... At the meeting of the London County Council, on Tuesday, the Parks and Open Spaces Committee reported that they were in communication with the Middlesex County Council and other bodies, and were considering the terms upon which the Alexandra Palace estate could be obtained as a public park. Meanwhile, as the Council decided to oppose the Bill now being pro- moted by the owners of the ...

... I At the weekly meeting of the London County Council on Tuesday (Lord ROSEBERY presiding), Mr G. W. E. RUSSELL (Chairman of the Theatres and Music Halls Committee) submitted the report of that body, which was adopted without discussion. BOW MUSIC HALL. The Theatres Committee reported that they had received an application from Mr W. Hancock for the approval by the Council of drawings for the ...

... I I SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1892. BOGITS MANAGEMENT. d On March 28th, 1891, Mr BRONSON HOWARD'S t- play The Henrietta was produced at the Avenue Theatre by a person from America calling himself _ HENRY LEE, but whose real name was RosENwEIo. Originally the driver of an express or parcels delivery cart in New York, ROSENWEIG, or LEE, 9 as it will be more convenient to call him, was d eventually ...

... Mr HE[NRy InviNG presided on Tuesday last at an important and numerously attended representative meeting of the profession held on the stage of the Lyceum Theatre for the purpose of considering the memorandum of agreement of the Actors' Association. Among those present were Messrs James Anning, Allen Beaumont, Rev. Theophilus Bennett, M.A., F. R. Benson, W. Besley-Beltran, J. D. Beveridge, ...

... (COMMILED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ERA.) LONDON. Nov. 5. You Mustn't Lauagh, farcical comedy, in three acts, from the Russian-Opera Comique. 5. Auld Lang Sync, comedietta, by Basil flood -Prince of Wales's. 5. The Burglar and the Judge, farce, in one act, by F. C. Philips and Charles H. E. Brookfield-Haymarket. 7. David, play, in four acts, by Louis N. Parker and Thornton Clark-Garrick. 10. Mfy ...

... THE ERA LETTER-BOX. a Stamped Envelope, plainly addressed, must be enclosed With application for each Letter. Letters, after lyinsg at this 0/toe for One Month, are forwarded to the Posta Authorities, to be, dealt with in the ordinary course. No Circulars admitted to this List. Anderson, Miss Mary Anthony, Mr Mark Ashleigh, Miss Ashton, Mr Dan Austin, Mr S. H. S. Barber, Mr Charles Barnum, ...

... THE HISTORY OF 'dAllkDj-\I-'lTT!::,'- 1o In rememilralee of the cechrated Aq'uiliilil ('ln ?? it 18 will no doubt he interesting to many of our reat iis to 8, learn something of the origin of iarionettes. Tlie a origin of the fantoccini goes hack too far to give correct is dates, but no kind of entertainment comes recommended 0 by such a long train of classical and literarva-sociatiriis. t. Ii ...

... A correspondent, writing from Vienna on Monday night, says:- Signor Pietro Mascagni has arrived in Viennato conduct personally performances of Cavalleria Rsusticacna and L'Ansico Fritr with Italian artists at the Exhibition Theatre. A number of enthusiasts assembled at the station to welcome him to Vienna. Signor Mascagni has a handsome face, with no vestige of beard or moustache, an ...

... I THE WARLOCK AND HADDON HALL r TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-My attention has just been called to the leader in your issue of the 22d ult., referring to an accusa- tion which yon say has been trumped up against Mr Sydney Grundy of plagiarising The Warlock. As the librettist of The Warlock, I beg to say positively I that no accusation whatever has been brought against Mr Grundy. ...

... A SIIOWMEN'. MEETING. On Tuesday morning a meeting of the Van Dwellers' Protection Society was held in Mt Williams's show, at Rotherham Statutes Fair. The Vicar of Rotherham, the Rev. W. Law, M.A., presided, and supporting him were the Rev. T. Horne, curate of Whiston, and Mr A. H. Foers, and the Mayor of Rotherham. The CHAIRMAN said he understood the subject dis- cussed at these gatherings ...

... TO THE EDITOU OF THE BRA Sir,-In your 'Theatrical Gossip last week there is a paragraph which says that a neat Point has been made against the Actors' Association with regard to their unwritten law (as laid down at Tuesday's meet- ing), that, 'to avoid internecine war,' they will not help an actor to bring an action against a manager when both are members of the Association., As the ...

... There was a fairly good audience at St. George's Hall on Monday, to patronise the matin6e given by the above-named lady with a purpose that was not declared. It may be that she was on charitable thoughts intent; or that she was anxious to display her own ability ; or to give the artists who appeared by permission of their respective managers an opportunity of displaying theirs; or simply ...