... I i I I I I A| ! ?? _ pO THE ROYAL ACADEMY I. IT cannot be said that the present exhibition is the best that has been seen at Burlington House, but it is very nmuch the largest. D)uring the past year three rooms, now occupied by water-colour pictures, works in black and white, and architectural drawings, have been added to the building. Two of them are of large size, and all are well lighted ...

... MIANON AT DRURY-LANE. On Thursday, May 7th, Massenet's Grand Opera (the English Version by Joseph Bennett), entitled MANON. Manon ?? Madame MARIE RozE poustette ?? Miss RATE BENSEERG Javotte ?? Miss SUSETTA FsENN leosette ?? Miss MARIAN BURTON 1,escaut ?? . .. .- Mr LuDWIs The Count des Grieux .Mr W. I. BuRGosr Guillot Morfomtaine . ?? Mr C5ARLI5s LYALL De Bretigny ?? Mr WALTER CLIFFORD ...

... STRAND THEATR? An Englieb version, by M~r. C. M. Rae, of t'ne late31C. Edxuond A~bout's comcodiettn,- ~shetti, W5x produced as an introductory piece last eve ang at thi Strand lheatre under the title of Tbe; Sunni Side. The work of adaptation bee been perfernief judiciously andwith care, but, un~fortusnately, we aM compelled to add that the w ork w.as hardly worth the paine which have been ...

... TE? INVENTIONS EX.EIBITION. thie bad weather «on toe moons peelsof e Esbibiti3oss onte opening day, thie,,v a~iaeof thie public last week vwas ear- ?? 13y liturday nigh the total skl s. e Ih short of a und thound. Ilberabe were)oday, 23,A46; Tusdy, 1l,7lO; Wedneedoy, 8,248; Thursday. l3.44~1; E~y I2S9i. On8tuba the vitors 'vet. appa esesidahyitaeoessol Modaiy. This u~as bo o minouneensent that ...

... I OPENN OF e ANTWdRE I h DMITIONO 1. .0 'A.NWE, MAwY 2. The openig of. the Exhibition took plae to. day. The King and Queen, the Count and Countess of Flanders, aad their eldest son arrived *ronm Brussels at 1.-S to-day at the Eastern Terminus. The Mayor presented'an address, and shortly afterwards the Royal criae escorted by the Ide Guards, proceeded to the Exhibition by the new boulevards, ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, MAY 4, 1885.-ACAnDE3Y OF MUsIC.-As we anticipated, the return visit of The Private Secretary was suecisafulfrom a financial point of view, asagreat many people again went to see the troubles of the pale young curate; but the acting was, on the whole, decidedly inferior to that of the troupe which first brought the farce lo Montreal. In fact, the only ...

... On Wednesday last this popular functionary took his benefit -at a matin6e at the Gaiety. The performance commenced with WHO SPEAKS FIRST. Captain Charles ?? ir WALRER JOYCE Mr Millington ?? Mr RANDOLPH Potter ?? Mr FRDsERaxcs Mrs Millington ?? Miss EDIru Bauce Snact ?? Miss CLARA Jarss In this Mr Walter Joyce distinguished himself greatly by his easy touch-and-go style of acting as ...

... Mr. M\urray will publish in the course of this month a volumc of lc:f !- written by the late Earl of Beaconsfield to the members of Iiis family. 1 830-31 Mr. Disraeli made a tour in the Mediterranean for the benet o'n s health, and in these letters he describes his experiences and advent during the journey, Lord Rcnald Gower will publish in a fewv days a little volume of taccl entitled Notes ...

... I, IN Corn/ ill this month Court Royal, by the author of John Herring, maintains the high promise of its opening chapters; and No. il, William Square is an undiluted ghost story vigorously handled. There is also a readable paper on Humours of Parlia mentary Elections. Otherwise there is not much thatis noticeable in Cmwnhill. Mrs. Annie Edwardes' serial, A Girton Girl, in Trenple ...

... ?? ?? I E IIE ?? ?? ?? ?? 1--.1 ?? .. . ?? o1w the cream of the cream li ves an d moves, and has-its being; what the hidle, the people who pull (or at any rate in ?? days used to pull) the strings of Government, (1o and say whets they are not before the public ; what are the bright things which make their letters warth reading, their talk worth recording-to be interested in this is a very ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEXENTS, ]DRURY LANE. thosiastic, and so far as a first-night's plaudits hen .dged, l genuine verdict was on Thursday £0 hspou Mtonsieur Massenet's comic opera of 'hich, produced at the Opera Comique, f' January, 1884, has already been given in its ans} al version by Mr. Carl Rosa, during his pro. tec. On accounlt of the tunefulness of OiOcL0 the strik4ing melody of most of its tbe 5 ...

... . ART AT THE7 ROYAL ACADEMY. I - . The addition of two new galleries to the' familiar numberat Burlington house seems to have aroused great expectations in the minde alike of the artists and the public. No less than 11,000 pictures were, it is said, sent in for approval; and a notion bad got I abroad that this portentous total presaged an unusually creditable display. This is not explicable on ...