The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-14 00:00:00

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piano by a Mdlle. Nachtmann, and a couple of glee. The
ball woo petty well al/ed.
MR. AND MRS. HENRI DRAYTON'S ENTERTAIN-
wasr.—T'he " Illustrated Proverbs, In the form of Drov-
ing-room Operas," given by this very talented pair at the
Repot Gallery, have ben:memo of the most favourite miter-
taininente of the day. Last eight they produced a new
Mem, called Never Despair, a little drama, founded on the
well-known subject of "Monsieur Jaques." Though the
dramatis prams are only two in number, yet the piece
(written by Mr. Drayton himself) is so inieniouely com-
et:rusted that the story Is not only clearly told but full of
interest. The characters of the old Frenchman end his
daughter were admirebly acted by Mr. and Mn. Dayton;
and the music (composed by Mr. Dungen, and very pretty)
was charmingly sung. The entertainment concluded with
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the proverb "Better late then never," which Ina already
become popular. The room was full, and the performance
were most warmly applauded.
Tux CRYSTAL Etteca. Though there is no
piste of eetimteinment in the metropolis which would appear
to be an tatispeatisat of the weather, me far es regards the
enjoyment el the visitors, as the Crystid Palace, yet the
clouds hed their hellasnee, and the atteademee was not so
numeroas as might have been anticipeted. The habitues of
the place, however, eyed chum eases Mama in its ap-
pearance. In the centre Imarept mate ice usperetians are
bang made kr the krtheemfag ailaysi—s
Isry biros created for the Ufa reamers who are to
°Scat. on that masks. Aid those ethane visits to the
peke have been 6w rd hr between" would lad many
novelties.. Anwegat them we may enumerate the naval
gallsry,which ceateine away specimens at naval architecture,
mad the mammoth tree, the he* ef which is ended to about
cue-third of the edited height of the in the north

traneept. The sped a eatertalinicate tithe daY were entirely
of a musical diameter, the bond of the Company and the
band of the Boyel Artillery giving no leer than four con-
', cats, which appeared to afford pert sethifeetion to the
auditors. The attendance during the day wee about eleven
thousand.

BRITIAN MUBEIIII AND NATIONAL GALLERY.—
Thies pikes ware visited by the nand crowds on holiday
occeskma. The assay and visions tremens which they
contain—not the Ism gadfying beanie they are to be s.
grette—aord the MOM of instruction end Orson to
thou/sada on these festival days: end it is always agreeable
to base to remark that the pubhe show a keen aggreriation
of them.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S-PARK. The
noble ardour for zoology which bum hi every British
breed was sot to be daunted yesterday by rala or wind. The
attendance at the gardens week fact numbered as thousand*.
CREIIOI/11 GARDlD4B.—Pretisely et three o'clock

yeetaday afternoon the iateresting Let that this highly
popular place of amusement was open for the sess:m was
mammas' by the Arise of twenty-one gone from the espla-
nade. The WelthEr was unpropitious ; nevertheless, there
was • goodly samenblege of visitors though they were by no
UMW so =MOW as they doubtless would have been had
the sun shone brightly end continuously. At Cremosse,
however, emloysorat is not solely dependent on the weather.
Massy if not most of the entertainments are under cover. In

the early pert of the day, fortunately, promenading wee not
only pacticabio bat enjoyable, and one had then the oppor-
tunity of pampering that the whole of the gardens had been
re-decorated and improved, and that the paintings had been
renovated. A military band, which was stationed in the
gardens, gave considerable mg to the promenade. The in-
door performances consisted of a vocal and instrumental con-
cert, which appeared to give every eatiabetica a ballet ; a
performance by negro naskidiste ; ea exhibition of thirty
commorsink views, principally of France and the Crimea.
la addition to this them was a highly interesting canine
performance. A dog, Lilly Is her name, excited considerable
adonialuaent by playing at whist end dominoes with several
of the company, not only exhibiting great intelligence In her
play, but managing to win every game. la addition to all
these anterwasata, the viikes struck up a deuce, and "kept
it up" until • late hoar. The fbeworka, which formed a port
of the programme, unfortunately could not "go off," the
weather being literally a damper so far as they were con-
cerned, but in every other respect the programme was strictly
adhered to, and the eaturtainments sneered to give every

setisfeciiod to the visitors, sad we have little doubt will anal
time to do so throughout the season.
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TIE POLTINCHNIC INSTITUTION was crowded
&what the day with troop et visitors, who enjoyed the rich
variety of entertainments restated to them, including the
novelties which we mentioned yesterday.
TEE CoLosseum.—The visitors to this national

resort were far mote summons than the dispiriting cha-
racter of the weather would bare led one to ex-
iled. The pond panorama of Leaden appeared still
fresh and inultsustible in the eyes of the nume-
rous spectators. The pictorial portion of the enter-
tinsunent, too, was deservedly applauded. This now in-
clodes a eerie. of absolving views, entitled " The Halle and
Minima of the English Nobility," the interest of which is
enhanced by sone end denriptices of the olden time, by Mr.
Ostage Backlend. The cyclorama of Lisbon, before end
after the colablated eerthquake of 1766, forms a mod attrac-
tive feature, and at its termination yesterday afternoon it
was manifestly felt by sll to be a most gratifying flask to
the performance. In the evening there is • concert by the
embalm of the Crystal Palace, under the direction of Herr
Manna, in which a well selected programme, vocal and in-
struments!, is provided Ihr the audience.
MADAME TOBLIAUD'S EXHIBITION attracted multi-
tudee of vintage. The specione sad elegantly decorated
rooms were constantly full, and every remarkable group of
figures was sursoneded by an admiring crowd. This was
especially the ease with the effigies of notorious criminals—
the murderers, fraudulent bankers, public defaulter., and
other such pompanos—which have recently been added to

the collacti;n. England possesses few exhibitions mote
curious or interesting than that of Madame Tumid.
GORDON CUMMINO's EXIIIBITION.—Of all the
exhibitions which hays run the gauntlet of public competi-
tion daring the bud few years, none has retained its place
more firmly than that in which "the lion-hunter," whose
feats are now of world-wide reputation, enacts over again his
wonderful deeds in the remote wilds of Africa. Illustrating
se it does what may be termed the romance of natural his-
tory, It. attractions for the juvenile portion of the commu-
nity, with whom that Reid of knowledge forms the favourite
study, are immense. In Mr. Cummings own share in the
matter there is everything that is calculated to perpetuate
the attraction. As the actual hero of the exploits presented,
ha throws into the scenery all the vividness of personal ex-
perience, and his narrative is moreover now masted by pictorial
representations, as well is the yetic of animals, which bring
the aye in aid of the ear and the imagination. As a holiday
entertainment it seems specially suited for the maims, who
are ordinarily too much occupied with their own affairs to
avail themselves of such recreations ; and in spite of the
inclement weather yesterday evening—westher in which
snow contended with rain for the mastery—there was a very
full attendance.
GREAT GLOBE, Lmcvarst-sarARE.--Several
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deeds apemen' visited the views of the principal cities of
Europe sad the East, the runny landscapes on the Rhine,
end the model of the earth, which are here mhibitcd. These,
with the ineenetive geographical lecture, t►e Eastern
museum, trophies of war, sad the diorama of Russia, re-
cently added, together form so cheap and satisfactory a ahil-
ling's-worth of attraction es Is to be met with in the metro-
Tom Tacuu.—The levees of General Tom Thumb
were attended by an unusual number of persona, and, not-
withstanding the weather, the great majority of his Matteis
were children, who all seemed much taken with the qudnt-
res mimicries of this very singular manikin.
BURFORD'S PANORAMA.—A• many perm= visited

this exhibition to-day ea could well be aapeatd. The picture
of the entry of the Emperor of Heads into Wenn wee the
(*Pen al ammiderable admiration.

Pursuant to annual custom, the Right Ron. the
Lord Mayor entmestined yesterday evening a numersas and
fealsioneble ;arty mon or lees connected with the city of
London, together with a large umber of distinguished
&Menges, the moot remerksble of whom was the young
King of code and hie redness. His highness was dressed in
the utmost maguincenos of Oriental costume, and actually
denied the spectators by the number and brilliancy et hie
emends.