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and Samuerkirkpatrick, from 21s. to 235. per week.
The consideration of the following was adjourned for a

month-:—Recommendation to increase the salary of MT
IJames Newlands, borough-engineer, from £7OO to £10(
per annum, and a subsequent resolution recommendin,
such increase to be from £7OO to £BOO per annum
recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. Commenin
Davies, assistant local surveyor, from £3OO to £350 pe
annum ; and recommendation that Henry A. Ayns-

be pronioted to the situation of the late Joshua Lea,
the salary of £1 15s. per week.
On the church expenditure question vehement corn
plaints were made by some councillors that £3OO had bee
appropriated by the committee for new linings an,
cushions at St. George's Church. After a speech fror

Mr. GLADSTONE in-which he spoke of the gymnast
accounts of the Parish Church and St. George's, and tE
outrageous costs at the Corporation churches genera:
the committee's proceedings were confirmed.
The main feature' of the Water Committee's procee(

ings was the acceptance by the Council of the main pir
tender for Iforwich, the cost slightly to exceed g-14,004
and the contractors being Messrs. Holland and Gallows:

. The discussion on the Baths Committee's proceeding
was marked by a wordy tournament between Messy:
Fernihough and Langsdale. The committee, it seems, hay
reprimanded the superintendent of Cornwallis-stree
Baths for intoxication. Mr. Langsdale wanted a coin
mittee' to investigate the matter ; and Mr. Fernihough
who opposed this, asked Mr. Langsdale if he had neve:
"been the -worse for liquor ? A stentorian "No !" was th
reply, Nthen Mr..Fernihough informed the Council that
hi
" once todk Alderman Langsdale home when he was s
drunk that next morning he did not know how he gol
there:" Mr. Langsdale, with intense fury, exclaimed
" It's as false as anything which ever came out of Mr
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Yernihough's mouth The question of the alterati
,contraction on another site of the baths at St. Ge(
pier was again deferred.

ROLT,LL AZPH ITE EA TIM —The " legitimate" reign
triumphant at this establishment. On Saturday evening
:our old townsman, Mr. Vandenhoff, one of the mos
actors and finest tragedians of the day, appeal*
in the character of I?ichlimg—his son, Mr. enry Van
denhaff, sustaining the character of De 211auprat. It i
needless to say that the veteran was warmly received, a
also his son. In the character of Rieldieu Mr. Vandenhol
Las no .equal on the stage. Last night, Mr. E. L
Davenport, one .of the rising tragedians of the day, corn
menced an engagement, for a limited number of nights,
it
the .character of Romeo. He is assisted by Miss Rum;,
Yining, who sustained-the character of Juliet.
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I'VE,42rnz RoyAL.—Lest week this house was crowded
every night, the attraction being_ the inimitable Charles
Mathews, who appeared in several of those light, dashing
characters, which have rendered the Lyceum, in London,
so popular during the last few years, under the manage-
ment of Mr. Mathews and Madame Vestris. The " Game
of Speculation," which had se cis an extraordinary run in
London, was thelnost attractive piece, and certainly Mr.
ikfathew's representation of the character of Affable
Hawk, En., is one of the most finished pieces of acting
of its kind that can be witnessed in the present day. The
" Game of Speculatice" is one of those light comedies, in
which the peculiar abilities of Mr. Mathews are seen to
the greatest advantage. It must be confessed that the
moral character .of this comedy is somewhat questionable ;
for, as the title of the piece indicates, rash and reckless
speculation, with an unpardonable indifference to the
echts of creditors, is placed before the audience in a
manner which, although very smart, even the most
indulgent moralist must take exception to. If, however,
the spectator can banish this feeling from his mind, and
regard only the delineation of the character allotted to
Mr. Matthews in the piece, he cannot fail to admire
immensely the transcendant abilities of this truly great
and original actor. It has been remarked, and with
great truth, that although many of our actors hav th
e eir
imitators, Mr. Charles Matthews has none. It is only
necessary to witness his performance of Hawk to be satis-
fied of the fact. The representation is peculiar to himself
Lyceumem Plr
contempora-
ries. Tithieerikauvn:.,rrerapr7cailialdhlseob,eyrar
oyt-hoefrshiosf etohiel t
pkces were performed during the week, in which Mr.
Mathews delighted crowded audiences. On Friday
evening he took his benefit, and made his last a
arrce, when there was an immense house, every part
being crowded, and hundreds unable to gain admission.
Amongst other characters in which Mr. Mathews ap-
peared, was Sir Charles Coldstream, in "Used up," in
which he is so justly celebrated. Air. Baker, and his
clever daughter, took part in most of the pieces during
the week, which considerably added to the effect of Mr.
Mathew's performances. Last night Mrs. Fitzwilliam and
number of nights, in that ewxpeeedinasarnfassoligouliydro,dwilhibycchom,,NxiNe,dasry.,
Mr. Buckstone commenced an engagement for a limited
playedß ‘ Theu c k -
sleornioeus's AFscalmentlYo.; MThisount
at the Haymarket every night during the late season, and
which was now presented to a Liverpool audience for the
first time. The manner in which the piece is put upon
the stage is highly creditable to the energy and public
spirit of Mr. COpeland, who has evidently spared no expense
in the production of this extraordinary spectacle. He has
secured the grandmoving Dioramaof the Illustrated Views
of Mount Parnassus, which was painted for the Haymarket • I

Theatre, when the piece was originally produced' there.
" The Ascent of Mount Parnassus" is an extravagant) of
the amusing kind. At this late hour we have not time to
notice it in detail. The dialogue is very droll, and sotne
of the hits at the different London Theatres are very
happy. The scenery is gorgeous in the extreme ; the
view of Mount Parnassus being really grand. We hope
that the management will be re-paid by full houses fcr
the heavy outlay which must have been incurred in tle
production of the piece. At the conclusion of the piece,
last night, Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam were
called before the curtain to recieve the congratulatious of
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