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Used Up, Milly, and The Count of Monte Cristo at The Holliday Street Theatre!

Admission
$1 The Gallery will be open on Friday evening at 25 cents. All the rest of the house $1. The doors will open at 6½ o’clock, the curtain rising at 7½ precisely.

The testimonial benefit to Mr. John T. Ford, will take place on Friday evening, December 31, 1858, and be continued on the afternoon of January 1st, 1859. The exquisite actress, Miss Agnes Robertson, the celebrated dramatist and occasional actor, Mr. Dion Boucicault, the eminent musical celebrity, Mr. Theodore Ahrend, and the entire Dramatic Company of the Theatre will appear.

The modern comedy of Used Up in which Mr. Boucicault will make his first and only appearance for the present at this Theatre. The delightful pastoral comedy, entitled Milly, the Maid with the Milking Pail in which Ms. Agnes Robertson will make her first and only appearance for the present at this Theatre.

From the Great Masters on the Violoncello by Mr. Theodore Ahrend, (by the kind consent of Mr. Leutbecher.) To conclude with the carnival scene of Monte Cristo in which the Carlo Family, who stand unequalled in the world, and the wonder of the age. Herr Spingalgen will appear, in addition to the Dramatic Company and auxiliaries.

Order of Performances: Friday — Used Up, Musical Selections. Milly, the Carnival. Saturday, at 2 o’clock — The Carnival and other performances. On Saturday evening, the play of Monte Cristo and the Carnival at the old prices — 50 and 25 cents. In preparation — “The Phantom.”

Additional Notice
This Tuesday evening is the second week of The Model Company at The Front Street Theatre. Led by Tom King, in their acts of: Dashing Horsemanship, Trials of the Gladiators, Feats of the “Mange”, and Perils of the “Perche.” Jokes by the great clowns Eph Horn and Tom Watson. Admission 25 cents.

Positively his last night in this city, as he sails for California on the 5th. Tom King has succeeded in effecting an engagement with the “beautiful, dashing and youthful” equestrienne, Miss Sallie Stickney, who will make her first apperance tomorrow.

Admission
$1. Seats may be secured, commencing on MONDAY MORNING at 8½ o’clock, at the Music Stores of WILLIG, North Charles St., and McCAFFREY, Baltimore Street. Doors open at 7 o’clock; performance to commence at 8 o’clock.

The public are respectfully informed that: Mme. Colson, M’lle Parodi, Mme. De Wilhorst, Mme. Strakosch, Sig. Brignoli, Sig. Labocetta, Sig. Aomodio, Sig. Ettore Barele, Sig. Nicola Barili, and Maurice Strakosch will appear in a brilliant musical festival!

The program will be the most interesting and varied ever offered in this city, and will contain gems and converted pieces from the following operas and oratorios: Don Giovanni, Marti’a, Trovatore, Robert le Diable, Traviata, La Favorita, I Puritani, Lucretia Borgia, The Prophet, Semiramide, St. Paul, Creation. English songs, duets, French songs, etc.

The Manager begs leave to announce that Mme. De Wilhorst, M’lle Parodi, Mme. Colson, and Mme. Strakosch will all appear on one and the same evening, although the expense to engage such an unprecedented galaxy of musical celebrities as announced in the above advertisement (and it is well known that no combination of four Prima Donnas, such as — M’lle Parodi, M’me Colson, M’me Wilhorst, and M’me Strakosch) has ever appeared together in this city, the management has nevertheless determined to fix the price of admission to all parts of the hall to one dollar.

Additional Notice
Monday & Tuesday Evening, Father Kemp’s Old Folks will have the honor of appearing in one of their SOCIAL GATHERINGS or MUSICAL REUNIONS. This popular troupe consists of 37 performers, with their Grand Orchestra, clad in costume of 100 years ago. 25 cents, Wednesday — Return of the Old Folks to Maryland Institute. Doors open at 6¾ commence at 7¾ P.M.

Admission
Dress circle and parquette: 50 cents; Family circle: 25 cents; Colored gallery: 25 cents. No extra change for reserved seats. Doors open at 6 ¾ — to commence at 7 ¾ o’clock.

Lessees: Kunkel & Co., Manager: John T. Ford. Engagement of the popular American actress, Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne, on this Tuesday evening will be performed The Wife! Starring Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne as Mariana, Mr. H.F. Daly as Julian St. Pierre, and Miss Partington as Olio Dance. To conclude with A Quiet Family, starring Mr. Fiske as Bibbs and Miss Jefferson as Snarley.

Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne made her New York debut at the Bowery Theatre in the principal role of Julia in the comedy The Hunchback, a part that she almost monopolized on the American stage. Youthful, graceful, delicately pretty, with a slight Hibernian cast of features, she at once awakened the public interest, and her intelligence and graceful study lent a charm to her performance which soon carried her to a point of popularity rarely exceeded.

Admission
Dress circle and parquette: 50 cents; Family circle: 25 cents; Colored boxes: 37 ½; Colored gallery: 25 cents. No extra change for reserved seats. Doors open at 7 o’clock — to commence at 7 ½ o’clock.

Lessees: Kunkel & Co., Manager: John T. Ford. Positively LAST NIGHT of Shakespeare’s Great Play! On this Saturday evening will be performed in 5 acts, entitled, The Winter’s Tale. Featuring the following: Mr. H.F. Daly as Leontes (King of Sicilia), W.A. Donaldson as Polixenes (King of Bohemia), W. Davidge as Autolycus (a Rogue and a Pedlar), Miss Jennie Parker as Hermione (Queen to Leontes), Mrs. J.H. Stoddart as Perdita, and Mrs. H.F. Daly as Mopa. Please note — No other piece will be performed on the same evening with The Winter’s Tale.

Select Dancing Academy: M. and Madame Marini, late of New York, will commence their Select Classes in Dancing, at Newton University Hall, No. 14 Lexington Street, on Monday, at 3 ½ o’clock P.M.

The lessons will comprise all the latest and most fashionable dances: Gentlemen’s Class on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 8 until 10 P.M.; Young Ladies and Children’s Class on Mondays and Thursdays, from 3 to 5 P.M. Applications received and circulars containing references and all particulars obtained at the hall as above, between the hours of three and five o’clock P.M.

Dancing lessons at his old establishment, corner of Baltimore and Charles Streets, will commence on Tuesday. Hours of tuition — For Young Ladies, Misses and Masters, on Tuesdays and Saturday afternoons; and on Tuesday and Friday Evenings for Gentlement. For particulars, Mr. Spies will attend at his rooms every day from 2 ’till 5, and 7 ’till 10 o’clock.

The Saloon and adjacent Rooms have been thoroughly repaired, and will be rented for Balls, Concerts, &c., on reasonable terms.

Admission
Dress circle and parquette: 50 cents; Family circle: 25 cents; Colored boxed: 37 ½; Colored gallery: 25 cents. No extra charge for reserved seats. Doors open at 7 o’clock — to commence at 7 ½ o’clock.

Lessees: Kunkel &Co., Manager: John T. Ford. On Wednesday evening, to commence with Lover’s Great Play, entitled the White Horse of the Peppers, featuring Mr. W.J. Florence as Gerald Pepper and Mr. S.W. Glenn as Hans Mansfelt. And to conclude with the Protean Farce, How to Get Out of It featuring Mrs. W.J. Florence as Grace Ethelbert, as well as 4 other characters, and Mr. W.J. Florence as Lunnigan Maguire.

Admission
Doors open at 6 ½ the paintings will move at 7 ½ o’clock. Admission 25 cents. Children until ten years 10 cents.

Great success! Crowded nightly! Wednesday evening, Dec. 29th, and every evening during the week at 7 ½ o’clock, and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 3 o’clock, the large mammoth moving illustrations of India and the Late Mutiny, showing some of the most interesting scenes in the late War with India — Tremendous Charges of Artillery — Burning of Aahabad — Mothers Destroying their Children — The Mutineers Murdering the English Troops, Women and Children — Mrs. Wheeler Defending Herself Against the Rebels — Jessie Brown, et cetera.

Additional Notice
This is the last week for the Bible Panorama, at Temperance Hall, Gay Street. The Hall is crowded nightly, and seldom indeed has a panorama attracted so much attention or given such general satisfaction.

Admission
Tickets 25 cents — to be had at the Hall door. Children under ten years old 15 cents.

For a short time only! The magnificient painting commences with Chaos, and continues down in historical order to the Babylonish Captivity, containing more than fifty of the most sublime and interesting scenes in the Bible. Exhibitions every evening. Doors open at ¼ to 7, commencing at 7 ½ precisely. Also exhibitions on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, for Families and Schools. Doors open at 2, to commence at 3 o’clock precisely. Tour guided by Prof. Tibbits.

Admission
25 cents, children 15 cents.

Mr. A.J. Cleveland will give at The Maryland Institute one of the most beautiful floral concerts ever given in this city, on Monday evening. The original Cantana of the Fairy Queen, will be performed by over 100 young ladies, with most beautiful and brilliant decorations, painted by Chas. S. Getz, Esq.

Admission
For children to afternoon exhibitions, 10 cents.

Boneau’s beautiful illuminated mirror of Australia and China — Every night this week at Temperance Temple, Gay St., commencing at 8 o’clock. These beautiful paintings pronounced by the press and public the most instructive and interesting works of art ever exhibited.

On Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o’clock, an exhibition will be given for the accommodation of Ladies and Children, who cannot make it convenient to attend in the evening; and on Saturday Afternoon, for the accommodation of schools.