Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-11-16 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

DRY. R. H. Tregillus, missionary from Bengal, when collections were made in aid of the Baptist Foreign Missions. There were good congregations at both the sermons and collections amounting to £4 10s. 411. were taken. On Monday evening the pastor, the Rev. J. Bexendall, pre. sided over a meeting held in the chapel in support of the mission. There was only. poor attendance. —Mr. Hamer, in the absence of Mr. Brown, the treasurer, read the local report, from which it appeared that the Sunday school collections through. out the year amounted to £l5 2s. Oid. Private subscriptione amounted to £4 Is. 6d.; Sunday's chapel collections £4 10s. 4d.; Sunday's school slection 14s Bd. ; collections made the first Sun. y in the year £4 Is. Oil.; subscriptions given to e society for Zenans Missies( work, £8 10s. 9d.; ft total of £35 Os. 30. Mr. Hamer expressed his sorrow that Mr. Brown was not able to be with them that evening on account of illness.--The Chair man said he was glad that the report was so far satisfactory, and he thought the amount would be equal to that of past years. He would be glad if the interest of their people in foreign miesions continued, and hoped it would increase as years went on. Of course, they also took an interest in, and made collections for, home missionary work, but he thought they heti special interest in the foreign work. He proceeded to give a short resume of the work of the Baptist Foreign Mission. and conclnded by expressing the hope that the work would be successfully carried on.—The Rei. R. H. Tregillus also gave some interesting information of the work carried on by the mission in Bengal, after which the proceedings closed with the usual votes of thanks. Tne Al...Tue.—Thrilling melodrama, as presented at the Athenaeum this week, by Mrs. W. H. Wallace's company, under the direction of Mr. Herbert Greville, has proved very popular. On . Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings, the late Wybert Clive's play, "The Romany's Revenge," was produced in a successful manner, the plot being developed with considerable power by ' all the members of the company. The piece was mounted very effectively, the scene on the Thames Embankment where murder is done, and the exciting escape of convicts from Portland being especially realistic. Mrs W. H. Wallace proved herself a very capable metre.o in the dual role of Lilian Hope, and Elepie a gipsy her half deter, and was ably supported by Miss Gussie Everitt, as Zamet, s gipsv boy, whose acting throughout gave evidence of much histrionic ability. The pert of the persecuted John Hope was efficiently , pourtrayed by Mr. Henry Cullerford, whilst diabolical villsny could scarcely hare been more faithfully presented than it was by Mr. J. Court Harvard, both voice and facial expression giving point to the sardonic character of David Remised. ! Miss Violet Greville, as Polly Pluck, and Mr. Herbert Greville, as Bobbie Bloom, her sweet- I heart, quickly caught the sympathies of the audience and provided the comic scenes in a I manner that left nothing to be desired. Mr. Clermont Gaskell was dignified as Archibald ' Heath, the Lord of the Manor, and the ether characters were suitably sustained. For Thursday. Friday, sod Saturday, the sensational rail way drams, " The Red Signal," was arranged, and gave unbounded satisfaction to the appreciative audiences that assembled. The piece was admirably staged, the scenery and new mechanical effects contributing in no small degree to the realistic nature of the production. Mn. Ammer