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respectively by M . Naudin and M . Faure . "Fenella "especially when well embodied , as it is by Madlle . Salvioui , who really plays the heroine of the piece , for the singing-part of "Elvira" ( charmingly performed by Madlle . Marie Battu ) has comparatively but little dramatic interest . Madlle . Marie Battu has certainly improved both as a singer and actress since

last year . She was well supported on this occasion by Signor Neri-Baraldi , who played the ungrateful part of " Duke Alonfso" ( the seducer of Fenella ) with all the hauteur of a noble of the olden time , and his singing , too , was meritorious as ever . The national advantage enjoyed by Madlle . Marie Battu was shared by the representatives of " Masaniello " and

" Borella , " M . Naudin and M . Faure , both Frenchmen . M . Faure , as the rough and resolute "Pietro , " realised almost all that tbe author and composer intended ; while M . Naudin , as the heroic but weak-minded " Masaniello , " won , both as actor and singer , the greatest success he has yet achieved in this country . Madlle . Montero and Madlle . Duriez , in the "joy

dances" of the incidental ballet divertissement , so artistically arranged by M . Desplaces , contributed largely to the general terpsichorean charms of the entertainment . Of the representatives of the subordinate characters of "Emma , " "Borella , " and "Lorenzo" respectively by Madlle . Anese , Signor Polonini , and Signor Rossi , we can also make favourable mention . Their

earnest efforts were most valuable to the tnsemhle , upon which the reputation of the Royal Italian Opera depends so much . Mr . Costa ' s band as usual was perfect . Before the opera , the " National Anthem " was sung by the chorus . The house was crowded .

DRURY LANE THEATBE . Mr . Edmund Falconer's favourite drama Veep o' Lay , which had a phenomenal run of three hundred and forty-six consecutive nights at the Lyceum , was revived here on Monday , and both the attendance and the applause proved that the experiment was by no means ill-advised . The house was very full , and the

familiar points of the drama were apparently received with unabated satisfaction . After the drama , Mr . John Oxenford ' s amusing farce of Magic Toys was presented , in which Miss Lydia Thompson danced all manner of dances with all the grace and exhilarating entrain which have raised her in her own special department to the topmost pinnoale of liublic favour .

HAYMARKET THEATRE . The performance commenced on Monday with the comedy of Much Ado about Nothing , for the purpose of introducing Miss Louisa Angel , late of the Princess ' s Theatre , to Haymarket audiences , in the part of Beatrice . Miss Angel , on the whole , sustained her part with vivacity , but wholly lacks physique or

tendency to impart to the character the necessary shadow to strengthen its lights or give force to the intention of the author . Miss Terry confirmed the good opinion gained by her performance of Gertrude in The Little Treasure , by her graceful and winning rendering of the part of Hero ; and Mr . Howe exhibited his usual tact as Benedick , sustaining the part with more than his ordinary excellence . The rest of the castwith the

, exception of Mr . Compton ' s Dogberry , requires no especial notice . This last was dry and unctuous , as usual , and as eminently Shaksperian in spirit and feeling as at any period of this able actor's career . The holiday novelty consists in a series of pictures representing remarkable scenes in Egypt and the Holy Land . They are painted from drawings taken while the Prince of Wales was travelling in those regionsand their

exe-, cution does infinite credit to the ability of the artists—Mr . William Telbin , assisted by Mr . Henry Telbin . There are thirteen pictures in all , besides a . grand representation on canvass of the marriage of the Prince of Wales in St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor . All the resources of scenic effect have been judiciously

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drawn upon , and the talent of the artists does the rest . A list of the subjects may be seen in the playbill , but we may mention here those of the cities of Cairo , Jerusalem , and Constantinople , and the Ford of the Jordan , as very striking and beautiful . PRINCESS'S . Killing TimebMr . J . Mortonowes its success entirely

, y , to the acting of Miss Sedgwick and Mr . G . Vining , the latter of whom exhibited a piece of rich extravagance which raised a hearty roar of laughter . A more diverting and a far more meritorious contribution was the novelty that followed , from the pen of Mr . Byron , called Beautiful Jlaidie , a burlesque founded on the well known episode in Don Juan , the ballad of Lord Bateman , and the legend of Lurline . The acting of

this burlesque was excellent throughout . Miss Martha Oliver as the Haidee played and sung with all that spirit and , at the same time , graceful pleasantry which has so justly made her a favourite in this class of entertainment . Miss Murray also , as Lord Bateman , was a very winning suitor : Mis 3 Hudspeth , a pet of a tiger , and Miss Helen Howard an engaging sea nymph . Mr . Belmore , as the captain of the rovers , was a very superb

specimen of a ruffian . Mr . Moreland , 'as the negro Muley , was a darkey worthy of a band of melodists , and Mr . C Soyton , ss the old pirate Lambros , wanted only a little moderation to have made his efforts very humourous .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family continue at Windsor . The Prince and Princess of Wales are still in Norfolk . The Princess as the Queen ' s representative , will hold her first Drawing Room on the 16 th of next month . The Princess Louis of Hesse ( Princess Alice ) gave birth to a daughter at Windsor Castle , on Sunday . The Court Circular announces that the Princess , with her infant daughter , are

going 011 favourably . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality of the metropolis is diminishing , though it continues high . The number of deaths recorded last week was 1475 , which is 119 fewer than the numbers of the previous week , but higher by 107 than the corrected average for the last ten years . Among the causes of mortality

small-pox and measles appear to be prevalent , The births during the last week was 1972 , which is higher than the average . Tbe mean number for the last ton years was 1924 . "Education , Science , and Art" figure in the Estimates for £ 1 , 3 SS , 417—or £ 23 , 697 below the amount voted last year . One or two of the items under this head show au increase , but the

net decrease on the whole in mainly obtained by a reduction of £ 33 , 117 in the vote for "Education in Great Britain . " The volunteer review of Easter Monday has become a British institution , and that which took place at Brighton was in some respects —that is to say as a test of efficiency , and doubtless as a military meeting—better than either of its predecessors ; while it was

decidedly inferior as a spectacle , and by reason of an alteration in the arrangements not a little confusing to both the troops and the sightseers . The volunteers , however , were so well under arms , that every apparent drawback only served really confirm the impression which has been produced upon all who have had the opportunity of comparing their steadiness

and discipline with those of troops of the line . The Guards could not have done better than some of the companies and battalions ; and it may safely be asserted that , as a whole , the force behaved as well as an array of regulars would have done-. The artillery was admirably served , and , though the country was difficult , the manoeuvers , whether of horse or of foot , were thoroughly satisfactory , the final charge of calvary being described as not only imposing to behold , but exceedingly well-directed