DIORAMA OF THE INDIAN MUTINY.
England is the country of Dioramas : whatever locality or event rouses the popular feeling is soon presented to the eye as well as the mind. A Diorama, painted by Mr. Marshall, Mr. Gompertz, Mr. S. Gompertz; and Mr. Mason, and illustrating the scenes of the Mutiny, has.been- opened—as announced for a fortnight only,—at St. James's Hall. Delhi, with its beleaguered walls and the Battle of Subzeemundie ; Peshawur, with Sepoys hung and blown from guns ; Cawnpore 's Entree chmenz and Massacre • Lahore, with the Mutiny of the 26th ; the Evacua- tion of Lucknow by the rescued women and children ' - pass successively before the eyes in a series of spirited tableaus. To these are added some detached scenes of mountain grandeur from Northern Hindostan; and, as an extraneous attraction, a panorama of the Crypt of the Holy Se- pulchre at Jerusalem, with a variation of very striking effects. The pica ture of the Cawnpore Massacre has been withdrawn from its natural se- quence in the diorama—in deference, as stated, to the feeling expressed by the press at the private view, and is kept over till the close for such as like to remain and be horrified, though indeed its treatment is eem.-, paratively mild. We trust this change of programme is no mere adver- tising trick, for the subject is too serious to be traded apon. The musi- cal accompaniment to the diorama, supplied by a Sax Tuba Ba4" a considerable advance on the usual jingling pianoforte-playing.'
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