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real source of income. A Provincial Company o f P layers was therefore engaged in 1 8 4 8 , and the performances which this company, at first in con­ junction with the Pantom ime and Ballet performances o f the Price fam ily, but afterwards alone, gave 3 or 4 times a week proved so attractive, and so replenished the treasury, that the Management, after the lapse o f two y e a r s , were not only enabled to pay off part o f the debt, but also to allow good interest on the share's. To the above favorable r esu lt, the M asquerades, which are given several times during the w inter, h a v e , by their success, not a little contributed. The large Saloon , fitted up as a theatre, is 120 ft. lo n g, 60 ft. broad, and 4 0 ft. high, with pit and two tiers o f b o x e s, and can contain about 2 3 0 0 spectators. The house is open on Sunday, Monday, W ednesday, and Friday evenings; and as the performances in V audevilles and F a r c e s, to which they are chiefly confined, are equal to those at the Theatre Royal, while the price of admittance is only one h a lf, the Casino has become a for­ midable rival to the older establishment. The smaller sa lo o n , which in 1851 was enlarged and furnished w ith a gallery, is usually let for concerts and sim ilar perform ances, and can contain from 6 0 0— 7 0 0 persons. The ground floor, on which is the B azar, is but little u sed , and experience has