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order that it may erect one on which itself only can rest; that there are no moral distinctions it does not reverse, when its own end is to be advanced, or its own interest at stake. Theft, says Mr. Beecher, is a virtue-when you steal for the Church; lying is a virtue, when you lie for the Church; adultery is a virtue, if a desire for its commission goes into the treasury of the Church; and there is no abomination in the universe, even to murder, that it has not tolerated.

ENTERTAINMENT.

MRS. GIBBS, favorably known to American and London audiences as Miss Graddon, is now in New-York, and about to give a series of entertainments, novel, interesting, and highly attractive. They are of that description which Sam Lover some years ago popularized as "Irish Evenings." They, however, differ from the "Evenings" in one respect, which enhances them: they will be accompanied by admirable views, which at once illustrate and are illustrated by the songs of the evening. The entertainment is appropriately called "The Emerald Isle," and is, as the name indicates, a mélange of vocal, anecdotal, and scenic illustrations of Irish manners, Irish history, and the Irish hills, rivers, and valleys. Musically, morally, and physically, it is Irish; and when we consider the fund of wit and humor, the resources of pathos, the glorious music, the startling oratory, and the enchanting scenery of that isle of sorrows, we may anticipate the character of the delightful entertainment. Mrs. Gibbs' reputation as a whilom prima donna, sharing here the pedestal with that public favorite, Mrs. Wood, is a sufficient guarantee that the melodies of her native land will not be the least charming portion of the evening's attraction.

The London journals of the first class have but one word on these entertainments, and that is of decided approval. They recommend them heartily to the public, and speak in the highest terms of the pleasing and unaffected manner of the distinguished lady. We are glad to see by those trans-Atlantic criticisms that Mrs. Gibbs has lost none of that charming richness of voice and beauty of execution which in days past won for her the enthusiastic applause of the best musical critics on this side of the water.

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