... 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 ...

... MIR. J. REEVES'S BENEFIT. Mr. Reeves, during his long engagement at the Alhambra Palace.. secured by his energy as a mnonager and by his general courtesy the esteem of all with whom he wasa brought in contact. At the Surrey Gardens by similar meaus he has, if possible, enhanced his reputa- tion, and we confidently anticipated that his first benefit, fixed for Monday last, would prove what is ...

... A great meeting was held at the Coach and Horses, Dover-streets' on Thursday, Mr.Thompson takingtbechair, to discuss ithe questions at issue between masters and men in this trade. The Chairman counselled the men to take into consideration the concessions already offered by the employers, and not to force upon them the demand of the twelve hours' mnovement from four to four. Mr. Webb said that ...

... Friday, September 20. There was again a large company present, bat nothing like so great as on the last occasion. The weather was fine, although as cold as in November, and the Course was in fair order, though rather slippery at the turns, where three or four horses came down. The racing calls for no comment beyond the fell return appended:- The TRIAL STAKES of 6 sovs each, with 100 added; ...

... OUR OMYLINIBUS. AN amusing letter in a contemporary, which tells the true story of a awn artygive by te doestis incharge of a subtirhan. vila drin th abene o thir istess sust have frightened mas pscofl rsidntssodholdaymakrs at the sea-side. In goo trththehouehlde ho toubesand cares of which the hapy bcheor s stirly snoent Wedo not say that he has no0 cemupenssoigaveaobt fom th first moment ...

... XDLLE. HENRIETTE D'OR. A certain ingenious commentator and essayist on French dancing has propounded truths which would appear strange to the upholders of modern Terpsichorean feats, wherein we behold far more form than movement. Alexandre Dumas the younger, by-the-bye, in his celebrated brochure called L'Homms Femme, has emphatically laid down the principle that woman is the form and ...

... IT ?? one to notice how mealy-mouthed the various leading journals leave become on thle subject of' public floggings. The cry has gone forth that it is sensational and disgusting., and in bad taste, to describe the wrirhings noid ?? raw backs, the abject terror anod thle contemptible cowardice, of' the villains wits throttle men in the dark, who gag and chloroform, and are altogether the mast ...

... T O W N E D I -Ir I ON. THE FRtA OFFICE SUNDAY Two, AM.. LATEST FOREIGN. (reEnTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. StEten etrafo PAkRIS SEPT. 21.-M. Gamibetta left t ten etra o CbomberiY. Thell Public banquet that wss to have been held there baa been dby the prefect, but it is believed that there will prohibip thed banquet if it should he private. be no imped yenttsterday in the action against the ...

... ROYAL SURREY GAR]31-.NS. I:. I. S11 ?? I 'll~il;NiJ~li'it. OnAlsiliily lst lli. l dOIL lz LU)lilge ldtI k d I tis ttlelierit., t tile abuve beliitlif gillells;. II os I. be ml r. SI r:iogesI l;ck to have ?? elhllot Os \tlil ?? tbri td iceisiltgo aC ruio exteitgbtillt ail all his ?? big ?? briog lu:OlIll, ?? :d cotrilik exitellt, by till. MoitidasB 0'liS 11o e acltpill~l t1 thei-Iil0, :Lisllt 1 ...

... BALL TO PBiaCE ARTHUR.- -The ball given on Thursday night in the Town-hall, Leeds, by the Mayor, in honour o0 trince Arthur's visit, exceeded, it is said, in every respect anything of the kind ever witnessed in the north of England. Mn. H. W. F. BoLcOcow, M.P., has given X00 to the College of Physical Science in Newcastle. BARON AND BARONESS ROTHSCHILD have sent a donation of 400 towards the ...

... F R ED EN A SO N R Y. MASONS' HALL TAVERN, MASONS' AVENUE, CITY. The above old-established TAVERN is NOW OPEN, Newly Decorated, by Br. CHARLES GOSDEN, late Manager of the Free- masons' Tavern Cocspany. Every Accoinmodation will be foand for Lodges, Chapters, Mark, and other Degrees, for theirMeetings, Dinners, Suppers, c., and every attention will be paid to their comfort and enjoyment by the ...

... Thie popular company of artiste have ?? completed a moet blilliant engageiiceilt of twenty weeks in the principal Northern cities of thle UIidted States, and have establisfied sucs a reputettlio as cannot fail to ln them ace to fortunse. at The Vokes Brothers and Sisters left England ol thse ist of April accompanied by their bhaloisO macsager, .Mvr Wardle Cerbyci, wybase know- ledge of ?? ...