Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-22

On Friday evening and Saturday afternoon Mrs. G. c. Howard (the original Topsy) and her splendid New York company will appear at the Grand Opera House in Mrs. Towards new version of Uncle Toms Cabin. On Sat urday evening will be produced, with all it's scenic effects, the Streets of New York. Re- served seats may be obtained at Loomis'
 THE sTRATEaIsTs.
 Mir. Clinton Hall and the rest of 'tthe Strategists' played to a good-sized audience at the New Haven Opera House last evening This play is well calculated to amuse an audi ence, and the frequent and hearty laughter and applause showed that those who heard it last evening were well pleased. Miss Mattie Vickers' songs and dances were excellently done as were also MT. Charles A. Gardner's Dutch songs and dances.
 MY PARTNER. On next Saturday afternoon and evening MT. Bartley CampbelI's famous play My Partner, will be presented at the New Haven Opera House. MT. Louis AIdrich and Charles T. Parsloe will appear supported by the same superb company which has performed this play to overfowing houses at the Union Square Theatre, N. Y., and Globe Theatre, Boston. Reserved seats will be onesale at Loomis' tomorrow.
 MIR. sPAULDING's LECTURES.
 This course of lectures, for which the sale of seats begins next Monday at Judds book store, will in. the main be study of the so- cial life of the Romans as seen chiefly in the antiquities and paintings found in Pompeii. With MT. Spaulding as guide, the audience will in imagination go back to the times of the Caesars, visit the summer resorts around the Bay of Naples, where the Roman aristoc- racy had their villas and gave themselves up to pleasure; enter the houses and behold their beautiful ornaments witness the daily life of Roman town and the occupations of it's citizens, and compare the finest paintings of the Roman artists with the work of modern painters. It is fascinating theme, and those who have heard Mir. Spaulding will readily understand that he will make the most of it.
 FANcHoN.
 The Carll Opera House now has two per formanees to its credit, and the last one was better than the first. stFanchon the Cricket" which has been played so many times in this city and so admirably by Mag gie Mitchell, was rendered last evening To say that it was well done would be faint praise, for it was capitally presented and had the public been aware of Miss Cartland's ability in tha character of ssFanchon," there would undoubtedly have been larger attendance. As it was, there was good sized audience, the house, which improves on acquaintance, being comfortably filed Sat isfaction with the way in which the play was rendered was freely expressed in the usual manner, Miss Garland being called before the curtain twice. She was ably supported by Florence Vincent as "Old Fadet.s' the witch, and the cast throughout, with slight exceptions, was very satisfactory. An op- portunity was given of viewing some of the fine scenery with which the theatre is already provided. The audience was so well enter tained that they were surprised to find it af ter eleven o'clock when the curtain closed upon the last scene. It is evident from what the company has already shown, that patrons of the performances which they are about to give will be thoroughly entertained and have no cause for complaint. There will be no matinee this afternoon as formerly in tended, on account of the extensive prepara- tions which are necessary to present the Sea of Ice'' in the grand manner which is pro posed. This evening the emotional drama of ''East Lynne'' will be presented and we have no hesitation in saying that it will be 1 done in good style and be an entertainment worthy of patronage.