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The greatest novelty of tlic cvciiiiip; was a 

 yniiiiLi' Australian actrt^s^^, to wlioni tin: <Ir;iinaL 

 was as iiiucii a novelty as she became to us 

 this eveuing ; and consequently she had no me- 

 dium i^t &mpi3mbn )rf wM# h$T jfidgittent 



mvM lie directed, llvv preiominaiit fault traisa 

 want of feeling'. In the very affeetiiig scene, 

 wlure poor Henry, loii<>,' sujjposed to be lost, 

 returns to his beloved and disconsolate Cax'oliae 

 — 3te "mB in lanting l aptnres, while she' le- 

 tea i» the most hard-hearted manner 

 that can be conceiveil, uttered the expressions 

 placed by the author into her mouth as a mere 

 matter of course ; aud, as the unfeeling crea- 

 tt»j«€t :evidently sho^?irsiS<i 1^1 sl^ HeJtlier td^ mt 

 iindeiE^tQod the senthzl^t$ utteted, it p^ed 

 no affecting scene either to actors or auditors, 

 ilowever, iVdvance Australia;" the lady and 

 the colony, we thought, are both young. As 

 fcrth^^^t ^ ljue^«ijps, they too often mistook 

 mdeeeoc^ im i9it> piPobePbly^ 1^ m doing 



they pleased the majority of their audience ; if 

 so, b(>tlj j>arties would he satisfuid. The ])it 

 contained those usually seen in tht' ^'allei ies (jf 

 tim theatre M home ; and stpiabbles, threats, 

 and actijtal eotnbatSj serv^ to lainuse ^om&j a^d 

 diaeipllne others ; and tlie vatldbtid scenes and 

 cspr<fssioii5 in both pit and bcaees excited in our 



