The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

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Mademoiselle uprez appears for the first time in England, as Adina {in L'Elisir d'Amore), the second character which Blatt sustained in Paris, and in which she obtained the !manirnous approbation of the French public. The 'mortal Lablache appears (for the first time this sea- S "), presenting his ever-welcome and undiminished form in the garb of the quack doctor, Dulcatnara ; a nd the addition of Coletti, who is the Belcore of the night, makes the cast remarkably powerful. The charming ballet, Les Metamorphoses, in which Car lotta Grisi displays, not only her unequalled chore graphic skill, but her power of individualized persona t ° ll , to an ext e nt of which, until the production of this ballet, the public had not an idea, will follow the . o ,pera, and thus complete the carte, which is one of the choi ces t, as we ll as one of the most interesting, that the direction could lay before the fastidious habitue. Is On Thursday, Illasaniello will be repeated for the unnefit of the non subscribers ; and a more brilliant ! 114 desirable night, for those whose visits to her Ma- J es t Y's Theatre are not habitual, could hardly be an nounced, for, in addition to the admirably executed and brilliantly mounted opera (which comprises a ballet o f no or di nary var i e t y ), L es M e t amor ph os es *ill enrich the affiche. On Saturday we have a delnit of great interest, as I t a h eil as the first performance, for the season, of one of a finest operas in the repertoire. Lucrezia Borgia 11 be given, with Mademoiselle Alaymo as the heroine. Mademoiselle Ida Bertrand will support her l a Orsini, and Mr. Sims Reeves (whose French sue tesaes have been as remarkable as they were deserved) Ig annnunced for Gennaro. This day week (Tuesday, the 29th), the fascinating prima donna Sontag makes her debut as La Figlia del R eggimento. Any addition to such an intimation lynnld be worse than needless. A. nd the new opera by Alary, Le Tre Nozze, is in act preparation. We must not forestall its attrac • 1 1 : 3 ns; but among the incidents is a polka, danced by ablache and Madame Sontag, which appears to have eal ruptured the French spectators. The triumphant hi under which Mr. Lumley carried through 18 earlier season afford a guarantee, additional to that ° ,, 1, his own tact, energy, and liberality, for the sue 481ea of that more important portion of the operatic Tar in which the whole force of a first - rate company Paraded in presence of the whole elite of fashionable 4°Ciety. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. 44- a English version of The Robbers of Schiller , fr om, the p en o f Mr. Anderson, the lessee, was pro duced h ere l as t even i ng , w ith great success. This, ' o °, o moat celebrated of Schiller's works, and t he work iall other s th a t has, perhaps, in Germany, produced ,„m! great es t mora l, p o litical, and social effects, is, as • l'2 l ginally written,unactable, not only from its inordi ogate length —it is three times as long as the longest f Shakspere's plays—but from the argumentative a metaphysical character of many of the speeches, o),"" to Speak more correctly, essays which Schiller has :VII to several of his characters to recite. In the • ‘ i ng German edition all these are cut out, and the I t ei clents and situations are brought closer together ; t 4 1 a editi on M r . Anderson has adopted as his foun ti°,a, and has by judicious condensation transformed th lOng rambling, argumentative play of Schiller to a stirring, well-built melodrama. It is as elliletely a work of supererogation to detail 14 ° plot o f The Robbers as it would be 'ietail the plot of Othello. Every German scholar : 0 7 , 8 and every English playgoer has seen diver s versions of it at the minor theatres, while to the tra goer it is familiar as the plot of 1 Masnadeiri . d 1 „ 6 P l ay was strongly cast; Mr. And erson, as Charles Moor, was very effective ; he seemed the very beau 'al of the moody predestined robber chief , his act ieg was full of energy. In the last scene of the fourth if which he releases his father from the dungeon : which his brother had confined him, and calls ;Pao his band to avenge the old man's wrongs, the t r, i n e l? of Mr. Anderson was very fine, and the con totilumg scene of the play was admirable for its calm e nmity. Miss H. Gilbert, a dibutante, was the lehatelia, and looked and acted the character excel t4ll.Y. Although a debutante here, it is evident that , 18 lady has been used to the stage and thoroughly door her profession. The villain Francis de " 4 . 0 0 r was performed by Mr. Cathcart with great • tare and judgment. He had evidently studied the Part carefully, and made every sentence tell. We have °ever before seen Mr. Cathcart to so great advantage. Old De Moor found a careful and judicious representa tive in Mr. Cooper and the minor characters were all 'Wall performed. and grouping of the robber bands Was admirable, and the scenery some of the most beautiful ever presented : there was one scene, a sun let on the Danube, followed by moonlight, which Was a beautiful specimen of pictorial and dioramio effect. The applause was frequent throughout the play, and at the conclusion there were loud calls for Mr. Anderson. Azael followed, and the holiday folks here in ecstacies of delight at the gorgeous splendour 'r this magnificent spectacle. The house was crowded. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The performances at this theatre last evening com m .!need with Sir E. B. Lytton's favourite play of the r e aY of Lyons, the character of the proud Pauline Laahappelles being admirably sustained by Miss t 0 the Addison. The part is one that is well suited 0 4) talent of Miss Addison, and it was played by Ile la a manner which must greatly enhance the re tation she has already acquired by her Isabella, 14141141a' Emilia, &c. ; she is now undoubtedly en titled to to rank with the greatest tragic actresses on the stage. Mr. J. William Wallack gav e a n ex wi Claude interpretation of the rather di ffi cult characte r Melnotte ; he was much applauded, and Il ea Miss Addison was called for at the end of the t Y. The new burlesque, which followed , i s written t he brothers Brough, and is founded on Balfe's well i;'"? 11 opera of the Bohemian Girl , the pl ot of which ( 4 3 kept to pretty closely. Thaddeus of Warsaw, a leitressed Pole, driven from his country by the ruth as laws of debtor and creditor, was excellently ,jecl and tung by Miss P. Horton. Arline was re ",„ eated hy Miss Annie 'Romer, Count Florestine Mrs.. L. S. Buckingham, Count Arnheim, 4 1t 1 ta the " Heart bowed down," by the inimitable A tl . l es Bland, the Gipsy Queen, confessing to t oo ln the census, by Mr. H. Bedford, and Devils by Mr. Buckstone. The burlesque is full of Ik t er hits at all the leading topics of the day — the eaisterlal crisis, the case of Miss Talbot, Smith eit i r d•market, &c., and of good parodies on the principal ali Il L in the original opera. Some of the incidents a re : 41 IY altered, such as the substitution of the fair of to e enwich for that of Presburg, and instead of the Ar , t °,,alission produced by Thaddeus in proof of his entreating birth, an advertisement is handed to the Count, t'treating " T., of W. to return to his disconsolate tr ielid s , as by the death of a rich relative all his * tditr a have been satisfied, and a large sum depo -I:ad for him in the Three per Cents." H. Bedford b t s very good in the Gipsy Queen, and Buckstone as be ilshoof kept the house in a roar of laughter whilst i li ,was on the stage. The burlesque was entire l y th,7,easful, and was announced for repetition amidst °Loud applause of a very full house. ADELPHI THEATRE. The performances at this theatre last night pre - A ired little that was entirely new ; but they w ere kexcellent of their kind. The opening piece was 1; : Bayl e Bernard's drama of Marie Ducange, in b u le h Madame Celeste excited general and well 11rited applause by the high degree of intere s t which we threw into the principal character; and Mr. l o r . i ght was irresistibly droll as an erratic and specu -41.4e adventurer who, struck with the notion that Iti ll the p resen t over -wrought state of the British I t t, l ", the various watering-places on our coast are 4Lsolutely necessary as an outlet to the superabundant VI which would otherwise burst and destroy so. t 4h ir," employs himself in th e laudable, but , as for 'fiCthe Would have it, the hop eless attempt, to induce all Whom he comes in contact to join him in form aV joint-stock company t o erect suitable p laces of 4-sernent, to render the wateri n g p laces attra c t ive. ti gre Ducange was followed by the amusing farce 11„' °Won Fog, in which Mr. Wright and Mr. P. ford contrived to keep the h ouse in a roar of fi ghter from beginning to end. The performances Vuded with " A. new musical, histori cal, p astoral, fairy drama," called O'Flannigan and the 8 ; or, a Midsummer Night's Dream (not Itc,"Pere's). Phelim O'Flannigan, a young s urnan sworn against liquor (11Ir. Ilud ti) • I 1 / 1 1 1 . , is betrothed to Mary Kiernan (Miss K..Fi.tz -14 p la ,P). On the day before the wedding he is in is%-`4: to go to a fair in the county of Wicklow, where Iseral, Ned Flinch (Mr. Braid), involves him in a ' 1 " 1 , fight ; in which, however, Flannigan becomes IDOetnr, and ends the day in a fit of intoxication. 1 4 3 ,!'e under the influence of liquor he dreams that l it b edroom is haunted by sundry fairies, and that he ithePrehended for breaking into the wine-cellar of a 04 14 of peace in Lancashire, and sentenced to die. 14 4 , awaking, he is happy to find that all hi s t r o u bles Ab:„ L r iecurred in a dream, and that, instead of bei ng S t c l l '. to be executed, he is within a few hour s of his 'ng. The piece is an adaptation of the drama of 4 4 - Zoe name in which poor Power used to perform, the the manuscript of which perished with him in 11 pa resident in 1841. The dialcgue, which, we be -41 ei: 1 1 has been mostly rewritten, is full of point ; the N tt 'ats are bustling and animated, and there are S,. e red here and there some pleasing snatches of 4 1i' r ,t° which Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Collins, and 1,4' 1 '. Roney, did ample justice. Mr. Hudson made •vit z at tY , rollicking, spirited Irishman, and Miss K. William, Min Collins, and Ikliss E. Chaplin sus- RKET. I exPeot (4 d Uriel i n us by Pr ' the whole n gaw ,7, f on ly b nib !LW), the hysterics. had in th e claim an f or m aDd er had, ekes, bog its I , a t weight . on Cowi e ' one or two 2 a lift for 3 Confessor, 2, and the ). to -morrow' I will Pr ° hen 3. Pr khound will r ecall) The o'a ,Deedof t h e Leh, .410r o : A.). Tr ick ! . and Tull 3 . -2,0 I 00 G,. U „ I . 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LONDON, hats, " the bounding bricks of Babylon," cause reieratecl screams of delight. The achieve ments of this worthy pair, Flexmore's apish pranks, and Wynn's imitation of Mscready as Lear, when sounding the affections of his daughters, were the chief side-splitters amid the incessant provocations to mirth,which sparkled throughout the extravaganza. Putting, even the abounding tun out of the question, the costliness of the scenery, the vivid richness of the dresses, the brilliancy of the dancing—nay, if it were merely the panorama from London to Grenada, and the procession of King Mohamed and his Court — would insure a long run and crowded houses. The success was unqualified, and deservedly so, for no theatre is more worthy of public support than the Princess's under its present lessees. Let none of our country cousins who crowd to the wonders of the Great Exhibition be guilty of so flagrant a sin of omission as neglecting to devote an evening to the enjoyment of the magnificence and right royal jolli ties of The Alhambra. LYCEUM THEATRE. If the Lyceum do not make a hit at the approach ing " Congress of all Nations"—if its treasury do not rec4ive subst.ntial, sterling proofs of public approba tion, we can only say that the failure cannot fairly be, ascribed to manager, author, actors, property-men, nor, though last not least, to the parties engaged in getting up the really magnificent and gorgeous scenery. All persons concerned, from the highest to the lowest, faithfully and efficiently performed their respective tasks, and were entitled to fair portions of credit for the unequivocal and striking triumph that was achieved. Tney had unquestionably every en couragement. The house was crowded to excess in every part. Boxes, pit, and gallery exhibited the symptoms—so delightful to managerial eyes— that indicate what is technically termed " a bumper," end never, perhaps, did " his Majesty the People," exhibit more perfect and unchanging good humour. The delays (inseparable from a first night) were borne with the greatest equanimity. Every point and hit in the course of the burlesque (and "their name was legion") were seized with a happy appreciation that must have rejoiced the " noble soul " of the veteran author, and it would be a task of no ordinary difficulty to decide whether Planche should have been most delighted with the cordial reception of the letest offspring of his fertile imagination, or the public with the rich treat that was provided for its amusement. It is rather unusual to noticelthe " stock pieces" produced with an Easter or Christmas spectacle. They are, perhaps, resorted to as a mode of exercising the patience of the audience, and serving as " foils " to the real " gem " of the evening, than as increasing the actual entertainment. Thus it was that the dreary scenes of George Barnwell, the yielding of the unfortunate apprentice to the seductions of the treacherous Milwocd, the murder of the good uncle, and final expiation of the offence, were so long tole rated. Indeed the scenes generally passed in dumb show, and the vociferous deities were so far ex hausted by their previous exertions as to be unable to continue their exertions in the event of the new pro duction disappointing their expectations. The custom is, however, regarded as " more honoured in the breach than in the observance," and when we say that at the Lyceum the entertainments commenced with Blanchard Jerrold's Cool as a Cucumber, and termi nated with Box and Cox, and that Charles Mathews performed the imperturbable Mr. Plumper in the former, and the worthy compositor Box in the latter, in which he was ably seconded by Robert Roxby as the dignified Cox, we have said sufficient to prove that the " wonderful woman" who wields the Ly ceum sceptre provided " metal more attractive" for her friends and patrons, and that no moment while the curtain was up, could have hung heavily on the hands of the audience. For the great at traction of the evening Planche is once more in debted to the Countess D'Aulnoy, and although "La Urea ouille Bienfaisante" has not hitherto been as fami liar to English children of all growths as the tales from which the former extravaganzas were taken, it will henceforward, doubtless, become one of the standard works of nursery literature. The materials were certainly of an unpromising character. It must have been a task of no ordinary difficulty to have treated it in such a manner as to invest the tale with deep interest, without travelling out of the original story, which Planche followed with the strict fidelity for which he is so eminently dis tinguished. But where is the subject which he can not dispose of with a master hand, and where he cannot find some incidents with which "to point a moral or adorn a tale?" We should really like to see the matter fairly tested, to find some sceptic who would endeavour to puzzle our old friend. It would require no extraordinary power of vaticination to foretel the result. To use the sporting dialect, it would be " Lombard-street to a China orange" in favour of the veteran. The task would be accom plished, the difficulties overcome, even before the doubter could suppose that it bad been commenced. Tne fairy laureate must unquestionably have fairy aid, to enable him to bring all his undertakings to such successful terminations. We need scarcely enter into the details of the plot, nor trace the proceedings of "Fulminoso, the Pugnacious (Mr. C. Mathews), from the moment of his first ap pearance at the head of his troops, when disturbed by the too anxious solicitude of his beloved wife and his idolized daughter, he is induced to send them to a place of greater safety, a matter: which, of course, involves them in the most formidable dangers. Their guards are dispersed in the wild (beast) wood, and they fall into the hands of the fairy Leona, who carries them to her brazen lair in the centre of the earth. The Queen (Dulcibella) is, however, suffi ciently fortunate to rescue the Queen of the Frogs (a half fairy) from the clutches of a raven, by which she would otherwise have been destroyed, and thus obtains the assistance which enables her to com municate and situation to the valiant Ful minoso, but procures him the assistance neces sary to protect him against the stratagems of Leona, and eventually to destroy the malignant fairy, while her mantle descends with twofold power on the shoulders of her benevolent opponent, who is thus enabled to assist Prince Nonpareil to rescue his charmer, "the one fair daughter," from the clutches of the Dragon of the Lake, who eventually turns out to be the lover of Grenouilletta herself, the mighty Emperor of all the Rushes. The curtain drops on the nuptial bower, a scene of transcendent splendour, surpassing even the almost magical effects produced in the Island of Jewels and King Charming. Indeed, we may fairly consider it the ne plus ultra of scenic representation. As we have already stated, all did their devoir ably and efficiently. Mr. Charles Ma thews, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George were enthusiastically called before the curtain, an 1 honour which was subsequently most properly ex tended to Misses Martindale and M. Oliver. It re quires no assumption of preternatural power to pre dict a long and uninterrupted success for the Queen of the Frogs—a success that will impose heavy labour on the treasurer, and convince our continental visitors of English superiority in the time-honoured burlesque. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Never, since spectacular burlesque first became a popular species of dramatic entertainment, has a more attractive piece of the sort been brought for a and on the metropolitan boards than that produced last even ing at this theatre, under the title of The Alhambra; or the Three Beautiful Princesses. Not only is the subject (partly founded on one of Washington Irving's delightful tales) felicitously chosen, but handled and illustrated with admirable skill ; as might fairly be ex pected, where the pen of a shrewd and sparkling hu morist is enlisted in the service of a management of consummate taste and liberality. The opening scene displays an encampment of fairies by moonlight in Brompton-square, whose revels are invaded by Mrs. Keeley, distracted by managerial anxiety to light upon an eligible subject for a new burlesque. After dis consolately rejecting several " used up " subjects of Fairydom, suggested by the leader of the spritely band, she evokes Asmodeus, who is dispatched to the realms of " tawney Spain" to supply the deside ratum. The journey is made by le diable boiteux (Mr. Flexmore) in a balloon, which affords am oppor tunity for a succession of delightful views—the Crystal Palace, Dover, the Channel, Calais, Paris, the Pyrenees, and, finally, a beautiful prospect of the royal city of the Moors, with its towering Alhambra, the Vega, and the gleaming range of the Sierra Nevada—which brought down, and most meritedly, continuous peals of applause; Asmodeus meantime solacing himself with a copious supply of creature comforts in the aerial elevation of his car. Then come mence the adventures of the three lovely daughters of the white-bearded Moorish King Mohamed (capitally personated by that very clever actor, Mr. Wynn), and who are represented by Mdlles. Murray, Car lotta Leclercq, and Mary Keeley. Three Christian Knights (Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mr. Wigan) are taken captive, and fall in love with the fair Princesses, whose charms both of person and costume would, certes, excite the admira tion of the most ascetic anchorites. All manner of hairbreadth escapes, and the broadest and richest co micalities, with a rattling fire of puns, old and new, ensue, and keep the audience in a perpetual roar, till —by the aid of a magic carpet presented by the gratitude of a wizard, disenchanted, although unwittingly, by one of the doughty warriors —all the happy lovers escape the ferocity of the wrathful Monarch of Granada, and, as the curtain falls, are seen departing fur Christendom in a gorgeous galley from the port of Cadiz. This last scene, together with those we have mentioned, was perfectly beautiful. The brilliant and artistic gorgeousness of the costumes has never been sur passed, if ever equalled, on the stage, and certainly a better acted burlesque it would be impossible to wit ness. Flexmore, as a pet monkey, performed such a succession of antics as convulsed the spectators, and make it evident that this unrivalled buffo must have taken out letters of naturalization among the chim panzees of Borneo. In the dancing department, the arrangement of which is extremely creditable to him, be gave a comic dance, which, needless to say, was encored. Mdlle. Auriol, who was very warmly re ceived, executed a pas mauresque in her wonted elegant and accomplished style, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Leclercq gave the new dance La Gorlitza, with excellent effect. A comic song by Harley, who most comically sustains the pares of a vile rene ' gado, and Miss Robertson , a very pling and pretty actress, who is " the discr eet Kadiga, the lady's maid, was encored. Perhaps the most glorious bit of fun in the entire piece is contributed by the feats of Wigan and Keeley, who, as a pair of acro- OLYMPIC THEATRE. At this favourite and well-managed little theatre the holiday folks were treated last night with the first representation of an original drama, in four acts, un der the attractive and excellent title of Sir Roger de Coverley; or, the Widow and her Wooers, from the pen of Mr. Tom Taylor, the successful author of the dramatized version of the " Vicar of Wakefield." With the name of Sir Roger de Coverley every one is familiar; if not by a perusal of the exquisite sketches in the Spectator, at least by having tripped gaily through the spirited and lively dance which has so long been a favourite with the English people. The character of Sir, fßoger, as handed up to us in the quaint, humorous, simple, yet elegant style of Addison, is one of the finest pictures which our lan guage presents of the English country gentleman a century and a half ago. In his youth a bold, dashing fellow, engaged in all the sports and pleasures of the day, he is crossed in love early in life by a beautiful young widow, and seems to have almost settled himself down to a bachelor's life. When we make his acquaintance through the pages of Addison he is in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful and happy, with a spice of humour in his veins, eccentric in manners and dress, hospitable and generous to a fault, a great admirer of mankind, and beloved and adored by his friends, neigh bours, and domestics. In constructing a drama, in which so notable an individual and his equally well known companions were to play a conspi cuous part, the highest efforts of the dramatist it was necessary to call into action. In the first place care had to be taken to embody on the stage the exact portrait of Sir Roger and the circle that sur rounded him, and in the next to concoct a plot which would harmonize with our ideas of the period and of the little world which Addison presented to our ima gination, us well as secure the attention of nn audience. With regard to the first object, Mr. Taylor, aided by the ability and skill of Mr. Farren's company as to dress and acting, may be said to have in a great degree succeeded, but we question whether he has been as fortunate in the selection of the plot and incidents of the piece. In the first scene we are introduced to Coverley Manor, where all the country people are making preparations for the arrival of Sir Roger, whose benevolence and other good qualities are the general theme of discussion and admiration. When he makes his appearance he is received with loud hearty cheers, laughter, mirth, and even tears, and in his bower the amusements of the " wake," consisting of wrestling, cudgel playing, &c., are en tered upon with great glee and enthusiasm. Among those who come to greet him on the occasion are Lady Bellasis, the] still buxom, merry, and engaging widow, who twenty years ago refused his band, her charming niece Sylvia, and Captain Sentry, a young blood of the first water, and nephew of the knight. Sir Roger has brought with him from town a gay old top, Will Honeycomb, who is not yet disposed to give up his amours and intriguing propensities, Sir Andrew Fairport, a club oracle and boon com panion, who is incessantly consulting the Gazette containing the last news of the Dutch war, and Dick Grecian, a Templar and a sentimental gentleman. One of Sir Roger's servants is Reuben Cooper, otherwise known as Black Will, a young man of gipsy descent, who had been taken out of prison through the humane intervention of his master, and is consequently under an eternal debt of gratitude to him. He is in love with Susan Holiday, another domestic of the Knight, but her affection seems to be placed on Bob Marting dale. Having struck old Honeycomb, and treated him somewhat roughly for endeavouring to steal a kiss from Susan, and subsequently in a fit of despera tion at his discomfiture in the sports of the " wake" with Martingdale, struck him unfairly, he excites the displeasure of Sir Roger, and is dismissed from the manor in disgrace. Detesting the predatory habits and dishonesty of his own race, he is annoyed by the pertinacious declarations of ardent love by Mahala Stanley, a pretty gipsy girl, who, by way of revenge, determines to poison not only him, but also Susan Holiday. He, however, succeeds in thwarting her vile intentions, but has heaped on his head all the denunciations and threats which the " Rommany " people were capable of em ploying against their enemies. This episode having concluded, we again return to the manor, where we find Sir Roger employing his friend Honeycomb to press his suit with the widow, for whom his pas sion is as strong as ever ; but the fop of the " Mall" and the coffee-houses of St. James's, is obliged to retreat under her ridicule and laughter, like a dog in a nameless situation. Here a series of mis takes arise which give a little interest and vavacity to what had hitherto been extremely dull and heavy. The widow has a penchant for the nephew of Sir Roger, Captain Sentry, who again loves her daughter, the beautiful Sylvia, and when he visits the widow to ask her consent to his marriage with Sylvia, by a singular coincidence she is under the impression that he is making suit to her, and re luctantly yields to his persuasive eloquence. Happy in the expectation of her future marriage, she refuses the hand of Sir Roger, and seduces by her charms his friends Honeycomb, Sir Andrew Fairport, and Dick Grecian to make each declarations of marriage only for the gratification of exercising her authority, and showing the influence of her charms. What makes the matter more ridiculous is, that Captain Sentry is fully persuaded that he has her consent to marry Sylvia, to whom, and to Sir Roger, he communicates the gratifying intelligence. The denouement, of course, excites the astonishment and surprise of all parties—puts to blush the widow, brings tears to the daughter's eyes, and draws forth from Sir Roger a transitory expression of regret at the deceit of his friends, who wished to rob him of an object so dear to his heart. Turnihg again to the gipsy tribe, who, we regret, to find, occupy so prominent a place in the drama, we see them arranging their plans for robbing Honey combe of the numerous sparkling jewels which adoru his person; this they intend doing by decoying him out of his chamber at the manor at night, under the idea that he would meet a pretty gipsy Reuben Cooper overhears their conversatio n, and having given timely warning at the mano rehouse, the robbers are arrested in the act of carry in g awa y the valuable property. The piece then draws to a close. Reuben consents, to carry his gipsy admirer on her agreeing to live honestly and like a Christian for the future, and they both receive the blessing of the old knight, and promises of bis assistance and protection. The beautiful Sylvia and Captain Sentry are united, and though the widow refuses to take Sir Roger as a partner for life, she offers her band to join in f,,r a dance, and the whole characters then in a lively and well kbpt-up dance to the tune of Sir Roger de Coverley, and the curtain dropped amidst very,loud applause. On the whole, the piece may be said to be successful, though the introduction of the gipsy story has been made too great a feature in it, and tends very much to destroy the interest wh i c h would otherwise be felt by the audience in what ought to be the real nature of a drama produced under the title of Sir Roger de Coverley. The character of Sir Roger was vs ell sustained by Mr. Farren, sen., as was also that of the widow by Mrs. Stirling, whose taste and vivacity cannot be too much praised. Miss Howard looked and acted well in Sylvia, and Mr. Henry Farren did justice to the part of Will Honeycomb. Reuben Cooper was well supported by Mr. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Leigh Murray personated the gipsy girl, Mahala Stanley, with her usual histrionic talent. The per formances concluded with the well-known romantic drama of the Bottle Imp. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. That part of the public which habitually resorts to this well-managed little house, evinced a deter mination to be compensated for out-of-door disap pointment by thronging thither for sheltered enjoy ment, the pit especially being densely crowded. The performance opened with The Merchant of Venice. Of this little need be said. Shylock being of course appropriated by Mr. Phelps, the only noticeable fea ture was the first appearance of Miss Goddard, a young lady from the northern provinces, in the character of Portia. The difficulty of the task thus undertaken was evident; but, on the whole, it was creditably executed. At the commence ment, a slight nervous agitation was perceptible, as usual, in a want of self-possession, and in consequent deficiency of graceful action and natural intonation ; but as the play proceeded, there was a better realization of the exquisitely beautiful points of the character. In the court scene there was great but not strained animation, the climax with regard to the effect of the bond being well wrought up. The subsequent ring denouement was rendered with great vivacity by Por tia and her friend Nerissa (Miss Fanny Huddart). Miss Goddard is no doubt (what young actress is not ?) susceptible of improvement, but she is also ap parently capable of it ; and with a rather more spar ing or less professional use of the organs of sight, at tentive observation, and careful study, the debutante may obtain a satisfactory position. At the close of EVENING, TUESDAY the piece there were boisterous - and long-enf,intoid cAls for har appearance b;:f :re the curt.; c,; but, vahater,?r way have b.?en the rea,:on, there wa:; a per tinaciGus refusal to respond. The second aiz d lnst portion of the evening's entertainments WVK Mr. PlaticiAls fairy extravaganza of Fortunio cud his Seven Gilled Servaitts, which ir2is long bka'n a fa vourite farchr r west, but was nevertheless well re • vived here, and afforded considerable amusement.. APRIL trivance, a greater variety of panoromas is displayed this year to the foreign visitors of ore of our most interesting places, at once, of instruction and amuse merit. An advantage, this, we conceive to be obvious enough, at a time when so many strangers will be congregated in the capital with the purpose, we may presume, of seeing other things besides the Crystal Palece. Before reverting for a moment to the present paintings, it will be worthy of remark that 11r. Bur ford's former panorama of Jerusalem was destroyed about ten years ago by fire at New York, having been conveyed across the Atlantic for exhibition in the United States. The completeness of the pictures now on view at Leicester-square, as representations of the ruined city and the stupendous cataract, may be appreciated when it is borne in mind that both scenes "have their principal and most remarkable features confined almost entirely to about one-half the usual circumference." Their interest may be con jectured, even by those who have not yet visited them, when it is remembered that Jerusalem was the arena of the chief feature in the teaching and cruci fixion of the Divine R e d eemer , an d that the Falls of Niagara have been not extravagantly characterized as, among all Nature's works, perhaps " the most won derful and magnificent." Not even the most phleg matic can look on unmoved at a full of a vast body of waters from a precipice one hundred and fifty feet in height, or on that venerable metropolis of Palestine, among the principal localities of which may be re cognised the tombs of the prophets, the throne of Solomon, the judgment-seat of David, the palace of Pontius Pilate, the Holy Sepulchre, and the Garden of Gethsemane. lARYLEBONE THEATRE. The entertainments at this suburban the atre last night commenced with the Stringer; or, Hurrah for the Road, one of those melodramas . , as the title indicates, in which an air of romance is tb rown over the career of the highwayman, and the burglar is converted into an interesting character. The piece was well'received, and was followed by tho interlude of the Rival Pages, which was performed, almost in dumb chow, the house having in the meantime been filled to overflowing by an audience which, was evi dently disposed to enjoy itself to the top of its bent, and which witnessed no incidents to distulb its equa nimity and self-satisfaction, except, it may be, the expulsion of an intruder, wh o had asgireied a place to which he was not entitled in the pit, end who was removed by two active and athletic youths ' with a vigour and rapidity in th e a d m i n i s tration of justice worthy of the backwoods of America. There was only another incident of an exceptional kind in the course of the whole evening, an adventurous per son in corduroys having chosen to traverse the front of the gallery on all-fours, to get a draught from some friendly bottle. After a dance the entertainments concluded with a grand mythological burletta entitled the Boyhood of Bacchus. In the opening scenes the voices of the "gods" in the gallery were loud enough to prevent the dialogue of their rivals of Olympus being distinctly heard ; but the interruption soon subsided ; and, what with the songs of Bacchus (Miss F. Williams) and the other characters, the pretty tableaux and scenes, the unexceptionable dresses, and the admirable manner in which the details were got up, the audience seemed to be vastly pleased. The impression a visit to the Marylebone Theatre may be expected to leave is, that great care is bestowed on the production of the entertainments, and that the performers are bent on rendering their performances as complete as possible. ASTLEY'S THEATRE. The history of Eleanor and Fair Rosamond affords ample materials for the development of all the pecu liar resources of such an establishment as the one now under notice, and it is not surprising that Mr. Rod well should have selected it as the subject of a new historical spectacle. Commencing with the arrival of Henry Plantagenet at the Court of France in order to pay homage for his Dukedom of Normandy, the author describes Queen Eleanor as at once struck by his noble bearing, and from that moment he becomes her constant chevalier and attendant. Fired by the powerful preaching of St. Bernard, not the King alone, but the whole Court of France, with the Queen and her ladies, proceed to Palestine to do battle for the cross. Henry follows, disguised as a Turk named Saladin, and the devotion which in that capa city he bestows upon her is not inconsistent with an intrigue of w hich the haughty Amazon is said to have been guilty. Fair Rosamond accompanies the Prince in the disguise of a minstrel. The blood relationship of Eleanor with Louis is laid hold of by the church— a divorce is procured, and the marriage of Eleanor and Henry follows. The well• known incidents of Rosa mond's checkered life are adhered to pretty strictly, and, eschewing the notion that she perished by poison, the more agreeable alternative is adopted that she died in the nunnery of Godstow. Whether she ever became a nun or no, it is pretty clear that she bore two sons to Henry. We have briefly sketched the outline, to show how closely the piece adheres to the generally received history of the period. As a spectacle of the first class, we must say the piece is highly successful. The scenery and appointments are gorgeous, and the concluding tableau is one of great brilliancy. Among the actors we recognized nearly all the old hands, including Mr. Crowther, Mr. Barry, Miss Fenton, and Mr. Stirling, and there are several recent acquisitions; Miss Garthwaite especially from the Cheltenham theatre, will, no doubt, be found a very valuable addition. At the close of the spectacle M. Villespy performed a series of novel and daring performances upon the Globe Celestial. The scenes of the arena succeeded, and the whole concluded with the laughable afterpiece of the Two Gregories, in which Miss Garthwaite again played with decided success. We cannot conclude without bearing tes timony to the beautiful decorations, the perfect clean liness, and admirable ventilation of this theatre. Everything about it appears to be spick and span new, and for this at least Mr. Batty deserves our good wishes. It is astonishing how so complete a revivi fying of the house could hare been effected in the short period of the Easter recess. SURREY THEATRE. The Easter novelty at this theatre was a drama, written by Mr. Morris Barnett and Mr. Angus B. Reach, entitled the Czarina. The scene, as may be supposed, is laid in Russia ; the time, some ninety years ago, when the sceptre was in the hands of Elizabeth, a princess who was too much inclined to pleasure, and whose reign was that of her favourite for the time being. This post is occupied at the period in question by Cornaro Pitti (Mr. Shepherd), an adventurer said to be originally an Italian, but who seems to have flitted from place to place, and to be justly described as "of no country," and the character is one that gives occasion to expressions which people so disposed may be apt to apply . to somebody or other not yet consigned to his "line and a half in history." The piece begins with in troducing us to one Ivan, an armourer (Mr. Cres wick), who has brought up with tender care a found ling, Meta, and, now that she has grown to woman hood, has learned to love her, and is betrothed to her. But, unhappily, the royal favourite has set his desire on her ; she is snared by his courtly demeanour, and he is enabled to boast of the success of his intrigue. The Czarina discovers it, and is furious, and in her thirst for vengeance resorts to the expedient of an arrangement with Ivan, that he shall accuse Cornaro of suborning him to take her life. The charge is false and is made merely for revenge ; but the effect is that Cornaro and Ivan are both condemned to die. Some very stirring incidents then succeed ; the Czarina relents, and de sires to save her favourite; Meta is reconciled to Ivan, whom she declares she always loved, and desires to wed; and each prisoner has thus a friend anxious for his escape. That one of them has got clear of the prison walls is clear, but it is left in doubt which is he that is thus saved. ' The p eo pl e c l amour f or Cor naro's death, but his royal m i s t ress hopes to have saved him, and directs that he shall be led to execution veiled, expecting thus to pa c if y t h e people and yet procure the execution of I van i n hi s stead. There is a very sombre scene, in which some one is led off to execu tion, Meta and , the Czarin a eac h trusting that she has rescued from tnat dismal fate the life she values. The fact turns out to be that Cornaro is the m an b e h ea d e d , an d Ivan has escaped, to live the husband of Meta. The piece struck us as very well written, an d t h ere i s no want of interest permitted ; but, if we have inter preted the performance aright, which we ought not to be sure of, after one holiday night' s representation, we are disposed to think that a little change in the incidents might make the play p ro d uce a much more agreeable impression upon the minds of the audience. The character of Meta, rather a difficult one, was committed to Miss Fielding, of the Princess's Theatre, Glasgow, who suede her first ap pearance at the Surrey last night; the part was well sustained. There was an easier one, a Jew spy, ex cellently rendered by Mr. T. Mead. The farce of Hooker and Snooker followed, and we left a crowded house, a little before midnight, waiting for the cur tain to draw up for the pantomime, which was to be performed for the 69th time. We suppose with such runs as this we must not grudge the „ theatre its old claim to be called " the lucky Surrey. THE EXHIBITIONS, &c. BURFORD'S PANORAMAS. A very considerable number of the holiday f o lk s , as usual, visited this favourite exhibition yesterday. It will be remembered by our readers that we recently took occasion to notice a rather remarkable addition made this season to his establishment by the enter prising and accomplished proprietor—the novelties being no less extraordinary than panoramas of the falls of Niagara and Jerusalem. In our observations on these splendid productions we inadvert en tl y erre d in stating them to be mere revivals of paintings al ready some years back submitted by Mr. Burford to public inspection. We are, consequently, so li c i tous to remove any false impression which may have been caused by that unintentional misstatement, an d f ee l satisfied that this anxiety will be rendered sufficiently apparent by the alacrity with which we hast e n to follow up those remarks by an explanati▪ on. The two pictures here referred to, therefore, instead of being old works resuscitated, are entirely new, havi ng , i n fact, only just been completed by . Mr. Robert Burford and Mr. H. C. Selous, his assistant. As we intimated in our previous criticism, the subjects were long since familiarised to the sight-seers of the me tropolis by the proprietor; but the panoramas of the falls of Niagara and Jerusalem now exhi biting at the corner of Leicester-square are unlike their predecessors—and we may be per mitted also to call them their prototypes— by being semicircular. As ori▪ ginally pro duced by Mr. Burford, they each occupied an entire circle—a different arrangement having been made, we presume, for 1851, with a view to economise space, "so as to be able to present at the same time two distinct and unconnected views, both possessing extraordinary interest"—and this being accomplished by a very simple division of the large circle of the exhibition. According to this very admirable con- . ' ARGYLL ROOMS. This elegant and popular lounge and salle de danse was, of course, thronged to excess last night, as, in deed, it is most nights. Amongst the company there was a pretty extensive sprinkling of foreigners, who appeared to be highly delighted with the extent and splendour of the rooms, and were equally enthusias tic in the applause they bestowed on the music. But few European capitals can boast of so agreeable a place of amusement of the sort as this, and it may be safely predicted, that during the approaching season of bustle and excitement the Argyll Rooms will be one of the principal rendezvous of the million sight seers who are now meditating a speedy visit to the great metropolis. The orchestra has over and over again been pronounced to be one of the best of its description in London ; in fact, it is the same that frequently attends the private balls of the nobility, and in the course of each evening the chief composi tions of the first masters are performed with an accu racy and finish that would do no discredit to the opera itself. The dancing, too, is conducted with great propriety and order, and the scene that is nightly presented to the wondering gaze of the spectator is animated in the extreme. Nor are the rooms them selves at all inconveniently heated from the crowd that is continually moving to and fro, or galloping through the steps of the mazy dance, fur by an in genious apparatus, which owes its origin to the fertile brain of Mr. G. P. Bryer, one of the spirited managers, a delicious stream of cool air is continually being con veyed into the saloon, while a corresponding piece of mechanism is fixed in the roof of the building, which absorbs the dust and draws off all impurities in the atmosphere. Those, therefore, who are fond of trip ping it on the light fantastic toe, or listening to the thrilling strains of brilliantly executed music, should not lose sight of the Argyll Rooms in the course of their rambles about town. APOLLONICON ROOMS. The Apollonicon Concert Rooms, in St. Martin's lane, are well worthy a visit. To those who wish to acquire a knowledge of each shade in the " many coloured life" of Napoleon, an interesting diorama, fully explanatory of the salient points in the career of that great military chieftain, invites their attention. The entertainment is accompanied with music and a descriptive lecture ; a crowded audience frequently evinced their approbation of the skill of the artist and the success of the fair lecturess. In another portion of the building Mr. Philips gives a unique entertain ment; it is a diorama of scenery in Ireland, with a vocal and instrumental accompaniment. Since her Majesty's visit to the shores of the sister island, it has become as fashionable to know somethin g o f th a t " barbarous country," as it was heretofore to profess total ignorance. This motive in itself would be strong to induce a numerous audience, but the sterling merit of the artist's work will retain as patrons those whom chance may have sent him. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE GAL- LERY. The concerts at this elegant Music Hall are deserving of notice by the numerous candidates for amusement at this holiday season. We paid it a visit ourselves yesterday, and were highly gratified with the enter tainment, which consisted of a varied and pleasing selection of instrumental performances. The leading feature in the programme was Mr. Mather's illustra tions on that extraordinary specimen of modern musi cal mechanism, the Apollonicon. The rich, sonorous, and organ•like tones of this remarkable instrument, which when in full operation engages the energies of six performers simultaneously, awaken general ad miration and delight in all lovers of sweet sounds. The three juvenile harpists—Fanny, Ernest, and Adolpus Lockwood—contribute largely to the attractiveness and eclat of these concerts. Their tiny fingers dis play a dexterity and grace of movement quite marvel lous in such youthful artistes ; and the excellent time which they keep in the execution of the trios as signed to them, as also the effective manner in which they bring out the tone of so difficult an instrument as the harp, reflect equal credit on their aptitude as pupils and on the patience and ability of Mr. Fre derick Chatterton, their talented master. Vheir first trio was the old favourite air, " Hope told a flattering Tale," with variations ; and their second " The blue Bells of Scotland"—the cadences in the former, and also its concluding adagio passages, meriting especial commendation, and both pieces were received by the audience with repeated bursts of applause. The per• formance next deserving mention was Mr. Sedgwick's solo on the treble concertina, introducing various operatic airs, among which :was that exquisite mor ceau from Don Pasquale, popularly known in the ballad adaptation, " Oh, summer night." Although not involving manny difficult passages, the execution of this solo was accompanied by great taste and feel ing. The concertina duet between Mr. Sedgwick and Mr. Barton, comprising selections from Bellini's La Sonnambula, was rendered with much delicacy and precision. Mr. Grattan Cooke's solo on the oboe, the celebrated march in La Figlia del Reggimento, elicited deserved plaudits, as did also Miss Collins's solo on the violin. Indeed, the entire programme gave very general satisfaction. THE POLYTEC LIN IC INSTITUTION. The inauspicious state of the-Breather appears to have less influence on the numbers by which this place is visited than on the numbers by which other exhibitions are attended. Yesterday, notwithstanding the incessant rain, the galleries were crowded with the curious, and with a class of persons who are somewhat beyond the common sight-seekers. Within these few weeks, during which the institution has been closed for the purposes of renovation and pre paration for the present season, improvements have been made by the proprietary, both in the arrange ment of the numerous things exhibited and by the introduction of novelties. Many new subjects have been introduced on which lectures are given, and the apparatus to illustrate the scientific department has been considerably enlarged. A number of models of machines of recent invention has been brought for ward, and in addition to the more technical ar rangements for scientific instruction, dissolving views, painted by Mr. C. Smith, have been intro duced. The more minute department of the models, specimens of manufacture and works of art, have also been attended to with considerable care, and among these are, not the least praiseworthy, the seal-engrav ings of Mr. Giffard, who has cut three very exqui site representations of animals—a lion, mountain goat, and elephant, upon cornelians. The great no velty is, however, the table and pendulum, similar to that exhibited at Paris, by which M. Foucault's ex periment demonstrates the rotation of the earth. This demonstration and the explanation of Dr. Bachhoffner excited considerable interest, and is certainly worth the attention of every body by whom science is re spected and simplicity of proof admired. The whole interior of the building is now in the best possible order, and every accommodation is afforded to visitors.i THE COLOSSEUM. The proprietors of this elegant place of exhibition and rational amusement have very judiciously opened their season by the restoration within the dome of the edifice of the celebrated " Picture of London," by Mr. E. T. Paris, painted from original sketches taken by Mr. Horner in 1825, from the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is unnecessary to give any critical opinion of the merits of this extra ordinary production. At the time of its first exhi bition it received almost unqualified praise from very competent judges, and the public patronage of several years confirmed the justi ce of what was then said. It has received such ret ouches as it re quired, and will, in the approaching spring and su mmer b e as attractive, especially t o the forei g n and provincial visitors to the metropolis, as it was t o t h e Lon doners themselves when first exhibited. In addi tion to this picture there is the view of Paris by moon light, a very beautiful and correct represen tation of that capita l, in which s ome of the be the e n conservatories extended pic torial illusions are surprising. The museum of u by some alterations and l are i n exce llent o rder, the models of mines, caverns sclldudrietiohn has s, and the vari ous views of ruins are as full of ' interest as ever, and, indeed, the whole o f the arrangements are in • the , best ' taste. The place was visited in the course of the day by a large number of persons , although the drawback of rain and wind prevented so good an attendance as it deserved, 22, 1851. THE DIORAMA. The two pictures, Mount Ecna, painted by M. Diosse, pupil of M. Ihguerre, and the Castle of Stol z-nfels, on the Rhine, by Nicholas Meciter, of Co logne, of which we had occasion to speak on their first exhibition in favourable terms, attracted a fair pro portion of visitors yesterday to the establishment in the Regent's -park. They tire very meritorious, and will repay the time occupied by a visit to them. THE CYCLORAMA Is an adjunct to the Colosseum. After admiring the calm appearance of the river Tagus and the varied effects which are produced by throwing different tints on the moving scenes, the earthquake, which de stroyed so large a proportion of the city of Lisbon in 1755, is realized to the mind of the spectator by the mighty conflict of the waters, and by the lamentable resulta which are there evident in the overthrown buildings of the devoted city. The musical illustra tions are given on the new grand Apollonicon, and the pieces from Beethoven, Mozirt, Mendelssohn, a n d Rossini, are performed with the completeness of an entire orchestra. M. ROBIN'S SOIREES. M. Robin commenced a new series of his " Sires Parisienne s e t F an t as ti ques " l as t even i ng , a t his sa loon, Piccadilly, performing with great success before a numerous and fashionable circle of spectators. M. Robin unites ingenuity in mechanical contrivance vvith dexterity and neatness of manipulation, to an extent unsurpassed by any of his wizard competitors. Many of his tricks appear to be entirely his own, and thosewbich are n o t a lt oget h er nove l h e ren d ers more puzzling and difficult of detection by his manner of performing them. His entertainment last evening comprised several nove l t i es, amongst the most inge nious,, ot which were "F re d er i c k t h e Great's Wind mill,in which a miniature miller appears to ascend and descend to and from th e var i ous storeys, to turn the sails of his windmill to the right or left, and grinds corn (separating the wheat from the bran) at the command of the magician. A box which, when breathed upon by a lady, is self -replenished to a seemingly indefinite extent with bon-bons and toys, and doves which pick out from the pack any cards that might be demanded. Then birds and all kinds of small articles were passed to and from, into and out of different vessels in the most extraordinary and un accountable manner. The inexhaustible bottle dis pensed an unlimited supply of spirits and liqueurs ; and though last not least, Madame Robin exhibited her marvellous pow e rs o f " double vue" (or clair voyance), and of becoming invisible, or at any rate of disappearing from the observation of the spectators. Altogether the " holiday folk," who visited M. Robin's saloon, " supped full" of marvels, if not of " horrors," and their frequent and warm applause showed that they were not dissatisfied with the quan tity or quality of the repast. THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA. This interesting and admirably-executed series of panoramic views, which during the last nine months has been one of the most attractive exhibitions of the kind in the metropolis, was yesterday visited by a large number of persons, who seemed much interested in the representation of the principal points of interest on the route from Southampton to Calcutta. Besides the panorama, three entirely new and very beantifnl views, of the Mausoleum of Taj Mehal, at Agra, were exhibited for the first time. This celebrated structure was built during the seventeenth century by one of the Mogul Sovereigns of India, for the tomb of his favourite wife. Attached to the mauso leum are two mosques, the whole structure being of white Candahar marble, most elaborately wrought and enriched with mosaics. The mausoleum is sur rounded by gardens ; the whole being of such extent and magnificence that it is said to have occupied 20,000 men twenty-two years in its completion, and to have cost 3,174,8001. The views, which have been painted from sketches made upon the spot by a gentleman who has resided at Agra eight years (and who has himself superintended the painting) re presents the exterior of the mausoleum and mosques, as seen by moonlight from the opposite bank of the river Jumna, the gateway from the garden, and the interior of the mausoleum, with the cenotaph of the deceased favourite encircled by a finely-wrought screen of marble, inlaid with mosaics in precious stones. With respect to the fidelity of the views we can, of course, ofkr no opinion, but their artistic merit is considerable, and they certainly form no slight addition to the attractions of the panorama of the Overland Route, to which they are most appro priate companions. THE POLYORAbIA, REGENT-STREET. The great moving panorama of the Dardanelles, Constantinople, and the Bosphorus, painted by Mr. Allow, is one of the most attractive exhibitions ever presented to the public, and well deserves a continu ance of the patronage which it has hitherto received. The celebrated scenes which form the subject of the panorama are most faithfully depicted by the artist, who conducts the spectator from the plains of Troy to the Black Sea, and then passing the British fleet on the Hellespont, he glides across the Sea of Marmora, and proceeds by the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus to the " City of the Sultan," which suddenly bursts upon his view in all its magnificence, presenting innumerable mosques, minarets, and all those peculiarities for which Con stantinople is so famous. The most remarkable views and the most celebrated buildings (including the Se raglio and the interior of the Harem) are pointed out by Mr. Wyman, whose lecture is interspersed with anecdotes illustrative of the babits and customs of the people. We are glad to find that " schools" are admitted at half price, and would suggest the pro priety of extending the same privilege to children generally. EGYPTIAN HALL. The panoramas at this establishment, including the new picture of the Overland Route to California, were patronised by a large assemblage of the holiday makers yesterday. The novelty, the American sub ject, is nobly and dashingly painted, and very effec tive, while the representations of the Nile and the Holy Land continue to afford both pleasure and in struction to crowds of visitors. The Egyptian-hall panoramas hold a very respectable place among the amusements of the metropolis. THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXHIBITION. To the naturalist, the collection made by Mr. Cumming during his five years' hunting adventures in the wilds of South Africa is extremely interesting. It comprises uncommon specimens of rare and curious animals, together with a great variety of sporting trophies, native arms, costumes, and carosses of state worn by the Kafir chiefs. Many singular incidents, illustrative of the scenes of peril through which an adventurous sportsman passes, are related by a Bush man tracker, who accompanied Mr. Cumming during his adventurous excursion. The exhibition, which is nearly opposite the Albert-gate, cannot fail to receive a large share of support from the visitors to the Great Exhibition. BREhS'S PANORAMA. The subjects of this excellent Panorama are views of New Zealand, divided into two parts, and a picture of Sydney, New South Wales. In the picture of the town of Auckland, while the native canoes in the foreground, with the carving on their prows, which is distinctly brought out in the painting, gives a pleasing idea of native ingenuity ; the thriving appear ance of the town, with the other indications of pros perity in its neighbourhood, indicate the progress that is there making in all the arts of civilization. The views of Wellington and of the Bay of All Saints were also beautifully managed with a view to picto rial effect. The view of Sydney, with the military fort in the distance, was distinctly and finely deli neated. WESTERN INSTITUTION. The panoramas at this instituti on i n Leicester square, are devoted exclusively t o th e ill ustrat i on o f o ur colonial possessions at the Cape of Good Hope ; rendered more than usually i n t erest i ng, at present, f ro m their being the seat of war. We are first pre sented with several views of Cape Town and the neighbourhood, t a k en successively from Table Bay, from the interior of the town, and from the summit of Table Mountain. There are also spirited re presentations of Dutch villages, Hottentot kraals, and Kafir encampments, together with views of the natural scenery of the district, which will do more than the most laboured descriptions could ac complish in making the spectator acquainted with the peculiar difficulties to be encountered by our troops in their conflicts with the natives. To these the en terprising proprietor has lately added a new sketch, illustrative of the recent attack of the Kafirs on Colonel Mackinnon and his party, in the gorge of the Keiskamma Hoek ; the whole accompanied by appro priate music, under the direction of Miss Kirkham, and a descriptive lecture, highly elucidative of the subject, by Mr. J. D. Malcolm. GREENWICH FAIR. The persistence with which the body corporate of Cockneydom clings to its prescriptive rights would be a very fine trait of its character if it wore not, in its collateral effects, a very unpleasant one. Year after year the good people flock to Greenwich on Easter Monday to ruin their best bonnets and destroy their best coats with an ardour no rain can quench, and a vigour no mud can intimidate, and yet there is no sign of reform. If old Moore,judging what the fu tura world be from the e xperience of th e remotest past put down in his atmosp h e r ic” revelations, after the Easter Monday, " Ver.Y wet, he would be re garded as an arrant impostor ; for the whole world east of Temple-bar seems to have determined from time immemorial, that the opening of Greenwich fair on Easter Monday shall b e an d must b e "fi ne and dry." With the usual pezacliowauess a the see- - 1 ? )L . ±;•• A &))) ____ ________ ~,...!_ • . -- 4 - • • -- -, yt „ A 4 son the morning smiled warmly througLaWQ doles,' ' "t so light that they looked like mufflertist worn,. or the moment, and to be cast oft' as soon as i *E i tsij A ,l sc f 1 / 4 ..4 got any tooting in the heavens.. The Ibitrq - 44d-h• 4 ~. • .......,,„.,.,,,, deceitful proceeding was to bring 0uti9404-1 blow of richly-coloured bonnets and r ..._4 •..,i, L ., i "t"T l 4"glaNiritu , :„/ divers coats of many colours, and to lesilie---ur seclusion many serviceable umbrellax. The glass, to be sure, looked ominous, but glasses of anothvr description were so frequently consulted as not to under the indications of the first of much importance. About one o'clock the boats were tolerably full as they left London-bridge, and the trains were still fuller. The railway company', after many a vain effort to resist the democratic ten dencies of the age in Easter week, placidly announced that they would let any one get down to Greenwich in any class be liked for Gd., and the result was thet the third•class carriages became decidedly fashionable and select. At two the usual incidents of Greenwich corn. inenced. Down came the rain, and all the sports of the day were brought to a close. The park became a plashy mashy mass of trampled mud ; the streets something like the strand off the Strand when the tide is out, and the public-houses full to fortune-making. Tlae bold English archers unbent their bows and fled from I3lackheath ; the donkey cavalry charged in pulks to the nearest shelter; and " the fun of the fair" svas only heard creaking feebly from under leafless trees in the most frequented walks; the aged vete rans with the telescopes "d ---d their eyes" end the weather, and put up their glasses till they got into the town. The slopes and glades were deserted by everything but some isolated drunken men end a few hardened deer ; and all was sloppy, damp, and nasty. As for the town, it was the same as it always is. Clouds of tobacco smoke, and the ends of' long pipes protruded from the windows into the fat. moisture. The tea-touters, under a cloud of umbrellas, suggested the propriety of keeping up one's spirits with the cup which cheers, but not inebriates in vain. " The nut rifle corps" was as numerous and. hardy es ever, and baffled the skill of the excited little boys, who seemed always to fire furthest from the mark the more pains they took with their a i m . Warriors of a hundred fights sat quietly on a pile of straw in the gutter, as idle as " the painted ship upon the painted ocean" beside them. Men who had suf fered all the ills that flesh is heir to, as if by wholesale entail, with contingent remainders of legs, noses, and. arms, recounted the story of their disasters to the scanty passengers. Humpy-backed soldiers, who had. been discharged, after 40 years' " servis, for beatia mi sargint"—puny navigators, who had been muti lated while " blastin at the Shakspeer klift, near Dover, as most does remember"—and several pro prietors of glass ships, which had been more or less victims to the violence of cabmen--as well as persons with legs frightfully swelled by an accumulation of stockings, and white-headed boys with flaxen hair and flax wigs, took up their usual perches by the most crowded, or rather by the least desolate tho roughfares; and it was curious to observe that a great number of "objects" who announced to the public in bold chalk characters on their hats —the flags were too wet—that they were starving of hunger, and ge nerally had garments which showed an enormous amount of dramatic taste and skill in their tailors, had been brought all at once into the main street of Greenwich. As to the fair par excellence, it seems gone for ever. The blight which we noticed some time ago on the native British race of mermaids, learned pigs, unrivalled giants, tremendous dwarfs, five-legged sheep, and spotted ladies, still continues with painful severity. Foreign imports of these arti cles must take place, or the trade is ruined. What signifies the wretched substitutes of " living por traits" for id., or " c osmorama-panoptic delusions" for 2d., after such as we have seen but a few short years when free trade was unknown? Even the contami nation of "poses plastikes" has been introduced, and the time may soon come when the gingerbread art may perish for ever, and the secret of moulding kings, emperors, and giants, lions and all the finest of animals, fern: naturce, in that pleasant medium, may be lost to us, even as that of malleable glass. Richardson was there with perennial lustre—his tur bans not faded in brightness—his band unin jured in lung—his Columbine as though she had just drunk a bumper of the aurum potabile, and the Har lequin rather fatly lively, as though he had drained the dregs; but his audiences were not equal to his merits. He bad three appearances of a ghost, and a great deal of battle and murder, with a comic song, end as sensible a ballet pantomime as we have seen for a long time, spun out to a great and alarming length ; but all to no we. The ginger bread stalls were as numerous and as gaudy as usual, resplendent with gilded kings, queens, beasts, birds, and nondescripts. The place of the learned pig was supplied by au exhibition of performing rats and. mice : the Swiss Giantess was supplanted by a " female Goliath," and the patrons of the " fancy" might gratify their taste at a sparring booth, the door of which was guarded by as ugly-looking a pair of men as one would wish to avoid meeting on a lonely country road at midnight, and whose personal appear ance was enough to deter all peaceably-disposed lieges from entering the place. Despite the con tinuous rain, the trains and boats continued to pour their contingents into the fair. The numerous dancing-booths offered an inviting refuge from the inclemency of the weather to those who preferred a canvas covering and a boarded floor to wandering about unsheltered upon ground ancle-deep in mud, and they were extensively patronised. In Algar's monster booth an indefatigable band was kept con stantly at work upon polkas, waltzes, and quadrilles ; and if the dancers continued to exhibit the same un tiring energy in their devotion to Terpsichore throughout the evening, the musicians, we are sure, deserve sincere commiseration. Upon the whole, the holiday-makers displayed most commendable resigna tion under the difficulties they encountered in the pursuit of pleasure ; and, if all did not go "merry as a marriage bell, as much cheerfulness and good humour was evinced as could be expected under the circumstances. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The Museum was more thronged than ever remembered by the officials on any previous Easter. The works not being completed_ in the gall er y o f scu l ptural antiquities, that portion of the Museum was seen to much disadvantage. Anew entrance has been made t o th e Ni neve h G al l e r y. a The total nu m b er o f v i s it ors d ur i ng th 76,850, aver ag i ng a b ou t 182 per minute. A t was past four o'clock the r oo m s were so crammed, ndhathlfe crush was so great, that the author ities deemed it ed expedient to stop the admission.tat hour was 7,530. In The number of persons who passed out will the opening of the Great order not to disappoint E t the t h er hi h public tion, at th t e he M t u im se e um or this year be closed for c leansing from the 29th inst. to the 3d of May, reopening y to . the public on th e sth, .. l in stead of on the 9th of T nE NATIONAL GALLERY.—The v i s it ors were here very n umerous. According to the officials 36,500 VERNON COLLECTION. —From the time the a t Marlborough House were opened a continu enTteHreEd the gallery during the day. human beings poured into the rooms to view the magnificent collections of paintings therein. The total number of visitors was 47,390. ( t r s s tream of THE UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM.—The subscribers opened their museum in Scotland-yard for the free admission of the public, and 7,000 persons availed themselves of the privilege to view the splendid col lection of models and implements of war deposited therein. The museum will remain open this day and to-morrow. THE TOWER.—Upwards of 600 persons paid yester day to see the regalia, armoury, and other objects of curiosity deposited in the Tower. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ••••• Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, many hundreds of persons visited this favourite resort. The chief attraction ap peared to be th e f ema l e e l e ph an t an d h er c alf, and the hippopotamus. He who pampers the selfishness of another does that other a moral injury, which cannot be compensated by any amount of gratification imparted to him. -- Eliza Cook' s Journal. - - A " STUMP SPEECII. "—Ain erimcaenrisc to occupy the, our republic a, is yet destined to re-annex South America, Russian possessions, as well as those British colonies which the old thirteen colonies von from the French on the plains of Abraham—all rightfully ours to occupy. Faneuil Hall was the cradle of the republic, but whar ' whar will be found timber enough for its co ffin? Scoop all the water from out the Atlantic Ocean, and its bed would not afford sufficient for its corpse. And yet America is still in the gristle of boyhood. Europe—what is Europe? She is nowhar— nothing—a circumstance—a cypher —a land absolutely ideal. We have faster steam-boats, swifter locomotives, larger creeks, bigger plantations, better mill privileges, broader lakes, higher mountains, deeper cataracts, louder thunder, forkeder lightning, braver men, hansemmer wemen, more mo ney than England d ar have.-117rs. Houlston's Travels. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT. Mr. James Duncan Wright, otherwise called " Steeple Jack," has been engaged at the Bristol Alkali Works for a few days, making arrange ments for repairing the tall chimney outside, without stop ping the works a moment. At twenty minutes pas t two, on Thursd ay week, seeing that the wind would suit him, he Jew his kite, and by twenty-five minutes past three he had a chain over the top, with proper tackle attached for ascending. In another half-hour he took his seat on a bit of board, 18 inches by 9, and 1 inch thick, and went to the top (200 feet) in half a minute ! In three minutes he had placed the chain in a secure position, exactly across the top (which it was not before), and in another half-minute was shaking hands with his friends below. This is only one of the many feats for which " Steeple Jack" is celebrated.—Bristol Journal. Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same.—Eliza Cook's Journal. DEATH FROM BRUTAL VIOLENCE AT CHELsEL.-- The adjourned inquest at the Prince of Wales, Exeter -street, Chelsea, upon the body of Caroline Jewell, who lost her life in that neighbourhood about a fortnight ago from wee k, owing t o t h e a b sence of one Qf the brutal violence, was furt her postponed yesterday until this day (Tuesday) jurymen. ~~