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      Sunday Brought An Addition To The Record...

      it a work of supererogation to descend to details . The new actor , Mr . Vezin , shows that he is possessed of considerable intelligence and delineative power in the higher sphere of the legitimate drama . The theatre has undergone a thorough , re-habilitation , and presents an aspect of comfortable elegance ; ' it was crowded in every part . The scenery is particularly good . Mr . Phelps Was welcomed with a most cordial greeting , and enthusiastically called before the curtain . Hayjtabket Theatbe . —Miss Florence Haydon made her first appearance at this house on Thursday j in " Naval Engagements , " but want of space precludes us from doing more this week than noticing the act . Pbiitgess ' s Theatre . —The season which Mi * . A . Harris inaugurated and continued with such spirit and success at this house , came to a close on Saturday , when Mr . Anderson ' s benefit took place , that popular actor arid Miss Elsworthy appearing in . " Macbeth , " which was placed on the stage with all tliosse accessories of scenery and properties for which the Princess ' s Theatre has become so distinguished . Succeeding immediately to the Kean dynasty , Mr . . . A . Harris necessarily had the alternative of sustaining the brilliant prestige that had been won by the application of no ordinary talent , enterprise , and judgment , or suffer all the humiliation which attaches to a practical anticlimax . " How not to do it " Was easy enough to bo shewn ; "how to do it" successfully , required tact , energy , and no inconsiderable outlay of capital . Mr . A . Harris determined to elect the latter alternativehe has done it , and has done it well . Mr . Phelps , the Zouaves , Mr . Anderson , Miss Elsworthy , not forgetting Miss Marie Harris , who made her debut as recorded at the time in these columns , are names which will be associated with some of the most conspicuous theatrical successes' of the past summer . M . Fechter , the celebrated French actor , whose appearance in the " Corsican Brothers , '' " The Bachelor of Arts , " " Pauline , " and other favourite pieces before Parisian audiences was marked with such signal success , has been engaged for the Princess ' s , and when the house opens in October , will appear for the first time before the . . English public , and sustain the principal part m the drama of " Buy Bias . " Olympic Theatre . —Mr . Horace Wigan ' s new farce of " As Savage as a Bear , " is to be produced at this house on Monday , with a first-. , rate cast and under circumstances of a higWy attractive character . Strand Theatee . —This house , which during the past short " vacation" ias undergone a thorough " renovation " in a style which displays great elegance and taste , was re-opened on Monday with a new comedietta from the facile and practised pen of Mr . Charles Selby , who being a successful and / experienced actor , as well as a versatile and prolific author , takes proper care that his pieces are not merely good in conception , but efficiently workable in all that relates to stage business . This , the last of liis productions , is entitled , " The Pet Lamb , " introduces the celebrated painter Tintoretto ( Mr . Parselle ) , who is represented as in love with Isadora Valone ( Missi E , Buftori ) , who is upon the point of marriage with a bragging bully , one ^ . mbale Braqanza ( Mr . H . J . Turner ) . The " Pet Lamb , " Ignatius Innocent , is a novice " at the convent hard by" ( andis personated by Miss Charlotte Saunders ) , and having teen commissioned by the abbot to engage Tintoretto to paint a sacred p icture for the establishment , is subsequently commissioned by the painter to effect what we ; fear a m . 6 deri > English police , magistrate would consider the abduction of Isadora , and to bring her to his studio . The " Lamb , " however , falls in love with the young lady himself , declares hip passion , proposes marriage , is accepted , cuts the noviciate , quits the convent , bullies the bully , tricks the tricky painter , enters the army , and is a married man and a soldier all in a jiffy , The piece was well performed , the _ qostumes are good , and the whole mise en scene ( all details inclusive ) is excellent . The other-pieces given were Mr . Horace Wigan ' s comedietta , " Observation and Flirtation , " which was produced on these boards a short time since ; Miv Byron ' s burlesque of " Era Diovolo , " and the « Kaoe for a Widow . " The house was well filled by a highly gratified and applausive audience . New Adblphi Theatre ;—On Monday a neyy drt ^ nao , in threo acts , by Mr . Dion Boqoicault , was brought out at this houao an d formed an appropriate medium for introducing ' the author and Miss . Agnes Boberton ( now Mra . D . Bouoicault ) too , London audience for the first time Bince their seven years absence in tlte ITnited State ?} and the present piece is worthy of thb axithor of the liighly-sucoessiul productions of " The Ooreican Brothers , " " Louis XL , " " Faust ond Marguerite , ' ?• Janet Pride , " " London Assurance , " and " The Willow € opae . " It ia entitled " The Colleen Bawn , " and purports to be founded on ;<« Thoc Collegians , " ah Irish story of Gerald GriWn ' s ; but is quite aa orignwa as many a drama purporting to be an entirely new conception . The plot is thio opposite of " slender , " but it is abundantly lucid and . intelligible . Mrs .. Cregan ( lyirs . Billington ) is a widow , whoso family estates ore mortgaged to the hilfc , and to stave off ruin , she persuades her son , IIardres & ( Mr . Billington ) tp marry Miss Chute , the " Colleen Buadh , " a rich heirbs . s , personated by Mies Woolgar ( Mrs . A Mellon ) , he being seoretly married to a poor peasant girl JEily O'Connor , the "OoUoon Bawn , " represented by Mrs . D . Bouoigault ( Miss Agnes Roberton ) , whom ho visits nightly , crossing Lake ICillarny in a . boat , his fpster-brothoi , ono Danny Man ( Mr . E . Falconer ) , b » mg the ferryman . His Mend , Kyrle X > al v ( M > . D . Fisher ) , i ' B in love with , and preferred by Miss Chute ; and , Danny Man , who entertains a sort of superstitious devotion for the house of Cregan , in ovdor to save its fortunes by bringing about t > ho marriage between Hardrosa and the heiresB , persuades the latter that it is Daly who crosses the lako to seo a mistress whom hp has oonooaled in a cottage on the opppslto ehore , and afterwards proposes , first tp Hardroas , who will not Wit of it , and afterwords to his mother , who approves of it , tp got tl > o " Colleen Bawn " out of the way , so as to leave no irapodjinonbtQ the inatoh . Whatever may bo Mrs . Qregan ' s meaning , Danny Man ' s oonatvMQtion of the terms amounts tp nothing less than , murder , and he attempts to drown tho " Colleen $ wn" in i > wateroftve known as " Thf ) * O'Donohuo ' e Stables , " But a very important personage in the drama , Mb / les-na- Gopyalegn ( Mr , Bouoicault ) , a reT

      jeeted suitor of the " Bawn ' e , " ¦ whom unrequited love has driven to drinking , smuggling , and poaehing , and who conceals his whiskey in this cave , take 3 Danny for an otter , in the . dart , and shoots him just as he has thrown the girl into the water , and . afterwards , on discovering what has taken place , dives after and" rescues her . Danny , however , is carried on shore by the current , and makes a confession , which causes . Hardress Cregan to be arrested -while his marriage with Miss Ghute is actually taking place . Upon this his mother , to save her son , discloses her share in the " making away " business , and is herself saved by the advent of the " Colleen Bawn , " alive and in good spirits , much to the satisfaction of Kyrle Daly and Miss Chute , who agree to join hands on the spot . There are a great many more characters in the piece , and they were all excellently represented . A new " personation piece , " called " She would be an Actress , " followed , in which Miss Agnes Roberton ( Mrs . D . Boucicaiilt ) sustained a variety of characters with considerable versatility . The entertainment of the evening concluded with Mr . D > Fisher ' s comedietta of " Music hath charms , " in which the . author appeared as Mrs . Poppleion JPertinax . The scenery and stage . effects in the " Colleen Bawn" are particularly deserving of commendatory notice , and reflect great credit on Messrs . Pitt , Thompson , Ireland , and Powell . The " diving and rescue " business is managed to perfection by Mr . D . Boucicault , whose gradual rising to the surface is reality itself . Nor ought we to omit the costumier ' s department , under Miss Bayner and Mr . Taylor . The music of the piece , including an appropriate overture , both in . composition , ai'rangement and | 3 erformance , is creditable alike to Mr . T . Baker ( the author ) , and to Mr . C . Hall , the nauaical director of the theatre . The principle performers were , called before the curtain after the second and third acts , and Miss Woplgar was called for nomination after the latter . . Stjebey Theatre . —The autumn " campaign" at this house , under the joint and able generalship of Messrs . Shepherd and Creswick , opens on Saturday , the 15 th . instant , under the most favourable conditions of . success . Two new dramas , entitled " Ralph G-aston , or the Three Lives , " and " The A ^ eteran- and his Son , " will be produced on the occasion , supported by a powerful company . The " Fos 3 TiVAi , s . " —The " Thbee Chqies . "—The " magnitudinous voluminousness " of the reports of these proceedings , and the fact that they have been made the most of , prospectively and historically , by every daily , not to say weekly paper for weeks past , the season when the fruits of tbe earth are gathered in , being generally , a season of dearth in regard to news , and are thus familiar to everybody , conlines our notice this week to the statement that everything has been going off in the most satisfactory manner . Mr . Melxon ' s Concerts . —Tliere . is reason to infer that Mr . Mel-Ion ' s concerts , so successfully initiated at Floral Hall , will become a permanent " institution " in the musical arrangements of the metropolis : The following announcemerit was issued on the concluding .. night of the Beason , on which the concert-giver ' s benefit took place : —" Mr . Alfred Mellon avails himself of , the opportunity which this occasion affords of expressing to his patrons , friendi , and the public his sincere thanks for the kind arid generous patronage with which he has been honoured inthis his first undertaking in London . The support he has received front all classes will be an incentive to increased exertions on his part to render his concerts worthy a continuance of their appreciation . In respectfully bidding the public farewell , Mr . Alfred Mellon trusts he will havo the happiness of meeting ; them again next year . " Madam : Tussaud 3 . —In addition to a figure of the murderer Youngman , a very curious relic of tho early days pf the French revolution has recently been placed in the museum of Baker-street gallery ^ It is the key of the celebrated Bastile , of which not a vestige now remains of the original building , but with the history of which everybody is conversant . This key is known to be genuine . It was taken from the . governor by the insurrectionists almost at tho moment of his death , a , nd has been preserved with the greatest cave bv the late possessor . It is not one of the , least of tha historic gems of this collection , A iigur ' e of Henry II , has also been -just added to tho series of nioaiarchs of the Iformari line , rnpdellod with great oaro from monumental efligies mid missal portraits , and painted g lass of tho original . The features are handsomo , and not without dignity , but aro neither so intollcotual noir so charaotoristic of ability as tho featurosof several of his race . The gallery is now in very splendid order .

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      PA 1 WIE 3 about to make presents uro ' strongly rooommondod to visit the show-rooms of Mossrs . i ' arldns t \ n < X Optto , of 24 , and 25 Oxford-street , London , who have displayed oxcollont taste m the seleotion of an immense stock of really usoful articles , ( at raodorato prices ) , especially adapted for presentation , consisting of writing and dressing casos , bags , rotioulps , stutionovy oases , blotting books , » nHetands , despatch-boxes , desks , work-boxos , book-slides , beautiful spooimons in poarl , papior-inaohd , and toi-fcoiso-sholl , elegantly mounted articles , Bibles , Prayer-books ., and Qhurob , Services j in fnofc , an onclloss varioty . of articles to Biiifc ovory taBte and pookot , W « iTiNa-rAPJ 5 B and ouvelopos a , re now stamped with crest , initials , or address , without any extra ohavgo , by Parkins and Gotto , paper and envelope makers , 25 , Oxford- street , London ? they moroovor undortako topay theomriago to any part of England or Wales on ordprs over 20 s . 20 , 000 onvelopos of any aizo oan bo had ab a minute 8 notice . Oflloo stationery and housoliold paper . Institutions and soIiooIh supplied at a saving of full six shilling )) in tho pound . Fifty samples of taper sent froo by post upon ropoipt of four stamps . Their G-umon Cwso of Stationery is tho oheapost and T > oat guinea ' s worth in Bngliiiul , « r » a upon roocipt of post-oinab order iaee ^ oawiBgofr (> o . -C-4 rf » ffr ^/ w » M " Oroynoai , baljlnoas , and other ( Hsonsos of the hair , their ; o « u « o and j-omody , with . " Hints on the Hair , its earo ml ™ U" ™> b / ^ ; { J : Horrinc 33 , BasirtRhall-atroet , Lpndon ; post A-eo , 0 d . "A voijr tiaeiui K " r eafc ; that xn « y be coAsultod witl ! «» dvantajj , ^ " ^ 1 " " ^ ' Biderablo amownt of information ^ 90 oli » lth ^^^^^ ^ derived from the proper oaV o and cultivation of tUo hw .-Moinmjr Karald ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1860, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15091860/page/15/