The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

A now drama in two acts, called Daddy Hardaere,
will be produced at the Royal Olympic Theatre OG Thursday
salt.

Miss Rosins Pennell ha taken Sadler's Wells
Thewm for twelve Welts, end will appear on Monday ore
Canaan°e in the Lore Chase, and Polly in tho Beggar's
Oprra. . _ .

Me. H. Widaicomb's annual benefit takes place
M the Surrey Theatre on Thursday. A new drama adapted
from a tale in " Household Wends," entitled The Cargo
Friends, will be produced on Monday.

Sir William Don commences an engagement at
the Theatre Royal Bt. Jammer, on Monday.

Mr. and M. Barney Williams take their benefit
at the Adelphi on Friday,—" poaitively," says an advertise-
ment, "their last appearance."_

A company, Called " The Allied Metropolitan
Dnunatic Company," and compered of the following mem-

hers, Lai berstorgasnaed for a provincial tour .—Mrrilenry
Marston, Mr. Anthony Younge, Mr. C. A. Calvert, Mr.
Nye Chart, Mr. Belford., Mr. C. Swan, Mr. Carter, Mr.
Hairy, Mr. Marsh; Mrs. Henry Marston, Mira Jenny
Marston, Misr Adelaide Biddies, Mime Rawlins, and Mies
Juliet Power.

The London Grand Opera Company, comprising
the follbwing artistes:—Min Rebecca Isaacs (the favourite
prima donna), Miss Fanny Ileever, Mr. Bonsai, Mr. 0.
&unman, Mr. J. B. Bowler, and Mr. Elliot Ogler (the
eminent English tenor), will appear on Monday, at the
Theatre Royal, Norwich; and, at the Theatre Royal, New-
csatle-npon-Tyne, on Easter Monday.
The Era states, that in consequence of the Italian
Opera taking place at the Lycetun, Fitzttall's new comedy is
postponed till the opening of the neat season.

The annual fancy fair in the Thames Tunnel takes
plane on Monday, and will continue all the week.
Mr. and Mrs. German Reed will give their

it Popular Illustration" for • few evenings, in the Music
Hall of tho Surrey Gardens, commencing on the 13th of
April; and on the 27th of the some month (my; the Era)
they will r►appear M their aceustomed quarters, with en
entirely new inteitainment, aided by demotions and scenic
(gods, each as they have not hitherto resorted to.

A correspondent of the Builder writes:—" In your
paper of the 7th instant I observe a short report of a meeting
of the Sacred Harmonic Society, held on Tuesday evening,
February 24, at which an appeal to the directors of Exeter
Hall, to provide additional arum of egress, was unanimously
agreed to. Now, air, it opposes to me that the time for ap-
pealing has long eine, gone by, and that means should tow
be taken to compel the directors to afford the necessary ac-
commodation. I would therefore suggest, that an application
should Le made to the magistrates at the next licensing day,
to withhold the music license until the necessary alterations
were made. This would so doubt bring the directors to
their Amoco."

At a meeting (says the Atheneum) of that " right
menu" Noviomagian Society of Antiquaries on Wednesday
evening, Mr. Henry Stevens, a member of the club, better
known so its American Minister, announced en interesting
acquisition he had recently made, in the shape of en old box
full of papers, which had been removed from old Drury-lane
Theatre, and, in all probability, had not been opened since
that time. He produced, on that occasion, for the inspection
of the members &d visitors present, some of its cos-
tenta, emulating of documents of various kinds, of Cobb, the
manager ; receipts of Mrs. Jordan for salaries paid to her ; a
racy bill of coats and charges fur musical arrangements made
for tho theatre, by Hook, the father of Theodore Hook, with
the interest that had accrued thereon duly appended at foot,
all of whith, however, apparently remained unliquidated ;
together with an original, unacted, and unpublished play of
Charles Lamb, as web as a musical drama of Sheridan, both
written in school copy-books of the period.

The Chairmanship of Kilmainham will, it is said,
be given to Mr. Corballia, Q.C., who at present Mb the poet
of law adviser to the Castle.

Sir Joseph Bailey, Bart., of Olainuak Park, Breck-
nock, has preeented the earn of 3,0001. to the Wellington
College, and 6001. to the Cambridge Asylum. Be barn also
become a patron of the Cavalry College at Richmond, and
taken nominations to the extent of 450/.

A Paris letter in the Illustrated London News
says.—" It appears that the Empress's patience being ex-
hausted by the enormous charges of her dressmaker, milli-
ner, &c., ste has hit upon s plan which, it is supposed, will
lighten these expenses—namely, the establishing in the Tui-
leries of an atelier for the making up of all her dresses,
cloaks, bonnets, coiffures, &c., under her own eye. This
will also help to eatisfy the desire her Majesty complains of
the impossibility of fulfilling, that of visiting the fashion-
able shops where such articles are displayed to any number
of her Majesty's subjects who choose to go and look at
them."

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