Te leaked out in Cape Colony a few days ago that Sir Alfred Milver is shortly coming home on leave of absence; and now tue rumour is confirmed by a dispatch from Sir Alfred which must have been revolved in this country nearly two mon lis ayo, but which ha' only now been published. Tt is solely, however, on the ground that his health has suffered from his two years' arduous duties without a holiday; and within three m ths he is to be back again devoting himself the tas "reconstruction." The Boers" who have been demanding hu have therefore no reason for. the other hand, however, his very candid rej ort provides the opponents of the w: with new musterial for their exmpsis against t-e Government. "It is no use denying," says Sir Alfred, "that the Inst half-year has Ween one of retrogression. Seven mouths nye this Colony was per fectly quiet, at Last as far ax the Orange Rive. The southern hat of the Orange River Colo y.was rapidly settling down, and even a considerable portion of the Nransvaal seemed to have definitely accepted British authority and to rejoice at Henry which was produced at the Lyceum Thea on Monday. Tt has, of course, been mag niticontly staged, the scenery heingdesigned by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, and the stage crowds are splendidly mu aged. There are undoubtedly scenes, too, in which Sir Hemry Irving rises to greatness. But I gather from the erities—for I have not yet had an opportunity of seeing th neither the great. neter's occasional th ashes of venins nor the perfection of stage management will be likely t" render the play at all a lasting attraction, Sie Henry obviously could not make an ideal Coriolanus. Tt is a p-rt which requires more robustness than he possesses, and for this physicd defect his sub lery hardly mukesamends, And Ellen Terry, to, is no more suited to the part of V than she was to that of Indy Macbeth. There is, no doubt, much to be admired in her impersonation of both these parts Dut after all her wreatest gift is her eh d since bo.h Lady Macbeth Volumnia are the reverse of charming her greatest gift is thrown away on them. And the most fervent admi or of Shukespeae must admit that & Corislanns" isn a "Coriolanus" will run for wil desire te see it even if many of the Dut it will not be great popular success,
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