... I I PROFESSION. Taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the fact that the future government of Dulwich College and the proper dis- tribution of its funds are just now receiving consideration at the hands of the Charity Commissioners, the following memorial has been prepared by gentlemen having a thorough knowledge of the subject, and will, with the signatures of the members of the ...

... We left off in the Second galleis7 at ?? hr Bliss Ellen Terry, 1La License' (No. 132), was comforal ensconced on a sofa, surrounded by artistic nick-nacks, Chip- pendale chairs, and plenty of blue and white. It will not be well to leave this room wvithout a careful inspection of the work of two clever ladies. The first is numbered 134, An Inmpartial Audience, painted by Kate Perugini, ...

... Benefits now appear to be the order of the day. Mir it DIarkby seized the opportunity offered by the said order to appeaI to his friendslastbaturdayafternioon, and puttiusgfor-wardavery attractive programme, had the gratification of finding at the establishment named above a tolerably large and an exceedingly apeitiv adece. The chief item in the bill was Mr Wilkie Collins's drama entitled Man ...

... THE DRAMIA IN AUSTRALIA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS,) MELBOURNE, MARCH 22, 1877.-THE1xAT'n ROyArL._lr Lazar's Royal Italian opera company have occupied the boards of this Theatre ever since I last wrote. To the names of vocao lists enumerated in my February letter must be added those of Signora de Barati and Signor Artaro Stefani, recent arrivals together with that of Signora Enrichetta Emos ...

... THE DRAMA IN AM.ERICAL I - (PR110M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, MAY 2.-Another week of almost absolute us0thiugnuess. Novelty is locked uip in the property-roomli just at present, and we are tiding over moving week with little more that Colonel Sellers to keep us merry. Raymond came back to the Park Theatre on Monday nillt, eand there was a splendid audience to greet him. He plays the ...

... PROVI NCIAL_ THE ATRIC ALS. (FROM OllR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDEEN. E[ER MAJESTY'S OPERA HOUSE and Mi'FARLAND's MUsIc HALL are closed. ALD:ERSHOT. VICTORY TEEATRE.-Mr Steele has a varied company. this week, which does not fail to afford pleasure and amusement to all portions of the audience. There is, in the first place, rofessor Felix Semens (a capital ventriloquist), who gives quite an ...

... FROM METZLER AND Co.-The Rloydl Court AMarch, tram- scribed by Madame Oury, is a brilliant solo for the pianoforte, not too difficult for the amateur, and sufficiently interesting to please the professional player. Her Parting Smt72ile is a ballad composed by Henry Smart, to words by Frederick Enoch. Lovers of simple melodies cannot fail to be pleased with it. The same admirable musician has ...

... (FROMl OUR LIVERPOOL COnRESPONDENT.) The drama bearing the above title, which was produced at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening, is, perhaps, the best specimen of its class which has been staged here for a long time, although the Royal reputation for new pieces has long and deservedly stood high in the theatrical world. Mr C. Osborne is the author of the new piece, and his Face in the ...

... Thle third concert of the series took place at the Albert Hall en sawtrdaY afternoon. The composer Was fortunate in the ettasidance, for, besides a host of aristocratic patrons, the con- cert was honoured by the presence of the Prince of Wales, princess Beatrice, the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Marquis of borne, and the Duke of Cambridge, and it was, we believe, expected that her Majesty would ...

... 10th SURREY AMATEURS. What next-and next ? are words which have repeatedly dropped from our pen in chronicling the doings of amateur actors. Now we are inclined to give some variety to the query, and to ask Where next? For Berimondsey, dingy, dirty, foul-smelling, skin-worshipping Bermondsey, has gone in for amateur theatricals, and bids us to its footlights. The next time it ...

... There are few operas of Verdi so worthy to take their stand by the side of the classical masterpieces as his dramatic and melodious opera Rigoletto, and the musical public appear to be fully impressed with its merit, for whenever it is announced, and especially when its revival is accompanied with an attractive cast, there is certain to be a very large audience. Such was the case on Saturday ...

... AMATEURS AT THE AQUARIUM THEATRE An amateur performance was given on Tuesday evening at the Aquarium Theatre by the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteers, in aid of the prize fund of the St. Mlartin's and Covent-garden Division. The entertainment was under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Westminster, Lieutenant Colonel Bushby, and the officers of the division. Evidently great interest ...