“I really believe I was really funny; at least, I know that I laughed heartily myself and made the part a character such as you and I know very well--a mixture of F. Harley Yates, Keeley and ‘Jerry Sneak.’ It went with a vim all the way through; and as I am closing, they have told me that I was so well made up that Sir Charles Bagot, who sat in the stage box, had no idea who played ‘Mr. Snobbington’ until the piece was over. * * * “All the ladies were capital and we had no wait or hitch for an instant. You may suppose this when I tell you that we began at eight and had the curtain down at eleven. * * * It is their custom here to prevent heart-burnings, in a very heart-burning town, whenever they have played in private, to repeat the performance in public, so on Saturday (substituting, of course, real actresses for the ladies) we repeat the two first pieces to a paying audience, for the manager’s benefit. * * * I send you a bill to which I have appended a key.” * * * * * The programme was as follows: PRIVATE THEATRICALS. Committee Mrs. Torrens W.E. Ermatinger, Esq. Mrs. Berry Capt. Torrens The Earl of Mulgrave. Stage Manager Charles Dickens Queen’s Theatre, Montreal, Wednesday Evening, May 25, 1842. Will Be Performed A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mrs. Selborne Mrs. Torrens Maria Darlington Miss Griffin Mrs. Fixture Miss Ermatinger Mr. Selborne Lord Mulgrave Alfred Highflyer Mr. Charles Dickens Sir Mark Chase Hon. Mr. Methuen Fixture Captain Willoughby Gamekeeper Captain Granville After the Interlude, in one scene, (from the French) called PAST TWO O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING The Stranger Captain Granville Mr. Snobbington Mr. Charles Dickens To conclude with the farce, in one act, entitled DEAF AS A POST. Mrs. Plumpley Mrs. Torrens Amy Templeton Mrs. Charles Dickens Sophy Walton Mrs. Perry Sally Maggs Miss Griffin Captain Templeton Captain Torrens Mr. Walton Captain Willoughby Tristram Sappy Doctor Griffin Crupper Lord Mulgrave Gallop Mr. Charles Dickens Montreal, May 24, 1842. Gazette Office.