The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-23 00:00:00

POLYTECHNIC.

Easter being one of the chief of the " seasons'.
at the Polytechnic, Professor Pepper and his coadjutors
offer an unusual number of savoury baits to catch the
patronage of the public. The works of art and manatee.
Jure have gradually increased until the only drawback is
the want of apace to arrange them decently and in
ceder. The mechanical lectures, with illustrations,
have never been abandoned to pander to the sensational
cravings of the time, and it was gratifying to see that the
hundreds who thronged the room, yesterday were as
keenly interested in scientific subjects as in the lighter
portions of the attractions offered. The " Christmas
carol " has been so popular (and justly so) that it has not
bees withdrawn, nor will it for some time to come.
There is still a ventriloquial entertainment in one of the
theatres. In glancing down the programme one perceives the
entry, "Interval for refreshments." Old frequenters of
the Polytechnic, remembering the ultra Mushy-junction
character of the little counter at the entrance might
manila at this entry were they not informed that a hand.
home and well appointed refreshment saloon, under the
direct management of Mr. Consene, has been recently added
for the accommodation of visitor,. There are at the pre-
Dent time two now entertainments that must prove popular.
3'rotessor Pepper and Mr. Tobin have invented another
new scientific entertainment, whose forefront is a superior
specimen of the optical illusions for which the authors
are celebrated. In this instance an additional in-
terest is derived from the fact that the prominent, and,
indeed, only characters are Bluebeard and one of his wives
- facetiously described by Mr. Pepper as the " dear de-
funct." The representation of Bluebenrd's closet is of
itself worth seeing, so charmingly is it decorated, and
so appropriately is it tenanted. Bluebeanl in the
course of a very funny soliloquy takes from a chest the
cast of the head of one of his former wives. This is
placed upon a pedestal, which, by a little skilful masuenver-
nig, is made to appear covered with a live head. This is
altogether an elegant and wonderful performance.
Another new feature is a musical entertainment by Mr.
0. Buckland, based upon ..tinsworth's "Tower of
London;" the illustrations being after Cruikshank.
There are a series of tableaux comprising Lady Jane
Grey's first night in the Tower, the giants, the lion's cages,
the bear's ward, and the night before Lady Jane's execution
scenes rendered doubly potent by ghost illusions of various
kinds. "By desire," Mr. Pepper's new lecture on spec•
tram analysis, including "The gaseous envelope of a
temporary star on fire," will be repeated during the
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