... . IN every sense save one Mr. Maurice Noel's Tea proved, at the Criterion, to be an extremely weak brew. It is undeniably a strong measure for a lady to put a strong drug into the afternoon stimulant of her troublesome old brother in order that the may make him out to be a violent lunatic. is strong simply because Oculus Persicus, the imaginary herb in question, is powerful in its effects ...

... Tn||jJj|A^D or THE FAK WE ST. \j/j (BROMPTON-) OUR CAPTIOUS ORITIO. BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST. LAND of the West, fair land of the Wild West Brompton, I salute thee. Land of the Star-spangled Banner (Vexillum stellatum), and the Bald-headed Eigle Aquila calro), of the Big Boom (Mains ingens) and the Al mighty Dollar (Obolus omnipotens); land of Buffalo Bill (Bubalus syngraphus) and Buck Taylor ...

... . IN The Right Man, by Messrs. George Comer and Mr. Lionel Ellis, the present manager of Sanger's has secured a melo drama of the good old-crusted kind. There is a good deal too much of it, or at any rate there was on its first night; and one, at any rate, of its five acts might advantageously be sacrificed. On the other hand, there is plenty in it to interest and even excite a moderately ...

... MUSICJ. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. THE series of Italian operatic performances, at popnlar prices, given at the Royal Italian Opera by Mr. Mapleson closed on Saturday last with a medley of selections from various works produced earlier in the season, and one selection of a more novel character: Act 4-- or rather a considerable portion of Act 4-- of L'Africaine. In this excerpt from Meyerbeer's ...

... . THE English Comedy Company began its season at the Strand Theatre on Monday last with a satisfactory per formance of a very interesting play. We are not quite sure whether, as a matter of fact, London playgoers have not of late had a little more old comedy than they want; and this may perhaps prevent Messrs. Conway and Farren from obtain ing the full encouragement that they deserve. But ...

... THE OPERA.-- At present the only opera season in London is that with which the name of Mr. Carl Rosa is identified. Mr. Rosa's chief production so far has been Mr. Cordcr's Nordisa, which we fully des ...