... MESSRS. ROBERT COCKS AND CO.-- The holidays are well nigh over, and the beneficial result of mental, as well as physical, rest is evident in the freshness of ideas evinced by our ballad writers both a ...

... M i-j| [ii jjp e 'RKAjDE\5 1 1 i THE yearly volume of the Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute is always full of matter-- its several papers, with hardly an exception, the contributions of me ...

... THE season at Covent Garden Theatre began on Tuesday even- ing with a performance of Luvia di Lammermoor, Mdlle. Sessi taking the heroine's part. So did the last season begin; but. with the diff ...

... MESSRS. METZLER AND CO.-- It is no easy task to conduct a cotillon, as it is technically called; you may almost as well execute a symphony without a conductor, as to get safely through the mazes of ...

... eMsUSIC) J OPÉRA COMIQUE.-- That the Pirates of Penzance would prove a brilliant success in London was to be expected after the unanimous verdict of approval delivered upon its immediate precursor, H. ...

... 4/8^ I )s MY LAND OF BEULAH (Tinsley Bros.).-- There are few people who will read these volumes without feeling grateful to Mrs. Leslie Adams for having rescued the stories they contain from the com ...

... the theatres A NEW and original comedietta, entitled Dora's Device, at the NEW ROYALTY, and a trifle entitled The Rights of Woman at the GLOBE, are the only theatrical novelties of the past week. Dora ...

... SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.-- The performance of Handel's Samson by the members of this great society was directed by Sir Michael Costa, happily recovered, and once more in the field on which he has gain ...

... IN his new historical play of Charles I., produced on Saturday at the LYCEUM, Mr. W. G. Wills' has enriched the stage with a dramatic poem of considerable merit. Written chiefly in blank ...

... w\v\ w s 7-7-7 JyLusic) SIR JULIUS BENEDICT'S CONCERT.-- The performance at St. James's Hall for the benefit of Sir Julius Benedict was really one exclusively on his own account, and had nothing whate ...

... |^S| Ijllll I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-- Although Sig. Tito Mattei's new opera, Maria di Gand, has been criticised from more than one point of view, the expression of opinion generally cannot be regarde ...

... Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co. One of our leiding com posers of the day is John Francis Barnett, whose originality of ideas seldom, if ever, fails him. T wo highly meritorious songs composed by him are, ...