Notices Of Meetings.

bis year of office . The toasts of the AVardens and Officers were given and responded to , and the brothers separated . Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 , Barnet . —An emergency meeting of this Lodge was held on the 16 th inst . Messrs . G . B . Abbott and W . F . Taunton were initiated .

Halsey Lodge , No . 1479 , St . Albans . —Tho monthly meeting of the members of this young and flourishing Lodgo was held at the Town Hall , St . Albans , on AVednesday , 20 th inst ., Bro . Lowthin W . M . in the chair . After tho business of tho evening had been transacted , the brethren adjourned to The Peahen , Avhere supper was served in a very satisfactory manner by Bro . W . Marks .

The Drama.

THE DRAMA .

" Our Boys "—The Holborn Amphitheatre . THE Theatrical event of the week , has been the production at the Vaudeville Theatre of a new comedy from the pen of Mr . H . J . Byron . Our Boys , as the play in question is entitled , is one of the funniest , as it is certainly one of tho most improbable of Mr . Byron ' s many productions . The very extravagance of the story furnishes

a not inconsiderable degree of the amusement , but , in addition to this , there is an abundance of witty dialogue , and some quaint bits of character add to the general fund of entertainment . Mr . Byron has written more probable stories ; perhaps a few that aro more deserving of a place in the general literature of the country , but we may safely say that he has never produced one more provocative of downright

hearty laughter than this . To begin with , we are asked to believe that an aristrocratic baronet and an illiterate bntterman have become intimately acquainted with each other , and are on the Avarmest of visiting terms . They have scarcely anything in common ; their tastes , antecedents , occupations

being as different as one can well imagine ; but one circumstance suffices to bind them together in the bonds of a mutual sympathy . It appears that Sir Geoffrey Champneys and Perkyn Middlewiok , as these strange acquaintances are called , havo each a son of about the same age , whom they have sent to travel on tho Continent . By another strange coincidence , tho two young men havo met each

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other abroad , and havo themselves struck up a fast friendship . By a third extraordinary coincidence , tho two ladies , whom Sir Geoffrey and Mr . Middlewiok havo respectively selected for their daughters-inlaw , have also been travelling on the Continent , and have made the acquaintance of tho young men . Thus it wonld seem that a most surprising series of coincidences had combined to give effect to the

paternal wishes . Unfortunately , however , tho young lady whom Sir Geoffrey had fixed his heart , or rather his son's heart upon , has won the affections of MiddloAvick jils , while the jnvenilo Champneys has thrown himself at the feet of the lady Avhom the butterman had determined his son should marry . Here , therefore , is a complication , which to parents of the stern mould of Sir Geoffrey Champneys and

Mr . Middlewick , could by no possibility be endured . The sons must make an exchange of sweethearts , or their parents will cut them off with a shilling , and as tho young men prove obdurate in the matter , they are , in fact , expelled from tho paternal mansions . In the third act Ave find the two SAvains " roughing it" in London lodgings . They have found it not such easy work to earn a living as they had expected ,

and they have experienced something like privation . Bnt if they have fared badly , their parents have not been much more fortunate . The love of their offspring has softened the rigour of their determination , and they are now disposed to take a milder view of their sons' disobedience . Tho end of it all is that they pay a visit to the aforesaid lodgings , whither all tho other dramatis persona repair ,

and a mutual interchange of forgiveness brings the comedy to a close . The piece is excellently acted , Mr . David James giving ns an excellent piece of character acting as Perkyn Middlewick ; Mr . Farren played Sir Geoffrey Champneys in his usual effective manner , and Mr . Thomas Thorno made the most of his character of Talbot Champneys . Miss Cicely Richards deserves a word of

commendation for her capital rendering of the part of tho lodging house servant , and Misses Amy Roselle , Kate Bishop , and Larkin are also seen to advantage . The ever-popular Madame Anijot is once more being played to crowded audiences , this time at the Holborn Amphitheatre , nnder tho direction of Mr . Hollingshead . Miss Jenny Pratt sustains the

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