The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

eXETCHEB OF LONDON ACTORS AND

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DUBLIN, Alison 14.
The mead show of the Royal Irish Agricultural
bmiety, which, in its usual circuit of the provinces,
him play this year at Athlone for the promos of
Connaught, was opened to the public yesterday, sod,
in the number of the entries, and the respectability of
the attendance, very fairly sustains the character of
the society. The locality te itself an object of into.
rest, situated on the backs of the great river Shannon,
and in the bidet of the frowning battlements of old
castles, and of the beatioos of a fortress so celebrated
in the Cromwellian and Willimaits wan. The Bad
of Carlisle. in his reply to the address of the Athlone
mutiniadosen on the messiah alluded to the antiquity
of the "Its old and almost pr .historical name'
of Ath-Lese. or the ford of Leon, the some of many
straggle between coo dieting tribes and jealous nisi,
Wards; observed hie Excellency, "a striking Mallemit
te the spestaels it now presents, when, se the snubs
of
the inked seemunitatioa of the kingdom, it hen
brought this large and peaceful our course of its WMr
bitants together to witness the ble tams triumphs el
egriesibuel industry."
Is the early part *Me day, the weather was meet
unfavourable, the rein falling in torrents, whit
gelded the Mow yard and rendered it anything bet
Mileheishis during the day, bat in the afternoon the
tee Mem forth again, and tbsisselie prow tad a gay
Wed gieseing appearance. His l asllenejaarrivid in
tea about 2 de
t— and assengst
of present
the day were t—His HMIs Ibis Duke of Lein-
steri Cestlesthas, the Earl of Erne, Lord Vi..
Neat Mose. 212.; the Earl of Clanserty, Lord
Talbot de MalskiAte, the Earl of Mayo, Lard Duels,
Lord Mabee* Lord Crofton, Hon. H. Hancock,
M.P. ; Sir Hemp Bowes, Has. J. Lag Hansen
Jolts Ennis, Req.; Hon. George Ranee*, and the
Misses Ilseresit, Captain Ball, Mr. Ross, R.M., Me.
Mr. Ambler, of Walking= Hall, Halifax, carried
eft the first prise in the dam of short horned cattle;
and moat the samestal soispetitoce were Lord Tal-
bide Lord Leman, and the Earl of Clar-
kson.
At the banquet the ask was taken by the Duke
of Lthester, President of the society.
The Lad Lieutenant, in replying to the toed of
his health, said a
It is added very wood& to so to have bees able tie pay
Miseee vide ache mood zwatiag of this great itswithy,
sad it sew as ate that in very any plats of view *a
Beget Irish havisultoral Soolety could net have selected a
layspise or awe open pries* spot as the seem of its annual
gyieseise Ilea here at Athletic fleeted es it is es the
=seism hind rm.'s, apes the sestral poist that
itelsigth itself warty the issue Si InWd ; sad
seif set mesa, with that gleaalog liquid highway, haw
elseashiug est be sew lees Usk* lest to the grass=
Nolelagar cad
sad thorn onward to the
man sad begs of . es the me id., sad Dahlia eh
thesthor—gegglesse wins mold we have pissed Irish
agilbollooo igen • mere Weft thecae t Nee are Mrs
mailegesme•very gniffylng mien el maned with the
time that ban pawed away. This ease saajestle ilksancia
Aseiseil mussed Osseengls almost es a Matisse sonstly
A=mt he nes stlesited. Semselnies, indeasOsemebt was
rapesoated whaling me die el a has Mernative—
(MOter)--ssitlis yeambe mast shimmies.
ine bed te as hew the fetishism% ef the some roil=
guarded those lines, sad wstekod those feeds, sad reddbusd
time lids. la deadly miles. (Ism ben) New the
sow ahem mobs, the owilito of tea messed Irish
emailse. sad beasts them ell—imase)—ami se es We
dog below together • kegs sesemedlple em le meet is
poesend Into where *see le se mese issimethe rivalry
tibia that between Piled Aegean wed Hervies. (Ap-
ia's's* / ti5W, eh she enbleht el this pm river, mesh
Pallibm WM ei Ma mess le
m!istime its 'natural
apshilliss by leseseviag the aminsele ea 4 by el
Me melee of Ms Mtn le MOO me se mush slat*
Ana an meson erbeestenementimerial slip might nee
holism sem my mid lift Ms us asset he er to deed with
these digestants laudations WWI es a large mak hgiee2
recently ositaseed as the bells of the UM sad the i
BO with reaped* essesive; Ills eespenieg tithe
Odeon end dedghledeg elthde misses and wdaslm
then waters mohair samme Meth peens Ito way best
ifea Mather drelesee, sod Ise se to led hew meek
Grad week le miim es ever Isobel geuerally.
I Ism thellsises 1848. IMPS mos 'have been mimed by
the Ilessi ef Weeks. sal i Imes* more Mat double that
ewes by ring" kende. TM ism draining as d 111111101
banking mmtrgsin 1•116 ham followed with malts of •
Me bseeik te the upload isseses sad gradms Now, I
seed set mist out te the end saliglinaod vsa
Meow seseseed ass hew t dialsage sash be
M a oesatty sth. Indeed, when the *mks edicts muss
nemsemrity me se se great ea abosienis of mails, tad
Meese we sees always validathees IMMO
eilth ehlth we were brewed tist lemight ; see
I be debarred, eves by the gneiss dam ber-
ms% Milt new &ilea oar eyes. bees swim yes to beer
M Lad what mem In her wet sesseety seem greatly
le he,. Mill this Mead Ise, Is to be the mother et licoke
sad liseds-4e be, If low say se. 111011edor sad dairy et
the world—es and eseseeth met eel bales el bases to
ene miss memoir im
_are ; whether they are es be
feud, me may day Malla hen to night ass speak of
their beteg, epos the Mast reages of the Cameras or
sad to mad MM. ef Wits a, every au :tad
dillhaesettle eke habiable glebe. (tani apdem) Now,
this eseapentim Musisess ef swishy's, whisk Is the same
ef idiity whoa duly regulated sad tuned te see, Mesa
lims mem when it is seglseted. TM nefted eseferm.
lisdwsailalsemiateeelteaempelkaeyef peat sties.
dee widow. Test grab nosesesin bops seneeed se ,
bury Me a ensemethel limessene Miss sad the strata of I
that plektpenset mow obstacles se selloiset outlet. for
the rola Oise alb upset Its surface. As oh Whines this
peat IlhenNll Med, in it tome of 140 miss. he. ealy 165
bet et a il4 The seem ebstruesime Mike enelest Si the
w possess tbasessives amay assisted lashed. New
'ear.Moo an filleeldm asateived by same se minselato the
enemy sod measithe industry of saarethish sea he n-
osed by seisms, Wm,. mid AUL These draft sad
Implemmeste epee asy large or paean scale may be
made by the libseelity ef gmereasels; se by tbe *alma
here of peas feeds; ball the rethitg ef an, pveresmat
end Os asap at my petile feeds at the ssfeee lamest
ass melee be nelbleat to mirth sed seneveiesas
awl omnibuses seise. It le to private eatitepties,
;plaid sod elimelded by melt essieties as tli.t
WWI I ham new the Mame to address, se whisk the
fenstry must mehdp Mak Ise my enstelaed merient.
( .) I MI asaiMet that, as is th• past thts
belly he. act been main la this geed sad mid muse,
Mit will set be bead weeds' is the Mars. I leave it to
thew Me am mere anspethet to speak epee the sotgoet to
Bibs ems the 'whin Si ties exhibition ha have bad e•
Seth ;puma in ebbe*. tale day. Bet I thew that I
sales es, diliikeemmaity epee tines su►
ttwall as hit WWII Tame more thee a MUMof
aims Mee Mee sesisimed teem waste. Is 1841, to
sight Mises of mis tease IWO Misty mills.. of eat*
mod ewes in Ire 5 new, nese thee use Milos
'lre bass Minded bees the popuitga, sad mem them a
WM= el albs has been added se ear cultivated was.
(Apyisme.) I wish however. set M deal aasy emerall.
doe se aessmies .1 this ism bet I will melee m If
as basal eseuest—se the soma peeress as sea be.
twosa the presout yeas sad Met Midi iseamedissely pro.
Wad I derivs m isibmatiou from the very vales*
Waves eollosted by the equimbelsey of this osuatry. sad
We is a masher I. whisk I Medea Mt you Is Ireland
Iwo got a seaeseisi wad as. yawwised ogiebbisis a Zoe-
RM. (applause.) These e.tafeti as imam well aware, eve
mileabal annually, sad be It spasm is the pest midi
Si the Irish goiliekommers, gesde,they se wthemisd
edemlerily— )—eed nes indeed are the laseenos
fa whichrequite Is net smiths' with the
sewed siaufly end eseit:ir WA I Bed iliss these
wilds lave nee yet We sine bib, pabae—the dew
West lidos solved ha *air leeks, ma kip matemod ep to be
eines, ins pubes—bee, empseleg Mb year with the last,
these is a &mem deem meow in the gm* of ewe
and Won bet these is ea lasemee ha the gem& Si Mist
at 81,818 ems. The isms. la seeps enema te ne
Mm ties 114.774 Mr i sad e. I mem aftle that
Pithises hese by *alba beget • Wok yet lan in hopes
that themeelVes see grows new somewhat um
es a sem time with • view to the easletive sail*
waif lb. aere woman.) The inseessehe
whisk I ea alma, sewn %OM
the bermes thew minst wider tillage Ili to
sestherul with the list,senareas se 111.173 mess.
north* lien alse—the teseenie be the 'sober et
atheenis ;se the heed ef thine, is 26,003 sh the
seether ist:zte 111,11811. There is a very Ism Jew
elesreable msealleg in se ism alma 260,0611 head,
bet en by thseeMe are dame with ;be alb.
Ilse elbow sets.. Odd& is *why to their haviVise .s:
nude up es ea swim eluded this used, mem I
the Yens game* Me te have ebb Mods et pigs es
feed when they Mee the homes ematiity of the tarn t re-
does tie give thigh -Ilawaver, *sib ulster yeah seat
The Lesenelterny of It. /Ivy's Qhqs), Lecialeptea, be weed by sebesetheaseesrlsese. Vow, hay the plas-
hes bee esethend WS the Vises I psi appeals mons diesesesion Mawr
sir la
Ns. Dam*. 4ththesesse
•

MitB. CHARLES KILN.
OD delight of old gentlemen, whenever the
ealfe is breashed as a topic of conversation, to assume
a haughty position, and to pot down any person of
the preset generation who may venture an opinion
by the sledge-hammer easertioa," There are so actors
now-a-days, sir!" The old gentlemen are wrong ;
there are wore, and excellent actors too, is the pre-
sent day, though they labour under many disadvan-
tages from which their predecessors were exempt.
The histrionic art his not in itself declined, bat the
art by which that art was unstained—the art of
dramatic writing—has painfully deteriorated.
Pallj aware that novelty is the chief thing in hie
and the mainsprieg of his pecuniary sae.
tea the modern dramatist finds that to 'tidy life
sad detester seder their reel aspects, and to elabo-
rate pia and dialogs', however much it might
abeam kis fame, would be an nice waste of time
and trashily and he secordingly lives with one eye
on his dementia slain and the other firmly fixed
an the amp of Mr. Jeffs, the forage bookishly, in tbs
=Areede, wham he roans the latest
ma the theatres of the Pall Royal sod
the. Earaionade, and by. enbsdlitieg Hampton Court
for Vmesillia and Waft M. Jabot into Mr. Fits-
flimmety, beastly and easily earns his livelihood.
Tan an may other reasons against the saws of
the drama in the present day. The dinner boar re-
scribed by hale is now es late that the halos-
able patrons of the theatre do net sit down to table
soil an hour after the aortas has goes up ' • prome-
nade omens, sad " entertainments,* which the most
den coloured people, who would shrink from the
theatre, do not object to visit, have wonderfully in-
creased ; and,truth to tell, • different race of people now
tread the boards. In byname times gentlemen by birth
and education devoted thawing', their time and
abilities to the protonic.; sow, the stage is con-
sidered as • range for any ignorint or loom young
man who can Ind no one to trust him is say other
balms. That then ere merlons to this Ms we
allow, bet they are few sad far between.
It la. theretare, a greet oonoolatioe to those who
take ea interest in histrionic art to know, that what-
ever may be the decline in the protow.o as r
the male artists engaged in it, we me stai=
elms of the best airmen In ths world. Mn. Charles
Hess, the sali)ect of our present Mash, has probably,
is her psalm' line. never been sailed. Some
tasty years ago—es journalists oar rattan
lag the Japes of time, eves when touching riCg,
must give way to truth—some twenty years ago,
then,Nes. Loa, this Ellen Tree, was looked
upon as the very immenation of Shakaspeere's
youthful herons.. For the weightier ohareetere—
"" as Led/ Macbeth, Lady Amu, he.—she
had sever nattiest stamina, tor, indeed, did she
often attempt them; but where wee such a Rosalied,
bash end em ianocent—where mash a needs',
beset-Broken Desdemona—where sea •
spirited. coquettish, right-thinkieg Portia—wben
salt a messed sad pilot Henan*? And her
best efforts were net sonined to Shakespeare, or to
tragedy—as in Deena Violate in 7704 Wanda.. Mims
Hulloed' in She &sere to Obisquer. Letitia Hardy
I. the Bak a &Initials, Lady Tussle in the School
fir ffeestda. and Selina in the Honeymoon, she
gave proofs of the volatility of her paha each
eherseter being Wed with a minimum and a gram
then sot very mama in the prelsoisis. Her Clad.
la the Newt of Mums, lives is our memory as one of
our most &adieus theatrisel reminimenere ; sad all
playgan Mast be bailie, with the tradition, though
they may she ban wttememd the triumphant
seognes, of her 100. It is the misfortune of
a lady in Mn. You's politica that she le usable,
as time peens on, to slid, from one nage of obe.
ratters into another more fitted for her rim
ego. She has neither the figure, vacs, sor aisle
kw these repromntetioes of matronly dignity or
strongaieded rico, with illustration' of white
the British drama almonds but. while she
remains on the stage, must perforce patina
torform metals cheneters. which now
owingpeto the lapse of time lack somewhat of that
fora which she was astmetOseed to throw late thew
These, therefore, who have oily bees playgoers for
UN last few Isere will scarcely understeed thus
laudations whisk we have teetured ea her, end
whisk we feel to be her undoubted duet bat every
ere who has witnessed bar acting of Paula the
Ingle& dovetail, sad betrayed wife, in the stirring
mehieeme of the oust name, and in Mr. Lovellh
onsellent Way lie infe's :Secret, will allow that
is hest d thus elloreeters was displayed gains of
the highest iNdlaseterder, sad that gals at eel,
rough and sutural. bat refined by study and tom-
pued by uplifts% That she ha not gasped the
besotting Ida of English setore—• mean meanerime,
a peculiar toes of votes, and an of of pees—is
mot to be dialed ; and this is the mon to he regretted,
se hem her exalted politica she serves as the model
for several of our riming actressee, more espodelly
those attached to the nears of which her husband is
lthe director. Theo. Mims Heath is like Mrs. Merle
IHem seen through the wrong ad of an ours-ilea,
end Miss Ltelereq is rapidly following in the mine
route. Them young ladies weld have no better
model to copy, but they fall into the error of moot
Imitators. sad while they fall abort of mallows% in-
fallibly naggerate delete.
Although both Mina. lesn's sistors have appeartd
woe the stage, hos fenny wee set frays:it joU theo-
ries!, her father having held an ender
goverment. Her mother is still ad the
air, west of Sad health. though SSW Is the 86th
year of her age. The whim* glom present skin&
made her flint at Orealeardat Theatre
ea
Words, the Blateaher. ISM, Ia the AA-
roar of Dana %deal, is lie Wooer. Her
titter, Mita A. Ekes. she made her ailed .the ma
night in the wee, Mayne Sesepea la the Mar-
row of Apra Mies Mks Tree hol before acted
et
limb, when she wee • great favourite. Mime A.
Tres was allonym& married to Mr. Jan Leal*
Came., for away years proprietor and editor of the
&today Thom nowepapor. who died a her ran
sae, having a widow and slues or twelve 'Wren,
all of whom have been most generously adopted
by Mr. sad Mn. Etas. The eider sister, Mims Maria
Tree, mak her first appears's, in Lain on &p-
-lain, 10. 1819. at Drury-lea Theatre, es Rosins,
is the Devise qf &vile. She was a sweet sad so-
ma pliebed Eager, and took • high position ma the
Beglish lyrical stem masking with M"magtPlamm
sad Miss Paton. She was afterwards to
Mr. Bradshaw. at that dine member for Cuesehary.
Miss Ellen Tres, aftrt loss nuking et the hoed of
her profession, was monied to Mr. Marla Eau in
1849, sod immediately afterwards accompasied her
bunged to Amelia, where they were resolved with
the greatest favour. sad whence they did at return
setillB47. Tiny thee entered up= en engagement
at the Haymarket, and in September. 1880, soder-
took the Isemeship of the Piano's. From that Nem
their weer is well knows. Patrolled by the wart
sad the pulite their arose hes been most prosperous,
ad the seam and opleatiser of the Shakeeperies
revivals predesed seder their direstion have beanie
elm* matters of history. They have ate child, •
donglier, about IS years of age.
We late lempibeested lire. Zees es ea astrees—
it ie new our Mill more plain task to pay our
libel of limbs*. to her as a women. As I
tor, mil, and melba we believe bet endue te
to Of the highest praise ; try her ad-
mial example she hat dime mush to essemend
Nord for net prolog's the mmemies "Ida en
always too reedy to Ira., k ef it.