... Sl. GEOaCIu'S DAY CONCERTSU Although Cile foesl; dayv of tho pattroll satin of Seot- oi lanid, Wales, llutd IrnluitiT, ala otuitlly celebrttd by conentt giveiC in Londoni ou St. Anlrow's, iSt David's, e. iii tt tt Iritricik's nithIs, it ]slnt more tIllan oice beanl c, pointed oit that Sl:.1c0orlgj's Day is unUlily patlSedl ovor M by mnusical entreprorcitro, Two .Natineln conceits . trern, ...

... -- -- X- forta li CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY~. r is Lohengrin, wbich has for some years past W 6t been a favourite item of the repertory of the Carl Rosa Pass Company, was performed for the first time this year at rick Drury Latta on Saturday night, in the presence of by Was *efor the largest audience of the season. Owing to the the etedious waits betweela the acts, the people, it is tre irola ...

... , I . ,5 s1o . honho, ow ?? to 1ha withwal oa . ?? of tbalcl ent gt *,0rd\ no longer enjeys o monopo~ly on A-Wsn5dy 46% the day ia ftill a favourite one for the p sronaneo oratorios and similar compostions. Last sight, for example, the ordinary weekly Ballad Concert -at S~_ Jamnes'b Hall,was suspended, and in its place Mr. Boosey put forwazd a programme in which the gems from the oratorios; ...

... MUJSIC AND M ULSIOIANS. The production of Sir Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe, now fixed for the 51st instant, will *IE be by isr the most important event of the coming week. We have already been enabled ion to print a sketo of both libretto and music, but iod3 the almost unprecedented interest which has ?? been expressed in the new opera by playgoers tw, and music-lovers of all classe will be ...

... I ANID 21,179SPO-LUMS. As ft.: lxnch as 1833 Yir. Shims Pceves an- mol~t ,CI~1- ?? ova 'isnr niv' ?? o'-r' eIe-Ir1' EA~--r~pl , ?? n 1 ies'- I:-hi F~t1-~ ?? * ?? -~z zo: f6hzl LW16 Ut) 10\V i';S p.~ tlio I-..I' ...

... All the preparations for the opening of the Naval Exhibition by the Prince of Wales at Chelsea, at nooun to-morrow, are now corn- . plete, and every seat- available for a view of . the ceremionv has been apportioned. The Prince ; will be accompanied by the Princess, and other membors of the Royal Family. A private view -was given last eveninr 'Go members of the Press but the proceedings ...

... ~y CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. t The thirty-sixth asnual series of Crystal an Palace concerts began on1 Saturday, and if we may Ie judge by the crowded state of the room it was obvious -d that the regular mnsical season has commenced uo I If too soon. The early autiun of this year has indeed a been nore than usually dull, for symphonies formed no I !- part of the scheme at the Promenade Concerts, ...

... LT The season at the Albert Hall -will commence on 'iX Ae'dliesdav next with Mendelssohn's Lob- - g~ssug ad Bethven' Cora Syphoy,ra It would almost be wise to transpose the order to A7of these two wvorks, for the immlortal ?? No.92 ~ i~hardly the sor-t of music which can be en- tho U ydor even apprwecialted by a mnixed audlience th - at thle end of ?? progr1amile. D fito L Bo)ilow inideed ...

... Mr, Mayer, w,%ho, since the unexpected death of his sonl two months ago, has been so seriously Tbt ill that his projected season of new phi3ys upl- ifterii peered likely to ho abandoned, is, we are gelad wa a to say, now recovered, intl busily preparing- for evert thle wioming season. Mr. Mayer has already reil taken the Opera Cetuique, whichl hollse h' w''ll opent on the 23rd of xiext month ...

... OPEl1RA REOITAL AT COVENT GARInIiN. Aut opera renital is of course no now ttitig to Londoin stiteioelcrs, luld itiuleel within thhe piast twenty yealrH 1111111y [tit ?? tvork-1 Lultlongr in ' [%tilt 1'a Pt- sifil '' amoling Others-liis gitied itts firt hearitig it theo ertriolis ill coteert littrm. Jluitt Sir Augctime 1ILttis, il ?? lietitis of reciitlls which ho stareld It Coevoit Utirilot ...

... M. MAtYREL AT THE LYCEUM. X At that wlich in Paris would be know.vu as a befo t Conference given at the HCtel Midtropole a few and l weeks ago, M. Masurel pleaded eloquently against the libel , substitution of the French for the Italian language in priel e opera. Yesterday the distinguished French baritone notI met a large uumbor of the invited buests of Mr. Irving true the I 0 on the ...

... m7usla M. PLANQUETTE'S ' CAPTAIN TNDUM* It may be taken for granted tlat M, Plean quette's Captain ThErise, as it will be Witnessed A week or so Ienee, will in maiy respects be a vastly superior work to that prested for the first time at tW Prince of VWale*' Theatre last night. Situations s44 songs which at present sin out the dfrst -two acts tW nearly eleven o'clock wil doubtless disappear ...