The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-25 00:00:00

Mr. Frederic Maccabe's Entertainment

Professor Anderson introduced to a London audi-
ence yesterday, at a private entertainment in St.
James's Hall, a very clever young artist, of unmis-
takable Hibernian proclivities 'and of the full. aver-
age amount of Celtic drollery.. Mr. Frederic Mac-
cabe, following in the footsteps of Charles Mathews,
Albert Smith, John Parry, Valentine Vox, Mr.
German Reed, Mr. Arthur Sketchley, and other
humorous delineators of class and character, has
earned for himself in the Sister Isle considerable
reputation, and there cannot be the shadow of doubt,
looking at his own intrinsic merits, and having re-
gard to the favourable impression which he created
in yesterday's amusing performance, that he will
secure in the English metropolis no scanty weed of
popularity. Favoured with an intelligent, personnel,
and a peculiarly pleasing appearance, Mr. Maccabe,
who is apparently little advanced beyond the years
of manhood, is gifted with marvellous powers of
mimicking, an easy and natural adaptation of cha-
racter, an incessant flow of the raciest humour,
powers of ventriloquism certainly such as we have
never heard approached, a well-cultivated and
nicely-balanced voice, and perfect command over
the pianoforte, the guitar, and the piccolo. With
such a combination of natural characteristics, aided
by gentlemanly address, keen appreciation of the
ridiculous, and close observation of passing events,
Mr. Maccabe sums up under the title " Begone, dull
care" about as agreeable a mono-dramatic enter-
tainment as one could desire to laugh over. His de-
lineation of " The Wandering Minstrel," in two
pictures, " Romance and Reality," especially as the
" Troubadour of Modern Days," was remarkably
good, bringing to vivid remembrance Frank Robson
in the greatest of his palmy days. " The Railway
Porter" and his description of " the Lancashire
Lad" were also faultless. Mr. Maccabe introduced
several delightful morceaux cf vocal illusions in con-
versation with invisible beings, for the purpose of
illustrating the perfection to which the art of ven-
triloquism can be brought, and he made six or eight
of his leading sketches additionally interesting by
the pleasant rendering of some characteristic songs,
for the most part Irish in their origin, including
Lover's " Whistling Thief," and two very beautiful
melodies, his own creation, " Early in the Morning,"
and " Yeo, Heave Ho." Professor Anderson has
engaged Mr. Maccabe for his season, which is to
commence on Monday next, and no doubt the ad-
dition of such an artist will impart additional bloom
to the already highly tinted " World of Magic."

PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT.—
On Monday next Professor Anderson will commence at
St. Jamob's Hall his farewell season in London prior to his
departure for Australia. In a new and original entertain-
ment bearing the attractive title of " Begone, Dull Care,"
the Wizard of the North will be assisted, not only by Miss
Louise Anderson and her sisters, but by Mr. Frederic Mac-
cabs, a gentleman who, though a stranger to the metro-
polis, has gained great reputation in the provinces.
A SKETCH OF 11.11 i J. S. MlLL.—(Worthy of
Publicola when at his best!)-IVhat is J. S. Mill?
Without any means to stand a contested election, his n-
tdiiodanst.ureHiiss
escuosntaoimnoicdalbdyoevtorliunnestaaryren and
subversivesub s c n p -
of the whole existing frainework of society. They
especially wage open war with prerogative and here-
ditary efforts
avowedlya
no collateral inheritance, no lineal heritage beyond one
ditary privilege. They maintain that thero should be
generation, no succession at all, except to the extent
of a most moderate subsistence ; that all the residue
should be resumed by the community at large—a com-
munism raisonne. In religion he considers Christianity to
include more than ono mistake. He holds that our
morals have scarcely any connection with our faith. He
supplements the ethics of Christ with those of Plato and
Mahomet. Ile 'holds that the completest of our moral
teachers are men who have perfectly well known, and
deliberately rejected, Christianity. Socially, he is simply
pailatuuathl oprtuo.afdothxeesm.most
hsatatrtmlianng
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a pensioned clerk in the East India Company. He is
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chosen not by himself, but by his constituents, by the great
city of Westminster—the city of the royal palace, of the
whole nobility and gentry, of the elite of the moneyed
interest, the bankers, lawyers, judges, physicians—above
all, by the dignified clergy of the Establishment—to re-
present it and them in Parliament. The electors who
return him, indeed, disavow his principles, say they
return him simply out of curiosity, only because they think
"he ought to be in Parliament." They may find, when
too late, that this lazy laxity of public duty is playing
with fire.— Weekly Despatch.

Loss OF THE Slur ESSEX.—A telegram was re-
ceived yesterday in Liverpool, announcing the aban-
donment of the ship Essex, Captain Barnes, belonging to
Fernie Brothers and Co., of Liverpool. The Essex was
bound from New York to Liverpool, but shortly after
leaing the former port she sprang a leak, and the ,water
continuing to increase Captain Barnes determined on
abandoning his ship, which was done on the 2d inst. in
long. 60 W. The crew were in their boats on the open sea
until the sth inst. when they were picked up by the Bre-
men ship Constantine, and landed at Deal yesterday morn-
ing, all well. When the Essex-was abandoned she was in
such a condition that it was not possible she could keep boas-
afloat. She had only 3,000 staves on board, and both ship
and cargo, we understand, wore fully insured.
THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES.—Encourag-
ing reports reach ns from all portions of the country. In
the west the wheat crop will be much more than an
average yield, and the prospects for corn aro highly
favourable. Oats, and rye promise well, but barley may
be of small yield. There has been much more cotton and
sugar planted in the Mississippi Valley than we were led
to suppose from early accounts. The hay trop is enor-
'moue. Fruit is abundant and of excellent quality, and
altogether the promises of the coming harvest are most
satisfactory.—New York, Herald.
THE MEETING OF THE FLEETS.----It is believed in
Paris that the Brititth fleet will be at Cherbourg on the 14th
of August, and at Brest on the 18th.. Austria, Sweden,
Portugal, and Spain have expressed a wish to be repre-
sented on this occasion. - -