The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

Thc Gaiety is once more the scene of burlesque , the Gaiety Company having come back to town . " Aladdin " is again the theme , and from the way it is played and the manner it has been received , it may be looked upon as the bill of fare until " Robin Hood" is brought out in the autumn . Mr . Reece has considerably altered this burlesque since we last saw it at the Gaiety . Many new songs are introduced , and altogether , perhaps , it is still livelier . Miss

Kate Vaughan has not returned , nor yet Bro . E . Terry . The former we fear is not well ; and Mr . Roycewe regret to say is still suffering from the attack of paralysis vvith which he vvas seized a few months ago . When Miss Nellie Farren made her first appearance , she was greeted with cheers which lasted—we counted—three minutes . Although time is well kept at Bro . Hollingshead ' s , the house on Monday did not rise until very late . The encores were almost too

numerous , though all deserved . Mr . Arthur Williams now fills the gap occasioned by Bro . Terry , and Mr . R . Brough the place of Mr . Royce . We cannot say that Bro . Terry has been equalled , but Mr . Williams has already made his mark in burlesque and is extremely funny . Miss Connie Gilchirst has gone up a step , or shall we say in a sense down a step ? Hitherto we have associated her with male chcracters ; she now assumes Aladdin's

sweetheart , formerly played by Miss Kate Vaughan . It is only right to say that the character loses nothing in her hands . Miss Vaughan had her admirers at the Gaiety , so has Miss Gilchrist , and these are likely to increase now she has a yet more prominent part to play . Her voice could certainly be heard as well as Miss Vaughan ' s , though both are somewhat weak for all the house to hear . Miss Connie Gilchrist's dancing , it is needless to say , was thoroughly

well applauded , and she acquitted herself of her task in the highest creditable manner . Miss Farren was as bright and buoyant as ever . Mr . Dallas , as Aladdin ' s mother was , of course , well suited to the part . His " make up " is of the drollest . We must also say that Miss Broughton has most creditably taken Miss Gilchrist ' s old character .

" Those Girls " still precedes the principal piece , and has lost none of its popularity either , though it may be recollected it was not well written upon its production . Bro . Meyer Lutz infuses so much pretty music into it as well as Aladdin , and Miss Connie Gilchrist again distinguishes herself , and Mr . Squire , as Septimus Single , that the operetta is bound to be a taking one .

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The Promenade Concerts , as the chief musical resource available for the London public , continue to be as attractive as ever , if , indeed , they have not appreciably increased in popularity . Wednesdays are now set apart as classical nights , and as in the days of M . Jullien , to whom we are indebted for this institution , there is every likelihood—to judge from the experience of the gth inst . —of

Wednesday proving the great attraction of the week . At all events the house was crowded in all parts on the occasion referred to , the chief feature of the programme being Mozart ' s "Jupiter" Symphony in its entirety , and agrand selection , played for the first time , and specially arranged

for these concerts by Mr . Crowe , from the same composer's " Zauberflote . " These were admirably played , and fully merited the hearty applause bestowed by the audience . Miss Maggie Okey gave the ' andante and rondo from Beethoven ' s concerto in G flat , and the principal vocalists were Madame Enriquez and Mr . Thurley Beale .

* * _ On Thursday the programme included " Polonaise Brillante " for piano ( Miss Maggie Okey ) and orchestra , by Weber ( Liszt ) , and pianoforte solos by the same fair artiste , "Hark the Lark , " Schubert ( Liszt ) , and Gavotte , " Ianotha . " Mdlle . Elly Warnots sang Auber ' s " Le Cheval de Bronze , " and Mr . Thurley Beale " The

Koll Call" ( Finsuti ) , and "The Little Hero" ( Adams ) . On Friday Miss Elly Warnots , Madame Osborne Williams , and Mr . Redfern Hollins took part in the concert , Madame Williams winning loud applause for her pathetic rendering of "Kathleen Mavourneen , " while Mr . Hollins ' s efforts in Handel ' s " Love in her eyes sits playing " and " Whispers " ( Adams ) , were much appreciated .

* * « Saturday is appropriately set down as the popular night of the week , and the house in every part vvas filled to overflowing , the enthusiasm of the audbnee in demanding so many encores of necessity causing an abridgment of the latter portion of the programme . The concert included the overture to Rossini ' s " Semiramide , " a

selection from Donizetti ' s " Lucia di Lammermoor , " the ballet music from Meyerbeer's " L'Africaine , " by combined orchestra and military band , the " Pilgrim's March , " from Beethoven " Italian Symphony , " all of which were most effectivel y rendered . Immense applause followed the very admirable performance by Mr . Carrodus , of his own Scotch Fantasia , " , as a violin solo , and similar honours

were accorded to Bro . F . Godfrey ' s popular selection of ° ' English melodies . As regards both these , indeed , we shall be surprised if they are not frequently repeated during the season . Miss Maggie Okey , Mr . Samuel Hughes , and Mr . Howard Reynolds , as solo pianist , ophiclcide , and cornet respectively , added greatly to the success of the evenin S > which vvas further enhanced by the admirable vocal efforts of Miss Elly Warnots and Madame Enriquez .

On Monday evening the two vocalists named in the foregoing paragraph were re-inforced by Mr . Harper ,, £ ? ° n . who sang " The Last Watch " ( Pinsuti ) , and the Pil grim of Love" ( Bishop ); while Miss Josephine Laurence took the place of Miss Maggie Okey as solo

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pianist . On Tuesday , Miss Jose Sherrington , Madame Marie Cummings and Mr . Frank Boyle were the vocalists , and Mr . Edward Howell played a "Caprice Hongroise " ( Dunkler ) on the violoncello ; from all which it will be clear that the entertainments are as varied as they are excellent .

On Monday thc concert , which had been organised by the Mayor of Portsmouth , Mr . Alderman Whitcombe , for the purpose of assisting the fund now being raised towards establishing a Royal College of Music , took place in a pavilion which has recently been erected on the Southsea Clarence Pier , and was placed at the service of the Corporation of the ancient borough for

the occasion by the Directors of the Pier . As the Prince and Princess of Wales and their family were en route from Cowes to Marlborough House , they very graciously arranged to break their journey , in order to be present . The Royal party , who were accompanied by General H . S . H . Prince of Saxe-Weimer , and Bro . Admiral of the Fleet , Sir Henry Keppel , G . C . B ., on landing on the pier ,

were welcomed with enthusiasm , and an address presented by the mayor was suitably acknowledged by the Prince , who warmly thanked his worship and the Corporation for their good wishes towards the Royal College of Music , and their active efforts to promote its success . Their Royal Highnesses then entered the pavilion , and were received most heartily , the band playing " God Bless

the Prince of Wales . " Mr . Henry Leslie acted as musical director , and the orchestra vvas composed of the string bands of the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marine Light Infantry . The first part of the programme included the late Prince Consort's" Invocation to Harmony , " a most appropriate selection in the circumstances attending this particular concert . We trust the proceeds will constitute an appreciable addition to the fund for the College .

The efforts to resuscitate that old and well-known institution known as the Sacred Harmonic Society , have taken definite shape , and a prospectus of the new society , already registered under the Companies Acts as an association for the promotion of art , and not for the profit of its

shareholders , has been issued . As regard the conductorship , the prospectus states that Bro . Sir Michael Costa has been communicated with , and it is confidently hoped that circumstances will admit of his accepting the invitation of the council to become conductor . The new society ' s offices are at 25 , Russell-street , Covent-garden .

* * « In connection with the Birmingham Musical Festival , the second , and , so far as the choir is concerned , the final rehearsal of M . Gounod ' s "Redemption" took place at the Masonic Hall , Birmingham , on Wednesday evening , under the personal direction of the composer . The part of the work on which M . Gounod bestowed most

time and pains was the dramatic scene in the Sanhedrim , where the choir have alternately to represent the terrified utterances of the priests and the rebuking chorus which exposes their plot to bribe the guards to account for the missing body of the Messiah by the false accusation against his disciples . The derisive remarks of the bystanders at the tragic scene on Calvary , illustrated by a graphic chorus ,

had to be rehearsed several times before the director expressed his cordial thanks to the choir . At the conclusion of the rehearsal M . Gounod paid a well-deserved tribute to the exertions of Mr . Stockley , the chorus master , adding that for the choir he had nothing but congratulations for

what he desenhed as their magnificent performance . The eminent composer also expressed his obligations to the festival committee for the completeness of their arrangements . At the close of the rehearsal M . Gounod received an enthusiastic ovation from the choir , the officials of the festival , and the privileged visitors present .

Science And Art.

SCIENCE AND ART .

Science has sustained a very serious loss through the death of retired Deputy Surgeon-General Leith Adams , Professor of Natural History in the Queen ' s College , Cork . His career , which began as an Assistant-Surgeon in the army , was a long and honourable one . He served as Surgeon during the Crimean War and for his services had received a medal and clasps and the Turkish medal . In 1 S 61 hewas

promoted to be Surgeon-Major , and in 1 SG 5 won for himself additional fame by his valuable report on the cholera epidemic in Malta and his devoted and unceasing efforts on behalf of the sick . In iS 73 he retired from the service with the rank of Deputy Surgeon-General , and became Professor of Zoology in the College of Science , Dublin , whence

he removed to Cork in 1 S 7 S . He was the author of several important popular scientific works , among them being his " Wanderings of a Naturalist in India , " "Western Himalayas and Cashmere , " " Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta , " "Field and Forest Rambles , with Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada , " and "A Monograph on British Fossil Elephants . "

* * Bro . Captain Charles Mercier ' s life-sized portrait of the Hon . D . C . Macdonald , Speaker of the Dominion of Canada Senate , is now completed , and will shortly be forwarded to its destination . It has been painted to the express order of the Canadian Government , and will , in due course , grace the walls of the Senate House .

At Wednesday ' s sitting at Leeds of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers , a paper was read by the secretary on behalf of Mr . Henry Davey , of that town , on "Mining Machinery , " and it led to an interesting discussion

on the applicability of electricity to mining purposes . 'I he meeting afterwards had before it a paper b y Mr . J . Hartley Wicksted , of Leeds , on " Single Lever Testing Machines , " the author describing an invention of his own , which in diiicussion was spoken of as valuable . In the evening there was a conversazione at the Philosophical Hall .

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It is a curious coincidence that the two great rival statesmen of the present generation should have been honoured in a similar manner , and on the same day , only a few hours separating the two events . In the afternoon of Wednesday week , the ceremony of unveiling the statue of Mr . Gladstone , presented to the people of Bow by Mr . H .

Theodore Bryant , vvas gracefully performed by Lord Carlingford , in the presence of a large assemblage of people . The evening of the same day , the bust of the late Earl of Beaconslield , K . G ., purchased by the penny subscriptions of the working men of Greenwich , was presented to the members of the Conservative Club of that borough .

The Committee of the Great International Fisheries Exhibition of 1 SS 3 are now in a position to issue afirst list of special prizes , among them being one of £ 600 for the best lifeboat .

* * * The Congress of the British Medical Association opened on Tuesday last at Worcester , in which city it was started in 1 S 32 . Consequently there was a peculiar appropriateness in holdingu ' ts jubilee or fiftieth anniversary meeting in the place of its birth . Among the subjects which have been discussed were the consumption of alcohol

and its effect on the mortality of the country , Dr . Norman Kerr estimating the deaths directly due to the abuse of alcoholic stimulants as 40 , 500 , while he set down those indirectly traceable to the same cause at twice that number . On Friday the compulsory notification of infectious diseases

occupied the attention of those present , and Mr . Hastings , M . P ., who will re-introduce next session his bill on the subjert , explained his views , and informed the meeting that already thirty-one cities and towns had adopted its principle . Further discussion resulted in a motion approving the bill being passed .

It is announced that the Indian Government have decided on abolishing the Marine Survey Department , and that in future the survey will be made under the direction of Capt . Bent , head of the Indian Marine . « s « A clock tower is about to be erected at Levuka , Fiji Islands , in commemoration of the late Commodore Goodenough , who was shot vvith a poisoned arrow by a native of Santa Cruz Island , in August , 1 S 75 .

* * * A short time since , at Dorgali , in the island of Sardinia , a great stalactite cave was discovered . No less than fifteen galleries have already been traced , on one of which is a row of pillars like white marble , while the floor is generally smooth and resembles the finest basalt .

Canada is making great efforts to secure a complete representation of its fisheries at the International Fisheries Exhibition to be held next year in London . The marine and fisheries department is charged with the duty of preparing the collection , and an endeavour will be made to include in it specimens of every kind of fish in Canadian waters .

* Captain Norris and Lieutenant Darwin , R . K ., both of whom hold Staff appointments at the School of Military Engineering , Chatham , have been selected by the Astronomer Royal to proceed to the East to watch the transit of Venus , which takes place on the Gth December next .

* » * The institution which has hitherto borne the title of "The School of Submarine and Military Telegraphy , Telephony , Electric Light , and Technical Instruction Company , " located at 12 , Prince's-street , Hanover-square , will

, it appears , henceforward be known as "The School of Telegraphy and Electrical Engineering . " It is now closed for the summer season , but on the ist of September the pupils vyill reassemble , and fresh courses of lectures and instruction will be commenced .

* * * The fifth autumnal Congress and Sanitary Exhibition of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain will be held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , from the 2 Gth to the 30 th prox ., under the presidentship of Captain Douglas GaltonR . E .

, , C . B ., F . R . S . . Among the vice-presidents are the Earl of Durham , Lord Algernon Percy , the Bishop of Newcastle , Sir William G . Armstrong , K . C . B ., and others . Professor de Chaumont , M . D ., F . R . S ., has consented to give a lecture to the Congress .

* * « We learn from the Cit y Press that a collection of old views of celebrated City buildings of the past has been placed in the annexe room adjacent to the Guildhall Museum in Basinghall-street , which will be found of much interest to those with antiquarian tastes who like—while seeing how they appear in this improving ace—also to see

how they appeared in their forefathers' days . The following is a list of the places illustrated : Westminster Hall and Abbey ; Lord Nelson's funeral procession by land and water ; Crypt within Aldgate , pulled down in 1 S 72-3 ; Old Royal Exchange ; Cheapside Cross ; Gerard ' s Hall , Basing-lane , Bread-street ; Inside Guildhall , 1690 ; Exterior of Old Guildhall ; Crypt of Bow Church irom north side

near the cast end of nave ; St . Bartholomew Church , Royal Exchange ; St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell ; Pye Powder Court , Cloth Fair ; Crypt on site of the late College of St . Martin ' s-Ie-Grand ; Ruins of St . Leonard , Fosterlane ; Royal Palace ( called Placientia ) , East Greenwich ; Old Palace , Hampton Court ; True and exact prospect of the famous City of London from St . Marie Overs Steenle

in bouthwarke in its nourishing condition before the fire ; another prospect of the said City from the same p lace as it appeareth now after the said Calamitie and Destruction by fire in the year MDCLXVI ; Egyptian Hall , Mansion House ; the exterior of the Mansion House , with what vvas called Noah ' s Ark on the top of it , since pulled down Sir Paul Pindar ' s Lodge , or Garden House , Half Moonalley , Bishopsgate ; Old London Wall ,