, 1866-03-27
AMUSE EmRNTS.


Mcv1cxEa's THEA7nk-Mr. Cou1dock delighted
good audience at McvIckef,s last evening, g,;h
his great pettdnatou Of Luke Fielding In the
" Willow Copse." 1t would be almost 1upetauons
10 offer any comment On his readitlon ofthls char.
rcier IN which he has won his ereenezt lanrels II
IL sufficient 10 say that q 1he Willow Copsc !" was
signal failure the English stage until Eouldock
assumcd the part Of Luke Fielding, and made II
Ia9oas+ ~ Ihs piece -. vel produced lat nleht
By & ths stock @ company. Tonight, "Richelieu" :"
ArsEgH-A plaJ Of he mslodsamaslc school,
II Is enti,Ied4 7" The Wifes seart Tho plot eon-
t1lns nothing very remarkable bat The working out
Of the details is iuli Of interest and presents some
Evelyn Armoyt fMEs. BanJ)ts the xtte OF {Aiken}
! konndhead Colonel 10 tie Parliamentary army n
the trouhlous trnes Of Charles the F1rst, and thu
hunted doHn. takes refuge NTH his sister IN ne
ahsence Of her husband. Who On his return, Il e.
CITED 10 }ealousy By the arts OF his steward {Bnd-
his honor had been tacrihced. The agony Of he
situation Il prolonged By N oath taken By 1he lfa
sha she would not reveal The secret Of conearguui-
y; but OF course u l. made rRht ut last-she hat-
ed by the Colonel md the m1sch{efmsk1uc steward
/. carried Of By the men who had been smt to per
form the txne kerT1ce for the cavales,
The leading characters art drawn w1th consider
able fnzte- The hn-band II sensitive, bat loves his
u1te dearY, and the struggle ii hard and well dan
eated; he IT, too noble for Ecfcnge-d1sdalns to
perfonai wrong: So. TOO, In the parting agony,
wien css1ip9 of hts VIE forerer, he eecurcs sale
passage .o1 her and her pert domestic Miss Henyl,
oi tho blighting p1seion Aiken val tine 10 The
pa c1TinE esco shade Of The character It's f1ue e1-
pres sion. Mre. Barry, too. exhibited IN many re-
tpcc:s an improvement On ne1 usual stye OF acting.
She 1oat that utnaug tone OF speech which too
o.ten epons what would olhtrwise be drst claus
Ftu:rnoR Of the part entrusted to heE. The strng-
re between lore for her husband And regard for her
cath. wss exceedingly good and the Indignation OF
coneclous innocence m being charged with iuddes-
tty. uas the uost faithful to nature Of auythiog we
have eeer her attempt. Nrs. Holland; as the page.
SlaNoR Dl11z. whose btlcf eeason Of entertain
uents came to I clote on Saturday, gave an exta
entertainment lasl night which uas fully attended
and not the least acceptable part Of the programme
vas the ressntatou OF E1f 10 every per.Gn pres.
ent In The hall. Among The more valuable Of .nesc
other vnlued At $l10. siEnoz BIiiz taxes hls de-
p.s1.s 'sqsy 95 n osiat And P.:'uss.
3ud,enee Their new bin for this 8eeS T. deded % G
anoas sesos. aRs1 ptsf Leslie The
sEooNu RAILROAD FEsT1vAL--1he seeoud IT,
anai taroad ball. deferred on tcco1nt Of The ,ycsth-
&c HILL OF fhe opcta House. al 1hose WHO Tish Vie
20 become acquainted with the railroad boya, TO
sip the lirht iantaanc Toe to cu1oY 1rst clses
snppe. WI meet with no better opportunity.
''Old SHADY hiss pfuEnlscd to be thcre, and AtIcef
crf Will wait for the last Of tho fest1ve ih1onR.
SrALn1NG'n CoSCknr will b. riyep IN Smlth l.
SI1on's uall this eyentne.
A CRUEL HcsBAxn.-An individual named VII.
lam stewart. whose eouutenance bore nnmistak-
be evidence OF an excessive foudness for bad whit
key wis placed In the prisoners dock at the Polics
.ou yesterday iosrnoon e aazwez 10 the charge Of
drunk End abntins his family" It II stated that