with the slight character of Clara Dart , and the same may be said of Aliss K . Vaughan , who , as usual , acts most gracefully Air . Wyndham makes a manly Roland Vance , and mr . Fawcett , described as a Chevalier d'Industrie , gives , a polished rendering of his somewhat unthankful part . The
other minor characters are well enacted by Miss A . Paton and Messrs . Shine , Squires , Murray , Jenkins , Crutwell , & c . In conclusion , we counsel those of our readers who like to enjoy a hearty laugh to pay the admirably-managed Gaiety Theatre a visit during the successful run of " The Mighty Dollar , " when we venture to predict that they will be hilariously gratified almost to repletion .
MANCHESTER . —PRINCES' THEATRE . —On Monday last Shakespeare's " Merchant of Venice " was produced hereon a most complete scale . The feature in the representation was the appearance of Miss Ellen Terry as Portia , a character she has assumed at the Lyceum Theatre for upwards of 250 consecutive nights . Any attempt on our part to criticise this lady ' s performance would be , without
doubt , most ill-advised , and , therefore , we will simply content ourselves by remarking that all lovers of the works of Shakespeare , no matter how varied their conefption of Portia's character and bearing may be , will , we , iiake bold to say , go away perfectl y contented and satisfied with Miss Terry's rendering of it , and admit the fact that , in their time , at least , no such grace , freshness , and
charminglynatural acting has ever been thrown into the part , lt is at once a performance that one can never tire of witnessing , being totally free from studied gesture and unnatural earnestness . Mr . Charles Kelly's Shylock was an original performance , inasmuch as there is no trace of copying any previous exponent of the character , and which , to our thinking , was highl y commendable . His bearing throughout was most dignified , and his acting full of force , notably
in the trial scene , when , on being taunted by Gratiano ' s ( Air . Lin Rayne ) galling remarks , lie does not retaliate by even so much as an angry glance , but treats his persecutor with supreme contempt . The rest of the characters do not call for comment , but the scenery and dresses were , as usual at this house , all that could be desired . The " Merchant of Venice" was repreated on Wednesday , and will be performed for the last time during this engagement tonight ( Saturday ) .
Bro . Willing ' s drama " Delilah " will shortly be produced at the Park Theatre for the re-appearance of Aliss Amy Steinberg , wliere Miss Stella Brereton has lately made a great success as Amy Robsart . Offenbach ' s operetta to be produced on the 18 th inst ., at the Strand Theatre , is entitled "Olivette . " The cast includes the names of Aliss Florence St . John , Miss Violet Cameron , Messrs . Alarius , Harry Cox , Ashley , and Knight Aston .
Ihe Lyceum opens on the 18 th inst . with "The Corsican Brothers . "Thc World" is still commanding good audiences at Drury Lane , and bids fair to hold the boards until it has to make way for the Christmas entertainment , which is entitled "Alother Goose , " and which will be supported by Miss Fanny Leslie , Alisscs Ada and Addee Blanche , Air . Alark Kinghorne , Mr . Fred Evans , and those clever dancers , Aldles . Palladino .
Miss Constance Loseb y , who has been absent from London for some weeks , will , this evening ( Saturday ) resume the part of Stella in Offenbach's " La Fille du Tambour Alajor . " This opera has now been performed at the Alhambra more than 120 nights , and , with the new features recently introduced , appears to be increasing in popularity and attractiveness .