Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

DRURY LANE opens Sept . 23 rd ., under tho management of Mr . AV . B . Chatterton , with a new Historical drama , entitled " Rebecca , " adapted by Andrew Halliday , from Sir Walter Scott's " Ivanhoe . " HAYJIARKET . —Mr . Sothern will appear during the forthcoming week , as Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin . " We

regret to learn that Bro . Buckstouo is suffering from indisposition . At the PRINCESS ' S " Eileen Oge , " in which Mr . Falconer , the Author , sustains the principal character , continues to maintain its well-deserved popularity . At the ADELIHT " Notre Dame" having reached its 138 th

, representation , is still continued as the principal attraction , preceded by " Down in a Balloon , " the performance concluding with " Fantasticuff ; or the Storm Fiend , " in ^ which Mr . Fred . Evans ancl his troupe appears .

The LYCEUM was opened on Monday , 11 th inst ., by Mr . Batcman , withfa romantic love legend , adapted from the French of George Sand , and Madame Birch Pfeiffer , entitled " Fanchette ; or the Will of the Wisp . " Miss Isabel Bateman , ( daughter of the manager , ) makes her first appearance in Loudon . At the STRANDunder the management of Mrs . Swanborough

, , "The Heir at Law , " with John S . Clarke as Dr . Pangloss , is announced nightly for an indefinite period , concluding with Byron's burlesque on tho " Colleen Bawii , " entitled " Miss Eily O'Connor . " The GAIETY opens this evening , ( Saturday , ) when MY . John Holliiigshead will produce Dr . Westland Marston ' s new comedy

"Donna Diana , " Miss Ada Cavendish and Mr . AVm . Iiignold take the leading characters . The performance commences with the operatta " A Happy Village , " and concludes with the first act of "The Grand Duchess . "

The QUEENS opened on Saturday last with Mr . and Mrs . Herman Verzin in " Hinko . " The performance commenced with the '' Scapegoat , " The GLOBE is announced to open on October 7 , with Mr . H . J . Montague as Manager . The PRINCE OE WALES' THEATRE opens this evening , when

Mrs . Bancroft ( Miss Marie AVilton ) will produce " Caste . " The manageress announce that upon the withdrawal of " Caste , " she will produce a dramatic work from the pen of Wilkio Collins . The HOLBORN opens on Monday , 28 th inst ., with Mr . Eichard Mansell as Manager . "Edmund Kean" is the singular titio of a romadtic drama by tho lato Alexandre Dumas . The ROTALTT opens this evening with Hervcs " Chilperic "

, under the sole management of M . Mallandaine , who also conducts tho band . At CHARISG CROSS THEARTE "Shadows" ancl "My Allla in Italy" have been playhd . The comic , drama " Frilled Petticoats" is announced to replace "Crichton . " At the ROYAL ALFRED THEATRE ( Marylebone ) Mr . Charles

Harcourt still produces " Auramaina , or Diamond's Daughter , and tho Merry Monarch .. " A AUDEVlLLE . —On Monday last tho season at this house commenced , "Albery'sApple Blossoms" was produced . The farce , "A Fearful Fog , " commences , and tho "OrangeTrec and the Humble Bee " concludes the performance . The DOTAL AMPHITHEATRE ( Holborn ) , opens this evening with Sanger's Circus , a stud of GO horses , an entirely fresh company of foreign artistes , and " A new sensation , the greatest ever witnessed .

List Of Lodge Meetings &C., For Week Ending September 22nd, 1871.

LIST OF LODGE MEETINGS & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 22 ND , 1871 .

METROPOLITAN LOUSES AND CHAPTERS . Monday , September 18 th . LODGES " . —Panmure , Balham Hotel , Balham ; City of London , Guildhall Coffee House , Gresham Street . Tuesday , September 19 tJi . Board of General PurposesFreemasons' Hallat 3 .

, , LODGES . —Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark ; Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall Street ; Salisbury , 71 , Dean Street , Soho ; Camden , York and Albany , Gloucester Gate , Regent's Park ; St . Mark's , Duke of Edinburgh Tavern , Brixton . CHAPTERS . —Mount Sinai , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street ; Industry , Freemasons' Ball . Wednesday , September 20 tJi .

Lodge of Benevolence at G precisely . LODGES . —Helson , Masonic Hall , William Street , Woolwich ; New AYandswortb , Spread Eagle Hotel , New Wandsworth ; Blackheatb , Royal Standard Tavern , Blackheath . CHAPTER . —AVestminster and Keystone , Freemasons' Hall . Thursday , September 21 st . House Committee Girls' School , at 4 .

LODGE . —Burdett Coutts , Approach Tavern , Approach Road , A ictoria Park . Friday , Septeniber 22 nd . Houso Committee Boys' School . LODGE . —Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , ^ Kew Bridge , Ealing .

Metropolitan Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION .

A member of Lodges and Chapters of Instruction do not meet during the summer months , ice shall , therefore discontinue the publication of our usual list until the re-commenccmant of the season . We shall , however , give the announcements ofthose Lodges and Chapters of Instruction which continue to meet during ilia summer on receiving authoritative intimation thereof .

ROYAL UNION LODGE ( HO . 382 ) , Horse and Groom , AVinsley Sti-cet , Oxford Street , at 8 . Bvo . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . PANMURE LODGE ( NO . 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , Fridays at 8 . Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . AVESTEOURNE LODGE ( No . 733 ) , Horse and Groom , AAfnsley Street , Oxford Street , Fridays at 8 . Bro . Ash , Preceptor . STRONG MANSt . John ' s GateClerkenwellMondayat 8

, , , , . Bro . Terry , Preceptor . ST . JAMES ' , ( NO . 705 ) , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica Road , Berniondsey , Fridays at 8 . TEMPERANCE , ( NO . 1 G 9 ) , Alctoria Tavern , A'ictoria Road , Deptford , Fridays at 8 . STAH , ( NO . 1275 ) , Marquis of Granhy ' . Tavern , New Cross Road Deptford , Saturdays at 7 .

BURDETT COUTTS LODGE or INSTRUCTION , Approach Tavern A'ictoria Park , Fridays . SINCERITY LODGE ( No . 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Railway Station , Fenchureh Street , Monday at 7 .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

'V All Communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisburystreet , Strand , W . C . AVE shall be glad to receive from brethren any proceedings of Masonic meetings , whiuh shall be duly inserted . Communications should be forwarded so as to reach us as early in the week as convenient—not later than Wednesday if possible . AVe have to request our correspondents to be particular in writing names distinctly .