Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-01
Enterta5RnlAe entS.

WILBUR OPERA COMPANY.
 The Wilbur Opera company are fine at traction. They appear at Peck's Grand Opera House on Saturday, matinee and even ing. Sale of seats this morning.
 PATIENCE.
 The great musical success tPatience'' will be given at Carlrs Opera House Saturday, matinee and evening, by the original German Philadelphia church choir-ffty artists. The company has been having immense houses.
 COMMANDER oHEYNE.
 Owing to the storm last night Commander Cheynes lecture on the Arctic regions was not given, As the hall was engaged for to- night, and owing to engagements elsewhere, the lecture will have to be delayed indef- pitely.
 WILLIE EDoUIN SPARKS
 The above named popular combination will prove 8 strong attraction. They appear at Minnie Cummings New Haven Opera House on next Friday and Saturday evenings and at the Saturday matinee in the comical musical coneeit entitled Dreams, or Fun in Photo graph Gallery" Seats at Loomis'.
 TALMAGE..
 On next Monday evening Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage of Brooklyn, N. Y., will deliver 8 lecture in the North church for the benefit of the building fund of the East Congregational church His subject will be- 'Is the World Better or Worse?'' The tickets of admission will be fifty cents and may be obtained at Loomis', at rooms of the Y M. C. A. or of the committee.
 CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 telegram was received yesterday an- nouncing that Rev. Dr. Gallaher was too i'll to fulfill his engagement to lecture this evening in the course at the above church. Arrange ant Ia hu nr of the Wooster Square Baptist church, will lecture tonight, delivering the lecture he was booked for for next Wednesday evening, subject, "Some Facts. !" The admission to the lecture is 10 cents. The proceeds go to aid the Sunday school library fund. NEW HAVEN OPERA HOUSE. Miss Minnie Cummings appears at the New Haven Opera House this and tomorrow evenings in the two act drama "Iime Tries Alr' and the sparkling comedietta ''The Comical Countess.' Reserved seats fifty 1 cents. Miss Cummings and company hope to win 8 fair share of patronage this evening with two pleasant plays, and no pains will be spared to give highly satisfactory entertain meat. No entertainment last night on &C., count of the Arctic weather and snow fall. FAIR AND FESTIVAL.
 Great attractions are offered by the ladies of the Church of the Messiah for their com- ing fair, which opens at the Atheneum next Wednesday evening, continuing about ten nights. A splendid silver set is offered to be voted for with sealed ballots. It can now be seen ill the window of Armstrong's carpet store. A $50 government bond is another prize for some one to secure, to be awarded by little girl. Literary and dramatic en- tertainments and music and dancing every evening. The programme throughout for the fair will no doubt attract large attend ance.
 OSCAR WILDE.
 Oscar Wilde will lecture this evening at Pecks Grand Opera House on 1.-The English Renaissance" and present indications signi. fly that large audience will be present to hear the apostle of the se-called aesthetic movement across the water. Mr. Peck yes terday received teIegrams from MT. Vail, agent for MT. Wilde, stating that the advance sale in aesthetic Boston for the lecture last night was over $2,O0O, and that host ot Harvard College men bought tickets. MT. Wilde will arrive in this city at 3 D. m. A dispatch last night from Oscar Wilde's agent in Boston says: "Oscar Wilde had $3, ,0OC l house here tonight. Eight hundred or more people were unable to gain admission" HAGUE's MINISTRIES.
 Hague's British Operatic Minstrels appear at Carlps Opera House this :and tomorrow evenings. They have been having crowded houses everywhere and enthusiastic patrons | The Bridgeport Standard says of their recent performance in that city. It was a genu I inc and delightful surprise" Another ex l change says "The entertaining and artistic performance presented by Hague's British | Minstrels has justly placed them in the front | rank of this class of amusements One re ! markable point about this troupe is the large number of soloists. Every mem Der is an accomplished musician and has large repertoire of songs. This l fact makes possible an entire change of pro l gramme on their second appearance. Ont other fact should be remembered. They dt | not claim to be opponents of the negro char acter, but are purely the delineators of tha style of minstrelsy popular in Great Britain. The chart for reserved seats is now open. | MACBETH.
 It was surprising with such storm thai the attendance at Carll's Opera House las evening, when Mir. Keene appeared as Mac beth, was so liberal It was not large enougf though to prevent painful conspicuousnes! | of empty chairs, which, however much they may have appreciated the passion and pa thos that alternately possessed the breast of the ambitious actor, gave back no enconrag- l ing sign, or marks of appreciation. Mir Keene sustained the character of Macbeth with the same ability that he evinced on the previous evening in the character of Richard III., and was several times greeted with en thusiastic applause. Octavia Allen, as Lady Macbeth, showed great dramatic power ant ability and fairly won portion of the hon ors MT. George Learock, though inclined to tear things" received hearty re cognition for his generally able work The performance as whole wal not equal to that of Richard III. Th' necessary requirements of martial music, rat ting thunder, grand armies, etc., were st given and presented as to detract from tn impressiveness of the scenes Notwithstand ing, the excellence of the acting made it very enjoyable entertainment. A future SD pearance of Mir. Keene in this city, we hav l dnnht xun1ald lra1u la1ora hf,.r