The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

After a lapse of 14 years, Mr. Albert Smith's dramatic
version of Mr. Dickens's " Cricket on the Hearth," origi-
nally produced with such success at the Lyceum, was re-
vived last night at the Princess's, and promises to prove
attractive. It would be too much to expect that the ori-
ginal cast could be equalled, remembering as we do the de-
lightful acting of Mrs. Keeley as Dot, that incarnation of
all that is loveable in an English matron, and the admi-
rable serio-comic rendering of Caleb Plummer by Mr.
Keeley. But still the piece is very well acted in its revived
state. Mr. Ryder is forcible, earnest, and manly as John
Peerybingle, the carrier; Mr. Frank Matthews infuses the
proper amount of sentiment into the natural vacuity of
Caleb Plummer; and Mr. Meadows is as hard and unplea-
sant as possible as Tackleton, the toy-merchant. Miss C.
Leclercq looks very charming as Dot, and plays with spirit
and piquancy ; her dress, the usual short-petticoated attire
of the stage rustic, is out of character and conventional.
A young lady, Miss Clifford, who has hitherto not been
entrusted, we believe, with speaking parts, played Bertha,
the blind girl, with much womanly sweetness, and in a
manner that promises well for the future.

The piece was well put upon the stage and the house well
attended.

A RECEPTION AT THE TUILERIES.

Tho Emperor and the Empress gave on Tuesday even-
ing a grand dinner at the Tuileries. Among the guests
were the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris ; the Duke de Bas-
sano, grand chamberlain; the Duke de Cambaceres, grand
master of the ceremonies ; M. Mocquard, chief secretary to
the Emperor ; and the officers of the Emperor's house-
hold. In the evening there was a grand reception. Before
nine o'clock, the members and the ladies of the diplo-
matic body, wko were to have the honour of paying
their respects, had assembled in the different salons of
the palace. At nine, the Emperor and the Empress en-
tered the throne-room. Their Majesty's were accompanied
by the prince and princesses of the imperial family ; the
princes and princesses of the family of the Emperor having
rank at court; preceded by the great officers of the crown,
and followed by the grand master and grand mistress of the
household of the Empress, and by a lady of honour. Their
Majesties took their places on the throne ; Prince Napoleon,
Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, and Prince Joachim Mu-
rat being on the right of the Emperor ; and the Princess
C lothi Id e, the Princess Mathilde, the Princess Lucien Murat,
the Princess Joachim Murat, and the Princess Anna Murat,
occupying seats on the left of the Empress. Near the throne
on either sidewere assembled the household of their Majestie3,
and of their imperial highnesses, the ministers, the presi-
dents of the Senate, Legislative Body, and Council of State ;
the marshals, the admirals, the Grand Chancellor of the
Legion of llonour, the Governor of the Invalides, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the National Guard, and a deputation
of the grand crosses of the Legion of Honour. Everyone
was standing, and the Grand Chamberlain having taken
the orders of the Emperor, the reception commenced. The
name of each lady was announced by the Grand Chamberlain
of the Emperor and the Grand Mistress of the Household
of the Empress. The reception of the gentlemen took place
after that of the ladies, the name of each being announced
by the Grand Chamberlain and the Grand Master of the
Household of the Empress. At half-past 10 their Majesties
with their cortege retired to their apartments.

It is requested that all persons wishing to send
their carriages to Lord Macaulay's funeral in Westminster
Abbey will order them to be stationed within the gates of
Hyde Park at 12 o'clock on Monday, January the 9th, to
join in the procession as it passes by Hyde Park-comer.
Intelligence has been received by the present
mail of the departure from Melbourne for England of the
Water Nymph on the 2d of November, with £120,000;
Sussex, 4th, with £60,000 ; Douald M‘Kay, 9th, £128,000 ;
and Commodore Perry, 16th, £58,000; making a total of
£366,000. It will be nearly throe weeks before any of these
can be considered due,

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