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emotional power , and he is worthily seconded by Mi * . Swinboume , whose Cassius has many points of sterling excellence , and by Mr . James Anderson , who plays Marc Anthony with strong dramatic effect . A little abatement of physical energy would entitle the Portiaof Miss Atkinson to unqualified commendation ; and though Mr . Edmund Phelps is a little overweihted

g as Julius C'a-sar , he gives abundant indications of good intention , and on the whole acquits himself very creditably . A word of praise must also be accorded to Mr . C . Vandenhoff , who speaks the lines of Deciits well , and to Mr . A . Rayner , who , though somewhat too conventional , plays Casca with a good deal of tellingforce .

On Saturday last , the tragedy was preceded by a new and original farce entitled "Husband ' s Beware , " written by Mr . Edmund Ealconer . This piece was played at the Lyceum some six years ago on the benefit night of its author , who was then lessee of that theatre , but it will be entire ! y fresh to the vast

majority oi the play-going public . It is a lively and pleasant trifle , exhibiting the process of husbandtaming in alarmingly successful action . The plot leads to some droll situations , and the dialogue , though here and there a little too didactic for farce , is throughout well written . Mr . G . Belmore plays

Professor Snaffles , a gentleman who has undergone the subjugating process , and who iu a moment of vinous exaltation vainly endeavours to shake off his fetters , with sterling comic power and eminently diverting effect ; his wife finds a sufficiently domineering representative in Miss Hazelwood ; and Miss Rose

Leclercq , whose talent invests tlie least prominent character allotted to her with charming individuality , plays the little part of Mrs . Go-a-hcad with winning grace . The other personages are well represented , and the farce serves as an agreeable prelude to the substantial portion of the evening ' s entertainment .

TN EW ROYALTY . The efforts which are being made by the manageress of this little theatre to establish a home for operetta are exceedingly praiseworthy . " Castle Grim" has been withdrawn , and is now followed by another " new and original comic opera" entitled " Felix ; or

, , the Festival of the Roses . " The libretto is by Mr . John Oxenford , the plot being anything but " new and ori ginal . " The music by Herr Meyer Lutz , is of an ambitious character , and seems fitted for a more important work , and scarcely light enough for an operetta of this character . The composer has

displayed great powers of musical combination—some of his concerted pieces are exceedingly rich , elaborate , and effective . The ideas of Herr Lutz are evidently ou a grander scale than his subject , and we trust he will have an opportunity afforded him of displaying the great talent which he possesses on some subject

on which his fertile musical capabilities will have full play . Miss Susan Galtou is the very model of an operetta singer . Her expression and beautiful face , her petite and elegant figure , ¦ her charming manner , sweet voice , and brilliant execution , form a combination of valuable ifts and graces of which few can

g boast . Miss Fanny Reeves , as the rustic maiden , acts with great liveliness , and sings with correctness and taste , and also acts with much humour and appreciation of the comic situations in which she has to take

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part . Mr . Elliot Galer was the principal tenor , and acted and , -sang with great taste , while Mr . Connell gives promise of becoming a valuable addition to the operetta company . There was one part represented by a gentleman whose name it is not worth while mentioning , who , by his total inefficiency , imperilled the success of the piece . We were sorry to miss Mr .

Honey from the cast , and we see no reason why this part should not have been made of sufficient importance to render his addition to the piece necessary . His services would have been invaluable . Mr . Rentier was amusing as Jccmnetie ' s lover , but he has a vulgar and provincial pronunciationof which he

, should get rid as soon as possible . The piece is elegantly placed ou tlie stage , and the whole performance evinces a desire on the part of the management , not only to obtain the approbation of the public , but to deserve it .

VICTORIA . The performances here have recently been of a hig h character likely to secure the warm wishes and patronage of the large populations somewhat south , who for some time past have recognised the fact that the Royal Victoria Theatre is altogether a different

kind of place to what it was ten years since . Very fair pains are bestowed upon the production of pieces , and , as everybody can't be Buekstones , and Fechters , mid Vinings— -we w ish they could—the company must be considered quite up to the mark aimed at by Bros . Framptou and Eenton . Butin

, one sense of the word , there is 110 novelty at the Victoria , unless a very wild and amusing farce , called " Caught by ' the Cuff , " cares to lay claim to the title . "Without novelty , however , there has been strong attraction in Douglas Jerrold ' s "Rent Day , " in which Miss Emilie de Vigne ( pupil of Mrs . Stirling )

has made a great hit by her touching and graceful delineation of" Bachael Ilei jtcood . A drama and a farce do not seem to be enough , and so the evening closes with another drama— "The Corsican Brothers . " In this Mr . Henry Forrester performs the principal part , or parts , with an effect founded ou a great original ; and the scenic effect is materially aided by the lime light , introduced by Mr . Perry . This forms , indeed , a long and satisfactory bill of fare .

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A REMAKKAULE ALIBI . —WO had , too , a fireside story in our family with greatly tended to strengthen the impression thus early created . At the commencement of his married life , my father lived near the county town of Ipswich . One day a man without a hat knocked at the door , and bogged . The servant , anxious to be rid of the tramp ' s importunities , referred him to her master , who

was working in his garden , which skirted the high road . Whilst they were in conversation , another member of the family came into the garden to call my father to dinner , and also saw the begger , who went his way , and was forgotten . Several months afterwards an influential gentlemen of tho iieighbonhood called at the house , and recalled the beggar ' s visit to my father ' s recollection . At

that moment tho man was lying in tho county prison , awaiting his execution for , as was alleged , firing some ricks at a place miles away , at the very time he had been talking to my father across his garden hedge . So confident had the poor fellow felt of his innocence and