The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-19 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Mr. Bandmann, a German actor, made his first
appearance in this country on Monday evening in
a play entitled " Narcisse." When it is said that
the drama commenced at eight and lasted till nearly
half-past eleven, it may be surmised that the plot
is of a complicated nature. The whole purpose of
the dramatist is to show how the fall of the Pompa-
dour was accomplished by the intriguing ministers
of the court of Louis the Fifteenth by the discovery
of the first husband of the famous marchioness.
Mr. Bandmann produced a most favourable impres-
sion. Mis manner is that of a practised actor, and
among his personal qualifications may be included
features capable of great variety of expression. The
applause given was honestly earned, and Mr. Band-
mann had secured the good opinion of his auditory
long before he had fairly established his success by
some impassioned acting in the later portion of the
play. There is nothing conventional in his style,
which, it may be said, in many respects resembles
that of Mr. Fechter, and his elocution is singularly
good for a German who has had to master the dif-
ficulties of the English language.

THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH HER MAJESTY'S
STAGHOUNDS.—On Tuesday morning his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colonel
Keppel, Col. Kingscote, the Prince's Master of the Horse,
and accompanied by Lord Colville, the Master of the Royal
Buckhounds, left Paddington by special train on the Great
Western Railway, at 10.10 a.m., in order to hunt with her
Majesty's staghounds, the meet being at Iver Heath,
near Slough. At the latter junction the Prince arrived
at eleven o'clock, and mounting his celebrated hunter,
" Paddy," rode with his suite to the meet. Here there
was a large field, among whom were Colonel Richardson-
Gardner, and the principal followers of the royal hunt, all
anxious for the coming sport, the famous deer " Yateley,"
which gave such a magnificent run last, season, having
been expressly sent over for the day's chase. The deer
having been turned out from the cart, the pack was laid
on after the usual amount of law, and the chase com-
menced. His royal highness rode splendidly and well up
to the hounds, leaving not a few behind. The line of
country taken by the deer was by Duke's Wood, Hedgerley-
green, Sandy-bottom, Stone Dean, and Penn-bottom. The
chase lasted for a longer period than usual.
SUDDEN DEATH.—A painful sensation has been
created in Monmouthshire by the sudden death of
11r. Edward M. Curre, of Itton Court, near Chepstow, in
his 'fifty-eighth year. The deceased gentleman will be
greatly regretted both by his tenantry and by the whole
neighbourhood, to whose hospitalities and charities he
very largely contributed. Though his death occurred sud-
denly at the Queen's Hotel, Cheltenham, on Saturday, Mr.
Curre had been for some time out of health, and last year
he made a present to the neighbourhood of his pack of
gfoibsbhyouunodus,nwds. which are
recnuonwes called the
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soChepstotlo ti
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which has belonged to the family for centuries, is only 12
years of age.

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The elder Dumas, it is reported, is about to con•
struct a novel from the leading incidents of the life and
death of Abraham Lincoln.

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