The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

"THE POOR STROLLERS."

On Monday night the chief members of the Lon-
don Adelphi Theatre—Messrs. Webster, Wright,
Bedford, and Madame Celeste—commenced a brief
engagement at the Queen's Theati e, Edinburgh.
The piece selected for their first appearance was
" The Poor Strollers," by Mr. Watts Phillip.
Ttiis play, into which is crowded the usual Adelpht
" effects," is in three acts, and forms an admirable
framework for the talents of the actors. The
" business" incidental to the last act is very power-
ful, and gives fine scope to the talents of Mr.
Webster and Madame Celeste.

All through the play we feel the intensity and
power of Mr. Webster's acting ; and the contrast
between the almost frantic gaiety of thevarlier
scenes and the remorse incidental to the " business"
of the last act, was finely conceived and admirably
carried out. Indeed, he has elaborated the tia-
racteristic of Pierre to a pitch that is sometimes
painfully characteristic. All through the three
acts, ,in every phase of the character, he is
so completely master of the varied situations
as quite to enthrall the spectator with his
powerful delineations of the mirth, misery, and
pathos of the poor stroller. Often as we
have seen this able actor, and familiar as we are
with all his pet r:arts, we have never befoie seen
him display the histrionic power be exhibits in the
per stroller. He is most ably supported by
Madame Celeste, who has had created for her by
Mr. Phillip one of that class of characters in which
she is so thoroughly at home—pathetic and intense
to the highest degree. We only regretted one
thing in it—we had but a glimpse, a revival
as it were, of Madame Celeate's fine style of
dancing. We could have done with a little more
of it. Paul Bedford had only a minor part
in " Sam son ;" but it was welt dressed
and artistically performed. Wright as Ritts was
the right man in the right place ; but he is more
than a mere farceur for all that. In fact, when we
say that portions of his acting reminded us of
Murray in his best days and in his best parts, our
readers will have some indication of what Wright
Is. May we be permitted just to hint to the ,com-
munity at large, and to playgoers in particular,
that they cannot often see acting like this, and
that, therefore, the theatre should be crowded every
night.—North Briton

THE RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.

FROM G. T. F. SMITH'S PREDICTIONS.

The following extract (taken from her Majesty's
Horoscope, a work printed and published by the
proprietor of the Cheltenham Examiner, in the
year 1848), is submitted to the public, as an incon-
troveitible fact. It is presumed that its insertion
in the columns of the Examiner, publishers of the
original, responsibly corroborates the verity of the
above statement.

Prediction referred to from the Spring or Summer
of 1857 to Spring of 1858.
" A resignation or dissolution of the Ministry or
Parliament will take place, one or both."
What are the results? Moving with the periods
stated, first we find a dissolution of Parliament in
the summer of 1857, and, secondly, a resignation of
the Ministers close upon the spring of 1858. These
make eight predicted resignations uniformly con-
curring. I am not Aware of more convincing modes
of proving scienc-, than categ,ical ta. t. will fur-
n,s.. ;c. mwent nmy it is combined in the in-
,edrity of the whole .oatter.
G. T. F. SMITH,
6, Northfield-terrace.

February 24th,