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Tee' Week
and that after provicting for a dividend of £ 4 1 Os . per eent . for the half-year , the " Rest' 'was £ 3 , 021 , 983 16 s . 9 d , Some discussion took place , after which a dividend of £ 4 10 s . was agreed to —At a Court of Common Council / on Thursday , a letter from the Belgian minister to the Corporation , asking for information relative to the rules and tariff on coals or metage dues and street tolls in the City of London , Was read . It was ordered that the necessary information should be furnished .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
Druby Lane has been opened with English Opera , by Mr . Harrison and Miss Pyne , who had a successful season last year at the Lyceum . We cannot help thinking that it would have been better . had they confined themselves to the smaller house , though , so far , Drury Lane has been well attended . The season opened with" The Rose of Castille , " Which was so eminently successful at the Lyceum las't year . Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr . Harrison , yvhoresumed their original characters , were received with the most upon the stage . The lady was in her best voice , and sang with that fluency and adroitness which , it is hardly too much to say , belongs to her alone . Mr . Harrison
also sang with his usual good taste , and Pyne , great applause , and more than one encore . Mr . F , Glover enacted Don Pedro in lieu of Mr . Weiss , to whbni , however , lie is not at all equal ; Mr . George Honey , who is rapidly improving as a buffo singer / amused the audienceby his personation of the principal comic charaefcer ';¦ and Miss Susan Pyne and Mr . St . Albyn also deserve commendation . The chorus has been well selected , and , though not large , is highly effective . A small ballet company has been engaged , including Mdlle ; Pasquale , Mdlle . Morlacchi , and Mdlle . Michelet . Among the novelties of the season , an opera is promised by Mr . Bristow , an
Ame-( < rican composer , not hitherto known in this country excepting by reputation ; and an English version of Flotow ' s < Martha . " ——Messrs . Robson and Emden reopened that favourite little theatre , the Olympic , on Saturday night , after a brief recess during which the exterior of the house has been newly painted , am "
interior " smartened up . " There was no novelty in the performance ? ihe pieces selected being the popular ones of "A Doubtful Victory , " ' ush Money , " and " Ticklish Times , " in which Mrs . Stirling , Miss Hughes , Mrs . Emden , Mr . G . Vining , Mr . Lewis Ball , and the inimitable Robson , appeared , and severally received a most cordial welcome from their audience . At Sadler ' s Wells , Colman ' s " Jealous Wife ' ' has been successfully produced . Mrs .
Charles Young , in the most natural manner , gave a clever picture of the jealous Mrs . Oakley ; and the quiet submission and philosophical forbearance of Mr . Oahley under his trials , until , aroused by the excessively violent conduct of bis wife , he asserts his prerogative and effects her reformation , received from Mr . Phelps the most careful artistic touches . Miss Mitchell , the representative of Harriet Ihcsset , is a young lady whose personal qualifications are decidedly in her favour , and who promises to fill her position with great credit when the nervousness of the novice
has entirely worn away . Miss M . A . Victor is to be commended for her Lady Freelove . The bluff Mayor Oaldey was capitally embodied by Mr . H . Marston ' ; the rough and impulsive Squire Itiisset was rendered with genial heartiness by Mr . J . W . Ray ; and the repentant Charles Ocddey was played in gentlemanly style by Mr . Frederic Robinson . The coarse humour of Sir Harry Beagle found a " clever interpreter in Mr . Charles Young , who has been transferred to this stage in the place of Mr . Lewis Ball , gone to the Olympic , and who likewise does good suit and service in the after-piece of" Mrs . White . "——At the Strand , a new farce , entitled
"Nothing to Nurse . " has been produced , but is not likely to have a run . Mr . James Anderson and Miss Eisworthy , having taken in re well of their friends at tin * Standard , prior to making a transatlantic tour , Mr . Sims Reeves has appeared , and hi at present drawing crowded houses fio witness ^ Guy Mahnering , " ^ hioU ' throughout in well east ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Tee' Week
and that after provicting for a dividend of £ 4 1 Os . per eent . for the half-year , the " Rest' 'was £ 3 , 021 , 983 16 s . 9 d , Some discussion took place , after which a dividend of £ 4 10 s . was agreed to —At a Court of Common Council / on Thursday , a letter from the Belgian minister to the Corporation , asking for information relative to the rules and tariff on coals or metage dues and street tolls in the City of London , Was read . It was ordered that the necessary information should be furnished .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
Druby Lane has been opened with English Opera , by Mr . Harrison and Miss Pyne , who had a successful season last year at the Lyceum . We cannot help thinking that it would have been better . had they confined themselves to the smaller house , though , so far , Drury Lane has been well attended . The season opened with" The Rose of Castille , " Which was so eminently successful at the Lyceum las't year . Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr . Harrison , yvhoresumed their original characters , were received with the most upon the stage . The lady was in her best voice , and sang with that fluency and adroitness which , it is hardly too much to say , belongs to her alone . Mr . Harrison
also sang with his usual good taste , and Pyne , great applause , and more than one encore . Mr . F , Glover enacted Don Pedro in lieu of Mr . Weiss , to whbni , however , lie is not at all equal ; Mr . George Honey , who is rapidly improving as a buffo singer / amused the audienceby his personation of the principal comic charaefcer ';¦ and Miss Susan Pyne and Mr . St . Albyn also deserve commendation . The chorus has been well selected , and , though not large , is highly effective . A small ballet company has been engaged , including Mdlle ; Pasquale , Mdlle . Morlacchi , and Mdlle . Michelet . Among the novelties of the season , an opera is promised by Mr . Bristow , an
Ame-( < rican composer , not hitherto known in this country excepting by reputation ; and an English version of Flotow ' s < Martha . " ——Messrs . Robson and Emden reopened that favourite little theatre , the Olympic , on Saturday night , after a brief recess during which the exterior of the house has been newly painted , am "
interior " smartened up . " There was no novelty in the performance ? ihe pieces selected being the popular ones of "A Doubtful Victory , " ' ush Money , " and " Ticklish Times , " in which Mrs . Stirling , Miss Hughes , Mrs . Emden , Mr . G . Vining , Mr . Lewis Ball , and the inimitable Robson , appeared , and severally received a most cordial welcome from their audience . At Sadler ' s Wells , Colman ' s " Jealous Wife ' ' has been successfully produced . Mrs .
Charles Young , in the most natural manner , gave a clever picture of the jealous Mrs . Oakley ; and the quiet submission and philosophical forbearance of Mr . Oahley under his trials , until , aroused by the excessively violent conduct of bis wife , he asserts his prerogative and effects her reformation , received from Mr . Phelps the most careful artistic touches . Miss Mitchell , the representative of Harriet Ihcsset , is a young lady whose personal qualifications are decidedly in her favour , and who promises to fill her position with great credit when the nervousness of the novice
has entirely worn away . Miss M . A . Victor is to be commended for her Lady Freelove . The bluff Mayor Oaldey was capitally embodied by Mr . H . Marston ' ; the rough and impulsive Squire Itiisset was rendered with genial heartiness by Mr . J . W . Ray ; and the repentant Charles Ocddey was played in gentlemanly style by Mr . Frederic Robinson . The coarse humour of Sir Harry Beagle found a " clever interpreter in Mr . Charles Young , who has been transferred to this stage in the place of Mr . Lewis Ball , gone to the Olympic , and who likewise does good suit and service in the after-piece of" Mrs . White . "——At the Strand , a new farce , entitled
"Nothing to Nurse . " has been produced , but is not likely to have a run . Mr . James Anderson and Miss Eisworthy , having taken in re well of their friends at tin * Standard , prior to making a transatlantic tour , Mr . Sims Reeves has appeared , and hi at present drawing crowded houses fio witness ^ Guy Mahnering , " ^ hioU ' throughout in well east ,