... AIA M1RA I Tt Elrl,,E. ^r hape a distinct rccoliritien or a visit paid to I .ovent i tideli -to e'iltits Ulu first representation of t'sthi1 amnd D3ijon bat it we Ivere called upon to - suminir. s thd plot we sihould be a ]ittle hazy. What strnek l mosI t asas tile. m'ai'itient nature of the c seen; r icend prou erties-itle roops of figures appeared to 1itelyisll] lblue wvitil dia-rnimils. ...

... ma: T~fan:: Aft~er 1;he wuegd sgsshio d hate of late been fmished of die a 1 Ot modern English drimatists in'the imporst t u of consnotion, it s tifyin 5 ihdege to meet with a ea ?? s sldlfully developed as Mr. Godrey's comedy, A The 1}arvenu; produced on Saturda evening v at the Court Theatre. h ate en featres I the theme of this piece is doubtless notvelgy strikingly original. It is the ...

... CuJRBEN-T L1TflRATUBE. Recent publioamione on the subject of India have been more than ordinarily numerous and important. Mr. Hunter's great Gazetteer, to- getber with his Indian Empire, founded upon ?? former lebours, will at once occur to readers who feel an interest in our Eastern possessions; lnor will they be likely to over- look Sir John Strwhey's book on Indian finance and public ...

... TIE NAVAL zMMITION. The pessure of the eighty tonS of water rwoved 9ooma1udb for the glass window of the =dving tank, and it had to be half-emptied yes- terday for alterations. Rater, however, tbam disappoint the public, the mauapement provided da in the shallower water an exhibition of some of A B' the lifesaving articles described in yesterday's Co paper. The capabilities of mattresses, ...

... . An amateur dramatic performance given on Thursday night 20thinst.,atthe ?? an abrupt and very painful conclusion by an incident which came within an ace of entailing consequences far more serious than the mere dispersal of the audience. The local Literary and Dramatic Society on that evening were playing Maddison Morton's farce Whitebait at Greenwich, and Gilbert's three-act comedy On Guard, ...

... SINCE its first performance in this country eight or nine years ago, when it was given in. the form of an oratorio at the Albert Hall, Each's Passion- music has come gradually into favour, having meanwhile quitted the concert-room for the church, until it may now be regarded as one of the regular events of the ecclesiastical year in London. The Passion -according to St. Matthew, that is to say ...

... fCRAPS rnom w1LI COMIC JOUNNALS, - 4- LFrom ;inerh,J inI.TXRY WA0D8WOTHI LONGFELLOW. Born February 27, 1807; died Marsh 24, 1&S2. A life psalm, staidly sweet and simply strong As any the dead singer gave the throng, Sinks to its close; but fame will yet prolong, In echoes clear, amross two worlds wide winging, And in all English hearts like horne bolls ringing, Glad memory of the sinycr and ...

... I EXPLOSIONl AT THE COURT THMATZM Some alarm was caused on Friday night at the Court Theatre, during the performance of The Parvenu, at which the trince and Princess of Wales were present, by an explosion of the gas employed in the production of the limo light. This means of stage illnmination, as is well known, is obtained by the flame of oxygen and hy. drogen gus in their proper combining ...

... | ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. OPENING NIGI-IT OF THE SEASON. 'ITESGAV N EJ;1, April I, MEERl.EtIlt'S OriTRA, LES HUGUE'NOTS, concluding at the *ndl.f ?? Ad.- Valtina ?? ?? M .adlie, ?? di Valois ?? Nls4:riw VAIJ ~retA, t'rbaroo._ ?? . , ?? .. ,t Il., r te tdi S l Uris ?? ?? SIgrlor O i tite di N s ?? ?? or Coro;I, .larcello. Sgri, (; I tII ?? Soldic.r. Sigor Corsi, Anti Rauli di Nazit ...

... -We have before expressed our surprise at the fact that amateurs who are anxious to shine behind the footlights do not more frequently select little musical pieces for repre- sentation, our surprise springing from the assurance that, for one amateur who call act decently, there arc twenty who can sing very well indeed. Our assurance in this respect was con- firmed on the evening of Thursday ...

... (FR'Oae OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DI. Naza followed up his impersonation of David Garrick at the Mloliere Theatre, Brussels, by appearing as Champignel, in Ce Phon Fessane Veut; Chambly, in Lee .Feses gui Pleusrent; and the advocate Destournelles, in Mademoiselle de la Seiglilre which Al. Coquclin is soon to play at the Gaiety; besides the comic scenes, BonvhonAs^u and Le Rdqeiat de ...

... iPlHARMONIC THEATRE. V On Saturday evening this theatre was re- o opened under the management of Mr. G. L. Gordon, I having been altered and renovated during the few days 10 that it was closed to the public of Islington sad the ad- 1i jacent district3, vwhose dramatic cravings it is designed a to meet. That the interval had not been wasted was shown hv the bright, pleasant appearance of the ...