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The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
" Perola , " Messrs . Gilbert and Sullivan s new opera , to succeed " Patience , " but not just yet , for the latter is still playing , will be produced shortly at some small provincial theatre ; but it is not likely to be announced very publicly , as its first production is a mere formality , to conin
form to the laws of copyright . By being once played England , it cannot be produced in America , with which we have no treaty , without the consent of its proprietor . We believe "Patience" was played first at Paignton , Devonshire , to comply with this law . : ife = S
Bro . J . J . Toole and his company returned to their little house in King William-street on Saturday . The programme now consists ot Bro . H . J . Byron ' s " Upper Crust , " Mrs . Fairbairn ' s comedietta , " Waiting Consent , " and a new musical sketch by Messrs . Arthur Law and Geo . Grossmith , "Mr . Guffin ' s Elopement . " Most of our readers have probably seen " Upper Crust , " it having
been played for a long time bv Bro . loole . If they have not , they should do so , for it is more than likely it will give way to a new comedy shortly . Bro . Toole ' s rendering of Doublechick , and his humorous sallies and droll sayings , are creating greater diversion , perhaps , than ever . He is admirably supported by a company consisting of Miss Effy Liston , Miss Emily Thorne , Mr . Billington , Mr . Garden ,
and Mr . E . D . Ward . " Mr . Guffin ' s Elopement" was received with much applause . Mr . Guffin is an elderly gentleman , in love with a romantic widow , who insists that the marriage shall take the form of an elopement . An arrangement is made to meet at a little country inn . Guffin arrives covered with mud from along walk , and in possession of a lot of trinkets for his bride . The landlady suspects
something wrong and goes for the police . Whilst she is gone , a cousin of the widow makes his appearance , he himself meaning to marry the widow . When Miss Crump , the landlady , returns , she recognises in Guffin a lover of twenty years ago . Guffin thinks , under the circumstances , he had best give up the widow to her cousin and take Miss Crump . The policeman and the barmaid make a match also . Bro . Toole sings a song , "The Speaker's Eye , "
about a member of Parliament who had sat for thirty years and never could catch the Speaker's eye , and when tie at last does so his mouth is closed by the cloture . An allusion to this subject is sure to be popular . Our readers should hear the song for themselves . Doubtless it will become a song of the day . This alone is enough to make the piece . Mr . Pinero is engaged upon a new comedy for this house to be brought out very soon . # * *
Bro . J . G . Taylor sailed on Wednesday for New York , to join Mrs . Langtry , who sailed on Saturday from Liverpool by the Guion line for America . Mr . Chas . Wyndham embarked on Sunday at Queenstown on the same vessel , the Arizona . He will be absent about four months , and then return to London and open his new theatre . Mrs . Langtry will not return until April .
* * # Miss Tilbury , who is playing so successfully at the Haymarket , is the daughter of Mrs . A . Hindman .
* * * Madame Christine Nillson sailed for America by the Gallia , on Saturday , to fulfil numerous engagements , with other members of Abbey ' s Concert Company . * * * It is rather odd that at the same theatre ( Imperial ) as Mrs . LangtryMiss Calhoun , an American
, actress , should chose to make her debut to a London audience in the same pieces , " An Unequal Match , " and " As You Like It . " The two ladies have changed places , for while Miss Calhoun comes to London from New York , Mrs . Langtry leaves the former and goes to the latter . Miss Calhoun also intends to play for twelve nights
only . Probably keen comparison and criticism is invited . At present Miss Calhoun has only played the easier half , that of Tom Taylor ' s comedy . She possesses an agreeable presence and pleasing voice , but is very young , though said to be of some note over the pond . We must own , and without prejudice , that we prefer our " Jersey Lily , " but there is much that is taking in Miss Calhoun . * *
"Impulse" is to be the title of a new piece at the St . James ' s , in which Mr . Arthur Dacre will play the Erinci pal role . Bro . Kendal will , we believe , re-open the ouse with " The Squire . " #
* * Yet another new theatre , it is said , is to be built in Northumberland-avenue , close to Mr . Chas . Wyndham's new house . The Metrop-jle Hotel intends to let the basement and ground-floor for a theatre , instead of shops . Why not : There will then be no galleries for nervous folk to be penned inin case of fire .
, # # * Miss Emily Duncan has , we understand , bought the lease of the Connaught Theatre , in Holborn , and will ro-open it next month with a comedy by Mr . F . C . Burrandthe author of the " Colonel . " Miss Duncan is well
, known as playing with Miss St . John in " Olivette , " Madame Favart , " & c . The Connaught has been closed for some three years , with the exception of a short interval . We hope Miss Duncan will prosper , but it has never brought gain to those who have held it .
* *
Bro . Augustus Harris intends to light Drury Lane Theatre with the duplex electric process on the production of the Christmas pantomime . - * * * Mrs . Bernard Beere takes the Globe Theatre next month ( nth November ) , not next week , as stated in our columns in error last week . We understand " The Promise of May ' is a drama of a pastoral kind by the Poet Laureate . Mr . Hermann Vezin will play in the drama .
* * * Miss Marie Litton ( Mrs . Forbes Robertson ) has , we are glad to say , quite recovered from her recent illness . Bro . Hollingshead has engaged for the Gaiety Mr . Evans , the celebrated pantomimist .
Music
MUSIC
In accordance with the well known theory that " it never rains but it pours , " we have this work to speak of the first of several series of concerts , among which , not the least deserving of notice , is that which took place on Monday , at St . James's Hall , being the first in order of occurrence of a series ' of twenty-one reunions , known and appreciated far and wide as the " Monday Pops , " this being the twenty-fifth year of their existence , which
during the whole of that time they have been under the management of Mr . Arthur Chappell , who must have every reason to be proud of the success which has attended his efforts , these concerts having every appearance of being increasingly popular . The opening programme was varied and admirable , comprising representative pieces of Brahms , Mendelssohn ,
and Haydn . The sextet in G by the first-named was a great success . The executants are pretty well the same as last year , and include Madame Norman-Neruda , violin ; Herr Reis , second violin ; Madle . Janotha , pianoforte ; Signor Piatti , violoncello ; and Horvin Strauss and Hollander and Signor Zerbini , viola ; the last named being also the accompanist . Miss Carlotta Elliot was the vocalist on Monday . '
The season of Saturday Afternoon Concerts at the Crystal Palace began on Saturday , and , to judge from the announcements that have appeared , and from the opening programme , they will be more attractive than ever . What is still more satisfactory , is that English music and English musicians will take a more conspicuous part in them than heretofore . Last Saturday there was a
large attendance , and the performance gave general satisfaction . Bennett ' s overture , "The Wood Nymph , " Beethoven ' s Symphony in A , Berlioz ' s " Hymn to Happiness , " from " Lelio , " Brahms ' s pianoforte concerto in B flat , performed for the first time in this country , and some selections from Wagner constituted the principal items in the progamme ; Mr . Oscar Beringer winning applause for his artistic rendering of Brahms's work . Mr . Edward Lloyd was the vocalist .
The fourth Triennial Musical Festival at Bristol , was inaugurated on Tuesday , and will be continued throughout the week , so that our western friends must have had a rare opportunity of indulging their predilection for sweet sounds . The arrangements were as complete as possible , the services of some of our best solo artistes had been secured . The orchestra was provided by Mr . Charles
Halle , who himself acted as conductor , and with it were associated the 385 voices of the Festival Choral Society , a number which , having regard to the orchestra , wind and string together mustering only eighty , must be set down as disproportionate . However , if the performances taken singly or together did not come up to the standard of Birmingham , it must _ be remembered that Bristol is the younger institution ,
and that the shortcomings of youth will gradually , pass away . But to the festival itself , which began on Tuesday morning in Colston Hall , the work chosen for the opening performance being " Elijah , " which , save in some minor particulars , passed off splendidly . The part of the Prophet was grandly impersonated by Bro . Santley , the soprano , contralto , and tenor music being taken by Miss Anna Williams , Madame Patey , and Air . Maas
respectively . There was a thinner attendance in the evening , when a miscellaneous programme was offered , Mendelsshon ' s Mass in D taking the lead , and , in fact , constituting the first part of the concert . Among the instrumental numbers were the overtures to " Rienzi" and " Ruy Bias , " and the Sylph Ballet and Hungarian March from Berlioz's " Faust . " The vocal contributors were Madame Albani , Miss Anna Williams , Madame Patey , Mr . Hilton , and Mr . Lloyd .
# * * A meeting was held at Leeds on Friday last of the Triennial Musical Festival Committee , when the Hon . Secretary announced that , in less than three weeks , he had received subscriptions to the Guarantee Fund amounting to over £ 10 , 000 , or double what had been received in the same period in 1 SS 0 .
# * * This evening ( Saturday ) the first of the Saturday Popular Concerts for the season 1882-3 will be held at St . James ' s Hall . The programme will include Schumann's Quartet in A Minor ; Mozart's Sonata in F Major for pianoforte and violin ; Beethoven ' s Sonata , quasi-fantasia , for pianoforte : and Locatelli ' s Sonata in D Major for
violoncello with pianoforte accompaniments . The executants include Mdme . Norman-Nevada , and Mms . L . Rics , Hollander , and Patti , with Mdlle . Janotha as pianist . Bro . Santley , as the vocalist , will sing , by desire , " O ! ruddier than the cherry , " and Gounod's "Maid oi Mhens . " The accompanist will be , as usual , Signor Zerobini . The series , which will comprise twenty concerts , will continue till Saturday , 19 th March , 1 SS 3 .
* * » The twelfth season of Mr . Walter Bacilli's Pianoforte recitals will commence on Monday , Gth November , at St . James's Hall , and will consist of original compositions by Franz Liszt . * & •& The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , on Thursday evening last ,
on the occasion of the benefit of Madame Christine Nilsson and Mr . Sims Reeves . There was a crowded audience , and the numbers assigned in the programme to the principal artistes had almost in every case to be repeated , though in several instances something else was substituted for what had evoked the encore . Thus , Madame Nilsson , in response to the invitation to repeat Sullivan ' s " Let me dream again , " sang an entirely new ballad . Bro . Santley
substituted "To Authea for " O , ruddier than the cherry , " and Madame Trebelli sang Mr . Carter ' s " What the waves said , " in place of " Voi che sapete , " and a favourite air from " Carmen " for Offenbach's " C'est L'Espagne . " On the other hand , the " Bay of Biscay , " by Mr . Sims Reeves , Tosti ' s " For ever and for ever , " by Bro . Santley , and the duets " Da quel di , " from " Linda di Chamounix , " by Madame Nilsson and Mr . Sims Reeves , and " La luna
Music
immobile , " from Boito ' s " Mefistofele , " by Mesdames Nilsson and Trebelli , was repeated . Among the other vocalists were Miss Clements , Mr . Herbert Reeves , and Mr . Barrington Foote , who acquitted themselves well , while the pleasures of the evening were further enhanced by the well-chosen selection of music contributed by the band of the 2 nd Life Guards .
Science And Art.
SCIENCE AND ART .
Every effort is being made to complete the Agricultural Hall at Norwich by the 16 th November next , when it is anticipated the inauguration by the Prince of Wales will take place . * * * Mr . G . Howard , M . P ., and the Hon . Mrs . Howard have presented to the inhabitants of Welburn , near Castle Howard , a club-house , to be used as a library , readingroom , and literary institute . #
* « At the meeting at Cologne , on Friday last , of the International Bi-Metallic Conference , it was resolved that with a view to establish a fixed ratio between gold and silver , it is desirable that Germany and England should increase the use of silver by the coinage of full value silver money ; and in addition to this , that the former country
should call in all gold and paper of less than ten marks value and sell no more silver ; and that the Bank of England , in accordance with the power it possesses , should hold silver as part of its reserve . Among those present at the meeting were several members of the German Reichstag , while Professor Emil de Laveleye , and the English delegates were most cordially welcomed .
* # # The Astronomer-Royal , Greenwich , has been advised by the Vienna Academy of another comet having been seen by Schmidt , at Athens , on the Sth inst ., four degrees south-west by the great comet , and having the same motion .
* * Bro . the Lord Ma yor presided at a crowded pub lie meeting held in the Gnildhall , on Thursday last , when the certificates and Queen's prizes won by the students of the Metropolitan Drawing classes , held in connection with the South Kensington Museum , were distributed by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts . The prizes were awarded under
the three headsjof geometry , machine-drawing , and building construction . Students were present from each of the twenty different centres . The report showed that there were altogether 9 60 students , and that at the Government examination , in May last , twelve had passed in honours , two had won Whitworth Scholarships of £ i >; o each , while 201
firstclass Queen's prizes and 459 certificates had been awarded . After the distribution , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , the Bishop of Bedford , and Canon Farrar addressed the meeting , and a vote of thanks to her ladyship having , on the motion of the Lord Mayor , seconded by Bro . Alderman De Keyser , been passed unanimously , the proceedings closed with the usual compliment to the chairman . #
m * Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Albany arrived in Glasgow , from Blytheswood House , on Saturday morning , and were received at the station by the Lord Provost , the magistrates , and most of the local gentlefolk . The Royal party at once drove , under an escort of dragoons and mounted police , to the Royal School of
Art-INeedlework , in Bath-street , and having inspected the work that was placed before them , went next to the receptionroom in St . Andrew ' s Hall , in which were assembled many of the nobility and gentry of the West of Scotland . When they had gone the rounds of the stalls , the Duke , in response to the invitation of the Earl of Glasgow , declared the Exhibition of Needlework open , laying , stress on the remarks with which he prefaced the declaration on the
value of the Royal School of Art-Needlework , as providing suitable occupation for ladies compelled to earn their own livelihood , and expressing the pleasure which the Duchess and he should experience if they could feel that by their presence on the occasion they had in any way contributed to advance the interests of the institution . On the motion of the Lord Provost , a vote of thanks to their Royal Highnesses for the part they had taken in the ceremony was passed with acclamation .
* * m The sixth conversazione , comprising an art exhibition and concert , of the London Literary and Artistic Union , will take place at St . James's Hall , on Tuesday , the 31 st inst .
* - The Reformatory and Industrial School Commission , consisting of Lord Aberdeen , Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , Lord Norton , the O'Connor Don , Sir U . Kay Shuttleworth , Bro . Charles Dalrymple , M . P ., Mr . G . VV . Hastings , M . P ., and others , have been visiting Aberdeen
in the course of their inquiries . On Wednesday last , they inspected the provincial schools in the city ' and the neighbourhood , and on Thursday and Friday , they sat in the Council Chambers to hear evidence , the principal witnesses that were examined being the Lord Provost , Sheriffs Thompson and Wilson , and Major Ross , chief constable of Aberdeenshire .
Bro . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., Her Majesty ' s First Commissioner of Works , in reply to a deputation that waited on him on Monday , for the purpose of complaining on the restrictions imposed on the public in visiting Kew
Uardens , and the erection of a new gate and the closing of an old one , pointed out that the work was being done on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Hooker himself , who is director of the Gardens , and who considered the new arrangements would be greatly to the public advantage .
Bro . C . H . Gregory , 33 , C . E .. C . M . G ., wasone of the members of the Scientific Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for War to enquire as to the probability of effectually closing the Channel Tunnel , should it be made . Bro . General Sir Garnet Wolseley , the then Adjutant-General , was invited to give his opinion . The Committee have now issued their report in the form of a Blue Book , containing 3 G 8 pages . The Committee do not report in favour of making the Channel Tunnel .
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The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
" Perola , " Messrs . Gilbert and Sullivan s new opera , to succeed " Patience , " but not just yet , for the latter is still playing , will be produced shortly at some small provincial theatre ; but it is not likely to be announced very publicly , as its first production is a mere formality , to conin
form to the laws of copyright . By being once played England , it cannot be produced in America , with which we have no treaty , without the consent of its proprietor . We believe "Patience" was played first at Paignton , Devonshire , to comply with this law . : ife = S
Bro . J . J . Toole and his company returned to their little house in King William-street on Saturday . The programme now consists ot Bro . H . J . Byron ' s " Upper Crust , " Mrs . Fairbairn ' s comedietta , " Waiting Consent , " and a new musical sketch by Messrs . Arthur Law and Geo . Grossmith , "Mr . Guffin ' s Elopement . " Most of our readers have probably seen " Upper Crust , " it having
been played for a long time bv Bro . loole . If they have not , they should do so , for it is more than likely it will give way to a new comedy shortly . Bro . Toole ' s rendering of Doublechick , and his humorous sallies and droll sayings , are creating greater diversion , perhaps , than ever . He is admirably supported by a company consisting of Miss Effy Liston , Miss Emily Thorne , Mr . Billington , Mr . Garden ,
and Mr . E . D . Ward . " Mr . Guffin ' s Elopement" was received with much applause . Mr . Guffin is an elderly gentleman , in love with a romantic widow , who insists that the marriage shall take the form of an elopement . An arrangement is made to meet at a little country inn . Guffin arrives covered with mud from along walk , and in possession of a lot of trinkets for his bride . The landlady suspects
something wrong and goes for the police . Whilst she is gone , a cousin of the widow makes his appearance , he himself meaning to marry the widow . When Miss Crump , the landlady , returns , she recognises in Guffin a lover of twenty years ago . Guffin thinks , under the circumstances , he had best give up the widow to her cousin and take Miss Crump . The policeman and the barmaid make a match also . Bro . Toole sings a song , "The Speaker's Eye , "
about a member of Parliament who had sat for thirty years and never could catch the Speaker's eye , and when tie at last does so his mouth is closed by the cloture . An allusion to this subject is sure to be popular . Our readers should hear the song for themselves . Doubtless it will become a song of the day . This alone is enough to make the piece . Mr . Pinero is engaged upon a new comedy for this house to be brought out very soon . # * *
Bro . J . G . Taylor sailed on Wednesday for New York , to join Mrs . Langtry , who sailed on Saturday from Liverpool by the Guion line for America . Mr . Chas . Wyndham embarked on Sunday at Queenstown on the same vessel , the Arizona . He will be absent about four months , and then return to London and open his new theatre . Mrs . Langtry will not return until April .
* * # Miss Tilbury , who is playing so successfully at the Haymarket , is the daughter of Mrs . A . Hindman .
* * * Madame Christine Nillson sailed for America by the Gallia , on Saturday , to fulfil numerous engagements , with other members of Abbey ' s Concert Company . * * * It is rather odd that at the same theatre ( Imperial ) as Mrs . LangtryMiss Calhoun , an American
, actress , should chose to make her debut to a London audience in the same pieces , " An Unequal Match , " and " As You Like It . " The two ladies have changed places , for while Miss Calhoun comes to London from New York , Mrs . Langtry leaves the former and goes to the latter . Miss Calhoun also intends to play for twelve nights
only . Probably keen comparison and criticism is invited . At present Miss Calhoun has only played the easier half , that of Tom Taylor ' s comedy . She possesses an agreeable presence and pleasing voice , but is very young , though said to be of some note over the pond . We must own , and without prejudice , that we prefer our " Jersey Lily , " but there is much that is taking in Miss Calhoun . * *
"Impulse" is to be the title of a new piece at the St . James ' s , in which Mr . Arthur Dacre will play the Erinci pal role . Bro . Kendal will , we believe , re-open the ouse with " The Squire . " #
* * Yet another new theatre , it is said , is to be built in Northumberland-avenue , close to Mr . Chas . Wyndham's new house . The Metrop-jle Hotel intends to let the basement and ground-floor for a theatre , instead of shops . Why not : There will then be no galleries for nervous folk to be penned inin case of fire .
, # # * Miss Emily Duncan has , we understand , bought the lease of the Connaught Theatre , in Holborn , and will ro-open it next month with a comedy by Mr . F . C . Burrandthe author of the " Colonel . " Miss Duncan is well
, known as playing with Miss St . John in " Olivette , " Madame Favart , " & c . The Connaught has been closed for some three years , with the exception of a short interval . We hope Miss Duncan will prosper , but it has never brought gain to those who have held it .
* *
Bro . Augustus Harris intends to light Drury Lane Theatre with the duplex electric process on the production of the Christmas pantomime . - * * * Mrs . Bernard Beere takes the Globe Theatre next month ( nth November ) , not next week , as stated in our columns in error last week . We understand " The Promise of May ' is a drama of a pastoral kind by the Poet Laureate . Mr . Hermann Vezin will play in the drama .
* * * Miss Marie Litton ( Mrs . Forbes Robertson ) has , we are glad to say , quite recovered from her recent illness . Bro . Hollingshead has engaged for the Gaiety Mr . Evans , the celebrated pantomimist .
Music
MUSIC
In accordance with the well known theory that " it never rains but it pours , " we have this work to speak of the first of several series of concerts , among which , not the least deserving of notice , is that which took place on Monday , at St . James's Hall , being the first in order of occurrence of a series ' of twenty-one reunions , known and appreciated far and wide as the " Monday Pops , " this being the twenty-fifth year of their existence , which
during the whole of that time they have been under the management of Mr . Arthur Chappell , who must have every reason to be proud of the success which has attended his efforts , these concerts having every appearance of being increasingly popular . The opening programme was varied and admirable , comprising representative pieces of Brahms , Mendelssohn ,
and Haydn . The sextet in G by the first-named was a great success . The executants are pretty well the same as last year , and include Madame Norman-Neruda , violin ; Herr Reis , second violin ; Madle . Janotha , pianoforte ; Signor Piatti , violoncello ; and Horvin Strauss and Hollander and Signor Zerbini , viola ; the last named being also the accompanist . Miss Carlotta Elliot was the vocalist on Monday . '
The season of Saturday Afternoon Concerts at the Crystal Palace began on Saturday , and , to judge from the announcements that have appeared , and from the opening programme , they will be more attractive than ever . What is still more satisfactory , is that English music and English musicians will take a more conspicuous part in them than heretofore . Last Saturday there was a
large attendance , and the performance gave general satisfaction . Bennett ' s overture , "The Wood Nymph , " Beethoven ' s Symphony in A , Berlioz ' s " Hymn to Happiness , " from " Lelio , " Brahms ' s pianoforte concerto in B flat , performed for the first time in this country , and some selections from Wagner constituted the principal items in the progamme ; Mr . Oscar Beringer winning applause for his artistic rendering of Brahms's work . Mr . Edward Lloyd was the vocalist .
The fourth Triennial Musical Festival at Bristol , was inaugurated on Tuesday , and will be continued throughout the week , so that our western friends must have had a rare opportunity of indulging their predilection for sweet sounds . The arrangements were as complete as possible , the services of some of our best solo artistes had been secured . The orchestra was provided by Mr . Charles
Halle , who himself acted as conductor , and with it were associated the 385 voices of the Festival Choral Society , a number which , having regard to the orchestra , wind and string together mustering only eighty , must be set down as disproportionate . However , if the performances taken singly or together did not come up to the standard of Birmingham , it must _ be remembered that Bristol is the younger institution ,
and that the shortcomings of youth will gradually , pass away . But to the festival itself , which began on Tuesday morning in Colston Hall , the work chosen for the opening performance being " Elijah , " which , save in some minor particulars , passed off splendidly . The part of the Prophet was grandly impersonated by Bro . Santley , the soprano , contralto , and tenor music being taken by Miss Anna Williams , Madame Patey , and Air . Maas
respectively . There was a thinner attendance in the evening , when a miscellaneous programme was offered , Mendelsshon ' s Mass in D taking the lead , and , in fact , constituting the first part of the concert . Among the instrumental numbers were the overtures to " Rienzi" and " Ruy Bias , " and the Sylph Ballet and Hungarian March from Berlioz's " Faust . " The vocal contributors were Madame Albani , Miss Anna Williams , Madame Patey , Mr . Hilton , and Mr . Lloyd .
# * * A meeting was held at Leeds on Friday last of the Triennial Musical Festival Committee , when the Hon . Secretary announced that , in less than three weeks , he had received subscriptions to the Guarantee Fund amounting to over £ 10 , 000 , or double what had been received in the same period in 1 SS 0 .
# * * This evening ( Saturday ) the first of the Saturday Popular Concerts for the season 1882-3 will be held at St . James ' s Hall . The programme will include Schumann's Quartet in A Minor ; Mozart's Sonata in F Major for pianoforte and violin ; Beethoven ' s Sonata , quasi-fantasia , for pianoforte : and Locatelli ' s Sonata in D Major for
violoncello with pianoforte accompaniments . The executants include Mdme . Norman-Nevada , and Mms . L . Rics , Hollander , and Patti , with Mdlle . Janotha as pianist . Bro . Santley , as the vocalist , will sing , by desire , " O ! ruddier than the cherry , " and Gounod's "Maid oi Mhens . " The accompanist will be , as usual , Signor Zerobini . The series , which will comprise twenty concerts , will continue till Saturday , 19 th March , 1 SS 3 .
* * » The twelfth season of Mr . Walter Bacilli's Pianoforte recitals will commence on Monday , Gth November , at St . James's Hall , and will consist of original compositions by Franz Liszt . * & •& The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , on Thursday evening last ,
on the occasion of the benefit of Madame Christine Nilsson and Mr . Sims Reeves . There was a crowded audience , and the numbers assigned in the programme to the principal artistes had almost in every case to be repeated , though in several instances something else was substituted for what had evoked the encore . Thus , Madame Nilsson , in response to the invitation to repeat Sullivan ' s " Let me dream again , " sang an entirely new ballad . Bro . Santley
substituted "To Authea for " O , ruddier than the cherry , " and Madame Trebelli sang Mr . Carter ' s " What the waves said , " in place of " Voi che sapete , " and a favourite air from " Carmen " for Offenbach's " C'est L'Espagne . " On the other hand , the " Bay of Biscay , " by Mr . Sims Reeves , Tosti ' s " For ever and for ever , " by Bro . Santley , and the duets " Da quel di , " from " Linda di Chamounix , " by Madame Nilsson and Mr . Sims Reeves , and " La luna
Music
immobile , " from Boito ' s " Mefistofele , " by Mesdames Nilsson and Trebelli , was repeated . Among the other vocalists were Miss Clements , Mr . Herbert Reeves , and Mr . Barrington Foote , who acquitted themselves well , while the pleasures of the evening were further enhanced by the well-chosen selection of music contributed by the band of the 2 nd Life Guards .
Science And Art.
SCIENCE AND ART .
Every effort is being made to complete the Agricultural Hall at Norwich by the 16 th November next , when it is anticipated the inauguration by the Prince of Wales will take place . * * * Mr . G . Howard , M . P ., and the Hon . Mrs . Howard have presented to the inhabitants of Welburn , near Castle Howard , a club-house , to be used as a library , readingroom , and literary institute . #
* « At the meeting at Cologne , on Friday last , of the International Bi-Metallic Conference , it was resolved that with a view to establish a fixed ratio between gold and silver , it is desirable that Germany and England should increase the use of silver by the coinage of full value silver money ; and in addition to this , that the former country
should call in all gold and paper of less than ten marks value and sell no more silver ; and that the Bank of England , in accordance with the power it possesses , should hold silver as part of its reserve . Among those present at the meeting were several members of the German Reichstag , while Professor Emil de Laveleye , and the English delegates were most cordially welcomed .
* # # The Astronomer-Royal , Greenwich , has been advised by the Vienna Academy of another comet having been seen by Schmidt , at Athens , on the Sth inst ., four degrees south-west by the great comet , and having the same motion .
* * Bro . the Lord Ma yor presided at a crowded pub lie meeting held in the Gnildhall , on Thursday last , when the certificates and Queen's prizes won by the students of the Metropolitan Drawing classes , held in connection with the South Kensington Museum , were distributed by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts . The prizes were awarded under
the three headsjof geometry , machine-drawing , and building construction . Students were present from each of the twenty different centres . The report showed that there were altogether 9 60 students , and that at the Government examination , in May last , twelve had passed in honours , two had won Whitworth Scholarships of £ i >; o each , while 201
firstclass Queen's prizes and 459 certificates had been awarded . After the distribution , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , the Bishop of Bedford , and Canon Farrar addressed the meeting , and a vote of thanks to her ladyship having , on the motion of the Lord Mayor , seconded by Bro . Alderman De Keyser , been passed unanimously , the proceedings closed with the usual compliment to the chairman . #
m * Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Albany arrived in Glasgow , from Blytheswood House , on Saturday morning , and were received at the station by the Lord Provost , the magistrates , and most of the local gentlefolk . The Royal party at once drove , under an escort of dragoons and mounted police , to the Royal School of
Art-INeedlework , in Bath-street , and having inspected the work that was placed before them , went next to the receptionroom in St . Andrew ' s Hall , in which were assembled many of the nobility and gentry of the West of Scotland . When they had gone the rounds of the stalls , the Duke , in response to the invitation of the Earl of Glasgow , declared the Exhibition of Needlework open , laying , stress on the remarks with which he prefaced the declaration on the
value of the Royal School of Art-Needlework , as providing suitable occupation for ladies compelled to earn their own livelihood , and expressing the pleasure which the Duchess and he should experience if they could feel that by their presence on the occasion they had in any way contributed to advance the interests of the institution . On the motion of the Lord Provost , a vote of thanks to their Royal Highnesses for the part they had taken in the ceremony was passed with acclamation .
* * m The sixth conversazione , comprising an art exhibition and concert , of the London Literary and Artistic Union , will take place at St . James's Hall , on Tuesday , the 31 st inst .
* - The Reformatory and Industrial School Commission , consisting of Lord Aberdeen , Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , Lord Norton , the O'Connor Don , Sir U . Kay Shuttleworth , Bro . Charles Dalrymple , M . P ., Mr . G . VV . Hastings , M . P ., and others , have been visiting Aberdeen
in the course of their inquiries . On Wednesday last , they inspected the provincial schools in the city ' and the neighbourhood , and on Thursday and Friday , they sat in the Council Chambers to hear evidence , the principal witnesses that were examined being the Lord Provost , Sheriffs Thompson and Wilson , and Major Ross , chief constable of Aberdeenshire .
Bro . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., Her Majesty ' s First Commissioner of Works , in reply to a deputation that waited on him on Monday , for the purpose of complaining on the restrictions imposed on the public in visiting Kew
Uardens , and the erection of a new gate and the closing of an old one , pointed out that the work was being done on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Hooker himself , who is director of the Gardens , and who considered the new arrangements would be greatly to the public advantage .
Bro . C . H . Gregory , 33 , C . E .. C . M . G ., wasone of the members of the Scientific Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for War to enquire as to the probability of effectually closing the Channel Tunnel , should it be made . Bro . General Sir Garnet Wolseley , the then Adjutant-General , was invited to give his opinion . The Committee have now issued their report in the form of a Blue Book , containing 3 G 8 pages . The Committee do not report in favour of making the Channel Tunnel .