Mademoiselle Alaymo, a tragedian and soprano of Italian fame, ap-
peared at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday, in the character of Luerezia Borgia. She showed considerable powers ; but her performance, on the whole, made less impression than her reputation gave reason to expect. Her voice is clear, resonant, and rich in the higher notes, not quite so good in the lower : in execution she seemed capable of more than she ac- complished. Gardoni made his first appearance this season, as Gennaro. To celebrate "Exhibition-day," a species of masque was got up at Her Majesty's Theatre on "long Thursday" : the national anthem, with a new chorus at each end, was sung in front of a bird's-eye view of the Crystal Palace ; and characteristic dances were executed before the same picture. This addition to the usual entertainments—the verse, it is said, by Barry Cornwall, the music by Balfe—was, of course, only intended to be ephemeral, and, though sufficiently apt for its purpose, one would no more criticize it than criticize an illumination.
Neither of the novelties promised this week at the two operahouses has been forthcoming. At the Haymarket, le Tre Nome has been postponed till Tuesday next. At Covent Garden, Eldello has dropped out of the an- nouncements.
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