And here we are reminded of an incident not down in the bills, which furnished an audience with an unlooked-for and affecting episode. It occurred during the performance of Colman's comedy of "John Bull," produced for the benefit of a favorite actor; Burton playing _Job Thornberry_, and Brougham, who had volunteered for the occasion, appearing in his capital rôle of _Dennis Brulgruddery_. Brougham was no longer with Burton--an estrangement existed between them of which the public was aware--and the conjunction of the two actors naturally awakened a lively interest. It chances in the comedy that _Mary Thornberry_ finds a refuge in her distress at the "Red Cow," and is greatly befriended by _Dennis_. Her father, discovering her there, and grateful for the service rendered, exclaims: "You have behaved like an emperor to her. Give me your hand, landlord!" Now, in the play, the reply of _Dennis_ is: "Behaved!--(_refusing his hand_)--Arrah, now, get away with your blarney,"--but Brougham paused for a moment before Burton's outstretched hand, and then, as if yielding to an impulse, stretched forth his, and the two actors stood with clasped hands amidst an outburst of applause that fairly shook the building. Of course they were "called out" at the close, and Brougham, in the course of a felicitous little speech, remarked--alluding, perhaps, to the success of his Lyceum not being all he could wish--that he had "lately run off the track"; to which Burton, in his turn, responded by saying: "Mr. Brougham says he has 'run off the track.' Well, he _has_ run off the track; but he hasn't burst his boiler yet!" At this speech the enthusiasm of the audience knew no bounds; and indeed, with the exception of Mary Taylor's farewell benefit, we can recall no theatrical occasion where more genuine feeling was manifested. But to return to "Dombey and Son." Mrs. Brougham was the original _Susan Nipper_, and played the part acceptably; but all previous _Nippers_ suffered eclipse when Caroline Chapman appeared at a later date, giving us a _Susan_ that seemed to have sprung full-_Nippered_ from the head of Boz himself. Her inimitable acting and ring of delivery were like a new light turned on the scene. Her flow of spirit and alert movement, her independent air and saucy glance, her not-to-be-put-down-under-any-circumstances manner,--all was freshness and sparkle, and her presence was as welcome to the audience as a summer shower to drooping wayside flowers. Miss Chapman was a great acquisition to Burton's, and her bright individuality shone in all her assumptions. Her line was the stage soubrette, a specialty which she lifted entirely out of the commonplace and informed it with force and distinction. It is a pleasure to place on record the memory of happy hours that we owe to the performances of Caroline Chapman.