The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-20 00:00:00

MONDAY ETINTRO CONCERTS FOR THE

TIOPLE

These concerts have been renamed. The first of
this rasa took place at lk. Martin's Rail last evening. la
Chit be peewit= alb fler little remark, and indeed is
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at boa geld sad reepedehly tong. In short, it was a better
serer the bane wee say smolt to expect at the many ;
the paw stabiles big se way low that they cannot
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high =seek to wilessed Wpm the tale et fay car.
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asap wassels sr* really good, and here been of advantage
to sera hide serciry. But takes lowest mice is le.,
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4d., walls asenwed web " are wily le Supposing
be hal Is be WI, die rates would not pay the expense
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WO mil est we* *km ens bailee the wry readwate
wise of be setertionst. Then waits, eocordag to
the cerandasi es elstisst, hit never yet tees self-
sepperting ; ssd se appeal is Wanton weds to the public for
sieriptioes le web up the ificicy. But this, we appre-
lid, will est de. If the weesrte we not alb to support
thieshie ; the le, if the swigs sightly receipts sae not
widest to ewer to. wimp sightly expenditure, it te
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bison thew “Ceassete fee the people" lives prelestrestby
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THE DRAMA.

OLYMPIC.

Mr. F. Robson hiring, before undertaking the
eine demmigneed, entered into oder provincial engage-
mad% which be is rampetied to keep melee reed great ye-
essileay fleiit, en drama of the lifhthasishis Ascalon
is bun soil awe, mid lid eight Ito plea was papplied
by •am someway in three wan entitled )eddy &rap,
by Kr. A. C. Troughtoe, whose sparkling oomedistta,
Unity Ti. !lest, has for a long time been Ile. fewer
As Pions si the Princess's. Mr. Troughtmes plot
le est mired, Wag derived tram • Frame rice
tad Itsejeurs, the two sae of which lave, In the BERM
version, been estemaid into three, while the littered of ths
Innate= I. tether wiekeed by this goldbeming roam.
The author, kiewever, may be congratulated on having re-
duced • pretty emelkie drams, postman( indeed no spark-
erg distort* end ne particularly novel situation, but still
Irvin slake cd he to amuse the audience, sal
walleient amassment to awaken many hearty peak ef
liessestor. Titinary is seem told. Mee Levitate (Mrs.Btirling)
a widow lady, h Mdsg neer London with a son, Frank (11?
Omer Vining), who is the Idol of her life, and a ward,
Edith Ballet (Miss Swaaborough), • well born bet poet
OA, whom ales has received into her household from chants-
hie motives. Thrown coagantly together, Freak and Edith
of mum fill in love; that is, Freak love. with all the
wwmth of a young and untried heart, while Edith, whose
pride ides all her other patriot:a, scripts the young man
bed for his money sod the position which she, as his wife,
wield acquire. When the knowledge of the state of affairs
law= upon Mrs. Lemon, she is much distressed, knowing
the black side of Edith', character, and having always ia•
traded that Frank should be married to his cousin, Flora
lleckamals (loam Wyndham), whom she has invited to her
beam km the purpose of throwing the young couple together.
However, tiding Frank steeped in romance, and giving
up his passion, but with the wont grace, she consents to their
engagement, on the understanding that she,Frank,and Edith
shell peas the next month or two at her old country house in
Northumberland, while she secretly hopes that the mina
which she imagines will arise in each of the lovers when
thrown constantly together, and without other means of
amusement, may tend to dimipate the first impressions o
love's young dream, and to show the real state of their
feelings to each other.

The third act accordingly ands them all at the old country
seat, and the charm has apparently worked thoroughly after
Mr.. Levi-roes wish. Both the lovers, but Frank especially,
are bored to death. Moreover, the only tittle bit of recite •
meat enjoyed by the young man to not favourable to bhp legi-
timate duty to his betrothed. He has found a miniature
of a lovely girl; nay, heaven fancies he has seen the Merl
flitting about the house, and his sole desire is to discover
who is the inrognota. Here we will be more charitable than the
author (who bee hammered about half an hour of dialogue
gut d this one incident), mad we will declare at once that this
isksown fair one is Floes Mackenzie, who has been brought
411.11 fer the express purpose by Mrs. Leeman, and who,
when Edith is plesaantly disposed of by breaking off with
Moak in a pet and marrying an old admirer, who has become
a deb baronet, is united to her cousin, to the joy of Mrs.
Leeson, who brings down the curtain with an appropriate
tag shout not bullying your children, and never letting them
het their "leading strings." For the muter of the piece—
sad Ito success was entire end unequivocal—the author IN

principally indebted to the admirable acting of every permit
ormaerned in it. Scarcely aver have we men scum so perfectly
se home in their ports on a Met representation. Mts. Stir-
ling, unapproachable in lady-like maiming of the
aborocters of domestic drama, never whom to greater
adveatage ; Min Smabaroegh played with gram sad
digalty ; Min Wyndham imbued Flom with a reflood
hoydenish spirit, the very type of U. character; end Mr.
Vining le.ed like a gentleman end acted like as artist. A
weed at mot spirt:l comae dative is duo to Mr. Addison,
viers, lose his tranalatioe to this thee" has improved in an
alma ineralible mouser, and who Met night played us old
amily beallwr—e misters at fidelity, cariosity, servility, and
inweleme—.o perfectly, . to reeds" Me perforassoce perhaps
the pm MU. pime. The house was awarded; the carbon
Mt amid loud applauas; and In anew. to a call, the author
towed his eclmowledgmenta from his box.