29 JANUARY 1859, page 10

The French Opera Company At The St. James's Theatre' Are

likely to lose the credit they have gained, by departing from the judicious course they at first adopted. Consisting of clever intelligent actors and respectable, though not......

Music.

The Musical Society of London, the newly-formed association of pro- fessional mu icians and amateurs, which we noticed last week, gave their first concert at St. James's Hall,......

A French Paper Contains The Description Of A New Theatre

lately con- structed at Constantinople, which will shortly be inaugurated with some pomp. It is beautifully situated on a spot near the Bosphorus, opposite Scutari. A......

Connoisseurs Of Pantomime Are Talking Loudly About The...

at Astley's, who combines the agility of the new school, with something like the humour of the old, and, therefore, may be considered a link be- tween two generations. -......

Meyerbeer Has Completed A New Opera, Entitled Dinorah,...

is said, will be produced at the Opera Comique in the course of next month. A new edition of Schindler's Life of Beethoven is about to appear at Vienna. A translation of this......

Two Young Female Violinists, Sisters, Are Creating A...

at Vienna. They are Italians—Caroline and Virginia Ferni—and are com- pared to the two sisters Teresa and Maria Milanolo, who, as many of our readers will remember, charmed all......

Lettr In Tht-

NATIONAL DEFENCE. Southsea, January 24th. Sm—I agree almost entirely with your article on our national defences, that ships and men are more required than standing......