Colonel North's New Palace.

' Misery and Mercy . ' He has also commissioned Mr . Sturgis to paint him ' Jem Selby ' s Drive to Brighton , ' and a group of ' Racehorses Exercising . ' The course of the hig h road from London to Bexley has been changed to improve the approach ; the strong-room alone has cost ^ " 2000 , the dining-hall ( outside which

runs a vaulted verandah 50 feet long ) will be panelled with finely carved Spanish mahogany ; a broad corridor , paved with Pompeian mosaic , runs through the house ; and the billiard-room is to be decorated from floor to ceiling with slabs of ' Numidian yellow , ' ' pink pavonazzo , ' and verde antique . A garden court which lights the library is lined with old-gold coloured faience ,

and the best looms in France are busily engaged in producing the thousands of yards of crimson silk velvet required for the adornment of the ball-room . A winter garden , exactly 100 feet square , leads to a fernery almost half as large ; three lofty towers are now almost finished , and the entrance porch is built of Portland stone , relieved by panels of carved and gauged brickwork . "

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . T . M . SHUTTLEWORTH . It will be heard with regret that Bro . Thomas Moss Shuttleworth , Clerk of Assize and Associate for the Northern Circuit District , expired suddenly at Ingleton , on the borders of Yorkshire , on Saturday , the 14 th inst . The deceased brother was also District Registrar

for Preston of the High Court of Chancery , Seal Keeper for the County Palatine of Lancaster , and , as a Freemason , held the office of Prov . S . G . W . of West Lancashire , W . M . 314 , H . of Chapter 314 , and Hon . Mem . of 2294 . He was a Conservative and a Churchman . Bro . Shuttleworth , with his son , Mr . A .

Shuttleworth , Deputy-Associate , left Preston on Friday for a few days' shooting on the Yorkshire moors . He had not been in good health during the past few months , but there was nothing in his appearance to cause uneasiness when he left Preston . He was also apparently in good spirits . About noon on Saturday , however , a

telegram was received from Ingleton at the office in Chapel-street , Preston , announcing the sudden death of Bro . Shuttleworth from apoplexy . The deceased brother , who was 55 years of age , succeeded to the office he held as Clerk of Assize on the death of his father , Mr . Thomas Starkie Shuttleworth , about 12

years ago ; and he performed the duties in a way that frequently obtained the warmest approval of her Majesty ' s judges . His last appearance as Clerk of Assize was at the trial of Mrs . Maybrick , at the recent Liverpool Assizes . The posts of Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of Assize have been in the Shuttleworth family upwards of a century . Bro . Shuttleworth

married a daughter of the late Alderman Dr . Brown , of Winckley-square , Preston , who is left a widow with a numerous family . The eldest son , Mr . Edmund Shuttleworth , who was Deputy-Associate , died of fever at the London residence of the famil y , Verulam House , St . John ' s Wood , a few years ago , and was succeeded by his brother , Mr . Arthur Shuttleworth .

The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

It was but a matter of course that the French " Roger la Honte , " which was produced at the Ambigu Theatre , Paris , exactly a year ago with much success , should in due time find its way to London . The adaptation of it has been left to Mr . Robert Buchanan , who has taken wise counsels , and altered some of it to make it more

pleasant to English ears . As , for instance , in the original Laroque , the husband of Henriette , and Julie , the " wife of Noirville , carry on illicit intercourse , whilst in " A Man ' s Shadow , " the version produced at the Haymarket , the intimacy is pre-nuptial , instead of postnuptial . Mr . Buchanan must thank his lucky stars that

his adaptation is portrayed by two such eminent actors as Bros . Beerbobm Tree and James Fernandez , and it is owing to their magnificent playing that "A Man ' s Shadow " is welcomed at such a theatre as the Haymarket , for it is a melodrama of quite the Adel phi or Drury Lane stamp . Its first and second representations

were given under signs of unmistakable approval from stalls to gallery . We refer to the second ni ght owing to the tine house which assembled . Laroque and Noirville have served throughout the Franco-German war together , and great friendshi p has sprung up between them . The former has also saved the life of

the latter . Lucien Laroque is the head of a large commercial house , but has got into financial strait ' s , and unless he can find two hundred thousand francs in twenty-four hours his credit will be gone . He is horrifiedatdiscoveringthat his dearfriend is married to a former mistress of his , who , though beloved and

believed in b y her husband , is an unscrupulous woman , and when she again meets Laroque , tries to win the old affection , regardless of the fact that Laroque is now a husband and a father . As he repels her advances , she vows to revenge herself . Knowing the circumstances of Laroque ' s business , she makes one effort to

help him by supplying him with the necessary money . Luversan , who was condemned as a spy in the war , but escaped , is an associate of Julie , and is the "double " of Laroque . He murders the banker , M . Gerbier , who lives exactly as Laroque , and so like are the two men , that Henriette and Fazannc , wife and child of Laroque ,

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who are witnesses of the murder from their window , believe it to be Laroque . Luversan steals the money , hands it to Julie , who sends it to Laroque , but the numbers of the notes betray him , and as he will not divulge the name of the person from whom he has received them—out of love and for the sake of the

honour of his friend—he is arrested , and tried for the murder . His little child is called as a witness , but as her mother has taught her to say she neither saw anything and knows nothing , her very style of insincerity goes against Laroque . Noirville is his counsel , and just before he is going to make his speech for the

defence , a letter is put into his hand by Luversan that it was his ( Noirville ' s ) wife who provided the money , because she is his lover . Noirville , who suffers from heart disease , is unnerved at the faithlessness of his wife and the deception—as he thinks—of his friend , but resolves to do his duty as an advocate , though it

should cost his own life , and bring disgrace upon himself at the exposure . He is about naming his wife as the sender of the money , but Laroque gets up in the dock , and declares , in order to save his friend's honour , that he did commit the murder . Noirville demands his client shall be silent ; again he assures the Court of

Laroque ' s innocence , and when his own wife ' s name is on his tongue , he falls down dead in court . Laroque is condemned to death , but , on account of his excellent conduct during the war , he is transported to New Caledonia , from where he escapes and flies to see his wife . Luversan is also there , and the gendarmes in their search for

Laroque lire at him and kill him , Laroque s innocence being fortunately proved , and Luversan ' s guilt established b y Julie , who repents of the wrong she has done . It will be seen from this that the drama abounds with thrilling incidents , which are due to the cleverness with which the extremely dramatic situations are brought

about , the excellence of the acting of Bros . Tree and Fernandez , and the careful study shown in the stage management in every act . Bro . Tree doubles the parts of Laroque and Luversan . He has the precedent of Bro . Irving in " The Lyon ' s Mail , " for so doing nevertheless we hope this will not le often done . To a

much accustomed theatre goer it is not confounding but to a more casual habitue it is perplexing , although Bro . Tree altered his voice and dress sli ghtly in the two parts . Bro . Fernandez , as Noirville , was seen to perfection . We thought it a verry pretty

compliment that Bro . Tree , the lessee of the theatre , when the curtain rose after the third act in response to the audience , gently pushed Bro . Fernandez to the front , and by a wave of his hand showed the audience that he did not wish the credit for himself . The trial scene

which is the third act is essentially Bro . Fernandez ' s scene . Little Minnie Terry , who was suffering dreadfully from a nasty cough , played the child delightfully , and gave another proof that she is a born actress . There is nothing of the drilled child about her speech or action , all seems to come from her heart . She

certainly shows promise of great things in the future . Miss Ellen Terry on the first night was in a box to see her little niece . Mrs . Tree very sympathetically plays Henriette . Miss Norreys is a waiting-maid , but has very little opportunity of showing her well-known talent . We were pleased to see her in something different from

the toy child she has so long played in farcical comedies , but we were sorry she wears now a dark wig over her auburn . hair . We understand Miss Norreys has recentl y in the provinces been playing in Shakespeare , and wishes to show her capabilities in tragedy . If she gives a matinee of "Juliet , " may we be there to see . Miss JuliaNeilson , who has much improved since we saw

her in " Brantinghame Hall , " though still jerky in speech and carriage , is Julie , and Messrs . Collette and Robson are two very comic ex-soldiers ; they are the only relief in an otherwise very woeful drama . Bro . Tree has in " A Man ' s Shadow" added another to his unbroken successful productions during his regime of the Haymarket . %

* * The new Adelphi drama , " London Day by Day , " written by those clever dramatists Mr . G . R . Sims and Bro . Henry Pettitt , was duly presented before a large audience last Saturday , which included Miss Ellen Terry and her son and daughter . It is essentially a

cockney drama , its dialogue is smart and topical , and its story such as the Adelphian loves . The scenery and stage mounting do the greatest credit to Messrs . W . Sydney , Bruce Smith , and W . Perkins . We have this time left the romantic and pastoral , and returned to the more prosaic and every-day practical drama .

There is nothing new in the story , but the incidents are fresh and ingeniously arranged , and the characters are drawn from real life , though , no doubt , exaggerated . Before the play commences the heroine has been wrongfully convicted of a jewel robbery , and on completing her sentence she changes her name and neglects to report herself to the police . She is loved by a General ' s

son , the hero , who manfully stands by her when she is proclaimed as an ex-convict by a gang of money lenders and shady solicitors , who are in possession of a secret of the fact of her being an heiress . The General ' s son has a rival , not only for the hand of the girl , but who claims to be the General's lawful eldest son . This villain it is shown is the son of a woman who

endeavoured to inveigle the General in his youth , and he has a wife whom he has deserted . This wife proves of great assistance in working out the story , for she exposes her husband's treachery at the very moment he basely

proposes to the heroine . By sundry expert coincidences , the blacklegs are all caught in their own trap , and receive their deserts , whilst the hero and heroine , after many vicissitudes nobly borne , are made happy . During the action of the play , we are introduced to a

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charming scene of Hampton Court Palace , a money , lender ' s office , a top floor in Bloomsbury , the inside and outside of a Bohemian club , where the stupid wealthy young men pass their time with silly women , and subsequently to Leicester-square and St . Katherine ' s Docks But why did not the smart authors make use of thp

strike in the latter scene ? Mr . George Alexander at once caught the sympathies of the vast audience as the hero . Mr . Lionel Rignold , as the money-lending Jew has ' a rich part , every line of which he aptly uses . We suppose the authors meant here an allusion to the Jubilee Plunger ' s friends . We hope in the revision

which will probably take place , the beautiful passage from the Sacred Volume will be cut out , for it is used in the drama in a profane way by the money-lender . At the Bohemian club we make the acquaintance of ; t young peer , dressed to represent a certain young marquis who was recently warned off the turf . Allusion

is also made to the breach of promise actions by stao-e young ladies against foolish noblemen . Mr . J , L . Shine as a cabman , though more boisterous than need be , is very funny , and is abl y sup . ported by the favourite Miss Jecks . Bro . Marius is the villain , and an excellent one he makes , judging

by the hoots and applause he obtained . Bro . Beveridn-g as an Irish-American , is very satisfactory in anon acting part . Miss Kate James , as an Arab boy , and who reminds one of Jenny Lee as Jo , has a big scene to herself , and showed the greatest taste in not over-acting as she might be tempted to do . Miss Mary Rorke

is sympathetic as a singer , whose life has been ruined by her husband . Miss Alma Murray , as the heroine , is gentle and pleasing in all she says and does . We think in "London Day by Day" the Messrs . Gatti have a play which will pack their theatre to its full capacity for a long while , and an improvement on some of the more recent dramas .

* * * If any one went , to the Avenue on Monday for sport , after the letters which have appeared in the public journals from Mr . Gilbert , they were disappointed , for everything went off quietly . " The Brigands " is an opera bouffe of a very crude nature . Its plot we could

not gather , so are unable to describe . The programmes stated that it is to be performed for a limited number of ni ghts , which we can quite believe will be the case . In the provinces it may have a much better chance , and it will go out with the advertisement of having been performed at a West-end London theatre , though it was

produced the previous week at Bristol . As Mr . W . S . Gilbert adapted "The Brigands" from the French of M . Mailhae and Halroy , some twenty years ago , there are no topical allusions . The music is by that excellent composer , Offenbach , but it is not nearl y up to many of his other works . Miss Luella sang the

prettiest song— " Some are Spaniards by birth , " which was deservedly encored four times , owing to its melody and the excellent way in which it was sung . Miss Agnes Delaporte worked hard all through the opera , and showed herself capable of something more worthy . Mr . Horace Lingard , of course , was good in his part ,

and did much to make the work acceptable . Mr . Hallen Mostyn is possessed of such a fine bass voice and grand presence that we shall look for him again with p leasure . Mr . Sam Wilkinson , whom we remember at the Avenue several years ago in " Falka , " with pleasant reminiscences , had a part far too meagre

for his talents as comedian , tor the third act Miss Millie Marion danced a tarentella , which fairl y brought down the house . It was only a few weeks ago we had occasion to mention this young lady favourably in " Faust up to Date , " and then said though she was to us a stranger we should hope to see her again . The again is come

sooner than we expected . In a girl's costume we like her much better than as a boy . We shall still hope to hear her sing again , but we have seen sufficient to put her down as a good all-round little actress . When Messrs . Van Beine and Horace Lingard have let " The

Brigands" have their time on the stage , we advise them to put on " Pepita . " We are sure its run at Toole's last year was successful enough to warrant its reproduction here for a term . The music of " Pepita , b y Lecocq , is far in advance of Offenbach ' s work , and the p lot is much more interesting .

Briths, Marriages, And Deaths.

Briths , Marriages , and Deaths .

BIRTHS . RINGER—On the 18 th inst ., at 19 , Lower Seymourstreet , Portman-square , the wife of Bro . Deputy Surgeon-General 'Theobald Ringer , of a daug hter .

MARRIAGES . BRVDGES—ROGERS . —On the 17 th inst ., at Dowdeswell , near Cheltenham , Major-General George Bry dges , late Commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery , to Alys Evangeline , daughter of the Rev . W . K .

Coxwell Rogers . HAI . LMANN—MURRAY . —On the 17 th inst ., at St . Mary Abbott ' s , Kensington , by the Rev . Will " " Bramwell , Edward Hallmann , of 84 , Park-street , Grosvenor-square , W ., to Helen , eldest daug hter of Sir Digby Murray , Bart .

DEATHS . DUCKWORTH . —On the 14 th inst ., at Westgate-pn-Sejh after a sort illness , Annie Alicia , wife of Sir Uy Duckworth , M . D . J ONES . —On the 14 th inst ., at Chatsworth . Sarah Jones , for several years housekeeper to his Grace Duke of Devonshire , aged 64 , much respected .