Show AMUSEMENTS THE riuvATE SECRETAUT One would have supposed to gaze upon last nights audience at the theatre that the familiar old farcecomedy The Pri vate Secretary was on its first presentation presenta-tion instead of its fourth or fifth and that such a cry as a scarcity of itioney had never been heard in the land The house was full below and Manager Burtons new upholstered chairs just placed in the first circle wore almost a generally occupied The night was one of the most unbounded hilarity and while we have undoubtedly seen the comedy better rendered tho present company give a good allaround presentation of an even excellence that is more gratifying to an audience than if one character loomed up and dwarfed all tho rest The version is much more complete and full than that brought here by the Grovels though nearly all the ludicrous incidents are tho same and it is identical we believe with that once performed here by Gillette the author and Kennedy Mr Dustan as the private secretary though he had not the ovlliko seriousness Gillette nor the unctiousness of young Grovor convulsed the house and Mr Allen made an excellent Cattermolo though he too had to contend with the vivid recellection retained of Kennedy Frank Tannehill jr who was hero with the original company played his old part with his usual clever ness Aside from these there was nothing striking though all parts yere respectably filled Tho piece goes for the last time this evening The Pauntieroy sale begins this morn ingTho The Juch repertoire still remains undecided March unde-cided The dates are the first week in |