, 1866-05-15

not so D0ld as the speech made by q GER
tain actress, who, in consequence of some
scandaIous story flying about town, was
received with a storm of Kisses. AS soon
as they subsidized sufficiently for her voice
to be heard, the undaunted dame adj
vanced to The front, courtesied, and said
Ladies and gentlemen, | appear before
you in my public profession of an actress,
In which character | shall ever exert my
utmost cndeavours to please. AS to the
rest, [ beg to he excused Nothing
could have been done more neatly the
malcOntcnts were struck dumb, and the
actress soon earned their applause. There
was pIuckincSs, too, in the appeal wrung
from the unlucky representative of crook.
backed Richard, who, finding il impossi-
bic to make head against the disapproba-
ton evoked by his histrionic efforts, drop
ped blank verse, and in very plain prose
told his audience: Mr. Kean is playing
this part in London at a salary of thirty
SmlIlngs a week and if it isn't good
enough for the money, may the Lord
above give you more humanity! :
One of his auditors at least must have
appreciated the poor actors courage,
whatever he may have thought of his act
ing, for Elliston, who was present, was a
proficient in addressing a theatrical audi
ence; and we'll he might be, seeing his
reckleSsneSS was constantly getting him
into scrapes, out of which only his match
less inslnuating impudence could extri-
cate HIM. One season, when he had the
Birmingham Theatre, business got awful
ly bad do what he would, nothing but
empty benches met the managers eye
night after night, and it became plain
that unless something was done, the
Ghost would soon cease to walk. Eli
SOON was equdl ~ Cue occasion. EVery
wall in Birmingham grew eloquent re-
counting The feats of The Bohemian, who
was to astoni~h the natives by his per-
formances with a stone of a ton-weight.
The night came, and the theatre was
crammed. Pj2arr0 was turned into a
pantomime, for not a word could be heard
for cries of The Bohemian the Bohe-
band struck up The Battle Of Prague, and
all was expectation. Suddenly the audi
ence were startled by the appearance
not of the B~ohcmian-but of the mana
ger, who, pale as any ghost exclaimed
The bohemian has deceived me: Wdt L
could have pardoned; but he has de-
ceived my friends-he has deceived yON.
| repeat, the Bohemian has deceived US
he is not here-and the man, of whatever
name or nation he may be, who violates
his word, commits an offence which,
The sentence was never finished the
conviction flashed upon the audience that
they were sold, and a fearful Glamour
arose. Taking advantage Of a momenta-
ny cessation, Elliston proceeded 'Anxl-
Gus for your qualification, l entered into
correspondence with the faithIess foreign
err, who was this day to have appeared.
The correspondence, ladies and gentle
men, is in my pocket; Til read it to you
AS Elliston coolly produced a packet of
letters, the uproar broke out again with
tenfold violence he waited patiently till
they were tired, and then went on: Here
they are, Does any gentleman present read
German? If so, would he honour me
by stepping forward This was too
much peals of laughter rang through
the house. Am [ left alone? Then I'll
translate it for YOU; (Cries of mo, no;