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On Monday the first (and it would appear the last) of "a series" of concerts was given at this little place of entertainment. In the advertisement ladies were invited to be early in attendance in order to secure good seats. This invitation proved however to be altogether needless, since each lady who did attend might have taken her seat with both her arms extended horizontally without at all inconveniencing her neighbours. Such a result must naturally have been anticipated by any rational person from the extravagantly high price demanded for admission. The concert was under the direction of Mr. Packer, and was therefore such as might be expected from one 'who stands at the head of the musical profession in the colony. Miss Flora Harris, Mr and Mrs. Hancock and Mr. Fairchild, all exerted themselves successfully, and well deserved the applause they received from the very select audience. Mrs. Hancock whose musical talents have rendered lieuan establislied.favourite appeared towards the close of the performance to be almost exhausted by the heavy- task imposed on her. We trust that henceforward the proprietor of this establishment will have some consideration for the physical powers of this justly admired singer, and will exercise the same forbearance towards her, as he would towards a barrel organ, which - if the owner of it. he would assuredly refrain from grinding to pieces. The concert was succeeded by a display of dissolving- views and of chromotropes by far the best that have been exhibited in Sydney These terminated the amusements of the evening at the Royal Polytechnic Exhibition. But why Royal, or wherefore Polytechnic, we are at a loss to conjecture. We are not aware that there is anything really Royal in the colony, unless it be perhaps the Royal Bengal tiger, bemoaning his durance vile at the museum. As to the epithet "Polytechnic" or many arts, we are at present too obtuse to perceivehow theyare illustrated in the construction and Exhibition of a peep show. At all events we hope
that the enterprising proprietor of the "Royal Polytechnic," may hereafter, in one somewhat difficult, but rather useful art,— that of making money — prove himself a more successful adept than he has' done in the present speculation. |
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