, 1872-12-29

he slides into sort Of rural English stage dia-
leot. In lis attempt to represent the effect
which his carousa1s had had upon D;nn2ont, els
also unfortunate. That gentleman was not
drunk
He was nae fou but just had plenty,
and, even had he been drunk, Mr.. O'Neill's
representation would have been n very spiritless.
and tame performance. Still it appears to indi-
cate that Atr. O'No il not i'll the habit Of con-
that IL he a@ na
when they are upset by liquor. It would proba-
bly, have been better If 1Ir. ONeill had taken the
part of Colonel Mdnne71ng. There is large
and respectable Scotch element in our city, and
it is wrong to harrow their feelings by present.
ing to them such specimens Of their countrymen
as O'Neilrs Dinnaont, or Lanagan's Dominic.
As Mr. Lanagan gives Mr. Aiggins instead Of
Dominic Sampson, so Mr.. Pendleton does not
zled, weather-beaten smuggler, but q sort Of
fresh-weter jack, with nothing OF the desperate
about him except cutlass. While to the youth
OF Chicago Mr.. Pendleton may have scanned the
very realization Of their idea Of Captain Morgan,
and other buccaneering. gentlemen Who sailed
the Spanish Main, and the combat with Bcrtrdn,
with its thrusts and parries aud dashing arms,
masterpiece OF yaior, yet to the experienced
observer. it looked about as il some woman had
g1othds g1Igsd on whiskers. .,;,a and Put On the
mimic % the " blushing ~ accents am and lea the swas' 70
ge1ins walk Of the srnugslel; So Dirk rushed
ulLudr Huu LlLleT, AlQ pEalCl6ueu his QAQcef,
stamped and said 90 ha, ha," but it was manifest
y woman in disguise, and much afraid Of being
detected by the police.
|. There is one fine point, where Neg donounces
Hatter0ick in the cave, where he draws on her
and she throws him of. Tho brutal, uncon-
trolled passions which flied the heart of the
coarse and 11ffan1y sailor are so far toned down
by Mr. Pendleton, that, he looks at Afeg, it is
with the expression Of the itte boy who sees his
nurse approaching with cup full OF castor oil,
of which he knows he is to be the recipient; and
| 60 he looks at Meg, as il he we're about to OBJ
Berve, II utterly refuse to allow my stomach to
| be made drug shop"
| Mrs. Post otherwise Mrs. Nc CdndHsh, is not
| precisely what she should be. She too, abiu1es
the Scottish brogue, but, unlike 11r. O'Neil she
| does not substitute some hermaphrodite lingo
in its place. It would please the audience better
were she to speak little more distinctly, for at
| present it is difficult to hear her. When she
| talks Of her poor husband "weltering in his
blood" ahe might be little more natural and a
| applicable to hor attempts at pathos generally
Flora would have been more satisfactory il
| she had not taken 30 prominent part in that
| Donainie's arms and il ahe had bean little
more in carnest when her bonnet is smashed.
| T any one we're to sit down on Miss Blahe's
hat, it is likely she would be little moro wasp
ish than Flora was.
Owing to these imperfections, the excellence OF
! Miss Cushman's acting is much marred, and no
| body thinks it worth while to 80 mora than once
| to SEQ "Guy Mannoring-" The correction OF
| some Of theae faults is an easy matter, and
would be benefit to both the actors and the
| theatre. *+*+