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 manners she should return in the ship which brought her out, whereupon Mrs. L—— rushed on the stage to appeal to the public not to applaud her any more, but unluckily was forced off by a strong body of amateur actors before she could get before the curtain, which is a pity. I had a real play headache yesterday, which shows it must have been like a real English play, and now we are only in a dreadful fright lest all the ‘clerks and a few cadets should marry Mrs. D—— and Miss C——, before we have seen ‘ Victorine’ and several farces we have set our hearts on.

Thursday, November 11. We went last night to see ‘ Macbeth '—a bold attempt, but we promised to go, and we were rather rewarded for the exertion, for it was remarkably well acted. Mrs. D——is a very good Lady Macheth, and I must say Mr. —— also acts very well. The music, too, of 'Macbeth' is always pretty, and, on the whole, there was no great magnanimity in having gone there. The house was over-full, and it must be a wonderful change to people: who remember India ten years ago to see quantities of baboos, who could