The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-20 00:00:00

DRAMA•

STRAND.
This elegant and popular little theatre, now no
longer one of the smallest and worst constructed bonsai in
London, RAI again opened to the public on Saturday eight
with its old company, and a new burlesque by Mr. F. C.
Bermand. During the sexes which usually intervenes be-
tween the close of the summer and the opening of the winter
Bosons the theatre hen been entirely remodelled and hand-
somely decorated, and there is sow almost as much dif-
fermate between the old Strand and the new Strand ea there
is between the old Adelphi and the new Adelphi theatres.
The ceiling has been raised many feet, rebuilt in slabs of
ground relive, and lighted with a sun light. The gallery
has been considerably enlarged ; a new pit entrance has
been nude in Surtey-street, the box lobby and entrance
ball have been re-modelled and doubled is size ; and a
new act-drop, painted by Mr. F. Feeton, has been
added to the attractions of the house. The general
effect of the new decorations le light and pleasing, and
the lacrosse in the height of the house must give a sense
of relief to the audience.
The new burlesque by Mr. F. C. Burma, which formed
the staple of the entertainments on Saturday eight, is
founded on Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine. Some of the
osecerted pieces and solos were deservedly encored, end
both the band and singers did their work admirably. With
witch training a theati kid company must soon become equal
to the performance of comic operes.The house was crowded
in every pert ; the opening was • decided sumer, and
Mrs. Swaeborough, the present sole leases and manageress,
may be congratulated on the possession of one of the prettiest
end best-situated theatres in Lembo.

MUSIC.

HER MAJESTY'S THRATRE.-SIONOR ARDITTS

CONCERTS.
On Saturday evening the able and distinguished
musical director of Her Majesty's Theatre began the series
of grand vocal and instrumental concerts which he has an-
nounced to take plane before Christmas. They are prome-
nade concerts, similar io their general plan and arrange-
'nest+ to those of the late M. Jullien, and to Mr. Alfred
liallores more recent concerts at Covent-garden. For this
purpose her Majesty's Theatre Ina been brilliantly and teeto-
tally fitted up. Themes of the house is made into a spacious
promenade, with the orchestra in the middle, so placed as to
be surrounded by the visitors on every mid, ; and the ad-
joining "Bijou Theatrenis thrown open as a refreshment and
reading room, supplied with the principal foreign and
British journals. Nothing, in shod, is wanting that the
public have been accustomed to at the previous concerts of
this description.
As to the concerts themselves, it is evidently Signor
Ardites purpose to give them a higher and more classical
character than those of M. Jallien, or even Mr. Mellon.
Unusual research has been bestowed in providing matter
for them. In his general prospectus Signor Arditi has
given a long list of classical worts from which his pro-
grammes are to be drawn—orchestral symphonies, over-
tures, concertos, operatic selections, cantatas, and other
vocal pieces, selected from the works of the greatest
masters—sndicient to furnish • prof mina of materials for
parformincee of the highest order ; while it appears that •
dos infusion of the popular element will not be wanting.
The theatre wee vary full in every part, and the promo-
eau was so densely crowded that promenading was almost
out of the question. Signor Arditi, on entering the
orchestra, was greeted with acclamations ; and the sprawls,
throughout the evening was warm and unremitting. The
time was, on such occasions, when the quiet and decorous
deportment of the sudienos was aotioed as something re-
markable and gratifying ; but this now-a-days is • matter
of course. _

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—A special repeti-
tion performance of Moodslimbo's Lobjc,ang and Mozart's
110,7141 m will be gives at Easter-ball on Tuesday, the 28th
instant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RACING IN THE SHADE.

TO THE ED7IOI OP THE EXPEEOB.
SlR,—Whether it is that anything is deemed
good eaough to tempt owners of horses at the " hay and
corn meetings," or from there being no fear of rivalry, the
promotees of the autumn gatherings mem to think that
litt:e wheat requites to be mixed with the heaps of chaff
most:end over their bills of fare. After Doncaster,
features are most daintily distributed over the longest
winded of programmes ; and those of the public who "do"
the heavy Newmarket and saheequent meetings must have
their lath:ince sorely tried whilst waiting for the big dishes
to come on. It is bed enough at head-quarters, where
we can generally manage to scramble back into the town
before twilight : but nine and ten races per day a mouth
later in the autumn is quite another matter, and I wonder
what those who. in the shad aro
se evening, wended their
way from Shrewsbury race-c to their domiciles last
week thought of England's "national pastime." After the
"Cup" day, excellent as the sport was, and enjoyable as it
would have been if witnessed on, say, a September after-
woo, it was had indeed to sustain the interest, with only
the Column, the Newport Gold Cup, and the Copeland
Noreen to break the mootoey of the two dozen
plating items crowded into three " cards ;" and even
the most devoted of Tut ate' would hays been pleased
to see • third of these dimplased with. The
only redeeming point io such arrangements is that the game
seems to pay at Shrewsbury (where the profits on the sale
of **Milgrim winners were considerably over • thous ind
pounds), or we should not see a similar line of conduct
adopted at what is termed the Leamington end Warwick-
shire Haat Meeting, whereat three-fourths of the tweet,.
eight events proposed have to oome off on the
flat, and the bona fide "hoot" races consist of the Tally ho
(ea the Bat) Siam, "for busters and hacks," and a
Runt Cup. Of open steeplechases there are three, one a
selling affair, and a couple of hurdle races form the rem•in-
lagjumping items of this three days' haat. On Tuesday
there will be fair sport, thanks to the Donningtoo, the
Welter, and the Nursery Stakes, the former beim; six
furlongs handicap, with plenty of materiel for a good field in
the entry. Gamma (6 yrs, Sat 71b), Reindeer (aged, Tat 91b),
Lady Album (5 yrs, 7st 31b), Attain': (3 yrs, 7st 31b), Cata-
logue (3 yn, Get 131 b), Lady Valeatiee (3 yes, 6st 121 h),
and Jupiter (3 yrs, sst 81b), are all weighted so that they
must assist in making au interesting race, sod I am at a
leas where to look for an ally, unless in the black jacket of
Attache or Lady Valentine, to whom Gamma and Jupiter
may prove the most dangerous opponents. Catalogue is
more leniently treated in the Great Autumn Welter Cup,
for which. however, it is doubtful whether she can
beak Sidewiad .over the mile; what the latter has
mint to fear, perhaps, being the coming out of Twilight
in considerably better form than she exhibited when last
in public. The Nursery Handicap, tbree.qusrters of a
ditplave Proserpiae, lest 41b, in rather a flattering
light ; and I cannot see what is to beat her, unless there is
more than has hitherto met the eye in one of the 6st 121 h
pair, or Monitress intends yet to run up to her good
looks before next year. The only other event
worth dealing with is the Great Midland Coon-
tiro Handicap, two miles. This has met with a goodly'
share of petionage, considering how owners of home seem
now-adays to shun loug races ; and Dr. Syntax (5 yrs, 7st
101 h) or the Limed (3 yrs, tat Pearl Diver (5 yrs 7st
Sib) or Endeleigh (3 yrs, sst 13115), Jack of Hearts (5 yrs,
7st 111 N), Signalman (4 yrs, 7st), Miasmata (4 yes, 7st
13th), or Sister to the Drake (4 yes, sst 131 b), and JOOO,
5 yrs, 6st 131 h), will be very hard to make a choice be-
tween, if barked at the staring prat. It has been
often doubted whether either Madameate or Sister to the
Drake can stay ; still a light weight should bring the
selected of the pair home, although Signalmen looks more
like the winner if he is half so good as we were mice led to
believe ; and there muss again be danger in the sst Nlb
couple, especially if the talented Murray (who was quite
the her" of the light weights at Shrewsbury) is ea Ends-
Leigh —I aro, Au, METEOR.

GREAT ST. JAMES'S-RAM—Professor Anderson
continues his invitations to all the public schools and
imsti-
Latices is Use metropolis. Oo Saturday, at the day r.pre-
mutation, all the boys and girls from St. Martio**-in-
thie.ilelds school were present. The have was crowded to
excess.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—In addition to the concert, at
which Hatiders Aril and Galatea was performed, sod the
promenade on Saturday a show of chrysanthemum:, aid
potrapones was held. Some of the chrysanthemums were
trained like pelargoniums, and were as large as full-sized
dahlias, MIA the pompom% were remarkably perfect and
Pala
The show will be continued this day, and the
Palms will be lighted up until half-past six.
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISCASES or
yin Cazirr, %loom/. Etapc.—Ths somber of patients
relieved at this iestitation during Let walk was 1,081, of
which 278 were sew cows.
Du BARRY'S DEUCIOITS HEALTH SWITORr7IO RE.
MANTA AESBICA FOOD Odds threw the noorishment of the
hest heel, sail curs, without medscine or inconvenience, dyspep-
sia (indigestba', rough, asthma, oousuruption, debi ity. conatipa-
ties, diarrlues, l)seutery. nervous, Mhos., liver, and stomach
complaints, and saves flity times Its cost In alum remedies.
60,000 cures &mssily. -De harry and CA., So. T 7, Regent-street.
Laden, W. In Rua, llb., 01. id.; Itlha les.; Whs., 405.: also
Orscechurthwireet s, elsedgehle I FS. ISO, end hi% Word-
Meet; sad as all Grocars.—(AdvatiesomsoLl