... ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND ?? 6 . Thle Annual Meeting of the members of this Fund was held DI, W~ednesday, in the Saloon of the Lyceum Theatre, teilijeb had~ been generously placed at the disposal of the Society by Air, 11 L Bateman. Mr. J. B. EUClcSa'oaE, the Treasurer, took the Chlair, and was supported by Messrs. Austin Leo, E. Dyss,Clif' Frederic Ledger, 'Gaston Mlurray, G. L. ...

... F EM A 8 0 N YI MASONS' HALL TAVERFN, MASONS' AVENUE, CITY. The aboe oldgesttthli~b~d TAVERN is NOW OPEN, Newly Decoated by r. CARLE GOSEN, ate anagr oftheFree- LodesCitplea. ark an ?? fo thir eetngs Dinnre Supper, &c.and very ttenton wil be aid t thei icomf rt an enjoymrent by the new Proprietor. GCrand Festival. Grand Festival will bh held on Wednesday week, when the most Wor- sblpfcl Grand ...

... x--- - . . on Monday last we had an experience whichl left such an impression upon us that we were compelled to wait for a few days ere we could write calmly respecting it. But whether that experi- ence was of a sort to be coveted we leave readers of this notice to discover. The occasion was a performance. by the English Dramatic Club of the farce The Bilthplacc of Podqera and the comic drama ...

... TO LIGE _ 0. THE NEW LICENSING ACT. persecutions and prosecutions are at present rife throughout the lid in conllection with the Government abortion known as the 1 EjLicensing Act. The gentlemen invested with magisterial power are making full use of the extra liberties granted them, and pteer~ceeding with a. vengeance to carry out the law in what they eiased to coil its integrity, and to make ...

... TOPICS OF THE WEEK The QUEEN remains in comparative seclusion at Bal- moral, but other members of the Royal Family are met with in public more frequently than usual. The Prince and Princess of WALES arrived from Paris on Saturday morning, being the day appointed for keeping her MAJESTY'S birthday. Their ROYAL HIGHNESSES were received at the Royal Italian Opera with the utmost enthusiasm. On ...

... Licensed Victuaallers' School Ball. This annual festive gathering took place on Thursday at St. James's Hall. The weather was unpropitious, the rain falling in torrents during the evening. But damp weather never succeeds in damping the ardour of the admirers of this noble Institution, and it is with great pleasure we record the fact that, both in point of numbers and in the brilliancy of the ...

... PROFESSOu PEPPER'S TAEATBE of POPULA| Science. i Professor Pepper, who, with Mr. T. W. Tobin, has migrated to the Egyptian Hall from the Polytechnic Institution, has evidently entered upon a successful career in his new home. The Professor tells us that what he has done in the past for the delectation and instruction of thousands may be taken as a guarantee of what he intends in the future, ...

... FOR LIOENSED VICTUALLERS. Birmingham Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society. The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Executive of the above Assoeciation weas held no the 5th ist., at Mr. Thompson's, Bell-stret I. By arrangement, the Executiveof the United Towns'Association was in attendance, the object of the meeting being to arrange for the election of a Joint Secretary in the room of the late ...

... TO LIOENSED VICTUALLERS. THE LICENSING QUESTION. The Government Licensing Bill, the progress of which we have noted from time to time, has now become hie. On Wednesday it passed the third reading in the House of Commons, and on Thursday the amendments made in the Lower House were agreed to in the Lords. That the question is settled on a firm basis, or that the Bill will be found to work, we ...

... TO LIOENSED VICTUALLERS. THE LICEIRBTNG QUES lION. fle uiodifeaicacio which the Government Liz.ensino Bill, thanks tffcragcii protedsts the Duke of Riehonisd, theMarqnisof' Salisbury, and others, underwent in its progress through Committee last week~, may be taken as a hopeful indicattion that after, all the right Of tile public and the interests of the 'trade will not Materially suffeor by ...

... The seventh concert of the sixth season took place on Wednesday evening in the presence of an immense audience. The entire con- cert would have been the greatest success of the season but for the unfortunate absence of Madame Arabella Goddard. This accomplished pianist appeared it is true, but in the middle of her first solo rose suddenly and left the platform. Mr. Hatton made an apology on ...

... To LIOENSED VICTUALLERS. THE LICENSING ACT. on 5loinday a deputation, representing the Licensed Victuallers of the UorO and Oford-street districts, waited by appointment on ?? Henderson, for the purpose of calling his attention to the manner hi which Privileged or exemption licences have been rented to a few houses in the neighbourhood of certain Theatres. ?? Lewis, ?? introduced the ...