MORRIS, David E., Proprietor of Haymarket, died February 18, 1812, aged 72. MORTON, Mrs. F. (Mrs. R. Honnor), Actress, died January 4, 1870, aged 61. MOUNTFORT, William, Actor, (killed by Lord Mohun,) December, 10, 1691, aged 33. MOUNTAIN, Mrs., Vocalist, died July 3, 1841, aged 70.

MOZART, John C. W., German Composer, died December 5, 1792, aged 55.

MUNDEN, Joseph, Comedian, died February 6, 1832, aged 74.

MUNYARD, James, Adelphi Comedian, died July 14, 1850, aged 35.

MURPHY, Arthur, Dramatist, died at Knightsbridge, June 19, 1895, aged 75.
MURRAY, William, Edinburgh Manager, died May 6, 1852, aged 62.
MURRAY, Henry Leigh, Actor, died January 17, 1870, aged 49.
MUSSET, Alfred de, French Dramatist, died May 12, 1857, aged 45.
NANTON, Lewis, Dramatist and Actor, died April 2, 1871, aged 31.
NATHAN, Baron, Master of Ceremonies, died December 6, 1856, aged 63.
NELSON, Arthur, Clown, died July 28, 1860, aged 49.

NELSON, Sidney, Musical Composer, died April 7, 1862, aged 62.

NEVILLE, John Gartside, formerly of the Surrey, died March 16, 1874, aged 87.
NICHOLSON, Renton, self-styled "The Baron," died May 18, 1861, aged 52.
NIGHTINGALE, W. H., clever Imitator, died October 23, 1841.

NIMMO, Andrew, Theatrical and Musical Agent, died June 23, 1872, aged 54.
NISBETT, Mrs., (Lady Boothby,) died January 16, 1858, aged 46.

NORMAN, R., celebrated Pantaloon, died September 16, 1858, aged 70.

NORTON, Bruce, Actor, died November 26, 1861, aged 43.

OGDEN, J. H., Irish Vocalist, died at Philadelphia, August 10, 1864, aged 36.

O'HARA, Kane, Author of "Midas," died November 8, 1782.

O'KEEFE, John, Dramatist, died February 10, 1833, aged 86.

OLDFIELD, Anne, celebrated Comic Actress, d. Oct. 25, 1730, ag. 47, bur. in West. Abbey. O'NEIL, William, Irish Comedian and Vocalist, died August 5, 1868, aged 34.

O'NEILL, J. R., (Hugo Vamp,) Author, died June 12, 1860, aged 37.

OSBALDISTON, David Webster, Actor and Manager, died December 28, 1850, aged 57.

OTWAY, Thomas, Dramatist, died 1685, aged 34.

OXBERRY, W. H., Comedian, died February 29, 1852, aged 44.

OXBERRY, William, Actor, died June 9, 1824, aged 40.

PAGANINI, Nicolo, Violinist, died at Nice, May 29, 1840, aged 50.

PALMER, John, died while playing the Stranger, August 2, 1798, aged 56.

PAREPA-ROSA, Mme. Euphrosyne, Vocalist, died January 21, 1874, aged 34.

PARRY, John, senr., Composer, died April 8, 1851, aged 76.

PARRY, Tom, Actor and Dramatist, died December 5, 1862, aged 56.

PARSLOE, Charles Thomas, Pantomimist, died in New York, Sept. 22, 1870, aged 66. PARSLOE, Edmond John, Pantomimist, died in New York, March 8, 1832, aged 31. PARSLOE, James, 25 years Covent Garden Prompter, died August 5, 1847, aged 48.

PASTA, Madame, Italian Vocalist, died April 1, 1865, aged 68.

PATTI, M. Salvatore, Tenor Singer, father of Adelina and Carlotta Patti, died Aug. 21, 1869. PAULO, Signor, Clown, died July 27, 1835, aged 48.

PAYNE, Howard, Dramatist, died at Tunis, April 11, 1852, aged 59.

PEAKE, R. B., Dramatist, died October 24, 1847.

PEARSON, Alfred, Comedian, died December 29, 1868, aged 34.

PENSON, George, Actor and Vocalist, drowned in Dublin Bay, March 17, 1833.

PENSON, John Cranmer, Actor, died September 3, 1874, aged 73.

PHELPS, Edmund, Actor, son of Samuel Phelps, Tragedian, died April 2, 1870, aged 32. PHILLIPS, Philip, Scenic Artist, died May 28, 1864, aged 62.

PHILLIPS, T., Musical Lecturer, died October 26, 1841, aged 67.

PHILLIPS, Watts, Dramatic Author, died December 2, 1874, aged 45.

PHILLIPS, William Lovell, Composer, died March 18, 1860, aged 43.

PIERCE, E. H., Comic Vocalist, (Christy Minstrels,) died June 4, 1859, aged 32.

PITT, Charles, Tragedian and Manager, died February 21, 1866, aged 47.

PITT, Dibdin, Veteran Actor and Author, died at Hoxton, February 26, 1855.

PITT, Charles, Actor, late of the Exeter and Weymouth Theatres, died January 15, 1871. PITT, Thomas Henry, Scenic Artist, died August 18, 1873, aged 70.

PLACIDE, Henry, American Actor, died January 23, 1870, aged 70.

PONIATOWSKI, Prince, Musical Composer, died July 3, 1873, aged 56.

POOLE, John, Dramatist (Author of " Paul Pry," &c.), died February 5, 1872, aged 87.

POPE, Alexander, Comedian, died March 12, 1835, aged 73.

POVEY, John, Actor and Theatrical Agent, died May 2, 1867, aged 68.

POWELL, Old, Actor, of Drury Lane, died in Canada, May 13, 1836, aged 82.

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POWER, Tyrone, lost in the President on his return from America, about March
POWRIE, Thomas, Actor, died August 26, 1868, aged 44.

PRATTEN, R. Sidney, Flute Player, died February 10, 1868.

PRICE, John Edward, Theatrical Manager, died October 12, 1863, aged 45.
PRICE, Stephen, American Manager, died January 19, 1840.

PRITCHARD, John, Tragedian, died December 24, 1868.

PRITCHARD, John Langford, Actor and Manager, died August 5, 1850, aged 60.
PURCELL, Henry, Composer, died November 21, 1695, aged 37.

PYNE, J., Vocalist, died September 23, 1857.

QUICK, John, George III.'s favourite Comedian, died April 4, 1831, aged 84.
QUIN, James, Comedian, died May 14, 1766, aged 72.

RACHEL, Madame, Tragic Actress, died January 3, 1858, aged 38.

RAMO SAMEE, Indian Juggler, died July 24, 1849.

RAYMOND, Richard Malone, died January 13, 1862, aged 62.

RAYNER, Benjamin Lionel, Actor, died September 24, 1855, aged 69.

RAYNHAM, Miss, Actress, died August 23, 1871, aged 27.

REACH, Angus B., Author and Dramatist, died November 25, 1856, aged 35.

REDE, Leman, Author and Dramatist, died April 3, 1847, aged 45.

REES, David, Comedian, died at Dublin, December 5, 1843.

REEVE, William, Composer, died August 14, 1811, aged 32.

REEVE, John, Comedian, died January 24, 1838, aged 39.

REINHARDT, Miss Lizzie, Actress at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield, d. Feb. 9, 1872,
REYNOLDS, Frederick, Dramatist, died April 17, 1841, aged 77.

RHODES, John, Proprietor of the "Coal Hole," died August 1, 1850.

RICE, J. R., (the original "Jim Crow,") died in New York, Sept. 18, 1860, aged
RICHARDSON, John, Proprietor of Richardson's Show, died October 14, 1836, age
RICHARDSON, Joseph, eminent Flautist, died March 22, 1862.

RIGNOLD, Henry Hugo, Actor, died September 17, 1873, aged 62.

ROBERTS, David, Scenic Artist, died November 25, 1864, aged 68.

ROBERTSON, Mrs. T., Provincial Actress, died December 19, 1855, aged 87.

ROBERTSON, Thomas William, Dramatic Author, died February 3, 1871, aged 42.
ROBERTSON, Edward Shafto, Actor, died September 1, 1871, aged 27.
ROBINSON, George, Old Vauxhall Vocalist, died December 18, 1857, aged 57.
ROBSON, William, "the Old Playgoer," died November 29, 1863, aged 78.
ROBSON, Frederick, Comedian, died August 12, 1864, aged 43.

RODWELL, G. H., Author and Composer, died January 22, 1852, aged 50.

ROGERS, James, Comedian, died April 15, 1863, aged 42.

ROMER, Robert, Actor, of the Adelphi, died April 5, 1874, aged 66.

ROOKE, W., Composer, died October 20, 1847, aged 55.

ROSSINI, Signor Gioacchino Antonio, celebrated Composer, died Nov. 13, 1868, ag
ROUSE, Thomas, of the Royal Grecian, died at Boulogne, September 26, 1852, aged
ROWE, Nicholas, Poet and Dramatist, died December 6, 1718, aged 45.
ROXBY, Samuel, Actor and Manager, died at Scarborough, July 3, 1863, aged 58.
ROXBY, Robert, Actor and Stage Manager, died July 26, 1866.
RUBINI, Signor, Italian Vocalist, died at Romano, March 2, 1854, aged 61.
RUSSELL, James, ("Jerry Sneak,") died at Gravesend, February 25, 1845, aged 79.
RYAN, Desmond, Musical Critic, died December 7, 1868, aged 54.

RYAN, "Jack," well-known Prompter and Lessee, died October 16, 1850, aged 53.
RYAN, Richard Nesbitt, Actor and Manager, died at Sheffield, August 26, 1865, age
RYDER, T., Actor, died December 31, 1872, aged 61.

RYLEY, Author of "The Itinerant," died at Parkgate, Cheshire, Sept. 11, 1837, age
SADLER, James, killed by falling from his balloon, September 29, 1824.

SAKER, Richard Henry, Actor at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, died Ap. 26, 1870, &
SAMS, William Raymond, Theatrical Librarian, died August 31, 1872, aged 52.
SANDERS, John, of Adelphi Theatre, Actor, died December 9, 1865, aged 66.

SAPIO, Antonio, Vocalist, died November 27, 1851, aged 59.

SAQUI, Madame, famous Tight-rope Performer, died January 5, 1866, aged 80.
SAVILLE, J. F., Manager and Dramatist, died November 1, 1853, aged 70.

SAVILLE, Edmund Faucit, Actor, died November 20, 1857, aged 46.

SCOTT, Sam, American Diver, hung himself on Waterloo-bridge, Jan. 11, 1841, ag. 2
SORIBE, Eugene, French Dramatist, died February 20, 1861, aged 68.

SCHILLER, Johann Friedrich, German Dramatist, died May 9, 1805, aged 46.

SEABLE, William, Comedian, died May 14, 1864, aged 49.

SEGUIN, Edward, Vocalist, died December 12, 1852, aged 43.

SELBY, Charles, Author and Comedian, died March 21, 1863, aged 62.
SELBY, Mrs. Charles, Actress, died February 8, 1873, aged 76.

SHAKSPEARE, William, died April 23, 1616, aged 52.

SHALDERS, Charles William, Scenic Artist and Actor, died November 5, 1862, aged 43. SHALDERS, William, Theatrical Manager, died August 15, 1872, aged 72.

SHARP, J. W., Comic Singer, died at Dover, January 10, 1856, aged 38.

SHEPHERD, Mrs., (formerly Mrs. Pope,) Actress, died June 23, 1862, aged 65.

SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley, Dramatist and Manager, died July 7, 1816, aged 64.

SHIEL, Richard Lalor, Author of " Evadne," died at Florence, May 25, 1851, aged 59. SIDDONS, Mrs., Tragic Actress, died June 9, 1831, aged 76.

SIDNEY, Miss Minnie (Mrs. Milano), Actress, died February 9, 1873.

SILVAIN, M., Opera Dancer, died at Paris, April 11, 1856, aged 50.

SIMPSON, C. H., (M.C. of Vauxhall,) died December 25, 1835, aged 66.

SIMPSON, Thomas Bartlett, Proprietor of Cremorne Gardens, d. June 22, 1872, aged 66. SIMS, William, Theatrical Agent, died February 9, 1841, aged 53.

SINCLAIR, John, Vocalist, died September 22, 1857, aged 72.

SLOAN, John Thomas, Comedian, died at Liverpool, May 20, 1861, aged 49.

SLOMAN, Charles, the English Improvvisatore, died July 22, 1870, aged 62.

SLOMAN, Henry, Comedian, died August 11, 1873, aged 80.

SLOMAN, Henry, Machinist at Covent Garden, died December 9, 1869, aged 72.

SLOMAN, Mrs. John, Tragic Actress of Cov. Garden, d. at Charleston, Feb. 8, 1858, ag. 59.

SMART, Sir George, Musical Conductor, died February 23, 1867, aged 90.

SMITH, Albert, Entertainer" and Dramatist, died May 23, 1860, aged 44.

SMITH, Mrs. Mary Lucy, widow of Albert Smith, died March 19, 1870, aged 39.

SMITH, O., (Richard John,) died February 1, 1855, aged 68.

SMITH, W. C., Acting Manager, died March—, 1870.

SMITH, William, Comedian, Surrey Theatre, died May 16, 1847, aged 49.

SMITH, Stephen, Actor, formerly of Adelphi and Surrey Theatres, d. July 10, 1871, ag. 69.

SOANE, George, Dramatist, died July 13, 1860, aged 69.

SONTAG, Madame, died of cholera in Mexico, June 18, 1854, aged 50.

SPARKES, Mrs., famous Actress of Old Women, died February 3, 1837, aged 83.

SPORLE, Nathan James, Composer, died August 15, 1853, aged 42.

SPRING, Samuel, Drury Lane Box Book-keeper, died July 7, 1839, aged 62.

ST. ALBANS, Duchess of, (Miss Mellon,) died August 6, 1837, aged 62.

STANFIELD, Clarkson, Scenic Artist, died May 18, 1867, aged 73.

STANSBURY, George, Composer, died July 30, 1846, aged 50.

STARMER, Richard, Actor, died April 13, 1870, aged 85.

STARMER, Mrs., Actress, widow of Richard Starmer, Actor, died July 31, 1874, aged 35. STAUDIGL, Herr, Bass Singer, died at Vienna, March 21, 1861, aged 48.

STAUNTON, Howard, the Shakespearian Critic, died June 22, 1874.

STEVENS, George Alexander, the first "Entertainer," died October 10, 1784, aged 49.

STICKNEY, Benjamin, Equestrian, died at Kensington, February 24, 1860, aged 40.

STILT, Charles, Pantomimist, died May 5, 1851, aged 30.

STODARE, Colonel, Illusionist, died October 21, 1866, aged 35.

STONE, Phil, famous old Drury "Property Man," died September 20, 1863, aged 65. STONETTE, Tom, Pantomimist, died February 10, 1873.

STORACE, Madame, Vocalist, died August 25, 1827, aged 60.

STRAUSS, Herr Joseph, Musical Composer, died July 22, 1870, aged 42.

STRICKLAND, Robert, Comedian, died May 19, 1845, aged 47.

SUETT, "Dicky," Comedian, died July 7, 1805, aged 50.

SUGG, Lee, the once celebrated Ventriloquist, died at Southampton, Oct. 5, 1831, ag. 85. SWIFT, Mr., Tenor Singer, died July 10, 1869.

SYDNEY, Harry, Comic Vocalist, died July 16, 1870, aged 45.

TALBOT, John, Eccentric Irish Manager, died May 2, 1831.

TALBOT, Miss, Actress, died July 7, 1865, aged 39.

TALFOURD, Francis, Dramatist, died March 9, 1862, aged 35.

TALFOURD, Sir Thomas Noon, Judge, Dramatist, died March 13, 1854, aged 59.

TALMA, François J., French Actor, died October 19, 1826, aged 63.

TANNER, George, Pantaloon, died February 8, 1870.

TAYLEURE, John, Comedian, died March 28, 1861, aged 79.

TAYLOR, Charles, Vocalist, died September 29, 1847, aged 66.

TELBIN, William, Scenic Artist, died December 25, 1873, aged 61.

TERNAN, Thomas Luke, Actor and Author, died October 17, 1846, aged 47.

TERNAN, Mrs. Frances Eleanour (née Miss Jarman), Actress, aged 71, October 30, 1873.

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TERRY, Daniel, Actor and Dramatist, died June 24, 1829, aged 40.
THOMSON, Lysander, Comedian, died at New York, July 19, 1854, aged 37.
THOMPSON, Harry, Comedian, died Feb. 3, 1873, aged 44.

THORNE, Richard, Actor, died October 22, 1873, aged 34.

TIECK, Ludwig, Shakspearian Commentator, died at Berlin, April 28, 1853, age TILBURY, Harries, Comedian, died January 30, 1864, aged 58.

TOBIN, John, Dramatist, died December 7, 1804, aged 34.

TOMLINS, Frederick Guest, Dramatic Critic and Journalist, died Sep. 21, 1867, TOWNSEND, Thompson, Dramatic Author, died May, 1870, aged 64.

TULLY, James H., Musical Director, T. R. Drury Lane, died Jan. 28, 1868, aged TUNSTALL, Miss, Ballad Vocalist, died March 20, 1846, aged 50.

TUSSAUD, Francis, of Madame Tussaud's Waxwork Exhibition, died Aug. 31, 1873, TUSSAUD, Madame, Wax-work Exhibitor, died April 15, 1850, aged 90.

TYLER, William, of Surrey Zoological Gardens, died October 1, 1864, aged 65.
TURPIN, George, Box Book-keeper at the Haymarket Theatre, d. July 10, 1872, a
VALE, Samuel, Comedian, died March 24, 1848, aged 51.

VANDENHOFF, John, Tragedian, died October 4, 1861, aged 71.
VANDENHOFF, Miss, Actress, died July 26, 1860, aged 42.
VANDENHOFF, Mrs. H., Actress, died March 27, 1870.

VERNER, Charles, Actor, died October 11, 1869, aged 39.

VESTRIS, Madame, Actress and Manageress, died August 8, 1856, aged 59.

VILLIERS, James, Actor, many years at Sadler's Wells, died May 31, 1863, aged 7 VINCENT, Miss, Actress, died November 10, 1856, aged 42.

VINCENT, W., Pantomimist, died January 30, 1869, aged 28.

VINING, Frederick, Actor, died June 2, 1871, aged 81.

VINING, James, father of George Vining, the actor, died June 27, 1870, aged 74. VINING, William, Actor, died November 18, 1861, aged 78.

VOLTAIRE, François M. Arouet de, Dramatist and Author, died May 30, 1778, age VOULLAIRE, Andrew Leonard, (known as A. V. Campbell,) Actor, died July 2, 1870, a WADE, John Augustine, Author and Composer, died July 25, 1845.

WALKER, Tom, the original "Macheath," died November 14, 1744, aged 46.

WALLACE, Alfred E., Comedian, died October 30, 1866, aged 33.

WALLACE, Vincent, Composer, died October 12, 1865, aged 51.

WALLACK, Henry John, American Actor, died August 30, 1870, aged 78.

WALLACK, Mrs., (Mother of Henry and James,) died March 6, 1850, aged 90.

WALLACK, James, Actor and Manager, died in New York, December 25, 1864, age

WARDE, James Prescott, Tragedian, died July 11, 1840, aged 50.

WARDE, William, Comic Vocalist, died November 21, 1859, aged 48.
WARDELL, Robert, Lessee of Vauxhall, died December 29, 1865, aged 57.
WARNER, Mrs., Tragic Actress, died September 24, 1854, aged 50.

WEBB, Henry Berry, Comedian, died January 15, 1867, aged 52.

WEBER, Carl Maria Von, German Composer, died June 5, 1826, aged 40.

WEBSTER, Clara, fatally burnt on Drury Lane Stage during Ballet, December 14, 184
WEEKES, Comedian, died at Perth, November 23, 1838.

WEISS, Willoughby Hunter, Vocalist, died October 24, 1867, aged 47.
WESTON, Mrs., (Mrs. Edmund Falconer,) Actress, died June 3, 1861.

WEWITZER, Ralph, Comedian, died August 27, 1825.

WHITEHEAD, Charles, Author and Dramatist, died in Australia, July 5, 1862, aged 5
WIDDICOMBE, R. H., 34 years at Astley's, died November 5, 1854, aged 67.
WIDDICOMBE, Henry, Comedian, died April 6, 1868, aged 55.
WIELAND, George, Pantomimist, died November 4, 1847, aged 37.
WIELAND, W. H., Negro Vocalist, died September 7, 1866, aged 35.
WILD, George, Comedian and Manager, died March 29, 1856, aged 51.
WILDE, W. J., Treasurer of Haymarket Theatre, died July 2, 1868, aged 45.
WILKINSON, Tate, the "Wandering Patentee," died November 16, 1803.
WILKS, Thomas Egerton, Dramatist, died September 18, 1854, aged 42.
WILLIAMS, P., Actor and Stage Manager, died February 14, 1873.
WILLIAMS, Thomas J., Dramatic Author, died September 8, 1874, aged 50.
WILLIAMS, W. H., Vocalist and Comedian, died October 29, 1846, aged 54.
WILSON, John, Scottish Vocalist, died at Quebec, July 10, 1849, aged 49.
WILSON, "Old," Actor, died at Brierly Hill, Worcestershire, April 27, 1853, aged 102.
WILTON, John Hall, Theatrical Agent, died at Sydney, N.S.W., Dec. 19, 1862, aged 50.
WILTON, Robert Pleydell, Provincial Actor, died November 26, 1873, aged 75.
WINSTON, James, Manager of the "Garrick Club," died July 9, 1843, aged 64.

WOFFINGTON, Margaret, Actress, died March 31, 1760, aged 42.

WOMBWELL, Jeremiah, died in his Caravan, November 17, 1850, aged 70.

WOOD, Mrs., (formerly Mary Ann Paton,) Vocalist, died July 20, 1864, aged 62.
WOOLER, John Pratt, Dramatic Author, died September 18, 1868, aged 44.

WRENCH, Benjamin, Comedian, died November 24, 1843, aged 67.

WRIGHT, Edward, (Adelphi,) Actor, died at Boulogne, December 21, 1859, aged 46. YARNOLD, Edwin, Actor, died December 29, 1848.

YATES, Frederick, Actor and Manager, died June 21, 1842, aged 47.

YATES, Mrs., of Adelphi Theatre, Actress, died September 5, 1860, aged 61.

YOUNG, Charles, Tragedian, died June 29, 1856, aged 79.

YOUNGE, F., Actor, and Manager of the London Comedy Company, d. Dec. 6, 1870, ag. 45. YOUNGE, Richard, Actor at Drury Lane Theatre, died November 17, 1846, aged 55.

The Roman and the Ring-Tailed Monkey.

THE late F. B. Conway, an excellent actor, had a peculiarity of style in conversation which some would call affectation, others pedantry, but those who had known him for years would be aware that it was quite natural in him, and by such the following anecdote will be appreciated :-In the year 1862, I became proprietor of an hostelry in New York, called the "House of Lords," which was greatly patronised by the profession. One morning Conway called, bearing a small parcel, and saluting me thus, "Good morning, friend Norton. This is my darling daughter's birthday. I have some trifling souvenirs to present to her; I will place them on this table for awhile. In the meantime I will take an appetizer in the shape of a glass of your excellent sherry and bitters." As I was serving him, in rushed a small individual whose head reached a little above the counter, and who was evidently of extreme cockney origin. He bawled out, "Ow d'ye do, Mr. Norton? You don't know me, but I know you. My name's Sam Canty.* I'm a monkey-man, and they call me Signor Canito in the bills." Conway looked down on the Signor with supreme contempt, and turning to me said, "Well, friend Norton, I have just made an engagement with Lingard of the Bowery Theatre." The Signor interrupts, "Well, Mr. N., will you take a drink with me, or I with you?" "Neither one nor the other," said I. More contempt from Conway. "Well," said Canty, "I'll take one by myself." Conway resumes his conversation. "Well, friend Norton, as I was saying, I have made an engagement to star at the Bowery Theatre; having played only second to Forrest on the Broadway side, I think I am entitled to the position of a star on the Bowery side. answered, "I think so too, Conway," at which the Signor looked up, exclaiming, "What! Arry Conway!" "No, sir," said Conway, looking down more contemptuously than before, "F. B. Conway at your service." "Oh!" said Canty. Conway resumed," Well, as I was about to say, my engagement will be for six weeks, and at the completion of it I shall get Lingard to put Esmeralda on the stage, that I may play the part of Quasimodo, which I shall take for my benefit." The Signor darted towards him, saying, "What! you going to take a ben. ! I want to speak to you;" whereupon, he almost dragged Conway into a recess and began to give all the pantomimic actions of the monkey, squeaking, scratching, jumping, &c., and concluding with an action in which both arms were extended to their limits, his head downwards. Conway looked down at him with as much contempt as ever, saying, "You shall; you shall swing by your tail for my benefit; I would I could do the like for yours, but I know no touch of it.'" He took his parcel, saying, "Well, good morning, friend Norton," whereupon Canty, taking his arm, said, "Where are you going? Well, I'll walk with you down Broadway, then I can tell you how to make out the bills, and what woodcuts I can let you have, and all that." Conway disengaged his arm, and drawing himself up to his full height, looked down on little Canty, saying, "Oh! no, sir, certainly not; you go your way, and I'll go mine. Cato and a Ring-tailed Monkey, never!" W. H. NORTON.

* Canty died in 1874.-Vide Era Newspaper.

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A French dramatist who had written a play on the subject of Pizarro was an Israelite. His piece was a great failure, and one of his friends cried out, in the theatre, "I always thought that a Jew never did anything without interest!"

In a play of which Cleopatra was the heroine, Vancauson, the celebrated maker of automata, had been entrusted with the manufacture of the asp, which hissed loudly as the principal actress placed it to her breast. A critic being asked what he thought of the piece, replied drily, "I agree with the asp!"