Summary Of News For April.

On Easter Monday , a lively extravaganza from the pen of Planche , was produced at the Haymarket Theatre , entitled the Iiaymarket Spring Meeting , which amusingly satirises the want of improvement in the city , and the " go-a-headness" in that respect of Tyburnia and Belgravia , with various other salient topics of the day . The Spring Meeting promises to run very deeply into summer . Determined to well keep up the ball , Br . Buckstone has since engaged Miss Cushman , for tragedy , with Mr . and Mrs . Sims Reeves , Mr . and Mrs . Weiss , & c „ for opera , so ' that there can be no

complaint on the ground of want of variety in the entertainments offered at this theatre . At the Princesses , a slight drama , adapted from the French , entitled the Muleteer of Toledo , or King , Queen , and Knave , was produced at Easter , and though of slight pretensions , was decidedly successful . The Adelphi produced a new version of the Fairy Tales of Mother Goose , which as a spectacle and a vehicle for wit and humour , has not been equalled for many a

day . The Olympic only brought out a new farce , Law for Ladies , the | Christmas piece of the Yellow Dwarf being still sufficiently artractive to prove the staple of the evening's entertainment . At the Strand , a burlesque on King Lear , entitled King Queer , or his Daughters three , was the piece de red-stance for the holidays . It is full of fun , and was perfectly successful . It is the joint production of Mr . Halford and Br . C . J . Collinsthe author

, of the "Heir of Bendersleigh , " which lately appeared in our pages . Cremorne Gardens have opened their portals , and notwithstanding the lateness of the season has hitherto deprived them of a large portion of their natural beauties , there has been no want of entertainment for their patrons . Br . Simpson well knows how to cater for the amusement of all classes of society , and Br . Hayward has become a great favourite as leader of the dance music . The Allegorical Triumphal Arch , in honour of the alliance between England , France , and Turkey , has excited great

attention , the more especially during a series of fetes given in honour of the visit to this country of the Emperor and Empress of the French . Miss P . Horton ( or rather , Mrs . T . G . Reed ) , the popular actress , has come forth at St . Martin ' s Hall with an entertainment a la Matthew ' s the elder , under the title of " Illustrative gatherings , " which promises to he extremely popular , as by the variety of characters she has to represent , these gatherings are admirably fitted for displaying the versatility of the lady ' s talent .

We paid a visit to the Royal Polytechnic Institution during the Easter Week , and were much gratified to find that Mr . Pepper , the resident director , is pursuing his career of management with unabated vigour and perseverance . He is evidently resolved to surpass his neighbours in his search after novelty , and his exertions have been so far successful that one cannot easily pay a visit to the Institution without seeing some exhibition which has not been witnessed before . It is , moreover , obvious that the blending of the scientific with the amusing has been carried out with the wisest

judgement and taste , so much so , that there is something to please all and nothing to displease any one . The last novelty which has been introduced is a Dioramic Entertainment , called "Sam Slick at home ancl abroad , with sparks and specs of American Humour , " comprising a trip across the Atlantic and a visit to some of the principal cities of the United States . The Diorama is accompanied by an interesting and humourous description , in which a variety of anecdotes from our old friend the clockmaker , shine conspicuously , and the attention of the audience is frequently arrested by

some interesting historical details respecting the places visited ; many well-known incidents which have occurred on the voyage , —such as the burning of the "Ocean Monarch , " and the stranding of the "Great Britain , " are also depicted with considerable skill , the effects being heightened by mechanical contrivances which impart an unusual degree of reality to the scene . On the whole this entertainment may be pronounced one of the most successful which this Institution has ever produced , and ive cordially commend it to all who would enjoy a brief interval of leisure amid the cares and pursuits of life .