The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-10 00:00:00

HAYMARKET.

This home--our chief, e may almost say
our only legitimate comedy-theatre—opened lest night for
the winter IMMO with The School for Scandal and several
popular farces, in which Kr. Buckstoes, Kr. Chippendale,
Kr. Cbtoptoe, Kr. W. Farm, Kr. Howe, Kilo Nay
Moore, Miss Louise Keeley, ha, played the principal
teamsters. Mr. Chaska Mathews is sesosnoed to appear
seat Thursday in Used Up, the pier he has just been very
enomadul in in Paris, and lbs. Charles Mathews in Mantles
burl sque of The Uoldea Irkerx. Xt. &Ahem will not
return to this home until Christmas.

ABTLEY'S.
The reappsarsoni d Mies Adah Luce Menken at this
tease kit sight is one of those make-believe dramatic
events which tire beet chronicled in the briefest manner pos-
sible. In art and messing they are about on a level with
the pose pieniquee of lie, die Howe, and to abase than sti
say length is only to help to puff them into notoriety. The
piece chosen for this charming creatures re-apposition, is
celled The Chad of the Sun, and th. author prostituted this
time is Yr. John Brougham. The mob attracted hardlyc
tesseparest perfennanees is better dressed, bat so
decent es the avenge tioinspostsse ash, and includes s
bap ameba' of Medlin aid as. with eperseglasses.

EGYPTIAN HALL.
Mr. and Mrs. Hotserd Paul have opened this
ball yeti their popular condo sad musical insertaisonesa
which includes Yrs. Howard Paul's extraordinary imitation
d Mr. Sims Beeves. The soap and impersonations am
dorm and varied, and the musical portion of the entertain-
meat la exeenest.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Perhaps the greatest novelty coincided with the
commencemeot of the winter season at the Polytechnic
yesterday evening was the copious rain which pattered on
thereof whilst the entertainments were going on beneath.
After the toe; paid of dry sunny weather which we have
had, people weld limey believe their eyes er their
unitedles that the ran had nally some at last, eel the
the season was about to be seasonable. It was indeed •
drenching rein, bat nevortbelese it did not prevent the
ehtertelelheatii from being very fully attended, or from
going off with the greatest passible 6dat. The programme
opened so early as half past 3, whoa Kr. Donovan gave the
early arrivals the benefit of his great skill and expo:team
in phreeelegy, and at half-past 7 the evening's entinda-
mann sonuasend. Fist, and decidedly the most la.
treaties, was Professor Pepper's lecture on polarized
light, with a digression on chemical changes introducing
"The Serpents of Pharaoh," of which, not wishing to an-
ticipate the pleasure and surprise of the public, we shall
moray my that it is the most remarkable chemical experi-
ment it has ever been tur lot to wines& On his main
satinet the prodeerit was, as usual, both instructive and
amusing, famadiarinag one of the greatest minions in
smence by • series of beautiful experiemeete, and an explain.
lion which left nothing to be explained. The audience,
amongst wham wire • great cony yens( people, were
attentive and delighted, and rewarded the professors Ater
non with repined rounds of applause. After the sneer
titic Wotan, Mr. Chatteene and Lao Haldane pee us
some very agreeable vocal and instrumental music, and oar
old favourite " Protein" made his bow in • new eaterted-
meat (died "The Poor Author Tested," which was made
applauded. A little more music and • littla mon donee
completed what all present pronounced to be a most atone-
tiro eatertaiensent