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The Week.
agony of fear finds herself shut in the passage overlooking the doors , with the dials above them . Fainting and weak she calls for water ; but Hans , with the cunn iig of an idiotic mind , gives her wine , and infuses into it the ten drops from the red vial which she has recommended to him , but which chance has prevented him taking . Of a sudden the hand of the dial is seen to move , the bell rings , and the supposed corpse emerges from its temporary tomb , amidst the cries of
intense trepidation from the Widoio . andof joy from Hans . The death of Mrs . Bergmann and the restoration to life of Modenberg are the crowning events of the drama . The piece was admirably acted by Mrs . Stirling and Mr . Robson ; but the concentration of horrors in the last act was too much for the sensibility of the audience , and the play cannot be said to be successful , notwithstanding the great ability which it displays on the part of the author . Like the fat boy in /' Pickwick , " Mr . Wilkie Collins " wants to make our flesh creep" ; and in this he has succeeded
too well to be agreeable . Possibly alterations will be made which will adapt the piece better to the taste of the public- — -Mr . Byron , the successful author of" Fra Diavolo , " and other extravaganzas , has produced at the Strand Theatre a burlesque entitled " The Maid and the Magpie , '' founded upon the opera of "La Gazza Ladra . " The charming singing of Mdlles . Oliver , Marie Wilton , and Ternan , combined with their good looks and clever acting , and the drollery of Messrs . JV Clarke and Bland contribute to the success of the piece , which only wants greater ease in the performance to render it most successful . The curtain fell upon loud and continued
applause .- — -Asfcley ' s Theatre was re-opened by Mr . Cooke , on Monday , after having been thoroughly repaired and re-decorated . The opening piece , entitled " The Covenanters , " is taken from Scott's " Old Mortality . " Throughout the piece Mr . Cook ' s horses are displayed to great advantage . It is not to be expected in a theatre like Astley ' s that all the performers should be able to bear the test of fastidious criticism , nor is it fair to subject them to such an ordeal . It is quite enough to say that the characters were sustained in a way to afford satisfaction . The ever favourite scenes in the circle followed , and the farce of " the Electric Telegraph " sent the audience home in high good humour .
Obituary.
# Jttuartn
BROTHER ROBERT KING . ... It is with painful feelings that we have to record the death of the above highly esteemed and deeply regretted Brother , which took place at his residence , King ' s Arms Hotel , Galata , Constantinople , after a painful illness , aged 44 . Brother King was initiated in the Oriental Lodge , No . 988 , of which Lodge at the time of his
death he was a M . M . His remains were conveyed to and interred in the British Military Cemetery , Scutari , so famous in the world ' s history as the resting-place of so many of England ' s bravest sons . His sorrowing friends composed a cortege of about 160 to 200 persons , one half ofwkorri were English , French , and German Brethren . The attendance of such a number was such as evinced tho esteem and
love in which the deceased Brother was held . His character may be summed up in a word—he was a good Mason , consequently a good and worthy man ; and now that he is summoned from this sublunary abode , we , with holy confidence , believe that he is gone "to that Grand Lodge above where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . "
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The Week.
agony of fear finds herself shut in the passage overlooking the doors , with the dials above them . Fainting and weak she calls for water ; but Hans , with the cunn iig of an idiotic mind , gives her wine , and infuses into it the ten drops from the red vial which she has recommended to him , but which chance has prevented him taking . Of a sudden the hand of the dial is seen to move , the bell rings , and the supposed corpse emerges from its temporary tomb , amidst the cries of
intense trepidation from the Widoio . andof joy from Hans . The death of Mrs . Bergmann and the restoration to life of Modenberg are the crowning events of the drama . The piece was admirably acted by Mrs . Stirling and Mr . Robson ; but the concentration of horrors in the last act was too much for the sensibility of the audience , and the play cannot be said to be successful , notwithstanding the great ability which it displays on the part of the author . Like the fat boy in /' Pickwick , " Mr . Wilkie Collins " wants to make our flesh creep" ; and in this he has succeeded
too well to be agreeable . Possibly alterations will be made which will adapt the piece better to the taste of the public- — -Mr . Byron , the successful author of" Fra Diavolo , " and other extravaganzas , has produced at the Strand Theatre a burlesque entitled " The Maid and the Magpie , '' founded upon the opera of "La Gazza Ladra . " The charming singing of Mdlles . Oliver , Marie Wilton , and Ternan , combined with their good looks and clever acting , and the drollery of Messrs . JV Clarke and Bland contribute to the success of the piece , which only wants greater ease in the performance to render it most successful . The curtain fell upon loud and continued
applause .- — -Asfcley ' s Theatre was re-opened by Mr . Cooke , on Monday , after having been thoroughly repaired and re-decorated . The opening piece , entitled " The Covenanters , " is taken from Scott's " Old Mortality . " Throughout the piece Mr . Cook ' s horses are displayed to great advantage . It is not to be expected in a theatre like Astley ' s that all the performers should be able to bear the test of fastidious criticism , nor is it fair to subject them to such an ordeal . It is quite enough to say that the characters were sustained in a way to afford satisfaction . The ever favourite scenes in the circle followed , and the farce of " the Electric Telegraph " sent the audience home in high good humour .
Obituary.
# Jttuartn
BROTHER ROBERT KING . ... It is with painful feelings that we have to record the death of the above highly esteemed and deeply regretted Brother , which took place at his residence , King ' s Arms Hotel , Galata , Constantinople , after a painful illness , aged 44 . Brother King was initiated in the Oriental Lodge , No . 988 , of which Lodge at the time of his
death he was a M . M . His remains were conveyed to and interred in the British Military Cemetery , Scutari , so famous in the world ' s history as the resting-place of so many of England ' s bravest sons . His sorrowing friends composed a cortege of about 160 to 200 persons , one half ofwkorri were English , French , and German Brethren . The attendance of such a number was such as evinced tho esteem and
love in which the deceased Brother was held . His character may be summed up in a word—he was a good Mason , consequently a good and worthy man ; and now that he is summoned from this sublunary abode , we , with holy confidence , believe that he is gone "to that Grand Lodge above where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . "