The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-06 00:00:00

LYCEUM.

If Madame Celeste wishes to attract a fall-price
=Mese= or to amass there whoa attreoted, aha must play
something very Mast trout the piece produced lest night,
called TAe Z#y under the Door- mat. A Geer de rids= may
be as alight se possible—indeed, frequendy the slighter the
better—but It should always be elegant. The sew pie= Is
vary broad, very idly, and thoroughly old faehlosed. It Is
almost melees to describe the plot, which merely coselses of
the usual egssivoque obtainable when two volatile aft have
married two lively women, and all are involved in a chain of
deceit, in which bole masques at Cremorne, dominos, sappers,
meetings, entanglement, dtrentanglernest, ultimate =abeam
and forgives.= are the natural stage result.. The piece le of
the French vaudeville character, translated, of course, but
retaining all the little amps of charliottettes usually ignored
by the Angliciser. These are well snag by Miss St. George,
who was but ill-irupported by the new low ooneolisa of the
establishment, Mr. Ronan who will take a very loag time
we he attain the metropolitan standard of exoellesoe. Be is
very rough and ready, very hill of assurance, sad well versed
In all the time-honoured methods of hammering a hoar=

laugh from a coarse throng; bat he is asesatiall; a country
actor, sad will require a great dial of toning down sad
polishing before he ma Isgitimataly claim the position hi has
assumed.

ST. JAMBS'S.

Last night Miss Katherine Hickson took her benefit
sad played the part of Pauline in the Lays/ Lycra. TM/young
lady has modelled her school on that of Mile Helen Fauolt,
sad acted with a certain amount of grace and energy. Iftte
showed a thorough knowledge of the general rending of the
character, end was much applauded. Mr. Howe was the
Claude. After the drama there was a concert, in the prr
gramma of which were the names of Mr. F. Chattering',
Madame Hadersohn, sad Mist Btabbach.

PoLrcßApntc•BALL.—Herr Wiljalba Frikell has
returned in full force to London, and has oommsnsed a mew
men of illusions. He la still energetic on the 'abject of his
being totally devoid of " preperailoa" tricks ; still submits
his cost•talls to public inspection end his own asesulle ; stll
produces bowls of water and gold flak from the asps akin
neck; sad, last might be taken as as mop* mm
resseele the power of attracting large milieu&

PORTAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND
Amaitice,—We eimottrioe with mach satisfaction that the

Eli;ecto;l3ennal of the French PoMtase hie
aniMil Wend of the sew lise of oommeminfes
Inked by)neens of the Comedian Royal Yell 'Summon. Lot
week as wreemmt was intern into between the Iselin
end Prowl Imperial Poet-odium departments, sad kg the
More domed mall, for the United Stows will be meet from
Parties each Teensy evening for embarkation st Queens-
town as the following Thursday. Closed meta will also be
meat from America and will be landed at Queenstown, no es
to be beimetfoledy bnnerded from there to Paris. Frans is
thee*. trot reentry that bee es get taken advantage of time
ening of twisty-lbw boors effected by the trent of NS
American corremesdesoe through Irebund, bat It Is eqpisill
that a duller anagement will be promptly made he II&
gum, Prom* end the *Sole of northern Oermesutka
ssi
(especially Deems and Homburg) maintelne as
correspondence, both rmemereial end social, with the weetmet
and norelo-weelern Mead tte• American union.-7rwism's
Jeered.

OF THE MOOS.—Captain Jeffrey, of the
eldp Jolla Wood, arrived at Liverpool: preladay, from Singa-
pore. reports aa eclipse of the moon. which he observed at 8
pm., on the 18th Aussie laic in 14. 26.21 deg. 8.; long.
6T.22 deg. E.