The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

" Sinbad " is the title of the new burlesque , by Mr . Frank Green , produced on Easter Monday at the Royalty . Like many other burlesques it is impossible to connect tbe vestige of a connected plot . But the music , songs , and puns make up for the want . A . strong company has been got together in the persons of Miss Fanny Leslie , Mi \ Harry Nicholls , Mr . Fred Newham , of whom it is surprising London has not heard before , Miss Edith

Vane , and Miss Haidee Kingsley . Mr . Newham , as All Sloper , is an exact copy of that celebrity as depicted by Judv ; his costume creates laughter , and the more he trips ' about the stage , the more he is applauded . His voice is , perhaps , a little too powerful for this house . Mr . Harry Nicholls , attired as Sinbad ' s mother , is a very droll character . His songs of the " Laundress" and other ditties well deserve the encoring they get . -Miss Fanny Leslie , Sinbad ,

is so well known that it may be taken for granted her part could not be played better by any one . Miss Haidee Kingsley , the Lieutenant , not only dances prettily , but sings well . VVe don ' t know whether she does it commonly or not , but one may almost imagine , if one did not see her , that it is Nellie Farren ' s voice on the stage , so exactly like is Miss Kingsley ' s style of speaking and singing . As she is one of Mr . Charles Wyndham ' s company , no doubt she

is possessed of much talent , and will , in course of time make her way to the front . We have seen her to great advantage in one or two other pieces previously . Of course Jumbo , Bradlaugh , and Parnell are dragged into the songs , and , of course , keep the audience highly amused . The most amusing feature is the burlesque on several of the popular dramas now being played in London . 'To enter fullinto the burlesque it is better to have seen the

y original . We have the " Lights o' London , " the showman ' s scene and the suicide , " Taken from Life , " " Mankind , the stealing of the will , and the aesthetic quadrille . Of the songs "So did I" is not the least of the many taking airs . A perfect bevy of young ladies in the most varied and elaborate costumes come upon the stage before the delighted spectators , and sing songs and dance dances . The new

burlesque is likely to keep the Royalty open for a good time vet . "Not Registered" is the title of a new two act "Jrama by Mr . Matthison , preceding " Sinbad . " The author ' s idea evidently is to convey a good moral in a short play . Mr . Everill , as Andrea IVoolstou , the postmaster of Birchfield , has a dissolute nephew , Philip , who almost brings down the old man ' s grey hairs with sorrow tothe grave by gambling , and to save him the old man is

tempted to commit a fraud . But his pretty daughter Carry ( Miss Evelyn ) is not so scrupulous , and what her old father will not do she does . And here lies the weakness of the drama ; for is one to be taught that there is no wrong in opening another peison's letter and extracting money , though intending to replace it soon , and to do a kind action to save another , and that person a lover , from a felon ' s cell ? It is well it is but a play . The gambler

gets the money , and is so able to . replace the sum he has taken from his employer ' s cash box , to escape from becoming a criminal ; and by being , for once , fortunate on the turf , he is also able to return to his cousin Carry the money she has taken out of the letter , which is put back and the letter sealed down again before the owner calls for it . Philip also resolves never to gamble again . As we have said , it is well it is a play . In real life it would be bard to

believe when a slice of luck does come to a young gambler that he then and there promises and keeps good resolutions . VVe should like to see the play altered , for it is not right to teach to do evil that good may come . Mr . Everill , as the old postmaster , is very good , few act old men as well . Mr . Bindloss , who is a member of the Church and Stage Guild , as Philip , does his part well ; also Mr . Mansfield is very droll as

IVeo ' . stone , Esq ., with an e , Woolstone in full , as he likes to be termed . Miss Evelyn is an animated and lively young actress , who pleases us more in each character she takes . Throughout the evening , specially in " Sinbad , " the audience kept up a continual applause , almost enough at times to drown the stage . From the playbills we regret to

find that Bro . H . J . Hitchins is no longer manager . We do not like like unnecessary changes . But we still find his able coadjutor , Mr . Anderson , presiding at the box-office , and we hope the management will retain the services of one so able and obliging . Visitors to the Royalty cannot do better than carry out the words of the last

song—I went to the Royalty . So did I . I sent all my friends . So did I . it * * It would be strange , indeed , if the revival of " Babel and Bijou " at the Alhambra was not received with marked approval . We learn at thc first performance there were 5000 present . Rarely has anything more effective been put forward . Bro . Holland well deserved bis frequent calls before the curtain . Mr . Frank Green has been called

in to resuscitate the opera and has spiced it with sparkling puns , pleasant allusions to thecurrent topics of the day , and introduced with Mons . Jacobi , strains from Rossini , Offenbach , Lecocq , Riviere and others . It is not now easy to discern the plot , but if one starts off regarding the alteration of scenes more in the light of opportunities given to scene painters and costumiers to exhibit their power of change , and considering the dialogue as introduced to give room

for verbal puns , then one will feel satisfaction and gratification . Bro . Harry Paulton is droller almost than ever ; of course he has a song entirely his own , alluding to Jumbo , Mr . Parnell , and Mr . Bradlaugh . No Alhambra piece would now be complete without a topical song . His lecture upon love , with tableaux to illustrate , is so very funny that it alone is worth going to hear and see . The ballets are , of course , on a gorgeous

scale ; the finest being the " Grand Ballet of the Seasons . " But the last , the evolutions of the Amazonians , brings the greatest applause , and was repeated on the night of our visit . In it we have some hundreds of young ladies clad in shining armour , and who , we must say , march with great precision , and in wheeling almost equal a regiment of soldiers , so perfect are their movements . 'They wheel round like a wall . To some one great credit is due for

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their training . Miss Constance Loseby , Mr . Henry Walsham ( Babil ) , Mr . Monkhouse , Miss Jenny Beauclerc ( Bijou ) , Miss Berend , and Mr . Hogarth are the principal characters , all of whom carry out their parts to the full satisfaction of the audience . 'The principal dancers are Mdlle . Pertoldi and Mdlle . Palladino , who for long have been the same at this theatre . Bro . Holland may well be congratulated on the success achieved .

Music.

Music .

1 uesday witnessed the commencement of the Royal Italian Opera season , the opera selected being , as we announced it would be , Meyerbeer's ' Les Huguenots , " but curtailed , as it usually is in this country . There was a full house , conspicuous among those present being H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . VVe gave the full cast of the performance last week , all the artistes being

well known to the frequenters of the Covent Garden Theatre . As regards the character of the performance , it may be said to have given satisfaction by its general all-round excellence , there being no one bright particular star to absorb , to the exclusion of the other artistes , the rapt attention of the audience . Madame Fursch-Madier , as Valentino , sang with dramatic effect , and showed a highly

poetical conception of the character ; her duet with Marcello ( Signor Gresse ) securing a well-merited encore . Madame Valleria ' s Marguerite di Valois is sufficiently familiar not to call for any special note . Madame Trebelli , as'the page , Urbarw , experienced a most cordial reception , as well by her polished impersonation of the character as by her admirable singing . Signor de Reszke , as St . Bris , was in splendid voice , while his style was as finished as it

could well be . Signors Cotogni ( Di A ' evcrs ) , Corsi ( Huguenot Soldier ) , Gresse ( Marcello ) , and . Mierzwinski ( Raonl ) , were all of them more rather than less successful in their efforts , so that , to judge from the opening night , the season just commenced bids fair to be a most successful one . The chorus , by whom the National Anthem was sung before the opera , was fully up to the standard , and the band , under the conductorship of Signor Bevignani , most efficient .

I he second performance of this season took place on Thursday evening , whtn Donizetti ' s " Lucia di Lammermoor " was produced , Madame Sembrich making her appearance in the character of Lucia , with Signor Pandol . fini as Enrico , Signor Silvestri as Raimonda , Signor Sabater as'Normanno , and Signori Corri and Mierzwinski as Art nro and Edgardo respectively . Signor Bevignani again wielded the baton of conductor .

This ( Saturday ) evening * Gounod ' s " Faust and Margherita" will be performed , with a new Marghcrita in the person of Madlle . Olga Berghi , who makes her debut in England on the occasion , and a new Mefistofele in M . Bouhy , whose first appearance it will be on our boards . M . Dupont will conduct . Rossini ' s " Guglielmo Tell " is fixed for Monday next .

On Tuesday , 2 nd May , a grand evening concert will take place at the Kensington Town Hall , under the patronage of H . R . H . the Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , in aid of the People ' s Entertainment Society . Mr . Ernest Hensley will have charge of the entermainment .

it # # On Friday week the Ri ght Hon . the Secretary of State for War , accompanied by Mrs . and Miss Childers and his Private Secretary , Major the Hon . Neville Lyttelton , paid a visit of inspection to the Military School of Music , Kneller Hall , Twickenham . The party were received by Lieut .-Colonel Thompson , the Commandant ,

the band performing the usual complimentary march . Having inspected the pupils , and had the method of classification and training , and other details of . the interior economy of the establishment explained to them , the distinguished party lunched with Lieut .-Col . and Mrs . Thompson , the band playing a selection of operatic music the while .

lhe Royal Comedy theatre , which has been closed during the present week * , will be re-opened this ( Saturday ) evening , when the new opera , " Boccaccio , " by Herr von Suppe , irom whom Mr . Henderson has purchased the English right in the music , will be performed for the first time . It will be brought out under the direction of Mr . H . B . Farnie .

All the preliminary arrangements in connection with the " Festival of the Three Choirs , " which will be held in the autumn at Hereford , have now been made . Among the principal vocalists engaged are Madame Albani and Miss Anne Williams , sopranos ; Madame Patey and Miss Hilda Wilson , contraltos ; Mr . E . Lloyd , tenor ; and Bro . Santley and Mi . F . King , bassos . Mr . Carrodus will

conduct the band . The oratorios selected include Mendelssohn ' s "Elijah" and "St . Paul , " Handel's "Messiah" and "Judas Maccabaeus , " together with Beethoven ' s Symphony in B flat , Bach's "Magnificat , " Goetz ' s " Psalm 137 , " Beethoven ' s " Mass in C , " Molique ' s " Abraham , " and a new cantata by Dr . Garrett , called "The Shunamite . " In addition , there will be two evening secular concerts and a chamber concert .

I he Royal Victoria Coffee Hall Ballad Concert , on Thursday evening last , was one of the greatest successes of the season . Signor Romano , Mr . Terry , and Mr . Clement Hoey conducted , and the vocalists were Mesdames Edith Wynne and Osborne Williams , whose singing was highly appreciated b y the vast audience assembled , and who were presented during the evening with magnificent bouquets .

" Francoise de Rimini , " the new opera by "VI Ambroise Thomas , has not met with a very hearty reception at the hands of the Parisian public The prologue represents the first canto of Dante ' s " Divina Cornmedia , " while the sad story of FYancoise forms the subject of the opera , which is in four acts . The scenery and the

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costumes were magnificent , and the ballet , in which Mddle Rosita Mauri figured as premiere danseuse , was very effective , but the music did not seem to attract much applause . Among the leading artistes were Madlle Salla ( Francoise ) , M . Sellier ( PaitM , 3 . nd M . Gailhard ( Gcndo ) .

m Arrangements are being made for a Grand Musical Festival and Competition among the French " Orpheons , " at the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , on the 20 th and 21 st June . Our readeis will no doubt remember that a similar festival was held last year at Brighton , when some two thousand representatives of French , Belgian , and Swiss Societies took part in the

^ proceedings . The following musical celebrities have alread y consented to act as jurors , namely , Sir Julius Benedict , Sir George Elvey , Herr Randegger , Sir Herbert Oakeley Mr . H . Leslie , Mr . Brinley Richards , Mr . Albert Visetti Mr . F . H . Cowcn , Signor Tito Mattei , Mr . T . Wylde , Mr . E . H . Thorne , and the members of last year ' s Musical Commitlee . Several cf the leading French choirs and fanfares are prepared to figure at the festival .

Science And Art.

SCIENCE AND ART .

I hePnnceof Wales , M . \ V . G . M ., hasbeen pleased to extend his patronage to the proposed Museum and Art Gallery Extension Scheme of the Plymouth Institution , and with his accustomed liberality has directed a sum of £ 50 to be paid towards its promotion out of the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall .

1 he prize medals annually offered by the Royal Geographical Society for competition among the pupils of our public schools have been awarded to the following : In physical geography , gold medal , Hubert L . Smith , Bristol Grammar School ; silver medal , Albeit R . Sharp , Dulwich

College ; political geography , gold medal Frank H . Becker , Duhvich College ; silver medal , Sydney C . Farlow , Harrow . Certificates of honourable mention w . ere also awarded to candidates from Marlborough , Dulwich ( two ) , the London International College , and the Liverpool College .

* * « The adjudicators in the industrial section of the recent Smoke Abatement Exhibition at South Kensington have awarded silver medals to the VVansh Patent Fuel Economiser Company , London , for their method of applying vertical grates to steam boiler furnaces , and to the Livet Boiler and Furnace Company , Finsbury-pavement ,

for Mr . Livet s method of setting boilers and for fire-bars ; and Bronze medals to Messrs . Chubb for their cast iron semi-circular fire-bridge ; Messrs . T . Ireland and Lownds , Leek , Staffordshire , fcr a cast iron tubular fire-bridge , fire-bars and grates ; Messrs . J . Farrar and Co ., Barnsley ,

for Barber ' s under-feeding step-grates ; Mr . j . Collinge , Oldham , for Blacksege ' s external inclined grate ; and to Messrs . VV . A . Alorton , and Co ., Blackfriars-road , and the Great Britain Smoke-Consuming and Fuel-Saving Company ( Limited ) , Mansion House-chambers , for their furnacedoors .

Germany is now mourning the loss , at the ripe age of seventy-six , of one of its most famous sculptors , Professor FVederick Drake , born at Pyrmont , and originally a mere ordinary carver . He was taken in hand , however , as a pupil by the well-known Rauch , also of Walbeck , and very soon attained eminence in his profession , as is evidenced by the many fine statues of his creation in different German towns . Among the first of these are his

Justus Moeser at Osnabruck , Melancthon and the Elector John Frederick at Wittenberg ; Frederick William III . in the Thiergarten , Berlin , and Von Bismarck and Von Moltke in the Rathhaus , in the same city , and the equestrian statue of the Emperor on the Rhine Bridge at Cologne . To this last the grand medal of the Paris Exhibition of 1 SG 7 was awarded as one of the finest productions of its kind by modern arc .

Professor Humphry , M . D ., F . R . S ., the senior surgeon of Addenbrooke's Hospital , Cambridge , has been re-elected a member of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons for England for a period of five years .

Mr . Edward Penny , M . D ., M . R . C . S ., has been elected resident home Physician to the Seamen ' s Hospital Society ( late Dreadnought ) , vice M . Le Cronier , resigned . # & # On Friday last , in the little churchyard attached to the old parish church of Birchincton-on-Sea . Kent , were

interred the remains of Mr . Dante Gabriel Rosetti , artist and poet . Among those present at the mournful ceremony were the deceased ' s mother , his sister . Miss Christine Rosetti , the poetess , his brother , and numerous friends . The coffin , as it lay in the grave , was entirely hidden from view by the flowers and wreaths which covered it .

. * * Vi It is in contemplation by the Balloon Society of Great Britain to establish a meteorological weather bureau , in conjunction with the Ne-. is York Herald , and the Committee at Lloyd ' s have been invited to co-operate . On Monday , at Peterborough , an Industrial Exhibition , which included a valuable loan collection from

the South Kensington Museum , wasopenedby EarlSpencer , Lord President of the Council . A banquet , ' at which the Mayor of the city , Bro . J . Thompson , took the chair , preceded the ceremony , and among the guests present , in addition to the Earl and Countess of Spencer , were the Earl and Countess of Carysfort , Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough , Lord Burgbley , M . P ., and others .

* * * Lieut-Col . Britten presided on Monday evening at a meeting , held at the Society of Arts , of the London and Middlesex Arch . eological Society , when a highly interesting paper was read by Mr . H . B . Wheatley , F . S . A ., on "The Adelphi audits Site . " Mr . Wheatley took his audience back over 500 years , when Durham House , which covered the whole of the present Adelphi , was built , and described the Strand and its vicinity as it then vvas .