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Show Theatre. The unrolling of "Risley's Mirror of England" last evening, was witnessed wit-nessed by a fine audience, who mani-feittd mani-feittd their delight, by frequent applause. ap-plause. It is seldom that anything of the panorama species is applaud ed, but in this case the admirable selection se-lection of the scenes and their artistic artis-tic execution render the exhibition highly attractive. Tuere is nothing fl;isby or meritrieioLis in the work. It is true to nature; the lights aud shadows are well arranged, and the management of the perspective is ad mirably done. Tde objects appear to stand out from the canvas like sculpture, sculp-ture, and the foliage and buildings seem to fit into . the landscape and adorn it like a thing of beauty. The city scenes were magnificent, especially espec-ially those of London, upon which a great deal of patient work must have been expended. The scenes of Putney Put-ney "bridge, Waterloo, Blackfriars and London bridges, Hunger ford and Billingsgate Bil-lingsgate markets, the Parliament houses and the Pool are gems of truthfulness and force. This classic stream, to Britons and visitors lo "'Old England," is full of attractions, and to a large number of the audience audi-ence last evening it was a strong reminder re-minder of "Home, sweet home." No one should lose the opportunity opportun-ity of witnessing the homes of authors, poets, kings and notables that are fam ous in history, and of whom everyone has heard and read. |