OUR EXTRA.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 407, 1 May 1871, Page 2

OUR EXTRA.

As the Nevada is expected to arrive on Wednesday, we have to state that, in accordance with arrangements made in Honolulu, our extra printed there will be forwarded ; and being delivered to us on the steamer arriving in our waters, will be published by us immediately after, lake all those, which we have hitherto received from our agents at Honolulu, * if c°ntaJ Q an exceedingly full digest ot all the latest telegraphic news, and from the critical state of affairs in' Paris on the departure of the last mail, may be expedted to convey intelligence of the mosfr^nlling-'kind. The extra will he procurable at our office, or from the runners, immediately after the arrival of the Nevada. Price, threepence each.

$BXti&E O#F ALES a^EATRE. J Mpj, wee's playfbf "*Eich^keu"|isj pet^' jnapsiV'the masterpiece of /that \talented author's dramatic prbducliaiis; and seldom has its representation in Auckland received more justice at the hands of the players than' on Saturday last. ;?-_£r. Hoskins in his pourtrayal df the crafty, patriotic and scheming statesman-evinced a scholarly perception of the requirements of the part, and in! several of the telling situations with which the piece abounds, brought down the house with tremendous appreciative applause. Juli de Mortemar found a graceful and ladylike representative in Miss Florence Colville, who seems to win upon the audience with each new representation she appears in. We have already descanted upon'"' the Mperittir merits of these two clever artists, and are confident that they will afford considerable gratification to those supporters of the drama who embrace the opportunity of witnessing their performances. Miss Flora Anstead as Francois, the faithful page, played with considerable taste and feeling, as also did Miss Raymond in the character of Marion de Lorme. Amongst the marked and responsible characters with which the piece abbunds, i the most prominent for good acting were the Chevalier de Mauprat of Mr. B. "N. Jones, the Count de Baradas of Mr. Ryan, the De Beringher of Mr. Hydes, and the Louis the Tirteonth of Mr. Booth. The customary compliment of being called before the curtain was accorded Mr.. Hoskins a„fc the end of the fourth act, and5 at the termination of the piece Miss Colville was also, in conjunction with him, honoured with a similar mark of popular approval. The farce of the " Man about Town," in which Mr. Hydes, as Skirts, provoked the continuous hearty laughter of the audience, brought the performances to a satisfactory conclusion. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of, the, '! Critic," and the " Comical Countess/" are to be presented this evening.