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

odite--te Ist st t 121b--"' issawal wi n ger PreSIAVIP spAY• backed er. ran th! o i nenFt iartiou to the bet, 0 i not Se ice. e At- , EgCl t ) , 0.1 onunis" [on* t° f; for —Elilts vestry for tbe -J. G . ror th e w. 14* AND 1-rO OOl _Ben, M..P• n Ed" Jame ° of g r " lotion • ;bark° Sto . P" Bar oala EASTER AMUSEMENTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. .tter Majesty's Theatre re-opens this evening with 1,,!I extraordinary array of attractions. Mademoiselle (in a p pears f or th e fi rs t ti m e in England, as Adina ‘ it i L'Elisir d'Amore), the second character which lue sustained in Paris, and in which she obtained the 4 _►twimous approbati o n of the French public. The Qt tiortalLablache appears (for the first time this sea m:Al\ h presenting his ever-welcome and undiminished 4 4 in the garb of the quack doctor, Dulcamara ; Iti?d the addition of Coletti, who is the Belcore of the 13 X1t, makes the cast remarkably powerful. The harming ballet, Les Meta mor phoses, in which Car otta Grisi displays, not only her unequalled chore raphic skill, but her power of individualized persona f,!.ni to an extent of which, until the production of ` o ` llB ballet, the public had not an idea, will follow the era) and thus complete the carte, which is one of the choicest, as well as one of the most interesting, bttue direction could lay before the fastidious 0 be T hursday, Masaniello will be repeated for the 116 fit of the non• subscribers ; and a more brilliant and desirable night, for those whose visits to her Ma tatitY's Theatre are not habitual, could hardly be an 21theed, for, in addition to the admirably executed a nd brilliantly mounted opera (which comprises a ballet of no ordinary variety), Les Metamorphoses Id enrich the offiehe. v , ? i n Saturday we have a debut of great interest, as th % 4 S the first performance, for the season, of one of el finest operas in the repertoire. Lucrezia Borgia Rill be given, with Mademoiselle Alaymo as the ;;Nee. M a d e moiselle Ida Bertrand will support her 7 4 Orsini, and Mr. Sims Reeves (whose French suc ases have been as remarkable as they were deserved) i geounced for Gennaro. day week (Tuesday, the 29th), the fascinating donna Sontag makes her debut as La Figlia del - ` l6 gielento. Any addition to such an intimation 1 , °ald be worse than needless. the new opera by Alary, Le Tre Arozze, is in ti 'ye preparation. We must not forestall its attrac • e,,; but among the incidents is a polka, danced by ,„ a u'aehe and Madame Sontag, which appears to have agutaPtured the French spectators. The triumphant l l a piees under which Mr. Lumley carried through t l f s earlier season afford a guarantee, additional to that te ll is own tact, energy, and liberality, for the sue assef that more important portion of the operatic 4' le which the whole force of a first-rate company Paraded in presence of the whole elite of fashionable 13(tiety. A DRURY-LANE THEATRE. t r l° l l English version of The Robbers of Schiller, 1 1,, ° _ te the pen of Mr. Anderson, the lessee, was pro- Ced here last evening, with great success. This, ef ° ), m ost celebrated of Schiller's works, and the work th au others that has, perhaps, in Germany, produced tt ; greatest mo r a l, political, and social effects, is, as 1,14611,1%11y written,unactab le, not only from its inordi e:,erigth—it is three times as long as the longest 1 4 ,1" . 'uttlispere's plays—but from the argumentative or:, Metaphysical character of many of the speeches, t° Speak mo re correctly, essays which Schiller bas Zen to several of his characters to recite. In the 14 „' ° _,g German edition all these are cut out, and the the and situations are brought closer together ; da l s t . edition Mr. Anderson has adopted as his foun th°lel and has by judicious condensation transformed 1 41 ,, ‘°og rambling, argumentative play of Schiller to'u : a stirring, well-built melodrama. It is as the e a work of supererogation to detail delito lot o f The Robbers as it would be i ttlo il the plot of Othello. Every German scholar and every English playgoer has seen divers 510 n 5 of it at the minor theatres, wh ile to the b~.4,goer it is familiar as the plot of I Masna dezrz. tie iv r p l ay Was strongly cast; Mr. Anderson, as Charles id en 7 ° °r, was very effective ; he seemed the ver y beau i ll ."' of the m o ody predestined robber chief , his act rie! Was full of energy. In the last scene of the fourth 1p Which he releases his father from the dungeon c ;uich his brother bad confined him, and calls toti" his band to avenge the old man's wrongs, the n k of Mr. Anderson was very fine, and the con ' I ng Scene of the play was admirable for its calm tty, Miss H. Gilbert, a debutante, was the letialtl"a' and looked and acted the character excel this 3 7 • Although a debutante hre, it is evident that Lady been used to the stage and thoroughly Iduerstands her profession. The villain Francis de Wag performed by Mr. Cathcart with great .. re and judgment. H e had evidently studied the part Carefully, and made every sentence tell. We have ( 6 8 ser before seen Mr. C a th car t t o s o great advantage. * l4 De Moor found a car e f u l an d j u di c ious represents 'Ye in Mr. Cooper, and the minor characters were all ?ell performed. The grouping of the robber bands has admirable, and the scenery some of the most eautiful ever presented : there was one scene, a sun k't on the Danube, followed by moonlight, which W tfr as a beautiful s p ec i men o f p i ctor i a l and dioramie e ct• The applause was frequent throughout the t t lir Yl and at th e conc l us i on th ere were l o ud calls for Nv • Anderson. Azael followed, and the holiday folks e /e in ecstacies of delight at the gorgeous splendour of this magnificent spectacle. The house was -13vicied. HAYMARKET THEATRE. 1 111 Performances at this theatre last evening com eted with Sir E. B. Lytton's favourite play o f the Q „` l1 , of Lyons, the character of the proud Pauline 1 44 -4 "appelles being admirably sustained by Miss I ra Addison. The part is one that is well suited t he t i ier talent of Miss Addison, and it was played by i tt a manner which must greatly enhance the re ut a ,, 4 a tion she has already acquired by her Isabella, thr,,P l at Emilia, &c.; she is now undoubted l y en to rank with the greatest tragic actresses on the 4 - ' 4 R i ush st Mr. J. William Wallack gave an ex tellent • a g e • () r e , interpretation of the rather difficult character I t i th ilLude Melnotte ; he was much applauded, and Mc 41 6 Addison was called for at the end of the La' The new burlesque, which followed, is written 1 11 ` .. , brothers Brough, and is founded on Balfe's well h i'w ll opera of the Bohemian Girl, the plot of which tih t , e ,Pt to pretty closely. Thaddeus of Warsaw, a le ta lased Pole, driven from his country by the ruth -14 'awls of debtor and creditor, was excellently ' , t ied and sung by Miss P. Horton. Arline was re se,„ltted by Miss Annie Romer, Count Florestine Nileirs. L. S. Buckingham. Count Arnheim, 4 tun " the " Heart bowed down," by the inimitable n " Bland, the Gipsy Queen, confessing to 11 5 4",,the census, by Mr. H. Bedford, and Devils tle;:l Mr. Buckstone. The burlesque is fu ll of ITCr hits at all the leading topics of the day — the t ei l l i t sterial crisis, the case of Miss Talbot, Smith ;ttlarket, &c., and of good parodies on the principal sli; l 2 the original opera. Some of the incidents are tri,:"7 altered, such as the substitution of the fair of ta s ,, — nwich for that of Presburg , and instead of the t%i7, l lll ission produced by Thaddeus i n p roof of his e birth, an advertisement is handed t o the Count, t reatin g T., of W. to return to his disconsolate tt: ( 1 138 1 as by the death of a rich relative al l his %Ito 'tors have been satisfied, and a large sum de p o- Nt ci for him in the Three per Cents." H. Be dford b e ki- bh v erY good in the Gipsy Queen, and Buckstone a s 'osboof kept the house in a of laughter whilst % tit ha on the stage. The burlesque was entirely tl l et seful, and was announced for repetition amidst lo ud applause of a very full house. Th ADELPIII THEATRE. * 4 . I , l ' performances at this theatre last night pre tli t o little that was entirely new ; but they were 11,, t ellent of their kind. The opening piece was Ish:' 4 3 , le Bernard's drama of Marie Ducange, in k t ,„,:,h Madame Celeste excited general and well -1111;'`ed appluse by the Iliga degree of interest which Iv e ttrew into the principal character; and Mr. 1 4 - 6 14 t was irresistibly droll as an erratic and specu laate adventurer who, struck with the notion that sin tile present over -wrought state of the British ‘1 16 111 : 1 0 the various watering-places on our coast are lit e , l ately necessaryoutlet to the superabundant_ burst ti q , 4l ,which would otherwise _ __ and destroy so as an . , but, as for to in in du f c o e rm al_l 1 44 1' employs himself in the, laudable Nu a l vould have it, the hopeless attempt, Ink Whom he comes in contact to joii! hina Ile ioint-stock company to erect suitable places of Aesenient, to render the watering places attractive. (el, '‘lf D ucange was followed by the amusing farce kl ec i, 4 elon F og , in which Mr. Wright . and Mr. P. lati 411 (1 contrived to keep the house in a roar . of eo l gter from beginning to end. The performances Na lld ed with " A new musical, historical, pastoral, 'Pei leal fairy drama," called o:Flannigan and the 4:i t i " ; or, a Midsummer Night's Dream (not isi, h 'Pere's), Phelim O'Flannigan, a young NI) 4141 1, sworn against ' li quo r (yr. llud- Ivil li "8 betrothed to Mary Kiernan (Miss K..Fi . tz: 11 ,14 1 ,, 111 ). On the day before the wedding he is in 41.1a 1 . - ; " to go to a fair in the county of Wicklow, where Nti,; °4l l Ned Flinch (Mr. Braid), involves him in a th e - ; a , fight ; in which, however, Flannigan becomes P r ia•j' et °r, and ends the day in a fit of intoxication. ~'qls 6 1-e 2loder , the influence of liquor he dreams that 4 „%5, -- ,, L u'oona is haunted by sundry fairies, and that he Ats t lllehended for breaking into the wine-cellar of a Pa - a e ,., Q °I peace in Lancashire, and sentenced to die. gkvs - " tt iting, he is happy to find that all his troubles 4 0 „ ° eeurred in a dream, and that, instead of being !tea - ,i. t o be executed, he is within a few hours of his '4 ~Lt ig • The piece is an adaptation of the drama of 1, 11,G,.* name in which poor Power used to perform, t he f: manuscript of which perished with him in :les ''`"itlent irc'lB4l: The dialogue, which, we be ,.ll,isiN3 '' trwrAten, is full of point ; the t esok t' „ it ' ' tling Ad:animated, and there are ~,tlos, ,o'here. and there sane pleasing snatches of 441.°1 •0. ' "°,,..'whieh Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Collins, and VI a ll 11-Duey, did, ample justice. Mr. Hudson made 4 it t q`i. riallicking cuirited. Irishman, and Miss K. zWilr—in tos 'llise7o' O ' 'llifia; aid Miss E, Chaplin sus- ~4 ~~ .F~~ ' . , THE twined their renpective parts with singular vivacity and geai:e• ILe dles3ets, aceuratiubt., sec:iiety were excellent, and the piece altogether WWI exceed ingly well received. The house was crowded in every part. RIVET. , d I expeci N. ! id Uriel 10 ins by ho e r the w' goals' byf g only 131 " ,ethon, t he hysteric• had in the claim aOl form arid ar bed, a ikes, beteg ite cleverly at weig ht :on Coarse. one or two 1 a lift for e as T he IConfessop 2, and the ). to-rnorroW, will kr ien3. o r Or Ehound Nill reeelc i , The fife" mod of the e h, BPIT, and 'nu' 3 2,000 Gal' Mountsil/ Eve n alces'":6 to TUB• TING. , for thr ee übs.) Menv) „ Butler) Smith) 0 cords, el?d I off. old; CO 1" ; )8. sold fo übs.) Butler) $ atiDan) 5 lugers) 4 locnevi) .n d Karp th e cor . d as 6 ;Co the e' ; „ 1. Bu n P- years value sv" .) a tman) )inson) ll the 1 This rocs old Co 'W I never bred It a wistle` arstost) atman) . Day) 4 a OTMn) ~ ogers) faxtovi) t Ba llolll°' rho TOP: the bush ° ken by th e the or& 0y a be 641 a, phJegy sec. e, Bst9lb; 3.C. Stmsn) vmen) Anson) Rogers) nd, wherl it up Il ls ' ip and 1 11 prevent too ft fr°Ps tx, Bst 71 , 17 ° 7 s t 121 0 ° ord's J3° Htorlei% tivelrbo rl : 1r the fir" my moot th at al' lhawk khound other. Eolus *re ssor lan (t) lam (t) Hawley , .odite (t )' ND DA lawk hound ressor Rua Ban ham LYCEUM THEATRE. If the Lyceum do not make a hit at the approach ing " Congress of all Nations"—if its treasury do not receive substantial, 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. They 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 latest 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 Milwood, 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 Grenouille 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 fairiy 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 had 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 N onpareil 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 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 forward 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 realm' of " tawney Spain" to supply the deside ratum. The journey is made by le diable boiteux (Mr. Flexmore) in a balloon, which affords an 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 for Christendom in a gorgeous galley from the port of Cadiz. This last scene, together with those we have mentioned, w as perfectly beautiful. The brilliant and artistic gorgeousness of the costumes has never been sure 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 claim:- panzees of Borneo. In the dancing department, the arrangement of which is extremely creditable to him, he 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 an d Miss Leclercq gave the new dance La Gorlitza, with excellent effect. A comic song by Harley, who most comically sustains the part of a vile - renea gado, and Miss Robertson, a very pleasinF , and pretty ectress, who is " the discreet liadiga, the lady's i maid, was encored. Perhaps the most glorious bit of fun in the entire .piece is contributed by the feat of Wigan and Keeley, who, as u pair of um- SUN, LONDON, bats, "the bounding _bricks of Babylon," cause pi: auls o oengnr• s.he ahi vt ments of this worthy pair, Plexwfore's apish pranks; and Wynn's imitation of Macready as Lear, Av)ieu% sounding, the affections of his daughters, were the. chief. side-splitters amid the incessant provocationaA mirth which sparkled throughout the , ext reaganza, , , Putting even the abounding fun out ,ofilakq(esMall, the costliness of the scenery, the,v,ivid riOnessjiatthe dresses, the brilliancy of the dan94%—nay; if it,veero. merely the panorama from Londin i to Grenada, : and the procession of King Mohat4ti 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. 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, illoger, as handed up to us in the quaint, humoreus, 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 hia 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 veine, 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, as well as secure the attention of an 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 hand, 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 hite ; but also Susan Holiday. He, however, succeeds in thwarting ner vile intentions, out bas 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 vivacity 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. Turning 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 adorn 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 girl. Reuben Cooper overhears their conversation, and having given timely warning at the manor-house, the robbers are arrested in the act of carrying away 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 his 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 him far a dance, and the whole characters then join in a lively and well kept-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 which would otherwise be felt by the audience in what ought to be the real nature Ma drama produced under the title of Sir Roger de Coverley. The character of Sir Roger was well 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. Sbylock being of course app►opriated 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 Budder* 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 TUESDAY EVENING, the piece there were boisterous and long-continued tor her appe4ranee oef:re the curt...it, ; but, whatever miy have been the reason, there was a per tinacious refusal to respond. The second and last pnrtion of the evening's entertainments was Mr. .Pianches fairy extravaganzl of Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants, which has long been a fa .Vourite further west, but was nevertheless well re vived here, and afforded considerable amusement. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. The entertainments at this suburban theatre 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 thrown over the career of the highwayman, and the burglar is converted into an interesting character. The piece was well received, and was followed by the interlude of the Rival Pages, which was performed almost in dumb show, 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 disturb its equa nimity and self-satisfaction, except, it may be, the expulsion of an intruder, who had assumed a place to which he was not entitled in the pit, and who was removed by two active and athletic youths, with a vigour and rapidity in the administration 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 tiae.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. A STLEY'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 which 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 marrisge 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 end 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 after piece 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 have been effected in the short period of the Easter recess. SURREY THEATRE. The D..tm uuvolty at, tea. eneeeee was ti anima, 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 ho 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 Corner() 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 al veay s 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 people clamour for Cor naro's death, but his royal mistress hopes to have saved him, and directs that he shall be led to execution veiled, expecting thug to pacify the people and yet procure the execution of Ivan in his stead. There is a very sombre scene, in which some one is led off to execu tion, Meta and the Czarina each trusting that she has rescued from that dismal fate the life she values. The fact turns out to be that Cornaro is the man beheaded, and Ivan has es caped, to live the husband of Meta. The piece struck us as very well written, and there is 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 produce 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 made 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 Booker 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 es t a blishment by th e 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 inadvertently, erred in stating them to be mere revivals of paintings al ready some years back submitted by Mr. Burford to public inspection. We are, consequently, solicitous 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 hasten t o follow up those remarks by an explanation. The two pictures here referred to, therefore, instead of being old works resuscitated, are entirely new, having, in fact, only just been completed. by . Mr. Robert Burford and Mr. 11. C. Selous,.his assistant. A s 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 he per mitted also to call them their prototypes— by being semicircular. As originally 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- APRIL 22 ) 1851. trivance, a greater variety of panoromss is displayed this year to the foreign visitors of one of our most interesting places, at once, of instruction and amuse ment. 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 Palace. Before reverting for a moment to the present paintings, it will be worthy of remark that Mr. 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 jctured, 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 Redeemer, and 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 fall of a vast body of waters from a precipice one hundred and fifty feet i❑ 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. THE DIORAMA. The two pictu7.s, idount Etna, painted by M. Diosse, pupil of M. Daguerre, and the Castle of Stol zenfels, 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 are 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 earthq ua k e, w hi ch de stroyed so large a proportion of the city of Lisbon in 1735, is realized to the mind of the spectator by the mighty conflict of the waters, and by the larnentablo result; which are there evident in the overthr own buildings of the devoted city. The musical illustra tions are given oa the new grand Apo;lmmo°, an d the pieces from Beethoven, Monist, Mendelssohn, and Rossini; are performed with the completeness of an entire orchestra. 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 Loudon ; 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, for by an in genious apparatus, which owes its origin to the fertile brain of Mr. G. F. 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 somethi ng 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 NI ork 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 mnsi. 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 éclat 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. Eheir 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 tile 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 dell?eggimento, elicited deserved plaudits, as did also Miss Collins's solo on the violin. Indeed, the entire programme gave very general satisfaction. THE POLYTECLINIC INSTITUTION. The inaulpicious state of the weather 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 h as cu t th ree ver y exqu i• 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. Bachhoflner 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 is the best possible order, and every accommodation is afforded to visitors. THE COLOSSEUM. The proprietors of this elegant place of exhibition and rational amusement have very judiciously ovined their season by t h e re storation within the dome of the edifice of the celebrated " Picture of London," by Mr. E. T. Paris, painted from original sketches taken by Mr. llorner 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 judge., and the public patronage of several years confirmed the justice of what was then sa id . It has received such retouches as it requir e d, and will, in the approaching spring and summer be as attractive, especially to the foreign and provincial Paris by Lu visitors to the metropolis, as it was to th e - Lon doners themselves when first exhibited. in addi tion to this pict ure there is the view of moon light, a very beautiful and correct represen tation of that capita l, in whichichsomeof the pic torial illusions ar e sur p risin g . The museum o f scu l p t ure has been extended alterationsbysome t dit e io m ns o , de t l h s e of con m se in r e v s atorie andsare in excellent order, d hera,ous views of ruins are as fullca verns,of interest the vari as ever, and, indeed, the whole of the arrangements are in the best taste. The place was visited in the by a large number of persons, although the drawback o f rain and wind prevented so good an attendance as i it deserved, M. ROBIN'S SOIREES. M. Robin commenced a new series of his " Soirees Parisiennes et Fantastiques" last evening, at his sa loon, Piccadilly, performing with great success before a numerous and fashionable circle of spectators. M. Robin unites ingenuity in mechanical contrivance with dexterity and neatness of manipulation, to an extent unsurpassed by any o f hi s w i zar d compe tit ors . Many of his tricks a pp ear t o b e ent i re l y hi s own, an d those which are not a lt oget h er nove l h e ren d ers more puzzling and difficult of detention by his manner of performing them. Hi s entertai nmentlast evening comprised several novelties, amongst the most inge nious of which were "Frederick the 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 o u t 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 powers of " double vue" (or clair voyance), and of becoming invisible, or at auy 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 o f the principal points of interest on the route from Southampton to Calcutta. Besides the panorama, three entirely new and very beautiful 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. IVith respect to the fidelity of the views we can, of course, offer 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 POLYORAMA, REGENT-STREET. The great moving panorama of the Dardanelles, Constantinople, and the Bosphorus, painted by Mr. Allom, 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 seem.. : l oot of 02, 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 Ccn stantinoPle is so famous. The most remarkable views and the most celebrated buildings (including the Se raglio and the interior of the Harem) ass 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. BREES'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 pkto 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 institution in Leicester square, are devoted exclusively to the illustration of ou r colonial possessions at th e C ape of Good Hope ; rendered more than usually interesting, at present, from their being the seat of war. We are first pre sented with several views of Cape Town and the n eighbourhood, taken 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. G REEN WICH FAIR. The persistence with which the body corporate of Cockneydotn clings to its prescriptive rights would . be a very fine trait of it; character if it were not, m itc collateral effects, a very unpleasant one. Year after year the good people flock to Greenwich on Easter Monday to ruin their best bonnets and aestroy their best coats with an ardour no rain can quench, and a vigour no mud can intimidate, and yet ther e i s no sign of reform. If old Moore, judging what the fu ture Nvocld be from the ex perience of the remotest past put down in his atmospheric” revelatio ns , a f ter the Easter Monday, Very wet, he wou l d 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 be and must be "fine and dry." With the usual perfidiousness of the sea son the morning stalled warmly through hazy clouds, so light that they looked like mufflers just worn for the moment, and to be cast off as soon as the sun had got any footing in the heavens. The effect of this deceitful proceeding was to bring out a very fine blow of richly-coloured bonnets and ribands, with divers coats of many colours, and to leave in seclusion many serviceable umbrellas. The glass, to be sure, looked ominous, but glaases of another description were so frequently consulted as not to render 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 he liked for C. 1., and the result was that the third. class carriages became decidedly fashionable and select. At two the usual incidents of Greenwich cora• menced. 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 lik e th e s t ran d o ff th e St ran d w h en the tide is out, and the public-houses full to fortune-making. The bold English archers unbent their bows and fled from Blackhe a th ; t h e d on k ey cava l ry charged in pulks to the nearest shelter; and " the fhn of the fair" was only heard creaking feebly from under leafless trees in the most frequented walks; the aged vete rans" d---d their eyes" and the with the telescop es weather, and put up th e i r glasses till they got into the town. The slopes and g l a d es were deserte d b y everything but some isolated d runken men and a few hardened deer; and all was sloppy, damp, and nasty. As for the town, it was the sam e 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 o f umbrellas, suggested the propriety of keeping up cline's spirits with the cup which cheers, but not inebriates in vain. "The nut rifle corps" was as numerou s and hardy as 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 aim. 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 bad 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 passenger s . H umpy -b ac k ed sold i ers, who h a d been discharged, ,, after 40 y ears ' " serv i s, f or b eat i n mi sargint —puny n av i gators, who had been muti lated while " blastin at the Shakspeer klift, near Dover, as most does remembe r "— an d severa l pro prietors of glass . ships, whi c h h ad been more or less victims to the violence of c a b men—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 b y the lea s t d esolate 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 B r iti s h race o f 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 ld., or " cosmorama-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, ferce 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 aurunz 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 had three appearances of a ghost, and a great deal of battle and murder, with a comic song, and 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 use. 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 an exhibition of performing rats and mice : the Swiss Giantess was supplanted by a " female Goliath," and the patrons of the " fancy" might gratify their tosiss as 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 wcrk 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 commendabl e resigna tion under the difficulties they enc oun t ere d i n 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 w:,•.s more thronged than ever remembered by the officials on any previous Easter. The works not being completed in the gallery of sculptural antiquities, that portion of the Museum was seen to much disadvantage. Anew entrance has been mad e t o th e N ineve h dGallery. The total numb e r o f v i s it ors d ur i ng the 76,850, averaging a b ou t 182 p e r minute. half past four o'clock the rooms were so cra crush was so great, that the ,he number of authorities deemed it and the A a t Ywas expedient to stop the admistsica,i hour .. was 7,530. I n persons who passed out after that order not to disappoint public at the time of th e from the 29th i nst. to E ti l e hlbition, the Museum w ill public on opening of the Great the sth, t t h h i e s 3 y d ea o r f b .i\ e , a c y lo , s r e e d op f e. o f ilriclllfea to syitlihge in stead of on the 9th li GALLERY.—The visitors were here -" According to the officials 36,500 v the gallery during the day. ArEusoN COLLECTION .— From the time the at Marlborough House were opened a continu ousdoors enterede r T Ty u n E l a El stream of human beings poured into the rooms to v i ew the magnificent collections of paintings therein. Th e total number of visitors was 47,390. THE UNITED SERVICE MUSEUAL—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 800 persons paid yester day to see the regalia, armoury, and other objects of curiosity deposited in the Tower. TEE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, many hundreds of persons visited this favourite resort. The chief attraction ap peared to he the fem a l e e l e ph an t an d h er calf, and the hippopotamus. lle who pampers the selfishness of another does that other a moral injury, which cannot be compensated by any amount of gratification imparted to Cook's Journal. our republic A " STumr SrEEcu."—A is yet destined to re-annex South America, to occupy the Russian possessions, as well as those British Frenchitish colonies which moricans, out what, char will be found on the plains the old thirteen colonies won from t otT .0 occupy. Faneuil Hall of Abraham—all rightfully was the cradle of the timber enough for itsall the water from out the Atlantic Ocean, and its bed would not afford sufficient for its corpse. AO yet America. is still in the gristle of boyhood. EuroPe— hat wis Europe? She is nowhar— nothing—a circumstance7a cypher_ c r o e l P li u n b ? lic Scoop a land absolutely ideal. steam-boats, swifter locomotives, larger creeks, bi gger plantations, better mill privileges, broader lakes, higher mountains lightning, faster st e b a n r : b e ' r deeper men, cataracts, han s ein in e louder e thunder, forkeder money than England dar have.--Hits. Houlston's Travels. ExTRAOEDINARY 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 past two, on Thursday week, seeing that the wind would suit him, he flew his kite, and by- twenty-live minutes past three he bad a chain, over the top, with proper tackle attached for ascending. In another half-hour h• 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 r f is t t h o e t many feats for which " Steeple Jack" is celeb rated. Journal. h n es th al e l Fame and admiration weigh not he ta ar f t ea l t a h n e g r uis i scale against friendship and love , for the the same.—Eliza Cook's Journal. DEATH FROM BRUTAL VIOLENCE AT CHELSEA.— The adjourned inquest at tpePrinceof Jewell,VlExeter-street,wholosthar Chelsea, upon the body of Caroline a p b o o s u t p t n a e d f y o fortnight y ago f r t o h m i s life in that neighbourbo h o e d r ' brutal violence, was furt day (Tuesday) week, owing to the Ounce of one of the jurymen. I . L i r