... TO THE EDITOR O' THE BRA. Sir,-The numerous accidents that have recently attended the public exhibition of sensational gymnastic feats have been the occasion of much animadversion in the public press; and the hidden perils of the Balista flight, or the tearful anguish of the graceful Zazel ere she was shot into space from the cannon's mouth, have formed the theme of innumerable journalistic ...

... In the House of Commons, on the 20th inst., Mr ROBERTS moved that the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Wales) Bill be'read a third time. Mhr WAnTON, who spoke from the front Opposition bench, moved to recommend the Bill in order to insert a provision exempting Cardiff from the operation of the Bill. He con- tended that the signatures to the petitions in favour of the Bill hbad been ...

... F RE E M A SO N R YI Lodge of Benevolence. The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall. The three chairs were occupied by Br J. H. CLABON, ?? President; Br JossHuA NUNN, ?? Senior Vice-President; andBrJAMES BRETT, Junior Vice-President. Later in the evening Br James Brett took the place of Br Joshua Nunn, and Br GEORGE LAU- BErT, G.S.B, ...

... F RE B3A AS ON R-Y. SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER.-The quarterly convocation of Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday evening at Free- masons' Hall. Comp. S. Rawson acted as ?? Comp. John A. Racker as H., and Col. Greaten as J. Charters for new Chapters were granted for Goulburn, New South Wales, to be attached to Lodge No. 1,762; to No. 502, Rugby; and to No. 1,624, London. Col. Shadwell H. Clerke, ?? ...

... Mr. Edward ComptonB Malvolio. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Mr Compton is to be congratulated on the number of his defenders, though lie will probably be bewildered by the variety of their arguments. One of them wants to know why I should assumne that Malvolio was an old man, at the same time that he is at the trouble to prove that Mr Compton presents him as a greybeard. They are unanimous ...

... Mrs Saker's handsome presence and majestic carriage made Marie Stuart every inch a queen, and her advent on the stage was the signal for a storm of applause again and again renewed, to which the popular lady, who was evidently touched by the demonstration, had for some moments to bow her acknowledg- ments. Mrs Saker's impersonation was admirable throughout; the scenes with her poet-lover were ...

... MIR. CHARLES DU-VAL'S BENEFIT. If Mr Charies Du-Val's benefit at St. George's Hall was not so succesful from the point of view most desirable-the finaucial-it must have been highly gratifying to his feelings as a new entertainer to London audiences that so large a number of his professional brethren and sisters pressed forward to render him service. The grand complimentary benefit, taking the ...

... NORTH WOOLWTICI GARDENS. At the meeting of the Board of Works on Friday Mr At he, min the absence of Mr Jolly, introduced a deputa- 3icbltd5OiToolwich. and adjoining places to present a memorial tifrothe beard to acquire the North Woolwich Gardens as a 'SklOS tion ground. The Bishop of St. Albans, who public rorhe board on behalf of the deputation, said that addrcssemonth ago the North ...

... TAKEN FROM LIFE., TO THE EDITOR O' THE ERA. Mr E. J. Cooper'presents his compliments to tile Editor of The Ero, and begs the insertion of the subjoined. Mr Coof feels justified in taking this course, Mr 1'ottitt having hod neither the candour to respond to his appeal nor the courtesy to acknowledge the receipt of his letter. [CoPY.] July 15th, 188l Ar Henry Pettitt-Sir,-Last evening I ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-As an Englishman who has spent some time on the continent, I have been struck by the curious and, it seems to me, anomalous position which is held by the London music halls with respect to the theatres of the metropolis. The most frivolous dramatic entertainment is elaborately criticised in the leading journals, and the performances of those engaged therein are ...

... A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Grand Theatre Relief Fund was held at the offices of the Actors' Benevolent Fund, at S. John-street, Adelphi, on Friday afternoon, 13th inst., the Earl of Londes- borough in the chair. There were present Sir A. K. Rollit, M.P., Mr Under-Sheriff Beard, Mr Edward Terry, Mr Morris Abrahams,' Mr Lionel Brough, Mr W. S. Johnson, Mr A. F. N. Spalding, Mr H ...

... At the Dale-strect Police-court, Liverpool, before Mr a T. S. Raffes, Joseph Jauws Austin was recently sum- 1, mooied for that he dlid, at the city of Liverpool, on 0 the 6th day of Nov. ikist., cause a certain child, to wit, Ifone Joseph Lorerizo, under the age of ten years, to be a in certain premises, to wit, the Star Music Hall, licensed according to law for public amusement, to which ...