... MUSIC. CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY. DURING the past seven days two additions have been made to the repertory of the current operatic season at Her Majesty's Theatre. Respecting Balfe's perennial work, The Bohemian Girl, nothing needs saying, but praise is due to the general ex cellence of the ensemble presented by the Carl Rosa Company. Owing to the absence of Mr. Packard, through indisposition, ...

... . THE seventeenth Metropolitan Horse Show was opened at Islington on Saturday, when, if the total of entries was slightly less than on some previous occasions, the quality of the exhibits, as a whole, was certainly above the average. The hunters' classes were particularly strong and numerous, no less than 100 animals had been entered for competition in this section alone; the park hacks, ...

... . I SUPPOSE everybody was at the Derby last week. I went down at the invitation of Thespis, who had his cart there, and a very nice cart it was. Mrs. Thespis and one of the little Thespises, and a few Thespian friends made the thing exceedingly pleasant. I had intended making a sketch of Thespis and his cartload, but I really lost so much to the glory of St. Sweepstake that I lost heart. I ...

... . ALTHOUGH Forget Me Not is in some ways not so well suited for a small stage as for a largo one, it is a play which when adequately represented commands a hearty welcome anywhere from those capable of appreciating strong and ambitious dramatic work. In default, therefore, of a good new comedy-- and good new comedies are very scarce-- upon the scale best fitted for a bandbox theatre, Mr. Edgar ...

... GAIETY THEATRE. THOUGH the withdrawal of that capital Christmas piece, The Gaiety Gulliver, is on some grounds to be regretted, there are not lacking elements of popularity in the entertainment given by Mr. Hollingshead in its place. The burlesque, Robbing Roy, for instance, which deals, in Mr. Burnand's happiest spirit, with a subject excellently fitted for good-humoured caricature, is the ...

... HENRY LESLIE'S CHOIR. THE concert given at St. James's Hall last week by this cele brated choir attracted a very large audience, special interest attaching to the concert, as it was the first of the 25th season of the society, and its 25th season will be its last. It would be a waste of time to expatiate on the merits of the Henry Leslie Choir. For many years past it has reflected lustre on ...

... . IT will be curious to see how far English playgoers will endorse the verdict which has been unanimously passed by the English press upon the entertainment imported by Mr. Hol lingshead from the Variétés, Paris. The performance is, for this time of year at all events, a daring innovation, being in fact for the most part pure clowning of the order for which we look-- though it must be admitted ...

... . Balloonacy, by Messrs. Bumand and Stephens, is revived at the Royalty for tolerant Easter-tide, and is described on the pro gramme as a brilliant spectacular extravaganza. It is a good deal altered, and is by no means so vapid as it once was; but its brilliance can nevertheless scarcely be held to justify its revival. Balloonacy is preceded by a new farcical comedy entitled Themis, which ...

... . To the Olympic the burlesque Little Doctor Faust is now transferred from the Gaiety and as Miss Farren and Miss Vaughan, Mr. Terry, and Mr. Royce are still in its cast, it naturally goes as well as ever in its new home. Little Doctor Faust is preceded by the latp Mr. Halliday's adaptation of portions of David Copperfield produced here some years ago as Little Em'ly. Mr. Maclean naturally ...

... . THAT actors are constantly painting is a fact well known, but that many of them are clever on canvas has not been so widely understood. Mr. George Anson and Mr. E. G. Osborn are the gentlemen to whose minds the advisability of collecting suffi cient works by actors to constitute an imposing exhibition presented itself. This idea gained strength, and it was further thought well to extend the ...

... DRAMA. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THE son of Edmund Kean's rival, Lucius Junius Booth, has now command his second London engagement after an interval of nearly twenty years, during which he has greatly increase his reputation in his native country. In 1861, Mr. Edwin Both was able to secure at the Haymarket nothing more than a respectful hearing. His Richelieu, his Richard III., and his Sir Giles ...

... MUSIC. HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. ACTIVITY still prevails at Her Majesty's Opera, and fresh ad ditions are continually made to the repertory of the season. Whether this rapidity of production is reconcilable with com pleteness of preparation may be doubted. The results have been more gratifying, upon the whole, than could have been anticipated, but occasionally there have been some very unsatis ...