... Sir Arthur Sullivan. --The music of the new opera which Sir Artnur Sullivan is writing to a liDretto ny rar. w. s. Gilbert is now in so forward a state that the work will be placed regularly in rehear ...

... Messrs. Novello, Ewer, and Co.- Four clever songs, for wnicn t\. wenesiey Datson, ivius. tSac., Uxon, nas composed the music, are To Myra, words by Lord Lansdowne Friend Sorrow, words by Adelaide P ...

... . IT would be difficult to imagine a more unwholesome domestic atmosphere than that to which M. Dumas introduces us in Francillon, a three-act play produced by him in January, 1887, at the Comédie Française, but not until now presented before an English audience. The dramatis personal are for the most part detestable, failing to make up in good manners what they lack in good morals. The ...

... . Under the suggestive title A Woman's Sin; or, On the Verge, a drama by Messrs. France and Dobell was presented the other day at Sadler's Wells with considerable success. Its authors, while not neglecting the requirements of a thrilling plot which starts in the prologue with a robbery and murder, and ends with the rescue of a blind girl from a watery grave have spent more pains than are usual ...

... . THE fifth annual meeting of the corporation of this institu tion took place last week, Prince Christian in the chair. Amongst those present were the Duke of Westminster, Lords Aberdeen, Thring, and Tyneham, Sir George Grove, Sir John Stainer, Mr. W. G. Cusins, and Mr. Samson Fox. To the liberality and patriotism of this gentleman the college is in debted for the magnificent donation of £30 ...

... . LARGE audiences have been of late attracted to the Empire Theatre, one of the chief features of the entertainment being the grand ballet Dilara, arranged by Mme. Katti Lanner, with music expressly composed by M. Hervé, who conducts the orchestra. The scene of the ballet is an Eastern port, where the collector of taxes appears with a troop of guards to enforce payment. The heroine, unable to ...

... The Hall1i-N£ruda Marriage. It has been no secret from their friends that Sir Charles Halle and Madame Norman-Niruda have for some time been betrothed, and a couple of years or so ago premature report ...

... The Birmingham Festival. -Music-lovers will regret to near mar certain cnanges just maae in me programmes 01 tnis Festival have resulted in the withdrawal of Dr. A. C. Mackenzie's setting of Burns' Co ...

... Messrs. Methven, Simpson, and Co. --In two neat little books are Ten Two-Part Songs, by Franz Abt, a style of com position in which the late composer excelled. All ten are more or less charming, and ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. THE UNION JACK. I DO not know as well as Messrs. Pettitt and Grundy why the new piece at the Adelphi is called The Union Jack. As far as I can see, the Union Jack has no more to do with the per formance than the dolphin striker or the deep sea lead. However, there is a sound about the title of the latest Adelphi production which is both patriotic and nautical; and the ...

... The Chester Festival.-- .-- We last week noticed the opening performance of the Chester Festival, which came to an end on Friday, the 27th ult. On the Thursday morning, in the cath ...

... Notes and News. Madame Patti will sail for England from Rio next Saturday, the nth. While in South America the great brima donna has added M. Delibes' Lahmi to her repertory. Mr, Carl Rosa has engaged ...