The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

and abounds in good dramatic

situations, well brought out ; and if

is full of good writing

The heroine is well played by Miss GLYN. This lady is

generally well reported of, and her engagement will be a

source of real`satisfaction to the patrons of the house. The
genius of Irish comedy has been revived at the Hay-

market, and is sustained by the genial humour and
admirable acting of Mr. HUDSON, who, during the brief
space of his engagement, has added not 14 little to his pre-

vious reputation. The Adelphi glides along, still buoyant

on the touching portrait of Monsieur Jec QUE.;

MORRIS BA.RNETT. A revival of Pericles, Prince of Tyre,
is still a promise at Sadler's Wells, and, in the meantime,

it rubs on and through with other Shakspearean dramas•
This evening the Princess's is to re-open with a new

drama, by DOUGLAS JERROLD,

titled "A Heart of Gold."

Of course it is highly spoken Of as a coming wonder. The
" New Wags of Windsor" still keeps the stage, and tells at
the treasury of the little theatre in the Strand; and this
evening the Olympic re-opens under its old management,
but with a renovated and strengthened body of perfor-
mers, and such an array of promise as to justify the
expectation of improvement on even its former successes.

Tire RAILWAY MILLIONAIRB.—Thomas Brassey is one
, of the chief of the aristocracy that has:'risen in these latest
times upon the foundations of commercial enterprise—a
prince of the new dynasty, whose dominion extends where-
ever civilisation is fostered by the rail, and whose domi-
nion coronet is of iron. He commenced life as a surveyor
at Birkenhead, and his first connection with a railway was
a contract to supply the stone for a viaduct of the " Man-
chester and Liverpool." Since that time his labours have
been incessant and extraordinary, both in his own country
and out of it. Since 1846, he has, upon his own responsi-
bility and credit, constructed upwards of 500 miles of rail-
way, representing an aggregate of £9,250,000 of contract
money. In France and Spain his joint contracts with Mr.
Mackenzie were for 189 English miles of road, and for
nearly £3,000,000 sterling. His engagements in Scotland.
and England, with Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. John Steven-
son, from 1834 to 1851, comprised 511 miles of railway,
and an aggregate of £7,200,000. His hands are still full,
and his men are carrying out his behests in all parts of the
world. In :more senses than one the career of Thomas
Brassey may be described as princely. The Barentine via-
duct of 27 arches, on the Rouen and Havre line, tumbled
down when all but completed : and the casualty involved
a loss of £30,000. Mr. Brassey, the contractor, was neither
morally or legally responsible. He had repeatedly pro-
tested against the material used in the structure, and the
French lawyers maintained a different opinion. He had
contracted, he said, to make and mantain the road, and no
law should prevent him from being as good as his word.
The viaduct was rebuilt at Mr. Brassey 'l3 cost. For the
construction of this stupendous work (accomplished in
seven months) 16,000,000 bricks were required, of which
14,000,000 were new, and made on the spot. Thomas
Brassey is beloved by his countless retainers. Riches,
power, influence, and dominion have not touched his sound
and feeling heart. We dare to speak the truth of this liv-
ing worthy, for his life is in all respects one of the highest
examples we can offer our generation, absorbed, as we are,
in the production of great industrial undertakings, and,
above all things, intent upon the pursuit of wealth.—Mark-
lane Express.